What do you think is a possible correlation between Success and Self Esteem ? Is there a correlation for that matter ?
From a Personality attributes perspectve there definitely is ! I would in fact go on to say that High Self esteem is one of the Key factors that allows an Individual to achieve success in life . How does one go about building that ? and when do we start doing so ?
It does start at an early age and Parents and Teachers being the primary contributing Blocks for that. The point to remember is that inculpating an habit of celebrating every success – no matter how big or how small is an important enabling factor for that and Parents who have made this a regular practice are indeed going about this the right way. I recollect my experiences of living at New Delhi where I found that most people were quite vocal on encouraging people willing to go on stage and showcase their Talents – no matter the level of actual skills. And this made an immense difference to each of the Performers on stage.
As the famous Blake Lively once said “The most beautiful thing you can wear is your confidence” . So find every way and every occasion to wear it.
What does ” Celebrate every Success mean and how does one go about that ?” In actual day to day life its about finding every tiny small thing or task that you complete successfully and giving yourself a big Pat on the back for having successfully done that. The size of the task, the nature of the task do not matter as much. What you , your Parents, your Peers and your teachers must do is to recognize the fact that it has been successfully completed.
Do recognize and also accept the fact that you should not discount the factor “Learning” from every Experience to see what could have been done better, Faster or perhaps in a simpler way and what should be the areas of Improvement to do an even better job the next time around – The learnings or the feedback from each experience. Parents would do well to keep on working on this aspect of making their Child feel better and more confident about having accomplished this task and building the faith in ones own ability to be able to carry out the same task next time around successfully. This will build confidence and self esteem of the Child.
Why it is necessary to do so ?
Perhaps we should just look at the example the “US” has set out here. Children are allowed to choose the topics that they excel in to Study at School and college and generally choose the ones they like best and excel at. By doing so – they carry out tasks that they enjoy doing , excel at it and then automatically end up building high Self Esteem through their lives and making a Success of it.
And in life when you are in a Career path that interests you, excites you and where you are Excelling at – that makes for a satisfying Career path where you continually climb to higher Success naturally as every day is filled with Success.