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Billionaire Bill Bartmann Builds Self-esteem and Self-confidence

Bill Bartmann


Billionaire, Bill Bartmann, has discovered that self esteem is crucial to your success and your life. It is very important because it affects how you think, act and relate to other people. Low self esteem means negative thoughts and poor self-confidence which affects your potential to be successful. Your self esteem has a direct bearing on your happiness and well being.

Why is Self-Esteem Important?



Self esteem affects your confidence and your self image

Self esteem affects your outlook on life

Self esteem affects your behavior, your thinking and your happiness

Self esteem affects your ability to succeed in your career



You must value yourself in order to be valuable to others. Your self esteem can be the difference between success and failure. Your potential to achieve your goals and what you value the most is directly related to your self esteem. You are much more likely to fail if you have a low self esteem.

Bill Bartmann has experienced ups and downs, but not failure. Though he has built two different multi-million dollar businesses that went bankrupt, he did not fail. He learned from his experience and he bounced back. Everyone has ups and downs, or they would not be human; how you react to and deal with the ups and downs is directly related to your self-esteem.

Bill Bartmann believes in the importance of positive thinking to increase one’s self-esteem to benefit in all areas of life; work and play. Positive thinking and self-confidence are the keys to maintaining a high self-esteem.

Self-Esteem and Self-Confidence

Self esteem and self confidence go together; they are both vital to happiness and success. Lack of self confidence hinders your ability to face life’s challenges and cope with life’s difficulties.

Self confidence comes from within yourself, from others and from your accomplishments. If you are lacking in self confidence it could be that you are overly critical of yourself. Do you expect to fail? Do you think you are not good enough? Do you believe others when they make negative comments about you? It could be that they lack self confidence; therefore, they feel better when they put you down. Do not accept negative comments from others; prove them wrong.

Building Self-Confidence

Bill Bartmann has had his moments of feeling down and out; everyone does at some point in their life. It’s part of what makes us human. The important thing is to recognize what is happening and respond to it in a positive way. When you find yourself being negative, ask yourself if it really is true. Are you really stupid? Is it true that you are hopeless and that you cannot succeed?

The key to building self-confidence is to end the negative thinking. Question the negative thoughts you may be having and you will see that they are distorted. Think of what you have achieved and what you can do to continue moving forward. If things are really bad, you might need to step away and focus on something else, and then come back to address the problem later. Read an inspirational book or try watching a comedy. Like the feature in Reader’s Digest, “Laughter is the Best Medicine.”

Here are some tips from Bill Bartmann for building self confidence:



Surround yourself with others who are self-confident

Model their attitude; what makes them appear confident?

Focus on your strengths rather than your weaknesses; your achievements rather than your failures

Act confident to feel confident

Set small, reachable goals; when you achieve them, set new ones

Reward yourself each time you reach one of your goals

Remember to relax and take time for recreation

Take care of yourself, physically; eat right and exercise. Caring for the body helps care for the brain.



Negative thinking is the biggest obstacle to high self-esteem and self confidence. Avoid contact with people who are always down on themselves. Do not expect too much; set small goals rather than overwhelming yourself with unrealistic goals. It’s OK to have a large, long-term goal, but setting and meeting smaller goals gives you a sense of pride and accomplishment as you get closer to reaching your ultimate goal. It also leaves room for changing direction when necessary rather than feeling you have failed if you do not reach the goal you have set.

Bill Bartmann is a self-made billionaire who went from homeless at the age of 14 to becoming a billionaire, going bankrupt, then bouncing back to do it again! Bill has had his self-doubts and even bouts of depression; he wouldn’t be human otherwise. However, when self-esteem is strong and you’re clear about your values, then you can bounce back from the lows; each time, you bounce back just a little bit higher. Learn more at http://www.billionaireu.com




How Having Self Confidence Changes Your Life

Jason Johns


Can you imagine what your life would be like if you had more self confidence? How much would you be able to enjoy life if you had higher self esteem?

Many people may feel that they are just not fulfilled because they haven’t got the confidence they should have. Think about it, if you don’t have a lot of confidence then you may not get ahead in your job, you may not get on with the opposite sex, you may even feel you get taken advantage of by your friends.

Self-confidence is something you can so easily have in your life. Many people are going through life labouring under the false assumption that confidence is something you are born with. That’s rubbish!

Confidence is something you learn. As a child you learn it from your parents, your friends and the people around you. Without the proper encouragement and belief a child will end up with no confidence. It’s up to the parents to learn to encourage their children in order to build that confidence and self-belief.

However, not all is lost! Even as a teenager and an adult you can learn more about having self confidence. It’s relatively easy to do. All you need is the motivation and will to do it. Without motivation or desire to improve your confidence you will be struggling to get anywhere. However, if you want to do it, then you can, and you will be shocked how easy it is to improve your self-confidence.

Too many people make having more self confidence complex and difficult but it’s not. All you need to do is learn some tools and then apply them to your life. You can make it that complex if you want to, but you really don’t need to when there are simple self confidence techniques you can use.

Rather than focus on lots of tools and techniques all at once, just take one, focus your attention on it with a laser like quality and master it. When you have mastered it and applied it to your life, then move on to the next self confidence technique.

Notice here I said “applied it to your life” in the above paragraph. Far too frequently I see people who sit there and tell me “I know that” when talking about self-confidence. If you know that, then why aren’t you living it? There’s a big difference between knowing it and KNOWING it. When you KNOW self confidence then you have applied it and mastered it.

If you are keen to improve your self-confidence and change your life then find some self confidence techniques that you can use. Find techniques that you are happy with and can use. Stick to them and apply them to your life and you can boost your self confidence at last.




How to increase confidence level and self esteem?

Sandra M


I’m interested in practical advice or tips on increasing self confidence and self esteem in particular with guys. My friends and even strangers often tell me that I’m very pretty and smart but when I like a guy, I often don’t have the confidence to believe in myself and end up losing him for what is interpreted as lack of interest. How can I believe in myself more? I am capable and have good friends, the problem seems to start when I like a guy. I’ve had some good relationships but recently seem to have been disappointed in a couple of guys I dated.

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Self Esteem Quotes & Quotations

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Self Esteem + Self Confidence + Self Respect = Self Worth! Self = Net Worth. What are You Worth?

Bob Urichuck


Self esteem is an internal sense of worth. It reflects an inner confidence and self-respect and it shines outwardly by the actions one takes.

The self esteem which evolves on the inside is usually reflected on the outside. Your internal self worth which consists of your self-esteem, self confidence and self respect will become your external net worth. It is a matter of pride in who you are and the mentor you can be.

Compare an individual with strong self esteem and high net worth to another with weak one and low net worth. What are the obvious differences? Does self esteem play a major role? Of course, it does. It is the essence of a personality. Strong self esteem produces confidence in oneself.

Is it possible that positive self esteem is the basis for a celebrated mindset? A mindset is a certain attitude which may draw from either a positive or negative self esteem. Each individual attitude is the result of particular beliefs. What you believe to be true about yourself usually generates equivalent self confidence and self respect.

On a scale of 0 – 10 (low to high self esteem), how would you rate your level of self confidence and self respect? Calculate the average level of the three senses of worth? The conclusion is your self worth which ultimately determines your level of net worth as it pertains to business.

Please note there are ways to improve your self confidence and therefore, increase your level of self worth. I believe we all came into this world at a level ten self confidence. We were equal human beings regardless of race, religion, colour, nationality, sex, title or role.

However, our exposure to the outside world – family, religion, education, politics, etc. permits outside influences to over shadow our true self confidence. We have fashioned our own fears, limitations and boundaries on what we experience, see and hear.

Overtime our personal perceptions have been altered. Our self esteem is diminished and our self worth suddenly has limitations.

We are smart, educated adults and should be able to distinguish between fact and fiction. We need to go back and review our values as it relates to self esteem. We need to remove some of the baggage that has been holding us back, lowering our self-esteem, self confidence and self respect. We need to boost our self confidence by acknowledging our worth and managing our emotions. Our self confidence portrays our values and affects the choices we make.

Simply by changing our internal thinking, we can reclaim our self-esteem, self confidence and self respect and strive for a level ten self esteem as our standard. This is a level of self esteem from which to begin not end.

It is a known fact that if we don’t believe in ourselves, no one else will either. How we feel about ourselves, our self esteem, is reflected in our daily conversations, our body language and our abilities. We are responsible for our destiny and anything is possible with high quality self esteem.

There are ways to boost your self confidence. Begin by setting attainable goals for yourself. Make your dreams a reality. Accept support and encouragement from others. Learn from your mistakes.

It won’t take long before your self esteem is back to ten or more. Realistically, self respect is also the difference between success and failure. We all want success and therefore, we must do whatever it takes to boost our self esteem daily.

What results are you looking for? What actions must you take? What type of self confidence do you need to experience self worth?

You must believe in yourself – the most important person in the world. You are the all inclusive package of self esteem, self confidence and self respect. All three attributes equal your self worth and in turn, your self worth will translate externally into your net worth.

Where do you rate your self esteem? What are you worth?




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