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Quite often, career professionals like myself deal with the "employability factor" to help you get hired, but sometimes dismiss an issue that can make or break a prolonged period of unemployment, battered self-esteem.

If you want outer circumstances to change you have to start with the person in the mirror. So take a good long look and realize that the person you see there will be reflected all around you.

As far as you are concerned, all your doubts, fears and insecurities are real and they are robbing you of your self esteem. You feel like a nobody when, in fact, you just need to see the real you, the "somebody" you already are! Here is how.

Are you acquainted with spoiled, airhead, belligerent, obnoxious and rude children? Even worse, are you related to them? Are you so stressed out with trying to gain cooperation, that there is little time for fun or expressions of love? Is your interaction more of a battleground than peaceful co-existence?

There are many people who are facing the same circumstances as you but they live fascinating and wonderful lives. How did their lives become so adorably sweet? How do they manage to laugh and play despite their circumstances? They have high self esteem and you can too!

I know right now some of the thoughts going through your mind while reading this are something along the lines of a super big NO! Maybe your thinking why would I want to make it a point of getting rejected? Probably your thinking, No of course I don't have the intention to get rejected that's just something that happened to me. Well is your brain set up so that you get rejected?

A high self-worth is important for having the courage to leave an existing job that is no longer suitable for your personal and professional growth. A low or negative self-image will not allow a person to reach their full potential and in most cases, is the root of many self-destructive habits. A high self-image, on the other hand, can give a person a more productive and satisfying life. This article discusses how to build your self worth and the steps to making effective career choices.

“But love must begin from the beginning. It must begin with this first step: love yourself.” [OSHO, 1931-1990] Loving yourself is getting you through continuous change and development, being yourself, and enjoying your presence at every moment. It gives you the power of doing things, it takes wings. It has nothing to do with ego that stems from comparing yourself with the others and more-less means loving of your image instead of yourself.

Stephen Covey in 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families says that responsibility is really the “ ability to choose our response.” We don’t have to respond to stimuli and triggers the same way we have always done.

Are you a frustrated parent who sometimes finds it is easier to take the garbage out yourself than to keep nagging your son? Do you wonder what kind of employee he will become since he doesn't always follow through at home? Is it worth the effort on your part to insist that he do his share? The answer is a resounding Yes!