{"id":31,"date":"2008-04-28T17:17:19","date_gmt":"2008-04-28T22:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yourbreakthroughtosuccess.com\/blog\/?p=31"},"modified":"2008-04-28T17:17:19","modified_gmt":"2008-04-28T22:17:19","slug":"personal-growth-quiz-test-your-level-of-self-esteem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/yourbreakthroughtosuccess.com\/blog\/?p=31","title":{"rendered":"Personal Growth Quiz: Test Your Level of Self-Esteem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few days ago I wrote a comment on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/topic.php?uid=12044560772&amp;topic=4498\" title=\"Big Ticket Mastermind\" target=\"_blank\">Kevin Nation&#8217;s Big Ticket Mastermind<\/a> site. At the end of my comment on the topic of marketers ability to communicate their true value I said, &#8220;The other part of this that comes up over and over with my clients is their lack of belief in their level of expertise, or feeling undeserving of getting paid big bucks for what they do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend I kept thinking about what I had posted about beliefs which led me to think about how your beliefs impact your self esteem.<\/p>\n<p>So I wanted to give you the opportunity to take this self-esteem quiz that you&#8217;ll find in my book, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/yourbreakthroughtosuccess.com\" title=\"Breakthrough To Success\" target=\"_blank\">Breakthrough to Success; 19 Keys To Mastering Every Area of Your Life<\/a>&#8220;.  Please share your thoughts by commenting on this post.<\/p>\n<p>Every day I hear people from all walks of life saying things that literally cut them off from their own personal growth and total abundance. Things like, \u201cI just can\u2019t seem to get ahead,\u201d or \u201cI can\u2019t believe I always do such stupid things.\u201d\u00a0 Hearing those things is such a shame because it\u2019s so unnecessary.<\/p>\n<p>If you were fully aware of how you talk to yourself and talk to the world about who you are, you\u2019d be shocked. We\u2019re all guilty of this to some small degree, but for many their self-talk is debilitating.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Take a minute to answer these questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Are you talking yourself out of living your fullest life with the self-concept you\u2019ve created?<\/li>\n<li>Who do you tell yourself you are with your self-talk?<\/li>\n<li>Which of the following scenarios is closest to your self-talk?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Maybe you are saying to yourself, \u201cThis is the year I\u2019m going straight to the top,\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThis is the year I become a superstar\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cI\u2019ve got everything going for me and this is my year\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThings don\u2019t look like they\u2019re going to be much better this year; in fact it might be a little worse than last year,\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMaybe it\u2019s time for some belt tightening; I don\u2019t want to take any chances\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cYou never know what could happen, better to be safe than sorry.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Is there any doubt in your mind which of these examples shows the confidence that will build self-esteem, and which are the ones that demonstrate low self-esteem?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are a couple more personal development questions in follow-up:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Which type of self-talk creates a better atmosphere for personal success and living an abundant life?<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What do you think is the difference in income and professional development between people with these two types of self-talk?<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What goals do you think each of these people possesses?<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Who is having more fun and excitement?<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Who do you want to be?<\/p>\n<p>Your level of self-esteem sets the personal success bar for everything about you. Every decision you make is filtered through your self-concept. Your self-concept is the out-picturing of your self-esteem.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Take a look at just eight reflections of your level of self-esteem:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Your career choice<br \/>\n2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Your friends<br \/>\n3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Your primary relationship with another<br \/>\n4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Your level of income<br \/>\n5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Your home<br \/>\n6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Your car<br \/>\n7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Your free time and hobby choices<br \/>\n8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Your vacations<\/p>\n<p>Changing what you believe about yourself will change your life in an instant.<\/p>\n<p>Build self-esteem and you will build your self-concept. But, your self-concept requires attention and care to be maintained. It\u2019s not as simple as saying you feel good about yourself and that\u2019s the end of it.<\/p>\n<p>Do you know that your self-talk comes at the rate of a magazine page of text every single minute of the day? That\u2019s a lot of talking to yourself! If you fill your mind with positive input, it\u2019s a pretty good bet that most of your self-talk will also be positive and foster personal and professional growth.<\/p>\n<p>Use this personal growth quiz to become aware of your self-talk. By changing what you say to yourself and transforming what you believe about your personal success, you will automatically build self-esteem.<\/p>\n<p>You can use this article by included this author information:<br \/>\nLynn Pierce, the Success Architect, has taught people how to combine business and personal development to reach the pinnacle of success and live the life of their dreams for over 25 years. In addition, she is also the founder of one of the most exciting annual events for women entrepreneurs, \u201cWomen\u2019s Business Empowerment Summit\u201d. Now she shares her keys to success and life mastery with you. You can get the first five lessons of &#8220;Change One Thing, Change Your Life: A Personal Transformation System&#8221; at www.yourbreakthroughtosuccess.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few days ago I wrote a comment on Kevin Nation&#8217;s Big Ticket Mastermind site. At the end of my comment on the topic of marketers ability to communicate their true value I said, &#8220;The other part of this that comes up over and over with my clients is their lack of belief in their &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/yourbreakthroughtosuccess.com\/blog\/?p=31\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Personal Growth Quiz: Test Your Level of Self-Esteem<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,23,3],"tags":[100,75,354,25,33,24],"class_list":["post-31","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-personal-development","category-success-strategies","tag-build-self-esteem","tag-lynn-pierce","tag-personal-development","tag-personal-growth","tag-personal-success","tag-professional-development"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/yourbreakthroughtosuccess.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/yourbreakthroughtosuccess.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/yourbreakthroughtosuccess.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yourbreakthroughtosuccess.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yourbreakthroughtosuccess.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/yourbreakthroughtosuccess.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/yourbreakthroughtosuccess.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yourbreakthroughtosuccess.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yourbreakthroughtosuccess.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}