Don't bring yourself down. Don't let your mistakes alone define who you are. Spend time to consider what your strengths and good qualities are. Move past your mistakes and work only on the repeated mistakes that are holding you back. Never neglect your strengths and good qualities.
Build your knowledge base of social, practical, and professional thoughts, sayings, and practices. Spend some time learning about things you have an interest in or might be passionate about. Even if you can't apply some of those things, be confident that they will serve you well in the future, or in unexpected ways.
Never condemn or bemoan yourself. Rather, pay attention to confident, non-condemning people and gain confidence from observing or being around them. If you have a tendency towards jealousy, put that aside and just start incorporating the positive and admirable traits of others.
Focus on learning and doing things to build up who you are, but not at the expense of others. Build on what you know, what you are capable of, what your strengths/passions are. Don't be discouraged or stressed out by mistakes. Think of mistakes as lessons in what to try differently next time. Thomas Edison once said: "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
Develop yourself by practicing the seven virtues (regardless of being religious or not). The restraint and selflessness acquired will not only earn respect for yourself, but make you a better person overall.
Expect respect from people as you respect others, and then expect more of it as you respect others more. Be true to yourself.
Don't let others force you to do things you don't want to do just for their approval. Rather expect others to do uncomfortable or annoying tasks or service for you, if they expect you to do uncomfortable or annoying tasks or services for them. Otherwise you shouldn't be doing such things.
Be friendly to everyone. Learn about different cultures and how respect works in those. Try not to judge others or their culture until you personally meet them and get to know them. You can ask them why they do what they do, as long as you explain the same about yourself and your own culture if they wonder why you asked them. Accept and maybe incorporate from each other. If you like your ways, simply be aware of different ways.
When you are around a group of a different culture, consider conforming to their ways out of a sign of respect (ask how to do this since you will be expected to act somewhat like a foreigner). Maybe they will be able to do the same when they are around a group of your culture.
However, don't worry about it too much. Different families and cultures expect others to act differently or to understand things differently. Some of that is very acceptable. Just be respectful of the differences. There is not one way of doing things or of being in this world. Respecting others way of being doesn't mean becoming their way of being.
If you are having trouble getting hung up over someone romantically, be sure to learn about relationship and dating, etc. on wikiHow. At the same time, don't neglect developing other friends and interests, otherwise you won't have much to offer to a relationship, or even to yourself!
Have fun as your develop friendships,interests, purposes, passions. Enjoy the journey of learning to respect yourself as a unique individual who has something to offer in this world.
Edited by : SHARIFAH
SOURCE FROM : WIKIHOW
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