Life's Driver's License
Illustrations copyright Gunilla Wolde
Illustrations copyright Gunilla Wolde
Eva Johansson, licensed mental trainer, relaxation teacher and nlp trainer, author of the book Relaxation & Mental Training - For a Richly Fulfilled Life

Where is your focus: self-confidence or self-esteem?

It is interesting to note how self-confidence and self-esteem are combined. You can have one and lack the other, be filled to the brim with both or, at worst, be totally without either. Here is a test you can take to find out your own profile.

Check off the following statements that you agree with and then read about your personal focus.
1) It is important to me to succeed with whatever I have taken on.
2) I feel strengthened when others enjoy and appreciate what I do.
3) I am basically happy.
4) I apply 100% to everything I do.
5) I feel positive and optimistic about life.
6) I am a responsible person a person who is conscious of my responsibilities.
7) I seldom worry about what other people will think or feel about me.
8) I think my self-confidence would suffer if I were unemployed.
9) I like to have influence over other people.
10) I am satisfied with who I am.
11) My self-confidence grows when I am able to affect another person.
12) It’s easy to say no to other people’s demands when I don’t want to do something
13) I am able to freely express what I feel.
14) I am an easy person to like.