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Have you ever reached that stage within the span of a lifetime where everyone around you thinks you are wrong ? Perhaps, on reflection, there are areas of your life that you can improve yourself and self reflection is indeed a wonderful tool for appraising who you are, not just from the perspective of those people, but from the perspective of self esteem, personal value and worth.

There are many negative influences that change a persons' perception of who they are. Over the course of every stage of growth, those outside influences that inflict themselves on every member of society will affect who we are from the point of view of :

*Self Worth
*Esteem
*Communication skills
*The give and take factor
*Happiness
*Expectations

Self worth.

This is an area where many an error is made. We base our value sometimes on the value we give to others, when in fact each individual's value depends solely on that individual's approach to their lives. Those who feel that they have no worth will have no worth, simply because their negativity makes them the kind of person others don't want as a friend. This is an area where a human being can really truly assess themselves and improve who they are, or are perceived to be. I am worthless isn't a very good start to relationships is it ? By examining every area of life and deciding which areas of life your worth lies in, this takes away the negative element and helps the human being develop skills in weak areas.

Say for example the weakness lies with relationships with the opposite sex. Here look at what you do that is different to others. Look at how you can develop better skills, and by working on the skills that are lacking, what the individual achieves is a much more balanced personality. Similarly with friendships, people get the impression that they are a worthless friend by being too short sighted and not looking at why they think this way. Is the failing of relationships your problem or does the problem stem from the choices of friends made ? Often, those who surround themselves with people that reinforce their lack of worth will continue with the belief that they have little to offer. Broadening the scope of friendships, and making friends with people of similar tastes and interests helps to break down the cycle of defining self worth based on negative friendships.

Esteem.

What we think of ourselves and pride ourselves in helps us to gain self esteem. Surrounded by those kinds of people who do not value our skills,

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