What Is Low Self-Esteem?

I have an older sister. She is very smart, and was recognized by almost every teacher and student as one of top students. I was also a pretty good student too, but was not as good as her. Although many teachers used to draw an invidious comparison between us, I did not hate her at all, but rather respected her even more because I knew that all her achievements came from her hard-workings. But I started having low self-esteem once I realized that I never be just like her no matter how hard I try. As a result, i ended up making a hasty conclusion of myself of being not important. This is the time when I started becoming shy and not expressing my own opinions to avoid disagreement. I even further concluded that my thoughts and behaviors …show more content…
Graduates with higher self-esteem along with self-efficacy are more likely to approach difficult tasks as a challenge to be mastered, rather than a threat to be avoided. This is essentials for those in health professionals, including a pharmaceutical field because new fresh graduates need to perform with great confidence at a high level of competence. Because of this, many health care institutions emphasize the importance of practical experiences for better patient care, and require graduates to complete enough experiences so they can have higher self-esteem along with …show more content…
First, I started treating everyone in my class in a way that I would like to be treated. For instance, I started greeting all my classmates by name and holding eye contact, letting them know that I can be assertive when needed. Also, I have been actively participating in group activity and project as a member by expressing my own opinions and thoughts. As a result, I was able to make new friends and colleagues, whom I build a good relationship with. Throughout active participations, I was able to gain some confidence of myself that I can
Plus, I was able to take advantages of better time managements skills, splitting works and forming study group with friends and better understanding of materials covered during lecture. Overall, now I am a much better pharmacy school student, and more capable of , cope with various situations