Most of the famous people that you look up to like Selena Gomez do not have self-esteem, why is that? Everyone views the world differently and everyone has a different definition of success. My definition of success is having a supportive family behind my back, being financially stable, happy, being thankful for waking up every morning, and the most important thing is doing what you love to do no matter what it is. Self-esteem is used to describe a person’s overall sense of self-worth or personal value. Some people have high self-esteem, which is being confident and happy with themselves without caring what other people think. On the other hand, people with low self-esteem feel unworthy about themselves and are often suicidal. People will not
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Megan Cichocki stated “My parents told me I will be child prodigy.” Parents would overpraise their children which is very unhealthy and empty praising. The effects were that as the kids grew up arrogant and narcissistic, their dreams got crushed knowing finding out the truth about self esteem, which is that the real world is harsh and their bosses don't worship for something small as going to the bathroom or coloring outside of the lines. Growing up, kids thought they are the best although they did not improve over time. The next change that happened was praising effort and giving prized for achievements. For example, “Coaches began giving out trophies for the most improved and best effort. Parents started to say ‘I am proud of how hard you have worked.’” It is clear that raising self-esteem by empty praises is harmful and instead should be raised through showing hard work and achieving goals. Jean Twenge believes that high self-esteem does not make people successful in her research for the article “Does Confidence Really Breed Success.” Jean Twenge explains how the students who answered her American Freshman Survey thought they were special, but in reality, their skills were not as high. On the other hand, the students may have lied to not show their weakness so they claim they are above
Megan Cichocki stated “My parents told me I will be child prodigy.” Parents would overpraise their children which is very unhealthy and empty praising. The effects were that as the kids grew up arrogant and narcissistic, their dreams got crushed knowing finding out the truth about self esteem, which is that the real world is harsh and their bosses don't worship for something small as going to the bathroom or coloring outside of the lines. Growing up, kids thought they are the best although they did not improve over time. The next change that happened was praising effort and giving prized for achievements. For example, “Coaches began giving out trophies for the most improved and best effort. Parents started to say ‘I am proud of how hard you have worked.’” It is clear that raising self-esteem by empty praises is harmful and instead should be raised through showing hard work and achieving goals. Jean Twenge believes that high self-esteem does not make people successful in her research for the article “Does Confidence Really Breed Success.” Jean Twenge explains how the students who answered her American Freshman Survey thought they were special, but in reality, their skills were not as high. On the other hand, the students may have lied to not show their weakness so they claim they are above