To Be Successful, You Need to Have This First

By Kristin Barton Cuthriell, MEd, MSW, LCSW Peeling back the onion of success and peering deep into its core, I found something so critical that without it all the achievements in the world will never feel good enough. Without it, we will never feel truly successful regardless of money, power, position, possessions, accomplishments, and external validation. This foundational piece is so important that our relationships, our job performance, and our leadership ability will suffer in its absence. "So what is it?" you may ask. It is a strong sense of self-worth. If we do not know our worth, it will impair every aspect of our life and blind us to our passions and purpose. It will take us away from who we were created to be. In order to be successful at just about anything, we must begin within. To illustrate just how important a strong sense of self-worth really is to our success, let's take a look at the impacts of feeling unworthy. Some of this may really surprise you! The Impact on Our Relationships If we do not know our worth, our relationships will suffer. When we undervalue ourselves we usually operate with our insecurities in the driver's seat, and we tend to communicate in a passive or aggressive way rather than communicating assertively. When a passive person feels threatened they want to retreat and avoid confrontation at all costs unlike the aggressive person who goes into fight mode. These defensive styles of relating are rooted in a low sense of self-worth...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news