Why do I base my self worth on achievements?

While it’s normal for your accomplishments to make you feel good, basing your entire self-worth on your achievements is like building your house on an unsteady foundation. You’ll need to experience repeated success in order to feel good about yourself – and that’s hard to maintain over the long-haul.

How do you stop chasing achievements?

Here are just a few practical steps to get you started:

1. Realize life won’t last forever.
2. Live a life worth copying.
3. Focus on people.
4. Start with one solitary person.
5. Find a career outside your job.
6. Realize significance is not dependent upon success.
7. Reduce your expenses.

How do you stop associating self worth with productivity?

With that in mind, here are a few ways we can detach our sense of self-worth from how busy we are.

1. Reframe Rest.
2. Adopt self-worth as a value, not a condition.
3. Get rid of anything that doesn’t add value to your life.
4. Eat the Frog.
5. Follow your heart, not what you think you should do.
6. Focus on the process.

How do I redefine my self worth?

14 Ways to Redefine Your Self-Worth

1. Focusing on Things in the Circle of Our Control.
2. Mantras and Affirmations of Self-Worth.
3. Meditations to Build Self-Worth.
4. Books to Build Self-Worth.
5. Set Your Intentions.
6. Self Reminders of Your Self-Worth.
7. Change Your Environment Change Yourself.
8. Treat Yourself.

What should my self worth be based on?

According to the self-worth theory, self-worth is determined mostly by our self-evaluated abilities and our performance in one or more activities that we deem valuable. However, people commonly use other yardsticks to measure their self-worth.

How do I recognize my accomplishments?

As a starting point, think about your accomplishments during the last 5 or 10 years.

1. If a question reminds you of something you’ve accomplished, write a short note describing the accomplishment.
2. If a question does not relate to your experience, go on to the next one.

How do you reclaim self respect?

How to Regain Your Self-Respect Once It’s Lost

1. Know that you can rebuild.
2. Accept your mistakes and pledge to do better.
3. Stop worrying what other people think and stay true to your core values and beliefs.
4. Work on changing your perceptions – of yourself and others.
5. Hold yourself to ambitious standards.