Five Guaranteed Ways to Improve Your Self-Esteem

Matty Kerr is co-creator with John Brancaccio of The Working Experience. He is also a filmmaker and published author. Listen to our podcast on iTunes and Spotify and visit our website: theworkingexperience.com for videos, merchandise and more. You can also find us on Facebook, Linked In, Instagram, and Twitter.

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What is more important than understanding your worth? Well, having everyone else understand your worth, for one. Also, making other people feel like sh*t. That’s important too.

1. Rejection can be hard to take. But understand that rejection is just someone else’s opinion. If someone rejects you or one of your ideas tell them, “Go f*ck yourself.” That will definitely make you feel better.
2. Tell everyone how smart you are. You do not have to have any evidence to back this up. Just keep saying. “Goddamn what a great idea! I am f*cking smart!” If you keep saying it, it becomes true. Just look at Donald Trump. He is a master at this game and he was f*cking president for gods sake!
3. Learn to accept compliments. If someone says, “Hey, that is a great idea.” tell them, “Yeah, no sh*t it’s a great idea. You don’t have to f*cking tell me, Sherlock. But thanks for the update.”
4. Criticize everyone else’s efforts. Tell them, “There is no f*cking way that is going to f*cking work, you dip sh*t.” Shake your head and say, “Let me tell you how it’s done…” However, if their idea does work, jump on to that success bandwagon.
5. Take pills.