Self-Esteem

Running head : SELF ESTEEM : THE ALTER EGO OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE GOVERNOR OF HUMAN ACTIONS

Self-esteem : The Alter Ego of Emotional Intelligence and the Governor of Human Actions

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Introduction

Since the dawn of self-consciousness , humans have been driven by their self-esteem to win the obstacles of life , besides making marks in the society by means of any contribution . However , human actions are considered to be the outcome of cognitive intelligence , which can influence anyone to challenge the efficacy of self-esteem , which

according to the modern researchers , fall under the category of emotional intelligence . Therefore , this essay explores the nuances of self-esteem to find how powerful it could be in shaping the human actions towards most fruitful directions , i .e , building a positive attitude towards living

Background

The simplest definition of self-esteem can be that it is a self-acquired set of beliefs about various facets of oneself - for example , how one looks , or how worthy one is for accomplishing certain task and so on Accordingly , high self-esteem can be considered as one 's good opinion about self and low self-esteem is the opposite of it . In other words self-esteem is that self-image which can govern human actions , since it affects their thinking process (Parera , 2007

The reason behind such mechanism perhaps lies in the fact that we estimate our self-worth by analyzing others ' feedbacks about us , like how much we are valued , loved or appreciated by others , which in turn can produce feel-good or feel-bad factors...