SELF EMPOWERMENT

 

Self-empowerment means making a conscious decision to take charge of your destiny. It involves making positive choices, taking action to advance, and being confident in your ability to make and execute decisions. Self-empowered people understand their strengths and weaknesses and are motivated to learn and achieve.

While perfect control over your life isn’t possible, you can control a lot of things that determine the quality of your life. The aim of self-empowerment isn’t to have perfect control but to have the ability to use it for crucial areas of your life.

Self-empowerment may also be considered a combination of skill, action, and belief. Collectively, these things come together to help you create the life you want.

Usually, self-awareness is the precursor to self-empowerment because it gives you a realistic assessment of yourself.

Self-awareness enables you to know your strengths and weaknesses. Knowing which parts of yourself you need to improve and which strengths to maximize can help you live the most fulfilling life possible.

Being self-aware isn’t just limited to your abilities and skills. It also includes knowing what the most important things in your life are and what you want to accomplish.

Knowing these things allows you to focus your time, energy, and resources towards those things, maximizing your chances of success.

Self-confidence is another important aspect of self-empowerment. You won’t be able to accomplish your goals if you don’t develop the belief you’re capable of accomplishing them.

The final component of self-empowerment is action. Even the smallest actions can take you closer to your goal — wishful thinking and mere knowledge can’t.

Personal empowerment is about taking control  of your own life and making positive decisions based on what you want. Bear in mind that " empowerment " is not the same as " entitlement " . People who feel entitled tend to  believe that benefits and privileges should come to them automatically, while empowered people achieve success through hard work , reflection and co-operation. It is closely linked to attributes like SELF ESTEEM and SELF CONFIDENCE but true empowerment comes when you convert intention into action.

An affirmation is a positive  statement that helps to overcome your negative thoughts and feelings.  They helps to  reinforce positive thoughts and feelings.  Reciting an affirmation at the beginning of the your day can lead to more productive thoughts , positive attitude  and can ultimately changes the way you approach daily. An affirmation of for self-love is meant to boost your love for yourself. 

What happens when we intentionally and consistently use affirmations? Big things start to shift. Affirmation help to deprogram harmful thoughts patterns.  It shifts our emotions,  habits and thought patterns, leading us to live in closer alignment to our true situation.  You deserve to feel empowered,  worthy and authentic and you don't have to wait around for someone to give it to you.  Empower yourself today by using these affirmation.  As always, take what you need, leave the rest.  

Types of empowerment ranges from  self-strength to efficiency-building of yourself.  However,  empowerment can be categorized into main five parts ________ SOCIAL, EDUCATIONAL,  ECONOMICAL, POLITICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL. 

8 Ways to Feel More Empowered in Your Life 

Positive Affirmations

When you are struggling with negative self-talk, you can immediately flip the script by changing your thoughts and words. By choosing words that are positive and encouraging, you will bring more of that to your life. Words are powerful and can change your mindset in an instant. 

Take Action and Finish Something 

Do something- anything! Even if it’s a small action, the impact will be the same. Accomplish something today that makes you feel like you’ve made progress in the right direction. It can be as simple as sending an email, finishing a book, or doing your laundry. 

Challenge the Negative Thoughts 

If you find yourself in comparison mode, decide to challenge the negative thoughts that are arising. Ask yourself if what you’re thinking is really true. Search for actual evidence that your thoughts are legitimate. Most likely you will find that they are not. 

Take Care of Yourself 

Taking care of yourself almost guarantees that you can show up more fully in your life and for other people. Self-care can take on many different forms, so choose something that resonates with you. Try meditation, reading, or yoga. Or spoil yourself with a massage or other body treatment.  

Connect with Others 

If you are feeling isolated in your negativity, make a point to connect with others. Connection naturally increases feelings of belonging. Call a friend, go to a workout class, or set up a dinner with people who are positive and uplifting.  

Get Clear on What You Want 

Sometimes self-doubt can creep in because we don’t know exactly what we want for ourselves. Take time to think about where you want to be and what you want to accomplish. Journaling and vision boards are two popular techniques for gaining clarity on our goals. 

Practice Gratitude 

Being thankful for what we have and the innate gifts that we have been given is a surefire way to increase feelings of empowerment. Establish a daily gratitude practice by choosing three things you are thankful for each day. 

Do Something You Love 

When you are in your element, your positive energy rises. Do something you love to do, no matter if you’re good at it or not. Exercise, art, reading, or cooking – the options are endless. 

It is a long process by which you becoming empowered. It has to be developed gradually.  For this practice is required.  Naturally we have to make efforts to achieve it. This can be  easily done following certain steps in our daily life. 

A. BE TRUTHFUL :: When you lie, you feel guilty. Guilt leads to shame. Shame leads to feelings of worthlessness. Honesty is the really the best policy when it comes to self-empowerment.

B. SELF CONFIDENCE :: Be confident. No one knows what is good for you more than you. 

C. BE AWARE ::  Awareness involves recognising your environment, yourself and your power. To fully be aware, you must acknowledge that you can discharge from stressful things. Be aware of the power, you possess inside to take back your life as your own. 

D. BE UNIQUE :: First thing what needs to be understood is that we are unique. Every person is different. We should not compare ourselves with others. We should give the world the best.

E. RELAX :: Take time out from your daily life to relax. Meditation is an excellent way to free your body of stress.  Because meditation boosts seotonin ( the brain chemical associated with mood) , your attitude improves and your attitude improves and your rights are more respectful.

F. BE ASSERTIVE :: We need to be assertive in life. Nobody would come to stand. An individual has to take stand for himself  and be assertive. 

G. BE RESPONSIBLE :: To be more empowered,  you must know exactly what you are responsible.   Knowing this allows you to be guilt-free from life circumstances.  Take responsibility for you and your life to be empowered and independent. 

H. PLAN :: A person needs to be have dream. Planning is very necessary to make the dream a reality.  Planning can be termed as a strategy to achieve goals.

I. GOAL SETTING :: Goals are very important in life.  Goals give direction and purpose of our life.  Self employment is about knowing what we want to achieve and making the right move.  Both short term and long terms firm an integral part of life.

J. DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE FUTURE  :: There is a fine line between the future and self-empowerment.  Accept the truth regarding what the future holds for you.   Accept each challenge what you have infront  of you  and also regarding tomorrow asan empowering event.

K. SHARE YOUR GREATNESS :: Now that you know you are on your way to self-empowerment or empowered,  share what you know,  with others. Allow people to see how great you have because of your new found independence and peace. 

L. TRUST OTHERS AND YOURSELF:: Trust is the quality that propels ( পরিচালনা ) you forward being a better decision maker. Make your choices and stick with them. Trust your own judgment and ability to decide. Having trust involves having faith in the self-empowerment process, as well as in the process of life. Trusting others allows you to go out of worry, doubts and dreads ( ভয় ).

M. RECOGNIZE WHAT YOU GOT :: To see what you are, you must see what you got.  Recognition is about what, who, when and where you, give your power. Identify and embrace the gifts and talents you possess. Don't wait on the world to acknowledge these attributes. 

We need to first Empower ourselves.  Becoming empowered is a process. It has to be developed gradually.  It has to be practiced. We have to make efforts to achieve it. There are several formulas for self- empowerment.  In them there are four (4) easy steps through which we can self empowered. These are ......KNOW YOURSELF ....... LOVE YOURSELF....BE YOURSELF......SHARE YOURSELF.

"Self Empowerment" will make us empowered and we would be able to help in empowering others and making a better life for us as well as those associated with us. In our real life , we need to realize that only when we empower ourselves, we can empower our family, our children and the society where we live. The need of the hour is that we take charge of our lives and guide the youths to empower themselves so that we can have a better future for upcoming generations.