Self-esteem and optimistic thinking are very closely related. Having an optimistic view of the world means that you have a higher resilience when things go wrong, you don't tend to blame yourself for the ills of the world and you don't generalise negative events to the rest of your life. For instance, when you have a pessimistic view of the world, you would conclude that you are bad at all sports if you failed at just one, or you would conclude that you'll never have a meaningful intimate relationship with a partner because you've had one or a few negative relationships (disqualifying any positive evidence to the contrary) in the past.
Self-esteem is not something that can be improved overnight, nor is it something that's improved via positive thinking alone. It needs concerted effort and work to undo the negative impacts of the past and to create new ways of interpreting the events in your life and the impact they have on your future. For more information on self-esteem visit:
http://www.happylife.net.au/Self-esteem_online.html
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