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Carolyn Smagalski
Self Respect
Founder - Editor - Host
Joan Didion said, "Self-respect is a question of recognizing
that anything worth having has a price." That includes
happiness, financial gain, harmony in relationships, the
ability to recognize opportunity, and connectedness with
business associates. Nothing that is truly valuable can be
gained and retained without laying the foundation, making the
effort, and stretching your inner self.
Joan Didion is a journalist and novelist who worked as a
features editor at Vogue before becoming a freelance writer.
She is a well-known American writer, and won critical acclaim
for her numerous novels, essays, newspaper columns and
screenplays on American politics and culture. She has
received nominations for the Pulitzer Prize and the National
Book Circle Critics Award. She received the National Book
Award in the Nonfiction Book Category for The Year of Magical
Thinking (2005). In 2006, she was awarded the Hubert Howe
Bancroft Award at the UC Berkeley Art Museum in Berkeley,
California.
The great author Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "Whatever games are
played with us, we must play no games with ourselves."
Self-respect comes from within, from seeing yourself as you
are, and accepting yourself for the spirited person that you
are, with the lofty goal of reaching your own achievable level
of personal excellence.
When you do this for yourself, you do it for others. You give
them your own personal gifts, and inspire them to develop
their own. As you move toward your goals, celebrate your
achievements, both large and small. Make note of them, and
read them during the challenges in your life. Examine your
level of advancement as a problem solver and as an
accomplished person. Give yourself credit for moving toward
personal growth. Have patience as you assess your
advancement, and give yourself compliments rather than
criticism. Never say anything demeaning to yourself, even in
light-hearted self-scolding. Follow through with constant
self-affirmations that increase your strength and uplift your
spirit. Give yourself the chance to shine.
This thought is echoed in the words of Nelson Mandela: "And
as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other
people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our
fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
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