Self-worth is simply the value you have for yourself; the worth you subconsciously place on yourself. You can either value yourself high or value yourself low; this is what we call high self-esteem or low self-esteem. High self-esteem increases your confidence and this most leaders have itemized as part of the skills they possess. Many atimes employers look out for confidence in applicants and sometimes even the smartest and most intelligent doesn’t get the job because of lack of confidence. In our culture, most especially in Nigeria most of the youth and teenagers have grown believing that it is our heritage to have the limitations we encounter; the society, friends and neighbors never forget to remind us that it is normal to go through some of the things we go through in life. Things like poverty, violence, rape; parents reprimand the rape victims to keep quiet that it is better to keep quiet than voice out because of the society a
In the movie Kunta Kinte there was a scene where the slaves planned to take over the ship from their captive so that they can change the direction of the ship to their home. Though their plan was not successful i was struck by the power they portrayed for their dream which was to get back home. T heir dream gave them a lot of energy which they channeled to change they desire for their future. Your dream will determine your future, without a dream of your own you will be pulled by many other enticing dream that aren’t yours. Everyone should have a dream and not everyone’s dream is yours. Your dream will determine your destination and you need to dream big. There is no crime in not dreaming big but there is a crime to your destiny when you fail to dream. The dream you have for your future will always determine the decisions you take; for every step you want to take you need to ask yourself the effect of that decision on your future and dream. There hav