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How does it rebuild self-esteem?
How can a simple act of getting a glass of water shift your mindset? How can it lead to recognizing you are losing your self-esteem?
The backstory:
I was dealing with the process of building a software startup which was causing me to question everything.The How’s had become a constant companion in my mental landscape. During the height of building my startup company I was the same as others who have gone through these trenches — lamenting about the strain it brings. Too many hours. Too many decisions. Too many ‘out of left field’ issues that I could not prepare for.
Burning out and exhausted, my Self was inadvertently taking a toll. It was doing the slow dance with the enticing entity of building something and that swan song was eroding saidSelf.
What I didn’t realize is that it was also degrading my psyche and self esteem. I often found myself saying in conversations which regarded the software’s development process that I feel like I am writing with my non-dominant hand. My confidence eroding with every new issue that ultimately came up.
The problem was that I didn’t have any people around me who could empathize. They tried with their Deer in the Headlights eyes. Hoping a friendly smile would break…
