Do you want others to see you as a confident person or a natural born leader? The simplest way of improving your reputation, or the way people think of you, requires improving your self-esteem. Others will only respect you and think highly of you, if you respect and think highly of yourself. Here are key tips to improving your self-esteem. They will not just raise your self-esteem, but also help you live a better life.

* Developing Self-Esteem: The first step to having higher self-esteem is to be inventive. Those of us with new, fresh ideas and innovative mindsets are thought of more highly than those of us who don't speak up or are not creative. Try to interact with others and be in touch with trends to have something to talk about; you will see how confident you will feel knowing what everyone is talking about.

* Take the Right Path: The destination is not important, but rather the journey to get there. Try to enjoy the path you choose as much as you can, making the best of yourself and feeling confident about your decision, even at the destination.

* Set Goals for Yourself: Setting goals helps determine what you want to achieve, and making it seem more possible to actually accomplish them. This will make you feel confident and your confidence will in turn raise your self-esteem. Proper planning with setting goals is hand in hand with following the right path for you.

* Take an Initiative: Another way to enhance self-esteem is by taking initiative. Be proactive in decision making and convey to others that you can be independent. Successful people do not rely on others, but instead lead others by taking the initiative. Taking the initiative and succeeding boosts confidence and leads others to believe in you, thus helping you believe in yourself.

* Act Confident: Even if you are not confident, by giving everyone the impression you are you can succeed in gaining others respect and help your self-esteem. People more highly regard confident people, and the greatest successes involve taking risks. To start to do this you just need to have confident body language. For example, a firm handshake or a confident look straight in eyes of the listener demands respect.

* Listen to Others: Another way of building good self-esteem is through being good listener. Listen to what others have to say, ask people about themselves to establish mutual respect, confidence and a higher self-esteem. The wisdom we gain when we listen to others, rather than exclusively give our own views is great and positive. The core of self-esteem is respect and confidence.

* Be Attentive to What's Going on Around You: Remember that others will pay attention to you, if you are attentive to them. In other words, pay close attention when others approach you with their concerns, as only then will they be attentive in the future when you go to them. Never dismiss concerns that other people may bring to you, regardless of how trivial.

These tips will build your self-esteem and relationships with others to achieve that esteem. Just follow these ideas to see a notable change in your life.

Our blog, is dedicated to providing information and insight about today's baby boomer population and finding pertinent facts to the greatest generation of our time.

Steve Goodall has been studying baby boomers http://healthissuesforbabyboomers.com/ since they were watching The Little Rascals and playing with slinky's. Steve does deep research looking for important facts pertaining to healthcare, lifestyle, strength training and much, much more. All geared to keeping baby boomers informed.