Self-esteem means respecting yourself, not bowing to others, and not allowing others to discriminate and insult. Self-esteem and self-confidence complement each other. People who have no self-esteem will never have confidence. Self-esteem is the soul of being a man and the support point of self-confidence and self-improvement. Only by respecting others can we increase the weight of self-esteem. Dante said, go your own way and let others talk! Zhuge Liang said, don't sell yourself short and lose the meaning of metaphor. Tao Yuanming didn't bow to the village man for "five buckets of rice" and resigned. Shevchenko is a famous Russian poet. Once the tsar summoned him, and everyone else bowed, but he stood still. The tsar was furious and questioned him. He replied without fear, "It's not that I want to see you, it's that you want to see me. How can you see me clearly if I bend down in front of you to like these people around me? " These celebrities, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, all inspire us that we must have self-esteem to stand up straight. However, self-esteem should have a degree. When others point out or criticize your mistakes, don't insist on "self-esteem" and "face". Face is only a superficial form. I like to put on airs and play big cards to save face, and I feel that it is useless. We should accept criticism with an open mind and correct our mistakes in time. This is not hurting our self-esteem, on the contrary, it is safeguarding our self-esteem. In a word, we should be a self-respecting person. Life must be self-respecting and self-reliant, and it will be more exciting!