One method to achieve more self-esteem: Do more things you are proud of and less of those that you are not proud of. Second method: Invest effort into yourself

One method to achieve more self-esteem: Do more things you are proud of and less of those that you are not proud of. Second method: Invest effort into yourself. But the "effort" has to be something that actually takes work, courage or frustration, and it must not be something immediately gratifying or distracting. The reasoning is that in experimental behavioral economy, the worth of something is determined by how much energy a subject or animal will exert to get it. You are the animal, the "something" is "your self worth" and then you have to find a way to expend energy towards your self. Your subconscious will over time learn from these examples that you value yourself.