Present the Evidence

Everyone feels like a failure sometimes. Here's a way to bust that myth before it has a chance to ruin your day: Keep a file containing evidence of your past successes.

Get an honor? Win an award? Put it (or a picture of it) in the file.

Complete a difficult task? Write an account of what you were up against and how you went about it, and put it in the file.

Think back over your past to all the accomplishments that you're proud of. Make a list of them and put it in the file.

Next time you're feeling like a complete waste of the earth's resources, get out that file and show yourself that you're really quite the successful person. You've done great things in the past, and you will continue to do so in the future!