We all love to be appreciated but in order for that to happen we owe it to ourselves to appreciate who we are. This works well from my own experience because like attracts like that is; appreciate yourself and people will appreciate you.The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others ~Sonya Friedman. To appreciate you is simply your ability to recognise and be glad about your qualities and values.
Below are a few Simple Tips to Help You Appreciate Yourself
1, Acknowledgement: Here you simply explore all your positive qualities. Find a quiet spot, grab a pen and paper to write them all down. If you are struggling think of all the good things people may have told you about yourself .And if you are still struggling it might mean there are some underlining issues you have to deal with or you have to build-up your self esteem and or confidence . Now! once you have made up your list learn to mediate over all you have written down and simply acknowledge them and be grateful. Everyone’s a star and deserves the right to twinkle~ Marilyn Monroe,
2, Self appraiser: Is simply not an exercise carried mostly at work places to establish our strength as well as our weakness .Self appraisal is all about performance management where we should be given the opportunity to grow and work on our weakness. Why not apply the same strategy to your personal life?Here is an opportunity for you to build on your list created in number one but this time add qualities you love to enhance or improve in your persona and be glad you have taken that step because it’s an opportunity to .. Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points.~ Knute Rockne … SWOT works quite well here.
3, Be your own best friend: majority of us will look out for our friends; why not apply the same nurturing and caring behaviour to yourselves? We have to learn to be our own best friend because we fall too easily into the trap of being our own worst enemies~Roderick Thorp .
4, Be You; we are all unique in our ways and would enjoy this quality best by just being who we are. From my little experience this simply will allow you to enjoy and derive the best out of life when around people.
There is probably no straight forward way as to how we appreciate ourselves other than being and feeling grateful each time we look at ourselves. So always find time to create those moments.
Good Luck 
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21. July 2010 at 6:29 pm
I love this article! It reminds us of the importance of appreciating ourselves and ways to do so. Thank you so much for sharing! Have a great day!
22. July 2010 at 12:09 pm
So important in today’s world of competitions and comparisons to focus on one’s own fine qualities and unique abilities.
24. July 2010 at 12:38 pm
Thanks @Jarrod and @NP for your comment
24. July 2010 at 8:19 pm
Great tips! Recently I did an exercise on value boarding. I think it is quite similar to what you had suggested here about acknowledgment. Through the exercise, I am clearer about the values which empower and guide me in my life and that sort of made me feel good about myself. As knowing our values, we can do things for the values and naturally we will feel good as compare to doing things against our values which will make us feel bad about ourselves.
25. July 2010 at 1:12 pm
Cool post! Appreciating ourselves is such an important part of building great self-esteem and thriving relationships too.
25. July 2010 at 8:23 pm
Great post and feeling good about ourselves and appreciating all we do is so important. It really is the foundation of living life in a great way. Thanks for the great message and all the insights you shared in your list. I think they are all pointers in the right direction and will help us start really appreciating ourselves in a real and helpful way.
27. July 2010 at 1:48 pm
Thanks @BK for your comment how wonderful just to acknowledge – values which empower and guide us.
Certainly @Clearlycomposed.
Thanks @Sibly Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well~Voltaire.