Simple Ways to Empower Oneself Essay

Simple Ways to Empower Oneself
FREEDOM TO BE ME! This simple statement, I believe, is the main point of empowerment. According to dictionaries, 'empower' means "to give power or authority".
But exactly what power are we talking about here? Well, when it comes to women it covers four things, the power to CHOOSE DECIDE DREAM and BE INDEPENDENT.
Choose and Decide
Stop right there! Do you let people make decisions for you? More often than not, letting people have the last say will produce a 'sad' you! Take for instance the parents who choose the college course of their kids or the wives buying clothes they know will be 'approved' by their husbands. Choosing what to buy or what to do is sometimes difficult, but it doesn't mean you let people 'win'.
When you are an empowered woman, you make the choices. You know what's good and what's bad for you, right? Use it as your guide. Sometimes your choice works and sometimes it's a bust. Well, shake it off and remain proud that you decided on your own!
Some decisions can change your life forever too. Jeanne, a close friend of mine made a difficult decision lately. Was it a bad decision? Far from it! Jeanne decided to change career after serving a company for fifteen years! Normally, you stick with a company after so many years of service, right? That's a big 'yes' if security and pension are your end goal. But, what if an opportunity knocks on your door and it is too good to pass? What now? All you need to do is to take a 'leap of faith' and go for it!
Dream and Become
Let me start this part of the article by showing some survey results
Women work harder! That's the conclusion given by a research consultancy firm after observing 274 subjects (53 percent women 47 percent men) in an experimental trial.
In another study, it was found out that women do 52 percent of professional jobs.
The income of women globally increased from $4 trillion to$9.8 trillion. By next year, they believe the income will jump to $15.6 trillion.
Without a doubt, women have gone a long way! We have women who dream big and they grab every opportunity to make it come true. Let me name a few - Oprah, Beyonce, Sally Ride (firs woman astronaut) and Hillary Clinton (first American woman president?)! Anyone can become whatever they choose. They just need perseverance and patience. Furthermore, true empowered women never listen to the words "You can't, you are just a woman"!
Be Independent
Let's be honest here. Are you intimidated by some false advertising presented in the media? You know the perfect figure that women should have and stuff like that? They make you feel your contour is not good enough! In fact, Style Editor Janet Sahm stated that, "Seventy five percent of young women feel worse about themselves after three minutes of reading a fashion magazine."