Why Insecurity Kills
Insecurity will bring us to nowhere. It only gives us stress, negativity, jealousy, dissatisfaction and hatred. Being an insecure person changes your perspective about yourself and your capabilities, and it drastically affects your performance. You are suspended in your fake reality that you are inferior and useless. You are being too hard, not just to yourself but to others as well.

Indeed, we need to kill insecurity before it kills us. So I wanna share with you some tips to overcome it and live a more satisfied and positive life.

#1. Celebrate small achievements 

Your boss praised you for a job well done and he recognized your skills. You got a high rating in your exam. You just finished a beautiful painting or artwork today. You learned something extraordinary. Celebrate it! Give yourself a treat or share it with your friends. Call and tell them, "Hey, I achieved something awesome today. Let's have our dinner! It'll be my treat."

One of the root causes of insecurity is overlooking your achievements in life. Even though they are small, if you constantly recognize them every time, it will form a bigger chunk of satisfaction. Why feel insecure if your boss has recognized your abilities? Why feel insecure if you can produce a beautiful artwork. You got so many abilities. You are unlimited. You just have to spend a little while with yourself, and ponder what cuts you above the rest.

#2. Be thankful for what you have.
Every morning, write on your journal at least 3 things your thankful for. It only takes 5 minutes or less to write them and to enjoy the feeling of happiness and satisfaction in life. For variation, you can write the next day what are your strengths or maybe what makes you to stand out.

It's important you give yourself few minutes everyday to feel grateful for what you have. Writing will make a huge difference not just because you think while you write, but it's visual. You see it and you can review it every time you want. Whenever you're feeling small, inferior or useless, get your journal and go back to those days when you were grateful of what you have. Review those days how positive you were and how much confidence you had for yourself. That inferior person is not you. You are positive and capable. You're confident and you're always a beautiful person! Always remember that.

#3. Develop yourself and get rid the source of insecurity.
Insecurity is a mishandled admiration. Why are you insecure? It's because there is something that others have that you currently don't  have. Probably someone is sexier than you. Someone can do that, but you, as of now, cannot.

Get up and develop yourself. If you can't do something, learn how to do it. If you feel you're fat and you want to improve your body, go to the gym or enroll in a Zumba class. If you can't travel today like your friends because of your current financial status, find ways to earn more. Remember, every inadequacy you currently have is just temporary. You have the ability to fill in your inadequacies and don't ever let them define who you are and what will you become.

#4. Surround yourself with supportive people. 
Get rid of your toxic friends. Surround yourself with people who see the best in you. Surround yourself with people who recognize your strength and what you have. Surround yourself with people who clap and cheer for you for every milestone you achieve. It's important to hear these people, who are closest to your heart, saying that you are such a capable and a beautiful creation.

#5. Never let others define who "should" you be.
Every person is different. We have different childhood, experiences, and upbringing so it's inappropriate for us to rely completely on somebody to define who should we be. Just because he can paint beautifully and at the age of 20 he has had an art gallery, it doesn't mean you have to be exactly like him. Don't be too hard to yourself, switching focus and goals every time you see something different in your eyes.

Be the best version of yourself. Not a copycat. You can definitely be more awesome than them, because you are unlimited, and talented.

Conclusion
Dealing with your insecurities requires reprogramming of your mindset. It's important for you to realize that everything you are and everything you are not. Each of us has different talents, capabilities, and beauty, and at the same time, all of us have inadequacies and weaknesses. As what Mark Ehrmann's said in his poem called Desiderata:

We are created equal and the best thing we can do is to concentrate on our strength, develop it constantly and therefrom we realize the beauty of this life being perfectly imperfect.