What is Self esteem exactly?

As part of running my various website about self esteem and depression I get many questions daily. It is amazing how I am able to help people from all over the world with just a few words in an email which I can write quickly. I really feel I am contributing and doing something positive.

Anyway, here's today's question:

"What is self esteem really?"

And here is my brief answer, please add your answer below in the comments section, love to hear how you would define self esteem.

Self esteem is:

"the value you put on yourself as a person. It is how you see yourself, do you have a lot of positive ideas about who you are and what you can offer to the world or do you think of yourself negatively? Low self esteem is when you don't like who you are and think you are worthless or a failure so high self esteem would be believing the opposite and feeling confident about YOU."

You can also check the following page for more about the meaning and importance of self esteem:

http://www.more-selfesteem.com/whatisselfesteem.htm

Have a great day!