Do you ever get insecure? Feel blue? Feel like a worthless jet of penguin goo? Try this famous affirmation by Al Franken’s SNL character Stuart Smalley: “I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and doggone it, people like me.” Repeat it until you believe it.
Actually, don’t.
A 2009 study published in the journal Psychological Science found that self-affirmations make people with low self-esteem feel worse. People with high self-esteem benefit little if at all.