[header] How to like yourself [title] Pay attention to your thoughts. [step] Cognitive behavioral therapy practitioners believe that we have the ability to change our behavior by changing our thoughts. Thoughts are the catalyst that lead to behaviors. 
[substeps] For example, if you think you are a loser and can't do anything right, you will feel hopeless because you don't believe you can change the way you feel. Thinking this way will leave you stuck at the place where you give in to the negative thought pattern.