Introduction For this final paper, I would like to discuss how self-esteem, inspirational leadership and empowerment was and still is and important tool in my life. The advantages that this has given me to be a good human being and an actual leader of the United States Army and one of the biggest motivators in my unit. Self-Esteem “Self-Esteem is the experience of feeling competent to cope with the basic challenges in life and of being worthy of happiness. Understanding the self from various perspectives is important because who you are and what you think of yourself influences many facets of your life, both on and off the job. In more general terms, self-esteem refers to a positive overall evaluation of oneself. Part of understanding the nature of self-esteem is to know how it develops. Self-esteem comes from a variety of early life experiences. Early life experiences play a key role in the development of both healthy self-esteem and low self-esteem. To develop self-esteem, people need to improve their skills in dealing with the world. Self-esteem, therefore, come about by genuine accomplishments, followed by praise and recognition” (Dubrin, 2011, p. 36). When I was a kid my parents got divorced and sent me with my grandma to Puerto Rico. I grew up with no role model to follow and always thinking that my family abandoned me because they didn’t love me. I got in trouble with the law when I was in high school. I was that guy. My self-esteem was low and I didn’t realize it. After high school, I started working at the age of 18 in a manufacturing company in the closet’s doors manufacturing department. The first 6-month was very tough for me because being responsible wasn’t my best description. After a year in the company, I was tired of working for no purpose or goals in my life, everyday I felt that my life was going to end like the majority of my family, with no careers and being nobody. “One of the major consequences of high self-esteem is good mental health. People with high self-esteem feel good about themselves and have positive outlooks on life. One of the links between good mental health and self-esteem is that high self-esteem help prevent many situations from being stressful” (Dubrin, 2011, p. 38). “A potential negative consequence of low self-esteem is envying too many people. If you perceive that many individuals have much more of what you want and are more worthwhile than you, you will suffer from enormous envy (Dubrin, 2011, p. 40)”. I wanted to be somebody; I wanted to be the difference in the family, break the negative chain. So I decided to change my poor behavior and move forward. After a year and a half, my first-line supervisor called me to his office and talked to me about how good I was performing for the company. He informed me they were thinking of giving me a supervisor position. I couldn’t believe the words I was hearing; that day changed my life. They gave me the position one month later after that conversation. Since that day, I started feeling different. I was feeling more important on the job and as a person. I gained respe