Sorry to those of you who were waiting for the July issue of this newsletter - it is rather late because I have been home in England on holiday and then on returning have been trying to catch up with answering the email I have received during the last few weeks. I have also been working on a minor redesign of the website which I hope to have up and running very soon, I hope its going to make finding things on the site much easier for you.

On with this newsletter then, the subject of my article this month is "Self Esteem and Self Confidence, are they the same thing?"

Hope you like this issue and will visit more self esteem again soon!

Karl Perera

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• Not the same - self esteem is the attitude you have towards yourself, how much do you like yourself and respect yourself? What do you think is your worth as a person? Self confidence on the other hand is belief in yourself and what you can do.
  
• related - these two important concepts are closely related even though they are not the same thing. You need both to be successful in any way. You need both to be a healthy functioning human being.
  
• You can't have one without the other - self esteem is not possible if you lack self confidence. If you have self confidence you cannot suffer from low self esteem. Work on your self confidence and you will build your self esteem and vice versa. These concepts are two sides of the same coin. This is why both subjects are covered in my website.
  
• importance of self confidence - The greatest enemy to your success in anything you do in this world is your fear of failure. Self confident people know exactly what they can do well and they succeed because they do what they are good at knowing they will not fail. A lack of self confidence causes missed opportunities, hesitation and lack of action. Your lack of confidence may lie in your poor level of self esteem, lack of experience or in a fear of the unknown. Confidence is gained in action and in knowing you are well prepared and have the skills and ability to do whatever it is you have to. Poor self esteem will destroy your confidence. Any successful person needs self confidence - it's vital that you work on yours!
  
• improve your self confidence and your self esteem at the same time! - you can work on both at the same time. Try everything you can. Read books, take courses, get training if you need it, try new challenges which will help you to gain in confidence, use your skills to help others and above all don't cheat yourself - act positive and act as if you have confidence, pretty soon you will find you will be! 

  Build your Self Confidence - Hypnosis downloads - quick, easy and guaranteed to help you build your confidence (prepared by experienced psychologists and gets my full recommendation) I would also advise you consider getting the CD Trainer, the CD is not expensive and is wonderful, I listen to it regularly, its great. 

  Some recommended books about self confidence: 

  How to develop self confidence and influence people by dale Carnegie  

  How to develop self confidence and a positive self image permanently and forever by Michael Broder  

  Check out all my book recommendations

  Until next month,