Welcome to another issue where I have tried to put together a few new items to interest you. As promised I am continuing with part two of my articles on self esteem and learning, how to boost your self esteem and learn better.

Hope you like what you read, do let me have your comments OK?

Coming soon! : Religion and self esteem, Disability and other disadvantages which can lower your self esteem

Karl Perera

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"Self Esteem and Learning part 2 - improve your capacity to learn"

Last month we discussed how important a role your self esteem plays in your ability to learn and in your success as a learner this month I would like to finish off with part two and suggest ways in which you can boost your self esteem in order to learn better in a variety of situations such as classic classroom study or distance learning. I hope you enjoy the article and find it useful. 

Barriers to effective learning:

• Others may tell you its not worth the effort and discourage you from taking on learning. 
• You may convince yourself with your own negativity that you can't succeed
• Low self esteem may cause you to underachieve or give up completely
• you may become de-motivated or discouraged because of lack of confidence
• Competition between learners can be a problem if you are not positive and confident

So how can you boost your self esteem in order to improve your learning ability and your success during your course or training? Here are a few suggestions:

• Choose something you are really interested in - if you do this you are already more than half way there
• Convince yourself you can succeed
• Be realistic but never negative
• Be clear why you want to study and how it will benefit you
• Tell others you are going to succeed at your studies - this will make it likely you will not give up or drop the course
• Be enthusiastic when talking to friends and they will also be enthusiastic and offer their support
• Make friends on the course or in the class - it is so much easier if you are not alone and have support from friends who are also experiencing the same problems as you. This is also vitally important with distance learning as a rapport will help you bridge gaps in your understanding and distance from the classroom.
• Mix with positive people so your confidence will grow and be maintained 
• In class ask questions. Teachers respond well to students who are interested and will always try to help you understand. If you are afraid and don't ask for fear of looking stupid you will regret it and also feel bad inside.

If you follow the above then I'm sure you will enjoy your course and be as successful as you can. Good luck in your studies! 

See you again next month! As confidence is such an important factor in learning then try this:

• 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, it helps me, it'll help you too. 

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