воскресенье, 20 февраля 2011 г.

Self-esteem

Some people think that self-esteem means confidence – and confidence comes into it – but it's rather more than that.
There are any number of apparently confident people who can do marvellous things but who have poor self-esteem.
Many people in the public eye fall into this category. Actors, comedians and singers in particular can glow with assurance on stage, yet off-stage feel desperately insecure.
The word 'esteem' comes from a Latin word that means 'to estimate'. So, self-esteem is how you estimate, or regard, yourself.
To do that, you need to ask yourself certain questions.
        Do I like myself?
        Do I think I'm a good human being?
        Am I someone deserving of love?
        Do I deserve happiness?
People with low self-esteem find it hard to answer yes to these questions.
There are same ways how improve your self-esteem.
You can begin by accepting that you are certainly not alone. Masses of people have this problem.
Secondly, take on board the fact you're a special person – and that there's no one quite like you.
Not only are your fingerprints and DNA different from everyone else's, but your mind and how it thinks and operates is totally your own.
You have other rights, too. One of them is the right to make mistakes. Don't forget that 'to err is human' – and most of us learn through getting things wrong before we get them right.
Finally, and perhaps most important of all, we have the right to say yes or no for ourselves.
 

Multiple Intelligence Test

I did multiple intelligence test and got following results.
The highest score I had from intrapersonal intelligence. It shows that I know very well about myself and my strenghts and weaknesses. Similar result I got from interpersonal. So it means that I know not only myself, but also other people. I am sensitive to the moods, temperaments, motivations and intentions others. Moreover my musical intelligence is quite high. I enjoy music and can recognize sounds, and timbre, or the quality of a tone. Also I play musical instrument. The same results I had from visual and linguistic intelligences. My result shows that I am not very good at reading, writing, understanding charts and graphs. I do not have a good sense of direction, painting. Also I am not good at story telling, explaining, remembering information. Quite good score I had from kinaesthetic intelligence. I am enough good at sport. I often learn best by doing something physically, rather than by reading or hearing about it. The least scores I got from logical and naturalistic skills. So I am not good at mathematics and other number activities. Also I can not quickly to solve problem. Naturalistic intelligence is related with plants and animals. I do not enjoy learning about them.
Finally, I think this test is reliable because I did it twice and got similar results. Moreover this test is valid too because it measures what it is supposed to measure.

Reference: http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/ict/multiple_int/index.htm