I spoke with an adult education teacher and she said the biggest challenge she faced with adult learners was the programming they had received as children and adopted as truth. They were capable of learning the material but their attitudes were a major hindrance.

She related that she had to first teach them constructive ways to problem solve and to change the way they perceived matters before they could learn.

She said their self-talk blew her mind: “I’m so stupid, I’ll never get this, I can’t do it, I never do anything right.” They were replaying old scripts and writing future outcomes, setting themselves up for failure right out of the starting gate.

I always mention creating a pattern of success: not giving up when the going gets tough, staying the course and finishing something, gaining increased self-esteem from finishing and from the new skills learned, then experiencing an increased willingness to tackle new challenges because of the past success, more successes, more self-confidence, finally emotional healing and new successful life patterns.

Thankyou for sharing your valuable advice.