📝Self-Efficacy

TL;DR:

Tell yourself and others the following: "You are capable"

Definition

Self-efficacy: a person's belief in their ability to success in a particular situation.

Self-efficacy is also being able to recover from failures and setbacks.


It is important to distinguish which phrases we tell ourselves are helpful and hurting us

Helpful
Hurting

"You are capable" 📗

"You are smart" 🔻

"You work hard" 📗

"You are talented" 🔻

"You can overcome this" 📗

"You are a good writer" 🔻

These are Effort based. These are controllable, dynamic, and can be improved upon.

These are Ability based. These are fixed qualities that cannot be improved upon.


Some more Self-Efficacy phrases

For oneself

  • "What's something you can do better?"

  • "How can I prepare & improve?"

  • "Problems are tasks to be mastered"

    • Educate yourself with knowledge on the issue/topic

    • Seek mentors

    • Celebrate small wins

For others

  • "You put in alot of effort into this"

  • "You prepared well for this"

  • "That didn't work, but let's try another solution together"

  • "Don't feel bad if you can't do it yet" (Keyword: yet)

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