📝Self-Efficacy
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
"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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