# Self-Efficacy

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**TL;DR:**

Tell yourself and others the following:\
"You are capable" 
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## 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.

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

<table><thead><tr><th width="278">Helpful</th><th>Hurting</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>"You are capable" <span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="1f4d7">📗</span></td><td>"You are smart" <span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="1f53b">🔻</span></td></tr><tr><td>"You work hard" <span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="1f4d7">📗</span></td><td>"You are talented" <span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="1f53b">🔻</span></td></tr><tr><td>"You can overcome this" <span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="1f4d7">📗</span></td><td>"You are a good writer" <span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="1f53b">🔻</span></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>These are <strong>Effort</strong> based. These are controllable, <strong>dynamic</strong>, and can be improved upon. </td><td>These are <strong>Ability</strong> based. These are <strong>fixed</strong> qualities that cannot be improved upon.</td></tr></tbody></table>

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## 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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