Posts under category: Self-Esteem

Goals and Self-Confidence

November 27th, 2010 by Mike Weibel

Self-Confidence and Self-Efficacy

Part of being self-motivated is having good levels of self-assurance, self-confidence, and self-efficacy.

Albert Bandura, a psychologist from Stanford University, defined self-efficacy as a belief in our own ability to succeed, and our ability to achieve the goals we set for ourselves. This belief has a huge impact [read more]

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You Can’t Talk To Me Like That!

September 25th, 2009 by Mike Weibel

I was standing in line at our favorite discount superstore, and overheard two women talking about something one of them had done (couldn’t tell what it was). She was recounting how stupid she had been, and how it was typical. “I’m always doing that, I’m such an [read more]

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