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]
November 3rd, 2010 by Mike Weibel
Why is it that regardless of how clear they may be about what they want, or how solid the plan, some people just never seem to realize their hopes and dreams (goals)?
If that sounds familiar, here’s one set of ideas to help answer to that question articulated [read more]
October 23rd, 2010 by Mike Weibel
Multi-tasking, not good
Without fail, one of my biggest challenges to staying on track with the various goals I’ve set is that I love to put too many things on my plate.
Ever do that?
It never fails that instead of motivating me to get more done, [read more]
October 2nd, 2010 by Mike Weibel
One of the best ways for any of us to get motivated is to see something work. Seeing is believing, and there’s no shortage of occasions throughout history where a once seemingly impossible achievement is conquered, it became almost common for people to achieve it.
For [read more]
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September 20th, 2010 by Mike Weibel
It’s been far too long since I’ve posted, but this one absolutely wrote itself. These are 10 ideas that have served me well, and it just occurred to me that they need to be shared. Here they are, in no particular order:
1. When tempted, [read more]
July 23rd, 2010 by Mike Weibel
OK, here goes. I have a confession to make ……
I have a vice. No, it’s not drugs, or alcohol, or gambling. For me, it’s probably more powerful than those things.
I am a self-help addict. Whew! There, I said it. 🙂
I [read more]
June 20th, 2010 by Mike Weibel
I was listening to Darren Hardy’s excellent book (audio, in my car) “The Compound Effect” when the pieces of the process of goal accomplishment really seemed to fall into place. Obviously from my interest and effort into this website, I spend alot of my time thinking about and [read more]
June 19th, 2010 by Mike Weibel
People who experience success in any endeavor share one basic quality — they get things done. This requirement supercedes talent, birth right or other natural advantages, intelligence and good fortune in determining the what you earn and the success you experience.
Of course, it’s a simple concept, but the fact remains [read more]
May 16th, 2010 by Mike Weibel
Setting goals, making plans, keeping focus, visualizing the outcome, all the things that we know about the value and benefits of setting Goals comes down to one simple principle. It is:
Where we want to go tomorrow, drives what we need to be doing today
Restated in a slightly different way, [read more]
May 15th, 2010 by Mike Weibel
Everything You Need To Know About Happiness
“Happiness” courtesy of Zhong Bioa
The truth about affirmations
With all of these books around touting the benefits of affirmations, Psychologists became curious to know whether they actually worked.
They brought together many different subjects, having various degrees of self confidence and told them to repeat positive [read more]