“’People’s beliefs about their abilities have a profound effect on those abilities….Ability is not a fixed property…there is huge variability in it; people who have a sense of self-efficacy bounce back from failures; they approach things in terms of how to handle them rather than worrying about what can go wrong.’ Albert Bandura…..If ability isContinue reading “Reading: Salzberg on Self-efficacy (Bandura)”
Monthly Archives: April 2015
Reading from Louis L’Amour and a “Danger v. Comfort Zone” tangent
“Up to a point, man’s life is shaped by environment, heredity, & movements and changes in the world about him; then there comes a time when it lies within his grasp to shape the clay of his life into the sort of thing he wishes to be . . . Everyone has within his/her powerContinue reading “Reading from Louis L’Amour and a “Danger v. Comfort Zone” tangent”
Reading: Favorite from Charles Dickens
This year, weather-wise this was not relatable until this week in Boston. “It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.” – Charles Dickens, Great Expectations Notice what triggers you to attach or fight. Always aContinue reading “Reading: Favorite from Charles Dickens”