What is self efficacy?
According to the most reliable source (wikipedia), self efficacy is defined as “the belief that one is capable of performing in a certain manner or attaining certain goals.” In other words it is the ability to never give up.
Following are examples of people that displayed this ability:
Try identifying these individuals first, answers are provided at the end.
A)
- When to war as a captain returned as a private
- Complete failure as a businessman
- Practiced law without success
- Lost almost all elections he ever fought
- Played a major part in the American civil war
B)
- Repeated a grade during elementary school
- Was placed in the lowest division of the lowest class at Harrow
- Twice failed the entrance exam to the Royal Military Academy
- Became the prime minister of U.K. at age 62
C)
- His teachers said he was too stupid to learn anything
- Fired from two jobs for not being productive
- Failed 1000 times before developing something we can’t live without
D)
- Did not learn to speak until he was four years old
- Did not learn to read until he was seven years old
- His teacher described him as mentally slow individual who dreamt foolish dreams
E)
- Fired from by a newspaper editor because he lacked imagination and had no good ideas
- Went bankrupt multiple times
Answers:
A) Abraham Lincoln
B) Winston Churchill
C) Thomas Edison
D) Albert Einstein
E) Walt Disney
Thomas Edison, inventor of the light bulb, was once asked regarding his failures in developing the light bulb, “How did it feel to fail 1000 times?” Edison responded, “I didn’t fail 1000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1000 steps”.
Reference: http://www.des.emory.edu/mfp/OnFailingG.html
