Self-efficacy: A psychological trick to ‘hack’ your focus and motivation
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The Worst Offender In Your Lack Of Focus
Lack of self-efficacy, that is your confidence (or belief) in navigating a challenging situation and shooting down potential obstacles is a fundamental reason for the inability to focus.
- Coined in 1977 by psychologist Albert Bandura, self-efficacy is different from confidence, as it relates to a particular task or topic.
- High self-efficacy results in less stress and depression and almost guarantees your personal accomplishment.
- A low self-efficacy results in procrastination, failure and blame games.
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Impact Of Self-Efficacy On Your Ability To Focus
Procrastination, motivation and focus relate to our emotions and internal feelings. Fear and uncertainty play a big role in these emotional issues. Low self-efficacy lowers our guard towards the internal distractions and one is easily stressed out.
A high self-efficacy insulates us from the emotional problems that affect our focus negatively.
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Four Elements To Build Self-Efficacy At Work
- Mastery experiences: Convince yourself about your capability by completing small but difficult tasks using deliberate practice.
- Vicarious experiences: Observe and be with people doing the tasks you want to do successfully. Find mentors and guides that push you towards your success.
- Social persuasion: Create opportunities for review and feedback in an earlier stage of the project, ensuring it is sincere.
- Our emotional state: Remove stressful thoughts and focus on being effective and positive by changing your inner voice.
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A Practical Guide To Building Motivation And Focus
How to hack your self-efficacy to provide you with the desired confidence, in spite of the inevitable obstacles:
- Break your goal into smaller tasks.
- Track your progress using any tracker app.
- Set up steps to get feedback at an early stage.
- Ask questions, request for help and guidance.
- Keep your stress and doubts aside for a while.
- Celebrate your wins, however small and reflect on what has worked.
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