Managing and Caring for the Self

• Unsuccessful people


  criticize, have a sense of entitlement, hold a

  grudge, take all the credit, blame others for their failures, watch TV

  every day, don’t keep a journal, think they know it all, fear change,

  fly by the seat of their pants, operate from a transactional

  perspective, talk about people, secretly hope others fail, hoard

  information and data, don’t know what they want to be, never set

  goals, and exude anger. And they don’t read nearly enough.
• Successful people


  have a sense of gratitude, compliment others,

  forgive others, give other people credit for their victories, talk

  about ideas, read everyday, accept responsibility for their failures,

  keep a journal, want others to succeed, share information and

  data, keep a to-be list, set goals and develop life plans, exude joy,

  embrace change, keep a to-do list, learn continuously, and operate

  from a transformational perspective.
• true


  A problem may eventually occur if we do not have a goal, it’s

  like going through life aimlessly and even robotically. We are

  performing tasks without knowing whether we are achieving

  something or not. We don’t know if our aim is good because

  there is nothing to go after—because there is NO GOAL!
• GOAL


  is an object for and sets the standard for success

  (Locke, 2002). If goals are achieved, then one feels successful,

  and success leads to satisfaction. On the other hand, if goals

  are not achieved it leads to dissatisfaction. Everytime a goal is

  reached , it brings us closer to what we value in life.
• BANDURA’S SELF-EFFICACY


  People will only try do what they think they can do, and won’t try what they think they can’t do
• SELF-EFFICACY


  the belief in one’s own ability to successfully

  accomplish something (Brown et. al, 2004)
• People with strong sense of self-efficacy makes them accomplish

  tasks that some people avoid because of the level of difficulty. Self-

  efficacious people will not look at the problem and tell themselves, I

  won’t do it because it’s not easy but will rather tell themselves that

  this is a challenge that I can overcome.
• Self-confidence


  an important aspect in the

  achievement of success.
• 4 factors that

  influence one’s self confidence or self-efficacy

  (Bandura, 1977)

  1.Mastery of experience

  2.Vicarious experience

  3.Verbal persuasion

  4.Somatic and emotional stress
• Mastery of experience


  Happens when we do something, and we become successful.

  Encouraged, we do it again and again until we have mastered it
• Mastery of experience


  Part of achieving success in reaching our goals is to have self-

  efficacy through mastering skills needed to achieve that goal. In

  order to acquire new skills, one must not limit oneself in mastering

  something or those similar to it otherwise self-efficacy will still not be

  mastered.
• Mastery of experience


  It also involves getting out of your comfort zone or something that is

  familiar to you try to do something new and challenging tasks.
• Mastery of experience


  Overcoming obstacles and getting at it and in the process you gain

  self-confidence (something we can also master).
• Vicarious experience


  This is the observation of the success and failures of

  others through modeling, who are similar to one’s

  self (Brown, L., 2005).
• Verbal Persuasion


  The more people verbally encourage a person,

  then the more likely the person’s self-efficacy will

  increase. When an individual feels that others do

  believe in what he is capable of doing, then that

  individual can actually persuade himself that he

  can do it
• Somatic and Emotional states


  When someone is contemplating on doing something, the

  emotional state of the person will also have an influence in the

  success or failure of the task.
• Somatic and Emotional states


  Bandura thinks that an achievement of one’s goal is deeply

  affected by one’s self-efficacy.
• Carol Dweck (Dweck’s Mindset)


  Mindset is a mental attitude one takes that determines how one will

  respond and understand the situation.
• true


  Your mindset is the very view you have of your qualities and

  characteristics—where they come from and whether they can

  change (Collins English Dictionary, 2018)
• true


  Our view of the world is dependent on what kind of mindset we

  have. One is the traditional way which is called the fixed mindset

  and other one is growth mindset.
• true


  Our view of the world is dependent on what kind of mindset we

  have. One is the traditional way which is called the fixed mindset

  and other one is growth mindset.
• Locke and Latham’s goal setting theory


  theory to develop a way to promote an efficient workplace. They set the

  groundwork to motivate employees to achieve work-related goals by providing the proper tools to achieve

  their goals.
• The premise of Locke is that man’s ultimate goal is

  happiness. Happiness is the successful state of life,

  pain is an agent of death (1961)
• Happiness is that state of consciousness which

  proceeds from the achievement of one’s values

  (Rand, 1961, p. 123)
• GOAL


  The object to aim for.
• Goal setting theory


  According to Locke and Latham (1991), there are five goal

  setting principles that can improve our chances of

  success:

  1.Clarity

  2.Difficulty

  3.Commitment

  4. Feedback

  5. Task complexity
• clarity 


  goals should be clear and specific
• challenge


  goal should be challenging enough to be motivating
• commitment 


  everybody must be committed to the goal happening
• feedback


  feedback on the goal should be considered
• complexity 


  goals must be achievable
• Blocks to goal achievement

  1.Irrationality

  2.Unwillingness

  3.Fear
• 1.Irrationality when our thoughts are not reflected

  in the reality. This is more on wishful thinking.
• 2.Unwillingness to put forth mental and physical

  effort
• 3.Fear it makes us cower into submitting whatever

  fate has given us without taking control of our

  circumstances (Locke, 1968)