No matter what your self confidence level is right now, you can probably improve it. But you need to believe in yourself and your capabilities before any one else will. Bandura's theory of self efficacy is a great place to start looking for ways to improve the way you see your abilities. According to the theory, there are four sources of self efficacy:
1: Mastery experiences--things you have succeeded at in the past.
2: Vicarious experiences--seeing people who are similar to you succeed.
3: Social persuasion--hearing from others that you're capable
4: Emotional status--staying positive, and managing stress.
Three of these sources (the first, second, and fourth) are within your control, so we'll look at them more closely. however, while we can't force people to say good things about us (the third source), we can increase the likelihood of receiving positive feedback by being more confident in general.
1: Mastery experiences--things you have succeeded at in the past.
2: Vicarious experiences--seeing people who are similar to you succeed.
3: Social persuasion--hearing from others that you're capable
4: Emotional status--staying positive, and managing stress.
Three of these sources (the first, second, and fourth) are within your control, so we'll look at them more closely. however, while we can't force people to say good things about us (the third source), we can increase the likelihood of receiving positive feedback by being more confident in general.
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