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The Truth About Self-Love - Shadé Zahrai

The Mindvalley Podcast

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Are You Focusing on the Things You Can Control?

Self efficacy is the belief that you can achieve stuff. This one is called an internal locus of control and opposite, because it helps to understand what the opposite is. It doesn't mean everything will magically work out for you, but you focus on what you can do. And here is an example of this one in action. Do you think that you would be happier if you won silver or if you won bronze? Now most people would think, if you're coming second, you'd be happier than if you came third. But studies have consistently found that bron metalists are happier than silver metalists in competition in olymptic events.

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