What to Do When Everyone Thinks You're Great - But You Feel Like a Failure
The Bulletproof Musician
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The Effects of Directed Abstraction on Student Performances
Experiment: Have each participant experience some success on a performance task. Then, see what sort of impact this had on their expectations of future success. The experimental technique was called directed abstraction. This led the negative folks to be more optimistic about fu performances,. Unlike their fellow eors in the control group, who did not experience any change in their sense of competence. And even more intriguingly, this technique also contributed to greater persistence in the face of difficult challenges - an important ingredient in experiencing more successes in the long run.
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