The Everygirl Podcast The #1 Sign You're Going To Be Successful
Nov 20, 2025
Explore the surprising quality that experts agree is the strongest predictor of success—self-efficacy. Discover how this belief in your abilities trumps talent and discipline. Josie highlights fascinating research, including how encouragement can transform performance. She offers practical strategies to strengthen self-efficacy, like celebrating small wins and reframing failure as feedback. Learn to visualize the journey towards your goals and why having role models can boost your belief. Success might be more about mindset than you think!
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Belief In Your Ability Predicts Success
- Self-efficacy is the belief you can figure things out and is the strongest predictor of success.
- It matters more than talent, IQ, background, or discipline when pursuing goals.
Belief Beats Experience In Action
- Josie compares two women: one experienced but low belief, one inexperienced but high self-efficacy.
- The inexperienced woman succeeds because she believes she can learn and shows up.
Belief Changes Brain Activity
- Belief that actions matter activates the brain's prefrontal cortex for better problem-solving.
- Doubt triggers the amygdala and increases avoidance, procrastination, and fear.