Believing In Yourself

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Welcome!

• Believing In Yourself
• Module 4

Slideshow Courtesy of Danielle Woods FIPSE
Coordinator at The Ohio State University
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Module 4

• Believing in Yourself Self-Confidence

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The Importance Of What You Think

• We have many thoughts
• The Self-System (revisited) is the notion that
  our thoughts, behaviors, and environment mutually
  affect each other.
• This was also covered in Module 3!

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Self-Confidence The Belief Of People Who Succeed

• What is Self-Confidence?
• Self-confident people are those who judge
  themselves and their capability to succeed
  positively. Think Positive.
• If You're Not Self-Confident, What Are You?
• You are self-unsure if you are not sure whether
  or not you can deal with a tough situation.

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Self-Confidence and Success Evidence

• Research in academics, athletics, business,
  rehabilitation, relationships, and other areas of
  people's lives has consistently found that people
  with confidence exhibit
• More effort.
• More persistence in the face of adversity.
• More moderately challenging choices of activities.

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The Nonsuccess Syndrome Learned Helplessness

• While success leads to self-confidence, lack of
  success leads to learned helplessness.
• Helplessness Its all my fault! , Im just
  stupid! , There is just not enough time!, I
  dont want to try! I cant!

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Who Needs the Help?

• Although learned helplessness is an extreme
  example of lack of confidence, everyone could use
  a little confidence boost.
• Especially college students just learning to
  survive in a new environment. (Thats why it is a
  good thing you are taking this class and
  experiencing SUCCESS!)

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Self-Confident People Think and Act Differently

• While our thoughts affect our confidence, our
  behaviors foster it.
• Nothing creates the belief that you can do
  something better than you doing it!
• Nike Just Do It!
• Woods Nothing succeeds like success!

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Changing Your Thinking

• Many of the people who live in the past or future
  fill their heads with negative thoughts.
• Positive thoughts breed self-confidence, the goal
  is to think positive thoughts.

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The Strategy for Positive Thinking

• Keep Track
• Know when you are using this negative thinking.
  See if there is a pattern with certain people or
  events.
• Does your sister make you feel stupid?
• Think Positive
• Write a positive self-talk script to counteract
  those negative thoughts.
• Ex. I do look good in my swim suit.

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Four Techniques For Building Self-Confidence!

• You will not have success with the following
  BEHAVIORAL techniques if you do not begin with a
  positive attitude about building self-confidence.
• Research consistently suggest that these
  techniques increase confidence!

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1 Regulate Your Emotional Level

• Reduce the drive to avoid your goal.
• Get started!
• Block fear producer from awareness.
• You CAN and WILL...
• Use relaxation techniques.
• Make sure they are planned!

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2 Seek Affirmation

• Remember to use Positive Self-Talk Scripts.
• I am super smart in math.
• I can get an A in sociology.
• I am a trustworthy person.
• Im cute!

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3 Pick the Right Models

• It is important to pick models to whom you are
  similar.
• They are the ones you can successfully imitate
  and expect to achieve the same results as they
  do.
• Ex. Choose friends who actually study.
• Ex. My friend Fritzie

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3 Pick the Right Models

• My friend Fritzie studies by starting multiple
  activities and working on each one a little at a
  time until she is finished.
• I study by starting one activity, completing it,
  and then moving on to the next activity.
• Fritzie and I are best of friends but not the
  best of study partners!

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4 Just Do It!!!

• Remember to JUST DO IT CORRECTLY!
• Success breeds confidence, but failure breeds
  self-doubt.

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Reasonable Risk Self-Confidence

• Successful people choose tasks of moderate
  difficulty.
• Choosing tasks that are too easy will not build
  confidence to succeed at new things.
• Choosing tasks that are too difficult will likely
  result in failure, leading to self-doubt.

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Bite Size Pieces Self-Confidence

• Using a model to provide help is a great way to
  take baby-steps to increase difficulty while
  maintaining successful outcomes.
• The modules are designed this way!

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Are you still having difficulty with Module 4?

• See your instructor!
• You can also review Learning and Motivation
  Notebook pages 8-10.

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ReferencesDanielle E. Woods Coordinator, Fund
for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education
(FIPSE) Grant The Ohio State University250F
Walter E. Dennis Learning Center 1640 Neil
AvenueColumbus, OH 43201-2333Phone
614-688-3913Fax [phone]Department Email
wedlc_at_osu.eduPersonal Email woods.378_at_osu.edu UR
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