LibGuides: ENGAGE: Life Skills: Self-Efficacy

How to use this guide with your orientation course

Explore the following resources to help you develop your selected skill area as you progress through your course:

Looking for Activities to complete? Select from a list of ideas in the Self-Efficacy Activities document below.

Self-Efficacy Activities
Select an area to explore, and begin actively improving upon your self-efficacy.

Self-efficacy is the belief in one’s ability to achieve their stated goals. It is your view of your ability to achieve the goals that you set.

Explanations as Self-Fulfilling Prophecies
"Test explanations and choose the ones that make your life better." (Psychology Today)
Beware of Your Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
"It may be negatively impacting your behaviors toward yourself and others." (Psychology Today)
Listening to Your Inner Voice
"Why inner speech is an important part of your daily life" (Psychology Today)
Self-doubt can actually help you bloom — and it all starts with how you talk to yourself
"The key to harnessing self-doubt starts with self-efficacy, or our confidence in our ability to set ourselves up for success." (TED)

Designing Affirmations
Reinforce your self-identity with this esteem-boosting activity.
Finding my Values
Establishing values can help us live our best lives. Use this worksheet to describe your values.

50 Journal Prompts
This worksheet includes 50 prompts that you can explore at your own pace.
Gratitude Journal
As you start your day, use this worksheet to to list what you are grateful for.
Positive Journal
Take time each day to recognize positive experiences.

The Raisin Meditation
Practice mindfulness, and reduce stress, with this simple meditative exercise.
The Five Senses Worksheet
Become attuned to your five sense in this exercise.
Rights of Assertiveness
Support your right to your individual needs.

Mindfullness, meditation and reflection: giving yourself space
Chapter six of How to thrive at work . Readings and exercises.

Episodes Starter Pack: Success and High Performance

Scott Galloway \| Solving the Algebra of Happiness	Jason Feifer \| Build for Tomorrow	A-Rod \| Still Having a Ball After All
Eric Schmidt \| How a Coach Can Bring out the Best in You	Ramit Sethi \| I Will Teach You to Find Your Dream Job	Kobe Bryant \| Dissecting the Mamba Mentality
Moby \| What to Do When Success Makes You Miserable	Laila Ali \| Finding Strength, Spirit, and Personal Power	Gretchen Rubin \| Four Tendencies: The Framework for a Better Life
Tony Hawk \| How Did I Get Here?	Brian Koppelman \| How to Make Billions	Martin Seligman \| Flourishing in an Uncertain Future

A Conversation On Healthy Friendships with Devi Brown	Healing Through Sound Meditation & Breathwork	Grounding Yourself for a New Year
Cultivating Friendships In Adulthood	The Importance of Black Joy	10 More Ways to Optimize Your Mental Health

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An Ancient Solution to Modern Problems	You 2.0: Befriending Your Inner Voice	How Your Beliefs Shape Reality
You 2.0: WOOP, WOOP	You 2.0: How To See Yourself Clearly	Separating Yourself from the Pack

Scott Galloway \| Solving the Algebra of Happiness	Jason Feifer \| Build for Tomorrow	A-Rod \| Still Having a Ball After All
Eric Schmidt \| How a Coach Can Bring out the Best in You	Ramit Sethi \| I Will Teach You to Find Your Dream Job	Kobe Bryant \| Dissecting the Mamba Mentality
Moby \| What to Do When Success Makes You Miserable	Laila Ali \| Finding Strength, Spirit, and Personal Power	Gretchen Rubin \| Four Tendencies: The Framework for a Better Life
Tony Hawk \| How Did I Get Here?	Brian Koppelman \| How to Make Billions	Martin Seligman \| Flourishing in an Uncertain Future