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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, first published in 1989, is a business and self-help book written by Stephen R. Covey. [1] The book goes over his ideas on how to spur and nurture personal change. The book also explores the concept of effectiveness in achieving results, the need for focus on character ethic rather than the personality ...
In psychology, self-efficacy is an individual's belief in their capacity to act in the ways necessary to reach specific goals. [ 1 ] The concept was originally proposed by the psychologist Albert Bandura in 1977. Self-efficacy affects every area of human endeavor. By determining the beliefs a person holds regarding their power to affect ...
BF637.S8 G533 2008. Outliers: The Story of Success is a non-fiction book written by Malcolm Gladwell and published by Little, Brown and Company on November 18, 2008. In Outliers, Gladwell examines the factors that contribute to high levels of success. To support his thesis, he examines why the majority of Canadian ice hockey players are born in ...
Personal development or self-improvement consists of activities that develop a person's capabilities and potential, build human capital, facilitate employability, enhance quality of life, and facilitate the realization of dreams and aspirations. [1] Personal development may take place over the course of an individual's entire lifespan and is ...
Think and Grow Rich is a book written by Napoleon Hill and Rosa Lee Beeland released in 1937 and promoted as a personal development and self-improvement book. He claimed to be inspired by a suggestion from business magnate and later- philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. The book is considered a classic in the personal development genre and has been ...
Life skills are a product of synthesis: many skills are developed simultaneously through practice, like humor, which allows a person to feel in control of a situation and make it more manageable in perspective. It allows the person to release fears, anger, and stress & achieve a qualitative life. [5]
Self-enhancement is a type of motivation that works to make people feel good about themselves and to maintain self-esteem. [ 1 ] This motive becomes especially prominent in situations of threat, failure or blows to one's self-esteem. [ 2 ][ 3 ][ 4 ] Self-enhancement involves a preference for positive over negative self-views. [ 5 ]
Learned optimism was defined by Martin Seligman and published in his 1990 book, Learned Optimism. [ 1 ] The benefits of an optimistic outlook are many: Optimists are higher achievers and have better overall health. Pessimism, on the other hand, is much more common; pessimists are more likely to give up in the face of adversity or to suffer from ...