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Have you ever heard a pep talk so motivating that it leaves you energized and pumping your fists (literally or figuratively) and saying (or thinking) “yes, I can!” or perhaps “bring it on!”? Have you ever held your breath at the start of a brand-new project or situation and felt the exhilaration—including the butterflies in the stomach and elevated heartbeat—of stepping in to the unknown? Have you ever walked into a new opportunity, a challenging work assignment, an advanced class, a job interview and smiled to yourself, thinking “I’m totally up for this”?
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Notes
Jose Ashford and Craig LeCroy, “Human Behavior in the Social Environment,” in Brooks/Cole Empowerment Series (Boston: Cengage Learning, 2012).
Albert Bandura, “Toward a Psychology of Human Agency,” Perspectives on Psychological Science 1:64 (New York: Sage Publications, 2006).
Albert Bandura, “Self-efficacy,” in V. S. Ramachaudran (ed.), Encyclopedia of Human Behavior, vol. 4 (New York: Academic Press, 1994), 71–81.
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Forbes, D. (2015). The empowerment Motive. In: The Science of Why. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137502049_9
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