![Sky’s the Limit: Finding Self-Efficacy [Premium]](https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Skys-Limit.png)
"If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning..." — Mahatma Gandhi More people may have heard about self-esteem than self-efficacy, but self-efficacy may be a more important quality that...
![The Strength Switch [Premium]](https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/strength-switch-4-400x250.jpg)
Lea Waters is a psychologist and author from Australia who has developed a helpful strategy to reframe and help common childhood challenges. She suggests 5 Questions to overcome a natural tendency to be negative. Here are the 5 questions. 1. Is It Strength Overuse? 2. Is It Strength Underuse? 3. Is it the Flipside of a Strength? 4. Could It Be a Blocked Strength? 5. Could It Be Forced Overuse of a Weakness or a Learned Behavior? #1. Is It Strength Overuse? Lea gives the example of her husband’s playfulness and humor. He could make his classmates laugh, but his playfulness and humor could also get him in trouble with teachers and other authority figures. From Lea: “A strength-based parent taking a child […]
"Self-esteem is not an internal quality fed by easy success and diminished by failure. It is a positive way of experiencing yourself when you are fully engaged and are using your ability to the utmost in pursuit of something of value." - Dr. Carol Dweck, Stanford...
