Self-efficacy is your perception about your ability to do something. No matter what task is in front of us, we all have an idea of what our ability is to complete the task. If you have strong self-efficacy, you generally believe that you can master any challenge. Meanwhile, a student with weak self-efficacy typically believes…
“Failing to plan is planning to fail.” – Alan Lakein Having a plan increases your chance of success dramatically. Many students have fantastic goals and well-intentioned desires, but no plan to be able to follow through on. Success is calculated and constantly worked towards. If you don’t have a plan, you can’t expect to be…
Learning anything is a complex, mental process. It is not as simple as hearing information and suddenly understanding it. Some students have asked us what mindset training has to do with learning more. Here are 7 things we address in mindset training that must be done BEFORE you can learn something new. 1- Be motivated…
We all know that success helps you to become more confident. As you find victories in any aspect of your life, it validates your effort and shows that you can be a winner, which then carries over to other aspects of your life. People who win often at anything become more confident very quickly. Success…
School life presents a variety of obstacles and difficulties throughout the day. Many of us have the habit of overthinking these obstacles and making them bigger in our head. Self-talk is a concept that can absolutely make or break your performance in school and in life. Today, let’s reflect on our self-talk and decide whether…
At Winning Mindset (our parent company), we often talk about a predator mindset versus a prey mindset. In the animal kingdom, predator animals have eyes in the front of their head while prey have eyes on the side of their heads. This is because predators are focused and narrowed in on their goal (hunting for…