{"id":54,"date":"2022-12-01T17:40:14","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T17:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/changing-ourselves\/?p=54"},"modified":"2023-05-15T11:16:45","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T10:16:45","slug":"what-did-i-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/changing-ourselves\/2022\/12\/01\/what-did-i-do\/","title":{"rendered":"What did I do?"},"content":{"rendered":"

So festive holidays are round the corner and 2022 is coming to a close (whaaaat - how did that happen so quickly?). It\u2019s a great time to devote a little energy to celebrating your successes and learning from what went well.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Self-efficacy<\/span>\u00b9 is our belief in our ability to succeed (whereas self-esteem is our belief in our value). Strong self-efficacy helps us to make greater efforts when working on a task, to persist for longer and to recover more quickly from setbacks. Self-efficacy has been shown to be strongly related to performance at work<\/span>\u00b2 and has also been linked to psychological wellbeing in both teachers\u00b3<\/span> and undergraduate students\u2074<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the key sources of self-efficacy is our past mastery experiences, and yet many of us [sheepishly raises hand] spend little time reflecting on our successes and may even find it an uncomfortable experience. So here\u2019s a short celebrating success exercise to help you work with that discomfort, and help to build self-efficacy, motivation and resilience for the new year:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Set a timer for 3 minutes and list all of your achievements over the past year<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Identify 2 or 3 that are the most meaningful to you<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. For each achievement, ask yourself:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n