To achieve your goals most easily, you need to accurately assess your own efficacy regarding the tasks before you. But this requires a depth of self-understanding that is unusual. In this class, we will discuss how the emotions in the confidence and frustration family can be used as leads to understand one's knowledge and skills better. Topics include:
--The certainty you need in order to feel confidence
--Why frustration is often a helpful alert when you are pursuing an ambitious goal
--How to think about limiting beliefs
--The connection between frustration and self-doubt
--The role of confidence in happiness
--The problem of "despair values"
Optional preparation:  Check out the self-coaching model (bonus class and handout in the Self-Direction course) and/or do the exercise on Breaking Through Self-Limiting Beliefs.