Dr. Albert Bandura on The Theory on Creating Human Results

Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais

Dr. Michael Gervais

Sport Psychology, Finding Mastery, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Business, Self Help, Michael Gervais, Health & Fitness, Mindset, Psychology, Self-improvement, Education

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🗓️ 30 August 2017

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

This conversation is with Dr. Albert Bandura.

This conversation was an honor. He's literally a living legend in the field of Psychology -- He's an extraordinarily innovative scholar whose work in social cognitive theory has become an incredible resource in academics and for practitioners dedicated to human excellence

His theories are part the core pillars with my work with elite teams, athletes, and performers. It was a complete joy to learn from him in this conversation, after I've spent so many years from him via research articles.

His research changed our understanding of human learning -- how modeling and interactions impact learning - and how we can become more powerful as humans, in a variety of circumstances. He laid the theoretical foundation for understanding the self-regulatory mechanism for his theory on human agency.

Human Agency is defined as the human capability to exert influence over one’s functioning and the course of events by one’s actions.

Albert’s “Theory of Agency” has 3 elements. 1st, you have to project yourself into the future to have something to work toward. 2nd, is self-regulation, the extent that you can regulate your thoughts, emotions and behavior. The 3rd is self-reflection, to what extent you can judge your capabilities (also known as self efficacy). Self-Efficacy theory is at the center of much of my work with professional athletes and performers.

While this might not sound novel now, this was a radical idea when he first introduced the concept that: Human beings are not just reacting to influences, they have a capacity to shape the course of their lives.

Dr. Bandura pushed against conventional wisdom by introducing the notion that our thinking influences our behavior, our behavior influences our environment and our environment can influences how we view the world and ourselves.

Dr. Bandura is game-changer -- a significant contributor to the betterment of human life

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0:00.0	Reasonable people adapt to the world. Unreasonable ones try to change it. Human progress depends on the unreasonable ones.
0:08.0	Don't despair if you suffer rejection and setbacks to those who have gained fame and fortune suffered mightily in the hands of rejectors lacking foresight. And the Finding Mastery Podcasts'
0:25.0	The
0:27.0	All right, welcome back or welcome to The Finding Mastery Podcast.
0:32.0	I'm Michael Jervay. And the idea behind these conversations
0:35.7	is to learn from people who are on the path of mastery. And this one is significant.
0:40.0	This conversation we're going to have today is a gem. And we want to work to better understand what they're searching for.
0:45.7	We want to understand their psychological framework,
0:48.3	which is how they see the world and how they understand how people work,
0:51.0	how they've worked,
0:53.0	and then we also want to work to understand
0:55.0	the mental skills that they've used to build and refine their craft.
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