This taps into something I’ve been thinking about lately: the difference between agency (the capacity and perhaps even responsibility to act) and self-efficacy (the belief you have the *capability* to).
When it comes to these questions of action I'm genuinely curious about how much of this is a stance of "not my problem,” which is an agency issue, and one of “I don't know if there's anything to be done about it,” which is a self-efficacy issue. Both are necessary for change.
I think you point out an important nuance -- the belief in others and the belief in self. Both require a high degree of emotional intelligence: empathy, self-awareness, and confidence. Which may be why deep transformational change is hard and rare.
Well, you know the transformational change is my jam (and dissertation topic) and I’m doing everything I can to make it less difficult and thus less rare. ;)
This taps into something I’ve been thinking about lately: the difference between agency (the capacity and perhaps even responsibility to act) and self-efficacy (the belief you have the *capability* to).
When it comes to these questions of action I'm genuinely curious about how much of this is a stance of "not my problem,” which is an agency issue, and one of “I don't know if there's anything to be done about it,” which is a self-efficacy issue. Both are necessary for change.
I think you point out an important nuance -- the belief in others and the belief in self. Both require a high degree of emotional intelligence: empathy, self-awareness, and confidence. Which may be why deep transformational change is hard and rare.
Well, you know the transformational change is my jam (and dissertation topic) and I’m doing everything I can to make it less difficult and thus less rare. ;)