Resilience, Confidence, and Positive Thinking

Deal with Assumption Dogs Dealing with Negative Assumptions 126 Banish the Assumption Dog 126 Accept the Assumption Dog 127 Train/Tame the Assumption Dog 127 Part 3 Get Social Support Story 4 Is There Someone Who Can Help You? 132 1. Why Are You Unable to Rely on Others? The External and Internal Reasons for Being Unable to Rely on Others 156 The Three Features of Workplaces That Are Not Cooperative 157 Assumptions Can Hinder Relationships with Others 158 2. Get Social Support Build Quality Interpersonal Relationships 160 Find Five Supporters 161 3. Creating an Organization with High Resilience What Are the Requirements for a Resilient Workplace? 164 4. Four Factors in Forming Quality Relationships Relationships with Cooperation 166 Relationships with Respect 167 Relationships with Trust 168 Relationships with Playfulness 169 Part 4 Restoring Your Self-Confidence Story 5 Learn How to Work with Confidence 172 1. Why Are You Unable to Feel Confident? People Who Are Unable to Take a Step Forward Because They Lack Self-Confidence 186 What Happens When You Are Unable to Have Self-Confidence? 187 The Reason You Lose Self-Confidence 188 2. The Psychological Resources to Heighten Self-Confidence Increasing Self-Efficacy 191 What Is Self-Efficacy? 191 Self-Efficacy and Resilience 192 3. How to Raise Your Self-Efficacy Four Sources of Efficacy Beliefs 194 What You Need to Tie Accomplishments to Self-Efficacy 195 How to Handle Failure 197 Build up Small Achievements 198 Examples Increase Confidence 200 Encouragement Becomes the Source of Self-Confidence 202 Positive Attitudes Stimulate Self-Confidence 203 "Places" Where You Can Feel Positive 204 Self-Efficacy Can Help 206 Part 5 Putting Your Strengths to Good Use at Work Story 6 What Is My Strength? 208 1. Putting Strengths to Good Use and Raising Resilience What Is Strength? 220 Look for Strengths Rather Than Weak Points 221 Three Ways to Figure Out Your Strengths 222 2. What Is a Rewarding Job? The Definition of Working with Resilience 225 Three Views on Work 226 Start with Putting Your Strengths to Good Use 228 Epilogue 2 Years Later 208 Conclusion 234 References 236