SPMT 304 - Exam 1 Exam Questions And
Answers 2025 Update.
What is the most important difference between Dreams and Goals? - Answer✔Dreams are
about the ingredients of success; Goals are about the outcomes.
Resisting Socialization is: - Answer✔Essential for anyone with a big dream.
A dream is a _______________ that _______________ and _______________. -
Answer✔feeling, sticks, propels
Being realistic is: - Answer✔Justification for negative thinking.
What is Self-Direction? - Answer✔Proactively choosing to focus on the positive.
Which of following is the relationship you should strive for with the "Motor Boat and Water
Skier" metaphor? - Answer✔You at the wheel of the boat; your performance back on the skis.
What is Hebbian Learning? - Answer✔The increase in synaptic connections in the brain as a
result of a high volume of repetition of particular thoughts or actions.
Which of the following is FALSE about World-Leading Experts -- the good ones (the respectable
and ethical ones)? - Answer✔Their expertise puts them in a position that allows them to be
able to assess the potential of other people in their field, industry, or community circles.
What do Yogi Berra, Richard Branson, and Michael Dell have in common? - Answer✔They
decided, early in life, to view the world through their own lens, not be forced to see things the
way everyone else wanted them to, which is called Creating Your Own Reality.
Who was William James? - Answer✔A philosopher who said "People by and large become what
they think of themselves."
Which of the following is NOT an effective method for having Self-Confidence? -
Answer✔Focusing on Opponents' Faults
What is Catastrophizing? - Answer✔Using Self-Talk that contains polar words like "nothing",
"always", "impossible", or "worst".
What is Overconfidence? - Answer✔There is no such thing.
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