SPMT 304 - Exam 2
Creating your own reality- Not listening to what the world has to say but going
after what you believe will be reality. Yogi, Dell, Branson - correct answer
✔Working in the sports world is hard and you will get told you can't do it.
Female spurs head coach.
Free Will- being able to do what you want to do and not listening to other
people's thoughts and views on the world - correct answer ✔Going into
business because of money vs going into sports because I want to do that.
False God Syndrome- thinking everyone is only thinking positively like Tom
Hanks or Oprah and wanting to be like them. Everyone has their bad days -
correct answer ✔We can control our mental state. Was sick in forme and
kept a positive mindset about it.
Hebbian Learning- training your brain with 2 different patterns. Having 1
pattern can trigger another and the more you continue to do it the larger the
nerve things grow and the response feels familiar. That's how to train your
brain to be an exceptional thinker - correct answer ✔Dog example from the
office with dwight and jim
The Motorboat & Water Skier Metaphor- brain stays in boat. When boat turns
the skier will eventually follow. If you think consistently, then your results will
follow in the wake. - correct answer ✔Saying "Yes, I can do this" before an
exam makes you think positively and results will follow.
Overconfidence- not a thing. If you have that kind of confidence flaunt it Bill
Gates, Muhammad Ali, Deion Sanders - correct answer ✔Taunting on the
football field can be seen as overconfidence or just a great thinker
, Possibilities vs. Probabilities- probabilities are bad because they go based on
worldly thinking vs gut feeling and exceptional thinking - correct answer
✔Sports jobs are a tough competition. Don't go based on probabilities
Dependent Confidence- having confidence from something or someone else -
correct answer ✔A coach giving you confidence
False Confidence- telling ourselves we are great when that is not true - correct
answer ✔Bank account says you are broke but you say you have a lot of
money
What Confidence is NOT- it is not arrogance. Having self-confidence to be
president does not mean you are arrogant. - correct answer ✔Football
players taunting
Process vs Outcome Evaluation- thinking about your performance only and
not worrying about the outcome. - correct answer ✔Coach talking about stats
after a game
Causal Attributions & Locus of Control (LOC)- box method. Attributions is
narrow vs broad and LOC is internal vs external. Talking about focus - correct
answer ✔Working on an exam.
Evaluating Quality- proving work on feedback and not scores. Evaulating your
performance not based on numbers or quantity - correct answer ✔Focusing
on how you hit the ball vs your batting average or the score
When to do Self-Evaluation- don't do it 24/7. It is a tool to evaluate how you
are doing. Evaluate quality over quantity - correct answer ✔
Creating your own reality- Not listening to what the world has to say but going
after what you believe will be reality. Yogi, Dell, Branson - correct answer
✔Working in the sports world is hard and you will get told you can't do it.
Female spurs head coach.
Free Will- being able to do what you want to do and not listening to other
people's thoughts and views on the world - correct answer ✔Going into
business because of money vs going into sports because I want to do that.
False God Syndrome- thinking everyone is only thinking positively like Tom
Hanks or Oprah and wanting to be like them. Everyone has their bad days -
correct answer ✔We can control our mental state. Was sick in forme and
kept a positive mindset about it.
Hebbian Learning- training your brain with 2 different patterns. Having 1
pattern can trigger another and the more you continue to do it the larger the
nerve things grow and the response feels familiar. That's how to train your
brain to be an exceptional thinker - correct answer ✔Dog example from the
office with dwight and jim
The Motorboat & Water Skier Metaphor- brain stays in boat. When boat turns
the skier will eventually follow. If you think consistently, then your results will
follow in the wake. - correct answer ✔Saying "Yes, I can do this" before an
exam makes you think positively and results will follow.
Overconfidence- not a thing. If you have that kind of confidence flaunt it Bill
Gates, Muhammad Ali, Deion Sanders - correct answer ✔Taunting on the
football field can be seen as overconfidence or just a great thinker
, Possibilities vs. Probabilities- probabilities are bad because they go based on
worldly thinking vs gut feeling and exceptional thinking - correct answer
✔Sports jobs are a tough competition. Don't go based on probabilities
Dependent Confidence- having confidence from something or someone else -
correct answer ✔A coach giving you confidence
False Confidence- telling ourselves we are great when that is not true - correct
answer ✔Bank account says you are broke but you say you have a lot of
money
What Confidence is NOT- it is not arrogance. Having self-confidence to be
president does not mean you are arrogant. - correct answer ✔Football
players taunting
Process vs Outcome Evaluation- thinking about your performance only and
not worrying about the outcome. - correct answer ✔Coach talking about stats
after a game
Causal Attributions & Locus of Control (LOC)- box method. Attributions is
narrow vs broad and LOC is internal vs external. Talking about focus - correct
answer ✔Working on an exam.
Evaluating Quality- proving work on feedback and not scores. Evaulating your
performance not based on numbers or quantity - correct answer ✔Focusing
on how you hit the ball vs your batting average or the score
When to do Self-Evaluation- don't do it 24/7. It is a tool to evaluate how you
are doing. Evaluate quality over quantity - correct answer ✔
