自我效能感：为什么你很想要一个结果却没动力行动？

If I could recommend only one concept to learn from the psychology of motivation, it would be Albert Bandura’s concept of self-efficacy.如果我只能推荐从动机心理学中学习一个概念，那就是阿尔伯特·班杜拉的自我效能概念。Self-efficacy helps explain many puzzles of our motivation:自我效能有助于解释许多关于动机的困惑：Why do we give up on our fitness plan, even though we know we need to be healthier?为什么我们明知要变得更健康，还是放弃了健身计划？Why do we waste time on our phones instead of studying when the exam date looms close?为什么考试一天天临近，我们还是浪费时间刷手机而不是学习？Why do we sometimes feel excited to take on a new challenge but other times shrink away?为什么我们有时因为迎接新挑战而感到兴奋，但有时却退缩了？Understanding self-efficacy can also help us build our motivation. But to appreciate the theory, we need to step back and ta ………………………………