Self-doubt creates the impetus for learning but hinders adept use of previously established skills

We are more heavily invested in the theories of failure than we are in the theories of success.

Very often we developed a better grasp of the subjects than the over worked teachers.

The content of most textbooks is perishable, but the tools of self-directedness serve one well over time.

Humans are producers of their life circumstance not just products of them.

People who underestimate their capabilities also bear costs, although, as already noted, these are more likely to take self-limiting rather than aversive forms. By failing to cultivate personal potentialities and constricting their activities, such persons cut themselves off from many rewarding experiences. Should they attempt tasks having evaluative significance, they create internal obstacles to effective performance by approaching them with unnerving self-doubts

People are much more likely to act on their self-percepts of efficacy inferred from many sources of information rather than rely primarily on visceral cues. This is not surprising because self knowledge based on information about one's coping skills, past accomplishments, and social comparison is considerably more indicative of capability than the indefinite stirrings of the viscera