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I bumped into the term Psychological Capital, or PsyCap, in an article. It’s the ability of a person to stay positive when a bunch of sh stuff is coming at you.
It’s like a mental Swiss Army knife to help level-up your game. Let’s look at the tools:
- Self-efficacy is like the scissors. It helps cut through the noise so you can set goals and learn new skills.
- Optimism is like the magnifying glass. It helps see the possibilities and opportunities. It focuses on the solutions.
- Hope is like the compass. It’s what inspires those clever ideas and brilliant strategies that seem to come from nowhere.
- Resilience is like the rubber band. It’s what helps you stretch beyond what is possible and snap back into place so you can do it again.
Okay, I don’t think a Swiss Army knife has a rubber band. But it should. So, I used the other three tools to make it so.
Why it matters: I don’t know. I just simplified a complicated psychological term. What are you working on that needs to be simplified for your audience?
Fun fact: The first draft was 339 words.