Self Efficacy

[@bertmung]

"People think I'm crazy because I'm filming myself." Willingness to make a fool of yourself or being thought a fool by at least some people is also often part of success.

[@jerrygundecker743]

Mark Twain spoke on this subject. All a person needs, is to be ignorant enough to believe he/she can do it and be confident enough to act on that ignorance. Success under those circumstances, is assured.

[@NANO_laguna]

Gracias 🙏🏼

[@advocatewalia4316]

Beautiful. *Ignorant* enough to believe that *I can do it* + *confident* enough to *act it out*. I hope remember this! Thanks love

[@eduardoaguileraneicun5876]

@@advocatewalia4316 dont remember it, write it.

[@pkelly20091]

I want to use this logic from Mark Twain to become the world's best golfer.

[@proloycodes]

oh no, the peak of mount stupid, not that please. that only leads to stuff like flat earth

[@ryanurban9746]

This was an excellent monologue. I am a physics teacher in West Virginia and self efficacy is THE major stumbling block for many of students. Many come from underprivileged families and that see their future as welfare, maybe coal mining, lumber industry if they're lucky or, they are turning illicit activities. I actually have parents get mad at me for trying to show them that they can aspire to much more. Like I'm giving them false hope.

[@jayway5779]

keep on! i think youre doing something great!

[@lydiademarek]

I second that!

[@Zeldaschampion]

I wonder if he gets lost after walking around like that.

[@veritasium]

+Zeldas Champion thankfully I have GPS :)

[@lukasdon0007]

+Zeldas Champion Vienna is a beautiful city to get lost in. So it would not be a punishment to get lost there, anyway.

[@JessicaPilotGirl]

+Veritasium How much do you like music?

[@MegaFPVFlyer]

+Zeldas Champion He could just re-watch the video he took...

[@georgelionon9050]

+Zeldas Champion Quite hard to do in the center of vienna. The center isn't that large and surrounded by a big road (Ring), keep wandering any direction and you will be on the Ring, follow it any direction and you be soon on a subway.

[@shawncormier1673]

These videos are always amazing with fascinating subjects. I watch each one at least twice, the things you talk about really resonate

[@veritasium]

+Shawn Cormier I'm really glad to know they resonate with you and these are not just my random musings

[@RedBar3D]

+Veritasium They resonate with me, too. I completely agree.

[@serbanandrei7532]

+Veritasium with me too, as if you were my big brother :)

[@CanariasCanariass]

+Veritasium Same here. Thanks for the awesome videos!

[@kelvartis]

+Shawn Cormier I really enjoy all the Veritasium content. I'm not big on self help bullarky, but this put it quite plainly. Back to awsome content next week!

[@ARsuffix]

Disorganized? i'd say you carried yourself brilliantly well. Especially considering that you're walking through bustling streets of Vienna, casually recording yourself and keeping train-of-thought conveying a thought provoking subject matter. Bravo.

[@ARsuffix]

"Self Efficacy" - as in my own perceived capacity produce a desired outcome; self perceived effectiveness. I like that. This is worthy of returning to later..

[@vibodhj349]

Come to India and you will know the true definition of ' Bustling streets'.

[@MateusAntonioBittencourt]

Wow... That took a unexpected dark turn at the end.

[@BatteryAz1z]

+Mateus Bittencourt Kind of dug himself in, "well shoot, how am I going to come back from this train of thought.. I can't, can I? Oh well, happy holidays."

[@kscottvarga9606]

Lol I certainly felt that he intended to end up somewhere else with the improv.

[@vc2702]

5:42 thats when he realised oh sh*t i am also talking about it. The fact that he was doing what he didn't want to do was funny then it starts to get dark fast.

[@lukephoenix8057]

It almost looked like he was sweeping off a wave of raw emotions like grief and swallowing his tears or sadness toward the matter. Huge respect!

[@ditchweed2275]

More like half way through. Luckily no one died.

[@Abijean]

First of all, congratulations on being able to create a video despite all of those distractions! It is unfortunate that those people who are given those most press are those doing things for shock value or to terrorize. Viral videos with awful messages get much more coverage than any of the amazing, positive videos that are being uploaded all of the time. Also, there are so many amazing things being published from the fields of science and technology all of the time, but it is so much more likely to hear about something bad that has happened in the world. I think that we could do a lot to encourage people, particularly younger generations, to direct their talents and passions towards more positive goals if we spent more time focusing on the good things that happen. That way, these people would be able to see that good things are being accomplished and hopefully gain inspiration and the belief that they too can make positive change. Thank you for the insightful video and encouraging people to think about important topics like this.

[@xspager]

+Abi, I just thing the way things are the younger generations lack the means and the conditions to focus on the future. The legacy they are and will have to deal with, the hate, the violence, the self-interests of a few in detriment of the others, are a lot to deal with.

[@Shunanobii]

+xspager the younger generation is getting worse and worse :P

[@pankajshukla9656]

+Shu Senpai you are getting worse and worse

[@Shunanobii]

Pankaj Shukla are u the younger generation if ur not blind u would see, state the fact that most kids i see today talk trash to many people and are never respectful

[@zengrath]

I think problem with mass media is that they target audience that gives them the highest ratings. it's all about money after all. In real life with random people most people you encounter aren't interested in the more important things of life or latest innovations in science or technology, most people only care about less important things or things that get them angry or mad or shock them. We also live in a world where we are stressed every day with our jobs just trying to get by, by end of day you don't want to have to think anymore you just want to relax and kick back or you have to focus on more chores/family etc and you just don't have time to think. And most people out there just like hearing about the drama going on in world, they don't have time or care to think about more intellectual things, if someone grew up not knowing a thing about technology, hating technology and computers and gadgets they aren't going to care less about some new innovation that makes some technological advancement, they are probably just going to change channel to someone talking about another bomb exploding in some party of world instead, because everyone can relate to that, not everyone can relate to other important things going on. So media isn't going to bother talking about a topic that only 5-25-50% of people will care about, they are only going to target topics that 90% of people care about, it's all about ratings. and in the end it's kind of the masses fault. we like to blame it on media or our governments but it's the people who shaped our media and our governments not the other way around. Those of us wanting to make a difference or concentrate on finer things in life just end up getting frustrated by it all and we hate media and governments for it, sometimes we wish governments/media would ignore the masses and do what is right but in end it's all about the money and appeasing the masses.

[@gery49]

You tend to make me think about stuff from a different perspective. I wanna meet you one day and have a talk :)

[@freya5902]

And you will stare at him the entire time just like in your picture.

[@markoschatziathanasiou6754]

@@freya5902 hahahhah

[@NKomarov]

stand in line please)

[@dylogysminter]

@@NKomarov OMG you writing "stand in line please" 5 years after he wrote it is really funny^^

[@NKomarov]

@@dylogysminter ))) all right let him go first))

[@dannygonzalez6548]

In my quest to build a business around apparel I came across this video again had a time where I think I needed it most. Today I found myself flusterd and sort of throwing an internal tantrum because I desperately wanted someone to come and save me from all the work that comes with being successful. Thank you again for reminding me how self efficacy is a staple in making things happen.

[@stansmith2188]

How’s your business now?

[@fandamme]

There was a day that I was commended to do a work in my job, a really hard work. At the beginning I wasn't really optimistic if I could accomplish that, but as days passed I analysed the problem and the solution started to be clearer and finally I could finish the work. That event marked an upper limit of my possibilities. I have not meet such difficult tasks since then. Now I see this video and I learn that what I feel is self efficacy. "Remember, you're as good as the best thing you've ever done."

[@petersrule]

Derek, can you go more into quantum mechanics?

[@veritasium]

+Jeremy Peters there are a number of vids about this on the main channel, but I can try to do some more in this area. Anything you have in mind?

[@pastramichop]

+Veritasium does the randomness of quantum mechanics influence free will?

[@jaidenboucher0]

+Don Williams that's a super philosophical question that has been debated for years and doesn't really have an answer due to disputes from religious beliefs

[@petersrule]

How time is related to space and how the the big bang created space.

[@Insertnamesz]

+Don Williams - He has already done a video on that. :)

[@HighIntellect]

"If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together."

[@MsBillieLestrange]

this video should be titled: Weltschmerz in Vienna.

[@DIYAutoHomeschool]

I saw this video show up the other day and had been meaning to watch it, and I'm glad I took the chance to this evening. I'm not usually one to reply to videos, but I felt compelled to on this one. Firstly, I remember your video on learned helplessness, and some of your other videos. In those videos, you were the reason I finally decided to jump headlong into making KZbin videos. I had been wanting to for a long time, but always felt I needed someone to hold my hand and show me everything. It was your motivation that pushed me to decide I was going to figure it out on my own and the only way was to just start doing it. I still don't have it all worked out, but I'm slowly realising my dream of teaching on KZbin. Your message is getting across, and we are doing it, and we have you to thank for the motivation. Secondly, I agree with you that the attention we as a collective population of earth give to those who seek to do harm is a huge problem. Our 24 hour coverage in the name of views and likes and ratings only perpetuates the issues at hand and drives those who harbor hate in their hearts to do the same. We foster a climate of hate that we try to justify because "they hit us first". As a former Marine (U.S.), I understand this reaction, but I know it is not right. I admire your ability to stand on the platform you have built and say openly that you do not have the answer, but you want to be part of finding and growing the solution. Martin Luther King Jr. once said. "Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that" It's true, and I feel sad that I belive we are a long way away from believing those words as a whole. Too many people still want to fight hate with more hate, and I think we will lose some very hard battles before we learn that lesson.

[@DanielBrandnad7877]

Derek, you are part of the solution! You're an educator and that's the most effective way to tackle ignorance and hatred. Thank you for all that you do!

[@DtWolfwood]

Watching this in July/2016 and from 6:50 on its almost prophetic.

[@matthewtelles8619]

yup

[@Harreso]

wow yeah

[@dimtgco1428]

That is probably the single best piece of advice that can be given to anyone in life. Give a man a fish he eats for a day teach a man to fish you feed him for a lifetime. Get a man to take on the challenge on his own without being taught and he finds an even better way to fish. my compliments on all your videos. Still, wish I had a half hour with you to discuss some topics that would have me building the boat...... :-)

[@dasuberedward]

The audio quality of this video is amazing. I'm listening to it with pretty darn good headphones and the city feels absolutely alive. I mean the message is amazing too. But what is your set up for filming this?

[@CocoaCoon]

It's totally right! The sound of his voice and surroundings are so clear! Could be helped by some lavelier microphone to fit it. I notice something sparkling near to the bottom of the jacket (left side of the video). Have any sense for you? Sorry for answering late. I have already seen his video.

[@LEMEOIN27]

Thanks Derek, really liked this vid. Doing it in one take was super refreshing. Seeing all the funny looks people were giving you was weirdly inspiring. The way you powered through all their bs because you knew making the vid was more important. Gonna try get over myself from now on, just realised that there is more going on in life than my own discomfort.

[@matthewmurdoch6932]

Drinking Game: Every time he says "self-efficacy" in this video, put down your glass and go start something you've been meaning to do. ...let's finish off 2020 right...

[@Emelineeeeeee]

I've never heard the term self efficacy before, but it's useful now because it's something I think about sometimes. When it comes down to it, believing in yourself is one of the most important parts in not only beginning a task, but accomplishing it as well. Belief in yourself is a self fulfilling prophecy of the best kind; if you believe you can do it, then you can do it, and your confidence just snowballs, allowing you to accomplish more and more (maybe it's just me (there was a time in my life when this happened to me)).

[@ethanfraser6132]

Wow, before I watched this video I must admit I was totally ignorant of the level of "bad" that there is in this world. I believed that there was no way of fixing it and therefore there was no point in trying. Now I see that maybe no one person can fix any of the problems, but if more of us gave a shit, that self efficacy would kick in and even more people would start realising what's happening to the world as we know it. This would in turn resonate and perhaps the people that now see their potential to commit acts of terror would instead see there potential to change our ways as well. I genuinely thank you, Derek. I love when you do videos like this, in fact I love all of your videos.

[@lukedurkee683]

I'm so grateful that you can share your ideas and knowledge with us here on youtube. You really have made an impact in my life and surely many others. Thanks Derek.

[@goyabee3200]

Self efficacy is a problem for me. I have so much confidence in my ability to accomplish goals that most of the time I don't even see the point in acting on it. I feel like I have nothing to prove to myself.

[@jackpadden8788]

No it's not, it's partly why many intelligent individuals do not participate in school because they feel that they are not being challenged enough. Einstein is a clear example of this. The problem there lies with the lack of the aforementioned challenge. An answer could be found in seeking new things, dreaming bigger and trying to do more. Also, consider the fact that, despite your lack of desire to prove yourself, you haven't actually done anything. Which is why many people turn to the approval of their peers to find that satisfaction. Realise that your abilities have not been shown to the world, resulting in this guy saying that you are delusional. He has a valid point if you continue to do nothing in the face of this. Act, not to prove yourself, but simply because if you didn't most would consider you no more than any other inanimate object.

[@zengrath]

+goyabee You need to challenge yourself more, there is no such person in this world who can look at every thing in life and say its all so easy no point in doing it, if you think like that then you havent pushed yourself, your setting bar to low. In just about every thing i do i never see an end to improving anymore, more things i learn and more things i try to master the more i realize learning is infinite and never ending, even the simplest of tasks you can improve upon over time as long as you understand that you can always improve and get better. Just take game of billiards/pool for example, you can play that game for years, for a life time, and still not master it, sure you may move your way up to the top players in the world but even top players in world aren't remotely close to perfect and still make mistakes errors etc. on a regular basis, but this can be applied to anything. Problem is your setting your goals too low, do you play billiards and say my goal is to win a few matches, win a few matches, then give up? no you keep improving, finding better challengers, creating challenges that makes you constantly have to beat yourself if you can't find someone immediately that challenges you.

[@villapoder]

Jack Padden Einstein was a genius and he accomplished more in his life time than most humans do, he didn't have it easy and he struggled to find a job, he never gave up and that paid off, not being able to accomplish your goals based on a sense on being "too intelligent" or too confidente says only 3 things, 1 - Your goals are mediocre 2 - you are mediocre or 3 - you are delusional, try postulating a theory as complex and life changing as general relativity or wining a nobel price, and then tell me you are sure it will be too easy for you.

[@goyabee3200]

+Jorge Villalobos I think it is a complex I have left over from my relatively poor education in the United States and having come from a broken home with a history of child abuse and neglect. It is a common problem for gifted students not to be challenged. I am not saying that I am a genius, nor that my intelligence is the reason for my apathetic outlook. I am above average intelligence but not so high as to make things as effortless as my comment may have implied... WAIS-tested 146 I.Q. I understand fully that my attitude is based on some fundamental personality flaws and various bio-psycho-social problems including depression an PTSD. It is not as easy for me to become motivated, so I think I just use my own insight into the goal reaching process as a way of reassuring myself that it could have been done. Not healthy, but it is what I am used to and what I am comfortable with.

[@goyabee3200]

Jorge Villalobos Oh, and while I'll agree that Albert Einstein had many struggles, I am damn sure that depression was not one of them. If you think that he was able to accomplish all that he did just due to his intelligence, or because "[he] was a genius", think again.

[@-Squiggle]

It helps so much to think that other people think. And think about things so much that they can make a 9-minute video of themselves talking and walking around a city and thinking. It's the kinda thing I'd do

[@-Flowriding-]

Vienna yeah!!! It was a pleasure to finally meet you! Thanks again for the Queen's-video! ;)

[@derek]

+Fillerkish great to meet you!

[@P_Mann]

Reading the title, the Dunning-Kruger effect immediately jumped into my mind, which is the flip-side of the first topic as discussed and should not be overlooked.

[@tempjohn1111]

Every thoughtful, intelligent person wishes they had the "self-efficacy" to come up with the magic combination of words to make the world a peaceful place.

[@HamdiVid]

please do more of these!

[@simonbox5687]

Man, The courage you have is great. I, for one even fear to take a picture in public and you record videos with a smile even when people stare at you. That is very Cool.

[@PJoriginal]

I got interested because of your science videos. But now I'm hooked both on the science videos and these. These videos of (can't find a phrase) make my week. Thank you for all the videos Derek :)

[@RandyJames22]

This is why I subscribe to auxiliary channels like these. I appreciate the time you took to make this video, Derek!

[@karmakazi219]

5:09 Was someone having a seizure?

[@JacenLP]

+karmakazi219 Probably a kid driving it's bike on the cobblestone there. :)

[@theolympiaacademy1868]

+karmakazi219 LOL! I laughed out loud once I reached this point in the video. =D

[@djdelarosa25]

+karmakazi219 Where? I can't see it

[@rhysmacdonald8184]

+Daryll Jan Dela Rosa You won't see it, you'll hear it.

[@angelcervantes5464]

+Daryll Jan Dela Rosa Are you using a Victoria Flamel's picture?

[@shivangi322]

Needed to hear this, I respond to everything in the exact opposite way- achievements are because of luck and failures are because of my own shortcomings and incapability. "I can do it" is kind of attitude that I need. Thanks for this!

[@giverofzerophux9051]

I watched every one of your videos and I think that was by far the best one you've ever done. very deep.

[@chesterchow1]

beautiful city

[@flori8320]

Peu importe ce que vous faites, du fond du cœur : Merci. Whatever you'll do, from the bottom of my heart : Thank you.

[@AmyLimCS]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on self efficacy, especially in terms of how the people in our environment can influence our sense of self efficacy. I was never exposed to computer science until after graduating high school and the guy I was dating at the time chose to major in CS for university. Seeing that it was possible for him to have a career in CS gave me a sense of self efficacy to try it for myself, especially since my grades in math where much better than his haha. I often wonder if I ever would’ve considered a career in software engineering if I hadn’t met him, especially since no one in my family was a software eng either. Sometimes I also wonder how different my life would be if I didn’t grow up with television or the internet because I feel like they have exposed me to a world of many new and different possibilities that I would’ve never considered for my life otherwise since no one in my immediate environment were doing those things, such as traveling solo. I don’t think I ever would’ve even tried to travel solo as a female, if I hadn’t first read success stories of those that have already tried it themselves, which helped give me a sense of self efficacy. At the time I was considering it, I didn’t personally know anyone that had done it, and all my family and friends imagined it to be too dangerous to even try otherwise. So I think people should try to expose themselves to new ideas/environments more, so that they can imagine new possibilities for themselves to try out too!

[@dereli0480]

Hey there, I am just now on my way to slowly start being self efficacious, but it took me long to even start. It's hard to start, because when you then finally do you always risk something. When you then may not accomplish what you expected, it gets even harder going on or restarting. When you then realize that you're the only one judging yourself and you're making it only hard for yourself by doing so, you are finally able to relax. And be responsible for what you are doing and are also often impressed by older oder more "grown up" people.

[@OscarDias]

Just out of curiosity, what were you doing here in Portugal?Happy holidays!

[@veritasium]

+Oscar Dias I'll have a meetup in Lisbon some time after Christmas

[@OscarDias]

+Veritasium So you are coming back, that's cool. I was hoping for a Veritasium video recorded in Portugal. Either way it's good to know that you have some acquaintances here. Maybe next time my email reaches you. I'm not in Lisbon, but if I go there in the coming weeks it would be nice run into you.

[@broken_abi6973]

+Veritasium Are you giving a talk to an audience? If so, is it open? :)

[@andresebastianmoreno]

A common platitude is to keep failing at something or things until you succeed. A countervailing platitude is that "nothing succeeds like success." These two are corollaries. Consistent failure without any significant success can be disheartening, enough so to make some people quit entirely. Selecting such low-hanging fruit as to ensure consistent success ensures little to no long-term growth. It is important that you clearly define and understand what "success" is for each endeavor. If you feel yourself such a catastrophic failure that you cannot succeed at anything, pick something simple and easy, study it repeatedly until knowledge of it is second nature, and then attempt it. You will most likely succeed by achievement of your chosen and defined goal on the first or second try, and feel better about yourself. Then pick something related, something where your prior knowledge provides you some advantage, study the necessary related knowledge until it is second nature, and attempt the related task. Again, when you succeed on the first or second try, you will feel better about yourself. You will also be building a breadth and depth of knowledge in your area in which you can have a sense of justifiable pride. That self confidence should translate into self-efficacy in unrelated areas of study, building a firm foundation on small readily achievable goals until larger degrees of success will seem to come of their own accord. Of course, this works mostly for knowledge-based tasks. Skill-based task ability can be learned by practice until a somewhat satisfying degree of success is achieved, and can be accelerated somewhat by not only studying the information about the task, but by observing the behavior of those with skills in the task, mirroring and modeling that behavior.

[@RandomNullpointer]

so many "no parking" signs, and yet so many cars parked.

[@sequorroxx]

I love your dive into applied psychology and philosophy. You bridge the gap from the natural sciences rather well. And your point about childhood influences is right on; simply growing up in a family and community where the pervading attitude is that "we can do it if we choose to" is one of the greatest advantages a kid can have over those who do not. I've seen first hand how apathetic, irresponsible, and lazy families pull their children down with them. I barely escaped it. It can be hard to understand just how influential this is because those who lived that life don't know anything else. Its like air to them; its all around them. Likewise, a child raised by a high functioning family won't really fully appreciate why other kids give up. Both sides have trouble seeing this influence because for each of them, its all they know. It takes either a lot of empathy or rare circumstances where a person gets to experience and consciously recognize both environments to notice the distinction.

[@Zeyev]

You're wonderful no matter how many takes you require. I'm now trying to figure out how to be proficient at retirement at age 69. I'm one month in and not doing as well as I had hoped. "Stay tuned," I tell myself.

[@andercert70]

I did notice when I watched that video on "learned helplessness" that you made it as a way of dissuading people from asking for your help. I saw it as a well dressed up "pull yourself up by your own bootstraps" message. It's OK to say, "Hey, I don't have the time or resources to help everyone who needs it." But it's another thing to say that people don't really need help because they should just have enough self efficacy and gumption to do things on their own. A lot of people have the attitude needed to be doctors, actors, musicians, or etc, no matter what their parents do. They have the belief in themselves, but may not be anywhere near the resources and connections needed to achieve these things. And while the second generation grows up understanding that feeling, that attitude that they can accomplish something. They don't have to worry about the resources, the finances, or making the connections. Sean Lennon makes some fine ambient that I find enjoyable. But not a one of his songs sticks in my head. It isn't his belief in his abilities that allows him a recording career. It's being John Lennon's son. I think ironically you are show here, in this video, a lot of your insecurities and self esteem issues. You're very concerned about the reaction of people seeing you shooting the video and how odd that must work. These issues and feelings that counter your theory. Because by your theory people with the sort of doubt and worry that should prevent you from being successful because they deter your efficacy. But yet, here you are. I don't think terrorism is propagated by "He can do it, so can I." It's propagated by us giving into hate and fear and instituting policies that push more people to be desperate, to feel hated, to feel the need to fight back. Like if the US were to expel it's Muslim population as Trump suggests, that would propagate more terror attacks. I look at things I've accomplished and often wonder, how the heck did I manage that? How can I get that to happen again? Simply because someone has done something doesn't mean they'll feel like it's repeatable, but their doubts also won't keep them from trying. Peace, Rich

[@CatalinRusnac]

After meeting you in Vienna I was just thinking how much you improved my self-efficacy by being so open to us and modestly saying that you're just a simple guy. This made me realize that anybody can do anything if they want to. That meeting meant a lot to me! I'm looking forward to taking more pictures next time we meet!

[@derek]

+Catalin Rusnac Thanks for being our photographer extraordinaire!

[@CatalinRusnac]

+2veritasium It was my pleasure! I hope you got the email with the pics

[@sean3533]

trying to start my second company. thanks Derek.

[@tytube3001]

+Sean Haggard Your left hand is your first company.

[@josephhutchison7721]

Congratulations on getting to such a significant event as the nobel peace prize!

[@BrickTsar]

I now realize that in a lot of videos you have done you have been searching for answers to life's big questions. Keep searching.

[@wilykapote]

You are a crack, sometimes I feel strange in my environment philosophizing, and you do it just walking down the street, without worrying about anything, you only transmit your empathic message with the world. Thank you! I don't understand any English and I understood everything you wanted to say, weird, no dude?

[@lefael_]

Gracias. En serio, gracias

[@eXtremeDR]

Last week I took one of those career counseling test. The result surprised me: world domination/ruler. But you won't believe how hard it is to find any apprenticeship training position in that field.

[@zedzoheb7947]

You are doing a great job Sir. In last few years I have learnt a lot about life and nature from your videos. You motivate me a lot. Salute you for the enthusiasm you carry.

[@1111MrMinecraft]

The video started and I thought:"Well, I know this corner."... You picked one of the nicest places in Vienna for your video. Greetings from Austria :D

[@scottrob0]

You didn't touch much on how to increase one's own self efficacy. would it just be watching someone preform a task as your friend with youtube videos? Or do you feel like people just get a set of skills that they are able to preform and self confidence plays into it somehow?

[@veritasium]

+scottrob0 I think self-teaching is important, and putting yourself in situations where you can learn (which is sometimes uncomfortable), pursuing things with determination, but of course you are more likely to be determined if you already think you can do it. So perhaps another title for this video is "the importance of thinking you can do it before you even start"

[@notaturtle561]

+Veritasium Like Thomas The Tank Engine (I think I can I think I can)

[@thePronto]

+Zachary Windsor You are getting "Thomas the Tank Engine" and "The Little Engine That Could" mixed up.

[@notaturtle561]

rpbsjy Yeah, you're right. My mistake

[@tomaswinnykamien989]

I REALLY enjoy this kind of videos. Derek is wise like a guru

[@sean..L]

Growing up with and being around successful people might give some people confidence but I think it also has the ability to stifle it as well. It creates expectations which when not met can really ruin how someone judges their own abilities.

[@johannesmuller2956]

I was at the science film festivalin Vienna and it makes me very happy, that you shot a video in the city iÍ am currently living in. Thank you for doing that.

[@federicol.pellicer8511]

I think that it is probably implied but the self-efficacy that we are truly after is being able to accurately measure whether we are (or are not) able to do something. Measuring if we have the knowledge and/or skill (or potential) necessary to accomplish something in particular.

[@Chewychewychoochoo]

Good job on the message, Derek. It helps me as a college student keep moving forward.

[@robertbeley5710]

big fan, thanks for speaking your mind in this sort of live unedited fashion.

[@CarloRufinoSabusap]

You're right across (and above) the Ministry of Magic

[@MaxDiscere]

OMG U WERE IN VIENNA, I LIVE IN VIENNA WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?? :(

[@jayway5779]

i know right :(

[@greencribs]

C'est grâce à des mecs comme toi, qui diffusent du savoir d'une façon positive, passionnée, que le monde tournera un peu plus rond... Stay as you are, i love you!

[@mxOx2kL]

Its amazing how a single video can motivate you to change your perspective on certain aspects of life... Thanks for that, time to be productive.

[@magiereichel]

In german there are two words for this, which even germans confuse often: "Selbsbewusstsein" - Self conciousness. This is easy, it means how consious you are of your self, what you know about your self. And the other word is "Selbstvertrauen", which is "self trust", so like how much do you trust yourself, the translation of that should be self efficacy I guess

[@haithamelatrache1231]

I was surprised that brought to this subject terrorist attacks, but I have to says that you got it right and you brought it brilliantly in this video. There is too much hate and anger that we shouldn't feed it back with more hate. well done

[@BodyofEvidence]

+2veritasium 's point is not "pull yourself up by your boot straps"; it's that there is a difference between helping and spoon-feeding. Too many people want to be spoon-fed into their dream job. I agree that science communicators should help each other, but it requires that we all work hard to get there, too.

[@MrPflanzee]

Vienna is such an awsome and peaceful city. Hope to live there one day.

[@stijnvankuilenburg2545]

This guy is a genius! Love ya bro!

[@divyamkumar5791]

Everyone in the background is just happy to be on KZbin.

[@leejones9055]

Hope you enjoyed Vienna! I really hope I get to go back one day. Such a beautiful and wonderful city.

[@MrSilvertrail]

Completely agree with your idea around the abilities of people, I am not an educated man but i have learnt with time that you can learn anything, that you can do anything and that even in the small things you do make a impact on everything around you. At work people joke calling me Google as when they ask questions about our business or aspects that relate to our business i can give information or point in the direction around their question, This way i learnt to take in information was mostly due to early Veritasium videos about learning, This leads me to this topic.... Self Efficacy (which i did not actually know the meaning for) was something i struggled with in younger years but with age i learnt that we are not limited all you need to do is get off your ass and learn about something, aim to be the best, always try harder and attempt things that you may initially fail at, Moving to the terror comments i think you are correct, Radicals are there from both sides and this does seem to feed news sources that now feel to me like they are trying to get people angry, excluding levels of information only to get a response from viewers, Sadly i don't see this getting better......

[@JasonPolkovitz]

well said. peace and joy in your holidays, Derek.

[@jakerickytan1232]

I agree, especially how social media is and how people react to those things.

[@milolee7239]

I think there is also a problem with self efficacy in the sense that many people will use heuristics to solve an issue or rely on emotions when they do not know the correct way to figure something out on there own. Self efficacy is demonstrably very important as you said, but maybe the problem is teaching people how and when to ask for help or the best ways to help his or her self. I recently read the book Thinking, Fast and Slow which pointed out the issue with overconfidence and how detrimental it can be to those influenced by the choices an overconfident person who failed to see how impossible their task was. A great instance in the book was about political commentators and stock brokers; the correlation-in a statistical sense, ranging from zero to 1-between these experts' success in 'determining' events such as coups or market crashes and their future success in 'determining' other future events was .01 which is negligible. Out of characters so overestimation of our intuition bad..

[@Allen-eq5uf]

If you ever need a helping hand you'll find one at the end of each of your arms.

[@sauravkhatiwada4509]

That was superb how u acted locally and thought globally ! We all can do it .

[@AddisonGraham]

You can't look at yourself as a group you have to look at yourself as an individual, you have to help yourself before you can help others. We need to do is teleport yourself to place where you can help yourself and then bring or rise to the already falling population, bring a rise in an uplift so that people can help themselves when they see others

[@vinkuu]

Noel Chomsky had a good quote about how to stop terrorism in one of the Juice media videos; "Just stop participating in it". I have a personal interpretation of what that means, as I'm sure everyone else has.

[@emrico]

really really enjoy these more personal videos. please make them more often!

[@Jeyekomon]

I agree that people should try to figure their issues on their own first and not to ask for help immediately when they got stuck. But on the other hand giving just a few pointers doesn't cost you much time and it can save people from spending their life by reinventing the wheel.

[@franz3333]

oh vienna is beautiful! all those old buildings, great

[@caeroa]

It is strange, what would you say now, six months later. Is a lot more sad, a lot more concerning for the world. We would need to do something about it. Thank you for sharing your thought, not only your knowledge.

[@thoperSought]

regarding the questions you get from people: obviously you won't have time to answer many-if any-of them, but (depending on the question) I feel like, for them, getting their questions answered may in many cases be a part of the development of their self-efficacy. I just started learning German (from scratch-some people assume I must have taken German in high school or something), and I teach English (EFL). I'm meeting one of my coworkers a couple of times a month for loosely structured lessons. I know a lot about learning a language, but very little about German in particular, and despite similarities with English, I can't really usefully learn on my own. but she's not doing any of it for me; I have to put in the time try to make sentences, make mistakes, &c.-all the stuff I'm always telling my students to do, which feels hilarious. now, obviously I have the self-efficacy to do this; I've done it before, and I'm _much_ better equipped to do it this time around, even if it feels really overwhelming sometimes. clearly, though, this is one case where asking questions is part of the solution. another area where it might be: you mentioned children following in their parents' footsteps. I think one of the reasons that they have the self-efficacy to do that is that they can see the way forward; they inherit a kind of plan. likewise, when people seek mentoring, I think they're trying to get a view of the way forward. obviously this isn't universally true-some people want you to somehow do it for them. but the same is true in language teaching. there really are people who somehow think that I can pour English into their heads without them doing anything outside of class, or even expending any effort in class, in some cases. nevertheless, asking questions *_may_* be a necessary part of developing self-efficacy.

[@vanmaren962]

Great video. I just wanted to say thank you for making the "learned helplessness"video. It seriously changed my outlook on life.

[@accidentian]

It's unrelated by 22 Dec 2015 was around the time I first visited Vienna, and I might just walked past by you...

[@bigheadchau]

I love Vienna! I was there over New Years two years ago (have some sachertorte and learn to waltz!). I also wrote my thesis on Parental Self-Efiicacy. I think the issue of terrorism is too complex to frame only within the self-efficacy literature. But if I were to do so though, I think we (human kind as a whole, I know the comment section here will be a very select sample of the human population) need to develop a sense of self-esteem and self-efficacy which is strong enough to withstand seek out conversation even if it means encountering an opposing view. We act within our own little 'silo' communities, us vs them; where we find it hard to accept the views of others, and alienate those who may physically live near us but are increasingly alienated because they're different (whether it's because they are middle eastern, people with substance use and mental health disorders, or people coming out of the justice system). In alienating these people we drive them towards certain behaviours. Maybe we need to step out of our comfort zone and have the conversation to challenge ourselves and to be more inclusive, this needs self-efficacy.

[@ishmu07]

Peace starts with your neighbor. It doesn't have to be a "pie in the sky" concept. I firmly believe that our individual actions are where the change begins. Of course, that alone won't be enough to put an end to terrorism and hatred, but it's a place to start. I may not be able to individually change the world, but I can make one person's world just a little bit better.

[@Ahldor]

Derek, I have had the exact same thoughts after reading about tragic events in media that has happened the last few years. That maybe we encourage further events to happen just because we openly pay so much attention to all the shit going on. Over all I have had the same basic ideas about almost every topic you bring up. I thought I was weird or an outsider thinking like I do, but I am so happy to hear that other people, like you, think the same way. Basically we have the same values and ideas except for one - I don't use Iphone. ;)

[@donyalefranklin5994]

I'm glad I am not the only person who thinks giving more attention to those who would prefer to leave scars, rather than beauty and peace, only serves to further the violence. Violence begets violence. No media attention would be ideal, yet, atrocities are what drives profits in mainstream media. I wish the opposite were true.

[@shahilos]

Great observation! It’s an issue that’s bothered me too. The media is part of the problem. To take a lesson from soccer and rugby broadcasts, the cameramen and crew are told NOT to film streakers. Streaking ISN’T broadcast removing the “sensationalism” of their actions. Surely the media knows “if you broadcast, they will bomb”. A tough issue.

[@briana5444]

This made my pre workout dump 18 minutes longer because I watched it twice to truly absorb the information, great thoughts here! Keep doin what you do

[@antong6582]

I'll like the video, so that you see that I want you to make more of them. This is deep.

[@ionaminty3112]

I love this video so much it's so insightful and its the kind of video that you have to watch more than once and keep thinking about days after

[@nilestephenson5876]

In light of the attacks in Europe over the past few weeks, as well as the shootings in America in recent times, this video is more relevant than ever.

[@itskelvinn]

I liked the first half of this video.

[@bread2770]

Being believed in, is unrivaled by self belief.

[@luxubulaxaba]

It's 2015 and people on the street look at him like they were living in medieval period.