How to Go From Learned Helplessness to Learned Optimism

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When we’ve had our fair share of negative experiences or heard no too many times, we develop a “why try if it won’t work out” mindset. In psychology, it’s called learned helplessness. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Learned helplessness pops up all over the place in medicine, and yes, even in our negotiations. How does this mindset hamper our efforts to advocate for ourselves? </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why does it make us unnecessarily powerless? </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, I’m going to talk about the cure for learned helplessness, and how a few mindset tweaks can change everything. </span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Three Things You’ll Learn In This Episode </strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>- Learned helplessness and self-fulfilling prophecies</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Do we fate ourselves to negative outcomes when we’re under the influence of this mindset?</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>- Why learned helplessness removes all our power</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We all have the power to incite change in a situation or to at least control how we respond, but how do we access it? </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>- How learned helplessness shows up </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If we’re getting stonewalled in a negotiation, or our employers have a long track record of telling us no, how do we avoid the conclusion that there’s no point trying?</span></p>