PPP278: Training Elephants – Learned Helplessness vs Limiting Beliefs
I heard a new term the other day, "Learned Helplessness".According to Psychology Today, "Learned helplessness occurs when an individual continuously faces a negative, uncontrollable situation and stops trying to change their circumstances, even when they have the ability to do so. For example, a smoker may repeatedly try and fail to quit. He may grow frustrated and come to believe that nothing he does will help, and therefore he stops trying altogether. The perception that one cannot control the situation essentially elicits a passive response to the harm that is occurring." Listen to the full episode here I've heard about elephant trainers who trained baby elephants to stay in one place by tying a chain around their feet. No matter how much they struggled and pulled at the chain, they…
