Posts by Sarah Cordiner
What is the role of the adult educator in the welfare to work sector?
There’s a lot to be said about our roles as educators – and they don’t get easier when you have a class full of adults. I’m a Trainer and CEO of a company that runs various activities and training initiatives for the long-term unemployed, benefit claimants, and offenders – often referred to as the…
Read More10 Steps Towards Starting a Registered Training Organisation (RTO)
Why? Becoming a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) is the ultimate opportunity to contribute to your industry and area of expertise. Any business can deliver training, but it takes high quality and highly committed businesses to obtain the authorative and respectable status of a Registered Training Organisation (RTO). It is ONLY RTOs that are permitted…
Read More7 Tips for Building Esteem and Efficacy – for ‘Efficacy Effectors’ only!
Our sense of self, sense of belonging, and sense of personal power, all influence our self-esteem. People with very high self-esteem are still shaken and uprooted by distressing events – they do not have superpowers. But they are resilient. They can be positive and get over bad times because self-esteem gives you resilience; which can…
Read MoreWhich of these demons are you hiding?
The 7 Self Judgements we must overcome Self-Concept: Self-concept is the umbrella term, the overarching term for who we think we actually are and all the ideas we have about ourselves. We are not born with this. At approximately 18 months old, we develop a concept of who we are which comes from…
Read More3 Activities to Make Space for Positive Life Change
Sometimes we can find ourselves frustrated with life. Facing the same problems, stresses and road blocks. It is important to remember that before we begin taking steps towards positive change, we first need to make space for it. Here are 3 practical activities you can do to clear out the unwanted negativity and…
Read MoreHow to step out of discontentment and unhappiness – An interview with Sarah Cordiner
Discovering ‘The Efficacy Effect’, is like getting a sneak peek at the secret recipe of man! Educational Entrepreneur Sarah Cordiner is questioned by Fernando L Soto, Author of “What’s Next for You?”, revealing the beginning of a new educational life transformation model that plans to help the masses create desired results.…
Read MoreWhere have your beliefs in your abilities come from? 3 Perspectives on the Sources of Efficacy – Sarah Cordiner
Sarah Cordiner, founder of ‘The Efficacy Effect’ believes there are 5 stages to the creation of an ‘Efficacious Effect’; aka the development of an event, experience, or circumstance that causes desired results, (or undesired ones). THE EFFECTOR – this is something that causes a change in belief in one’s ability to create desired results THE…
Read MoreYour Sanity is a Matter of Your Perceived Control – How Efficacy Keeps You Sane
The world is a fast moving and fast changing place. We are constantly faced with new challenges and new ways of doing things. When this is combined with the everyday life challenges of being human, we are faced with significant pressure to maintain the capability to implement control over the path our life is taking…
Read MoreAre you an Efficacy Effector? What the butterfly effect can teach us about making and breaking efficacy
Many of us have heard of the butterfly effect, coined by Edward Lorenz in 1961 which describes how a small change in one place, can result in a much bigger change later on; so if a butterfly flapped its wings in one place, with the right weather conditions it could create a hurricane in another…
Read MoreA frightening level of power is beheld by Educators – The Power of Efficacy
The Efficacy Effect, a concept developed by Sarah Cordiner, illustrates how our belief in our ability to control life events influences our results. This belief shapes our experiences and life path, regardless of our actual abilities. Our beliefs and behaviors are shaped by many factors: our evaluation of past successes and failures, observing others’ successes…
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