Skills Guide
Teaching: Self-Confidence
Self-Confidence
Why This Skill Matters
Self-confidence supports resilience by helping students believe they can handle challenges and influence outcomes. Without confidence, students may avoid effort, disengage, or rely on others to decide for them. Teaching self-confidence helps students trust their abilities and approach challenges with courage rather than fear.
Student Challenges This Skill Helps Address
- Avoidance of challenge
- Fear of failure
- Reluctance to participate
How WhyTry Builds This Skill
WhyTry builds self-confidence through Positive Self-Image, where students learn to define themselves by effort and character rather than labels. Future Ready Vision & Self-Efficacy reinforces confidence by helping students visualize success and recognize their ability to overcome obstacles. Facilitators guide reflection that helps students see evidence of growth and capability.
Positive Self-Image
(“Labels”)
In Positive Self-Image, self-confidence is built by helping students define themselves through strengths, effort, and character rather than mistakes or labels. Facilitators guide reflection on actions that demonstrate capability, reinforcing confidence grounded in behavior rather than external approval.
Future Ready Vision & Self-Efficacy
(“The Wall”)
Future Ready Vision & Self-Efficacy reinforces self-confidence by helping students visualize success and recognize their ability to overcome obstacles. Processing emphasizes belief in personal capability as a key resilience driver, especially when facing challenge or uncertainty.