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In order to succeed, people need a sense of self-efficacy, to struggle together with resilience to meet the inevitable obstacles and inequities of life.

Albert Bandura

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Albert Bandura
Age: 95 †
Born: 1925
Born: December 4
Died: 2021
Died: July 26
Psychologist
University Teacher
People
Fear
Resiliency
Sense
Efficacy
Order
Resilience
Together
Obstacles
Self
Inevitable
Need
Meet
Needs
Succeed
Life
Struggle
Inequities

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