Example: Toyota used the kaizen method to upskill all their workers to improve productivity. Many workers were able to keep their jobs rather than being laid off.
Example: A student with a strong internal locus of control will attribute good or bad grades to their own efforts.
Reference: Research from Charles Krulak: successful marines were those with a strong internal locus of control - a belief that they could influence their own destiny through choices.
Reference: Carol Dweck: "Internal locus of control is a learned skill".
Insight: Research suggests that people with internal locus of control praise or blame themselves for success or failure, rather than things outside of their control.
Insight: Internal locus of control is linked to higher academic success and self-control, and lower stress and depression.
Insight: Strong internal locus of control tends to lead to higher earnings, longer marriages, greater happiness.
Insight: Strong external locus of control is correlated with higher stress.
Insight: Locus of control can be influenced by training and feedback. Complementing students for hard work reinforces that they can control their outcomes and tends to activate an internal locus of control. Complementing abilities or intelligence activates an external locus of control.
Principle: Strengthen internal locus of control through rewarding initiative, self-motivation, stubbornness, working hard.
