Efficacy Paradigm there is an understanding that virtually all people are capable of brilliance. Important human characteristics are neither fixed nor given. They are subject to development throughout life. Intellectual development states that everyone is born with enough mental capacity to meet 21st century standards of education. All those who work can learn.
People can control their own development.
Failure or difficulty is simply feedback about what a person must do to improve. It is not a basis for judgments about the innate limitations of an individual. These assumptions are the basis of effective institutions and healthy communities.