# self-efficacy (calibrated)

A self-model whose reading of its reach is the reach it actually has.

- Computed level: L15 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: published  ·  Domain: agency

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [self-model](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-self-model.reflexive), [reach](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-reach.action), [read](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-read.information), [actually](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-actually.real), [agency](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-agency.capacity)

**Through:** The self-model reads the thing's reach and the reading lands where the reach is: it acts where acting works and does not spend action where it cannot. Calibration, not size: a small reach read exactly is full self-efficacy.

**Novel properties:**
- action aimed only where it can land
- calibration independent of how large the reach is
- the SELF-READ value every other reach word departs from

## Examples
- A climber who backs off a route below their limit and commits on one at it is reading their reach, not their fear or their pride. *(sport)*

## Used by
- [playing within yourself](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-playing-within-yourself.margin) (L16)

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