2. MAIN THEMES
SELF-AWARENESS
SELF-ESTEEM
SELF-DEVELOPMENT
FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE SELF-AWARENESS
AND SELF-ESTEEM
3. SELF AWARENESS
Self-awareness refers to the knowledge of own
self, which means that you know your;
Interests
Skills
Likes and dislikes
Goals
Strengths and weaknesses, and
Values and beliefs
It explains our behavior and it also predicts our
feelings
4. FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE SELF-AWARENESS
The are many factors or things that
influence how well you know yourself.
The following are some of the factors
that influence ones self-awareness;
The media, the media has a powerful
immediate and direct effect on the
people who use it.
Peer pressure
How people like your parents, friends
and other people in your surrounding
treat you.
5. SELF-ESTEEM
self-esteem refers to how much you like yourself, it
also involves how you feel about yourself, how much
you value and rate yourself, how confident you are
and how much you believe in yourself. There are two
types of self-esteem which includes, positive and
negative self-esteem.
You can tell if a person has high self-esteem if they;
Like, accept and believes in themselves
Feel confident
Know their strengths and working at becoming even
stronger
6. POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SELF-ESTEEM
Positive self-esteem
It refers to when one feels good
about themselves.
Negative self-esteem
it refers to negative perception of
ones worth it characterized with low
self-esteem and self doubt.
7. FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE SELF-ESTEEM
what people say
about you
What happens in
your life
How you cope
with difficulties
Media
How you respond
or react to your
successes and
failures
8. SELF-
DEVELOPMENT
In conclusion self-development means
developing the important aspects of the self
which allows an individual to survive in a
particular context. This also means how a person
build their;
Strengths
Improve their weaknesses.
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