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Is the result of a shift in perspective that allows you to see the way that you operate: an awareness of your own awareness? A deep engagement like art making can facilitate the process by allowing confrontation with the unarticulated: a sense of self as the transactor of meaning. www.ccd.net/resources/guide/glosary/glossary1.html purposefulness: the quality of having a definite purpose wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
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"There is that sense of purpose that we don't want to give up one day," said Street, wrapped from shoulder to knee in ice. "We've learned that over the course of the last two years how important those days, especially in April and May, show... Apr 10, 2011 - Washington Post - Huston Street "There comes a time in any organization where it becomes clear that it would benefit from new leadership and a new sense of purpose," Johnson said. "I believe that time is now." Self-efficacy has been described as the belief that one is capable of performing in a certain manner to attain certain goals. It is a belief that one has the capabilities to execute the courses of actions required to manage prospective situations. ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-efficacy

belief in one's own ability to perform a task. www.socio.com/hivrapdemo/htm/glossary.htm

The feeling of self worth and competence to intrinsically motivate and individual pnciplesofinstructionandlearning.blogspot.com/2007/10/specific

Self-efficacy relates to a person's ability to have optimistic beliefs, but in contrast to other features of optimism, perceived self-efficacy explicitly refers to your ability to deal with challenging encounters. ... www.westone.wa.gov.au/toolbox8/taa/elearn/toolbox/glossary/gl
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a feeling of pride in yourself wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Self-esteem is a term used in psychology to reflect a person's overall evaluation or appraisal of his or her own worth. Self-esteem encompasses beliefs (for example, "I am competent" or "I am incompetent") and emotions such as triumph, despair, pride and shame. ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-esteem

"Self Esteem" is a song by punk rock group The Offspring. Sampled from De Msica Ligera (1990) by Soda Stereo, it is the eighth (or seventh, on cassette) track from their third studio album Smash (1994) and was released as the second single from the album. ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self_Esteem_(song)

Personal feelings or opinions of oneself en.wiktionary.org/wiki/self-esteem

The degree to which one values oneself. Also faith in oneself, pride, self-assurance, self-regard, self-respect, and vanity. (Top) www.winning-teams.com/definitions.html

Youth reports having high self-esteem. www.sesa.org/assets/short.html

How persons feel about themselves (either positively or negatively). www.child-dev.com/page.cfm

How you feel about yourself how you feel about who you are, the way you act, and how you look. When a person does not think too highly of themselves, she is said to have low self-esteem. www.womenshealthzone.net/glossary/s/

subjective assessment that people make of themselves. elisabethornano-tdah.org/en/tdah/glosario/

feelings about one's self. brighamandwomens.staywellsolutionsonline.com/RelatedItems/8

A sense of competence, achievement, and self-respect. Maslow felt that the most stable source of self-esteem is genuine accomplishment rather than public acclaim or praise. www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3447200224.html
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"It was a degrading comment about a young woman and I would hope that people start really rising up in deciding it's not acceptable," Palin said. "No wonder young girls especially have such low self esteem in America when we think it's funny... Jun 12, 2009 - AFP - Sarah Palin "My self esteem was down a little bit," Dumont said. "Breckenridge didn't go my way. Slopestyle didn't go my way. So, I had one option and it was to come out here and hopefully lay something down. I wasn't the only one. It was a huge night... Jan 10, 2009 - International Herald Tribune - Simon Dumont