1. Your Self-Concept

2. Self-Concept The mental image you have of yourself.
How you know and understand yourself.
Possessing a strong self-concept requires much reflection on one’s own self and behavior
Is concrete
Is constantly developing
Informational

3. 3 Aspects of Self-Concept
Respect
A feeling of admiring someone or something that is good, valuable, important, etc.
Empathy
Understanding what others are feeling because you have experienced it yourself or can put yourself in their shoes.
Sympathy
Acknowledging another person's emotional hardships and providing comfort and assurance.

4. Build and Maintain Positive Self-Concept
Self-observation
(AKA self-assessment) - Awareness of one’s own personality, skills, and traits.
Knowledge of oneself
Accept who you are
Set goals

5. Self-Concept Flexibility Adaptability
Situations, attitudes, and behaviors affect a person’s self-concept in education, work, and life
Flexibility
Able to change or be changed according to circumstances.
Adaptability
Capable of being modified to suit different conditions or a different purpose.

6. Self-Concept Achievement Performance
Something that somebody has succeeded in doing, usually with effort.
Performance
The manner in which something or somebody functions, operates, or behaves.

7. Your Self-Concept and Others
Your behaviors and attitudes affect the self-concept of others
Communication
Effective communication is key
Reflect on personal behaviors and attitudes toward others
Frequent personal reflection not only raises your self-concept, but allows you to assess how you are affecting the self-concept of others
Develop a feedback technique
Developing a mentor-mentoree relationship with someone “further along” in life than you can help to develop high self-concept

8. Self-Esteem Your general attitude toward yourself
The extent to which we like, accept, approve, or value ourselves
Involves a degree of evaluation
Can be either positive or negative
Is situational
Feeling

9. High Self-Esteem
When we have a positive view of ourselves, tends to lead to:
Confidence in our own abilities
Self acceptance
Not bothered by other’s opinions
Optimism

10. Low Self-Esteem
When we have a negative view of ourselves, tends to lead to:
Lack of confidence
A wish to be/look like someone else
Always worrying what others may think
Pessimism

11. Self-Concept & Self-Esteem
They can both affect your education achievement and your success at work
“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” Winston Churchill
“If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.” Mary Engelbreit

12. Self-Concept vs. Self-Esteem
Go to the Self-Concept vs. Self-Esteem activity on Canvas to assess your understanding

13. Achievement
What would you consider to be some of the WORLD’s greatest achievements? None of these things would have been possible without achievement oriented individuals

14. Achievement What does it mean to be Achievement Oriented?
It is a drive to accomplish one’s goals
To meet or exceed a high standard of success
Often want to do things better or more efficiently than their peers
Want to exceed what has been done in the past
Are driven by goals set for them by self, coaches, teachers, or bosses

15. 5 Steps to Achievement Orientation
There are 5 steps to becoming achievement oriented:
Set goals
Ask for feedback
Be patient and persistent
Be a leader
Reward yourself for your accomplishments