SelfConcept

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Self-Concept

• Defines who we are
• Values (core) Self-esteem
• Influences our beliefs, goals, expectations,
  perception
• Personality

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Building Self-Esteem

• Self-esteem
• The value we put on ourselves
• Degree to which individuals like themselves
• Outcomes of high self-esteem
• More risk-taking, more unconventional jobs
• Higher expectations of success
• Higher levels of achievement success

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Outcomes of low self-esteem

• More susceptible to external influence
  (conformity)
• Afraid to try and work hard
• Not persistent

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Building Self-Esteem in Others

• Communicate high expectations and indicate
  confidence in others
• Self-fulfilling prophecy people tend to live up
  (or down!) to the expectations of others
• Mark Jackson (Rookie of the Year)
• Emphasize exploit their strengths
• Reaffirms value builds self-confidence
• Confidence helps others to persist and to improve
  upon weaknesses

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Steps You Can Take to Build Self- Esteem

• Realize that many aspects of work you can control
  by
• Being prepared for opportunities
• Pushing to create opportunities
• Saying No
• Establish a strong work-ethic
• Confirms that you deserve success achievement
  (you have earned it)
• Confidence in your knowledge, skills, abilities
• Hard work, targeted toward specific goals
• Billy Donovan (Providence University, now head
  coach at Florida)

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Self-Esteem Summary

• Self-esteem is vital to achieving. You must not
  only feel good about yourself but feel you can
  perform and can accomplish great things. If you
  have established a great work ethic and have
  begun the discipline inherent with that, you will
  automatically begin to feel good about yourself.
• For long lasting motivation and confidence,
  self-esteem must be earned by the individual
  Deserve success
• Taken from Success is a Choice by Rick Pitino.