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Week 1 - Self Esteem, Self Awareness and Self Development

The document discusses the concepts of self-awareness, self-esteem, and self-development, emphasizing the importance of knowing oneself, valuing oneself, and striving for personal improvement. It outlines factors influencing self-esteem and provides strategies for building confidence, such as effective communication and community involvement. Additionally, it highlights the significance of acknowledging and respecting individual uniqueness and differences.

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Week 1 - Self Esteem, Self Awareness and Self Development

The document discusses the concepts of self-awareness, self-esteem, and self-development, emphasizing the importance of knowing oneself, valuing oneself, and striving for personal improvement. It outlines factors influencing self-esteem and provides strategies for building confidence, such as effective communication and community involvement. Additionally, it highlights the significance of acknowledging and respecting individual uniqueness and differences.

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LIFE ORIENTATION

Grade 10E
Chapter 1: Development of the self in
society
Unit 1: Strategies to develop self-awareness, self-esteem and self-development
What is self-awareness?
 Means knowing yourself
 What you like and dislike – I dislike when my food touch each other on my plate.
 Interests – music, art or horseback riding
 Skills – good singer
 Strengths and weaknesses – I am a good listener – I don’t know how to share my own feelings
 Goals , wishes and hopes – I would like to become a psychologist (horse therapy)
 Values and beliefs – I want to be a kind person who is always honest and true
What is Self –Esteem?
 How much I like myself
 How much you like, rate and value yourself
 How confident you are, how much you believe in yourself

High self – esteem Low self – esteem

Likes himself Thinks she is ugly (dislikes herself)


Confident Has no confidents ( ashamed of herself)
Knows his strengths and weaknesses Only sees her weaknesses
Tries to improve his weaknesses Does nothing to improve herself
What is Self – Development?
 When you try to improve yourself
 Build on your strengths
 Improve your weaknesses

Factors that influence yourself esteem


 What other people say
 What happens in your life
 How well you cope with difficult things in your life
 Response to successes and failures
 How popular you think you are
 How friend and family treat you
Strategies to build confidence in
yourself and in others
Helpful ways to improve your and others’ confidence are:
◦ Developing good communication skills (be assertive and practise public speaking)
◦ Finishing tasks successfully (manage your time)
◦ Taking part in community activities (through volunteering)
◦ Making good decisions (take responsibility; implement the 5 step decision making
process)
◦ Affirming others (support, encourage and give praise)
Action plan to build self-esteem
◦ Make a practical action plan to help you to develop yourself:

Acknowledge and respect uniqueness and differences


◦ Uniqueness – That every person is different in some ways, and is special.
◦ There are many similarities amongst people, but also differences.
◦ People have different looks, cultures, beliefs, skills, interests, ideas, needs,
values.
◦ Respect differences.
◦ Always imagine how you would feel if you were the other person.

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