self-direction
Example Sentences
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“It gives them a lot of ownership, self-direction, knowledge and self-confidence in these situations that they're definitely going to face as they go through life,” she said.
From Washington Post • Mar. 3, 2023
They found that having a quiet ego was associated with self-transcendent values-- such as universalism and benevolence-- as well as self-direction and achievement.
From Scientific American • May 26, 2018
But it has been my experience as an educator and general smart-ish person that even smart people are not nearly as good at self-direction as they think they are.
From Slate • Mar. 1, 2016
It implies a certain freedom, a self-direction, the faith that we know what's best for ourselves.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2014
Under such auspices, the child will be neither a manageable nor an unmanageable thing but a person bent upon self-direction and self-determination through the arts of self-discipline.
From Child Versus Parent Some Chapters on the Irrepressible Conflict in the Home by Wise, Stephen
