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

The coach of UCLA’s women’s gymnastics team built her extraordinarily successful career on encouraging self-direction and being 1% better each day at a form of expression that feeds your soul.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2018

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

If it has come to this, that we know not what to do with ourselves, shall we go on providing toys, or shall we turn about and straightway learn self-direction?

From A New Atmosphere by Hamilton, Gail