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
Every true craftsman, artist or professional man knows and sympathizes with that impulse: you may call it a desire for self-direction in labor.
From A Preface to Politics by Lippmann, Walter
