self-direction
Example Sentences
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“If you’ve seen one self-direction program, you’ve seen one self-direction program,” said Mary Morris, co-founder of the Self-Direction Center.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
The question implies that their “intent” is self-direction, which we would respect, but ignorance of the current best information hurts others—and license to hurt others is not allowed.
From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2020
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
Much the same for Aristotle, who saw freedom in rational, intelligent self-direction.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 18, 2018
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 Walter Lippmann
