What is Self-Direction?
- Setting your own direction
- Having control over and personal investment in your life
- Knowing what you know, what you want to know, why you
want to know it
- Being able to plan and follow-through on your goals
- Taking responsibility for your own life, your behaviour
- Deciding who you are and who you want to be
- Believing in yourself
Blocks to Self-Direction
- Not given the opportunity
- Threat to others
- Unaware of personal power
- Low self-awareness
- Lack of self-esteem
- Procrastination
- Lack of goals
Helps to Self-Direction
- Self-reflection
- Smart goal-setting
- Recognition and rewards
- Practise
- Matching strengths and interests
- Investigating options and resources
- Planning
- Decision-making
- Problem-solving
- Time-management
- Self-assessment
- Motivation
- Pride and self-confidence
- Baby-steps
- Focus
