What you are is a question only you can answer.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Self-definition is an internal process that no one else can complete for you.
- In plain terms
- Only you can decide who you are.
- What can you take from it?
- Take responsibility for defining your own identity.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Who do you say you are?
- What values define you?
Another view
External feedback often shapes self-perception significantly.
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