1. X.DHLAMINI
GRADE TEN: LIFE ORIENTATION
LESSON

3. DIFINITION
• SELF- THIS IS THE ENTIRE INDIVIDUAL
• AWARENESS- REFERS TO BEING CONSCIOUS ABOUT
HIM/HERSELF
• SELF-AWARENESS-IS THE EXPLIXIT UNDERSTANDING
THAT ONE EXISTS, IT INCLUDES THE CONCEPT THAT
ONE EXIST AS AN INDIVIDUAL UNIQUE FROM OTHER
PEOPLE PHYSICALLY,EMOTIONALLY AND MENTALLY.

4. FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE SELF-
AWARENESS
• PARENTING STYLE
• THE
MEDIA(NEWSPAPERS,MAGAZINES,SO
CIAL NETWORKS ETC)
• PEER PRESSURE

5. FACTORS INFLUENCING SELF-ESTEEM

6. • LEVEL 0: CONFUSION
• LEVEL 1: DIFFERENTIATION
• LEVEL 2: SITUATION
• LEVEL 3: IDENTIFICATION
• LEVEL 4: PERMANENCE
• LEVEL 5: SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS

7. SYMPTOMS OF A POSITIVE SELF-
AWARENESS• AN INDIVIDUAL CHOOSE TASKS AND ACTIVITIES
OF INTERESTS
• SOCIALISE WITH THOSE OF HIS/HER
PREFERENCES( E.G. A STUDENT SOCIALISE
WITH OTHER STUDENTS)
• DO WHAT EVER IT TAKES TO RESIST
TEMPTATIONS
• KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT IS GOOD OR BAD TO
HIM OR HER

9. • LACK OF AWARENESS
• EGOISM
• FEAR OF CHANGE

10. SELF-ESTEEM
• THIS IS THE POSITIVE EVALUATION OF THE SELF, AN INDIVIDUAL CAN BE EITHER “HIGH OR LOW” IN
SELF-ESTEEM

11. DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS OF SELF-ESTEEM IN DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVES
• BRIGGS: HOW A PERSON FEELS ABOUT HIMSELF, HIS OVEROLL JUDGEMENT
ABOUT HIMSELF, HOW MUCH HE LIKES HIS PARTICULAR PERSONALITY.
• JAMES BATTLE: THE PERCEPTION THE INDIVIDUAL POSSESSES OF HIS OWN
WORTH.
• ONE’S FEELINGS OF SELF COMPETENCE AND SELF-WORTH

12. THE IMPORTANCE OF SELF-ESTEEM
• THE KEY TO SUCCESS
• PRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR: PEOPLE PERFOM BETTER WHEN
THEY CONSIDER THEMSELVES AS COMPETENT
• WORK PERFORMANCE: THERE IS ONLY ONE THING THAT
COUNTS IN A BUSINESS: BUILDING THE SELF-ESTEEM OF YOUR
EMPLOYEES, NOTHING ELSE MATTERS BECAUSE WHAT THEY
FEEL ABOUT THEMSELVES IS WHAT THEY GIVE TO THE
CUSTOMERS( ROBERT DARWIN).
• IT REFLECTS THE TRUE SELF BECAUSE WHAT YOU ARE DOING
TO YOURSELF IS WHAT YOU DO TO OTHERS(INTERPERSONAL
RELATIONSHIPS(D.C.BRIGGS).

13. SELF-ESTEEM

14. POSITIVE SELF-ESTEEM
• CONFIDENCE
• PERSIST IN DIFFICULT
SITUATIONS
• ESTABLISH SOCIAL
NETWORKING
• POPULAR
NEGATIVE SELF-ESTEEM
• LACK CONFIDENCE
• EASY TO GIVE UP IN THE FACE
OF CHALLENGES
• RESERVE HIM/HERSELF TO
SOCIAL LIFE
• LONELY

15. TWO TYPES OF SELF-ESTEEM
POSITIVE SELF-ESTEEM NEGATIVE SELF-ESTEEM

17. FACTORS INFLUENCING SELF-
ESTEEM
TASK
PROFICIEN
CY AND
ACCOMPLI
SHMENTS
PERSONAL
ASPIRATIONS

18. • GAINING SELF-AWARENESS
• LEARNING SELF ACCEPTANCE
• TAKING CHARGE OF YOUR LIFE
• MANAGING YOURSELF WITH SUCCESS
• PRACTICE SELF IMPROVEMENT

19. SELF DEVELOPMENT
• IN OVERALL SELF DEVELOPMENT IS ALL ABOUT
DEVELOPING THE VITAL ASPECTS OF THE SELF WHICH
ENABLE THE INDIVIDUAL TO SURVIVE IN A PARTICULAR
CONTEXT.

20. REFERENCES
• http://www.slideshare.net/Haider110/self-awareness-12669876
• http://www.slideshare.net/search/slideshow?searchfrom=header&q=S
ELF+EVELOPMENT