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Unit 1 Career Exploration
When you have a healthy or positive self-concept, you feel good
about yourself. You accept and feel good about your positive
qualities. There are many factors that infl uence a healthy self-
concept. One of these is having high self-esteem.
You develop a realistic self-concept by seeing yourself as you
really are, not as you would like to be. As you think seriously about
your self-concept, consider your relationships with others.
Your self-concept becomes more complete as you learn more
about yourself. New experiences and interactions with a variety
of people can help you develop a more complete and healthy
self-concept.
Your self-concept can affect your chances of getting and keeping
a job. Self-confi dent employees have a positive attitude. They are
able to accept new challenges and responsibilities. People with a
healthy self-concept tend to do well in the workplace; so, employers
try to hire them.
A good self-concept does not just happen. What you have
learned to believe about yourself forms your self-concept. If you
have a good self-concept, you can strengthen it. If you have a poor
self-concept, you can change it.
To change your self-concept, you must fi rst be honest with
yourself. Often people who brag about what they can do have a poor
self-concept. They brag because they want others to think they are
able to do more than they really can.
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Interacting with different people helps to develop a healthy self-concept.
Explain