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the ability to accept yourself and others, express and manage emotions, and deal with the demands and challenges you meet in your life

• resilient

• mental/emotional health

• self-esteem

• competence

the ability to adapt effectively and recover from disappointment, difficulty, or crisis

• mental/emotional health

• competence

• self-actualization

• resilient

how much you value, respect, and feel confident about yourself

• self-esteem

• competence

• self-actualization

• resilient

having enough skills to do something

• self-esteem

• mental/emotional health

• competence

• hierarchy of needs

ranked list of those needs essential to human growth and development, presented in ascending order, starting with basic needs and building toward the need to reach your highest potential

• hierarchy of needs

• competence

• resilient

• mental/emotional health

strive to be the best you can

• hierarchy of needs

• competence

• men/emotional health

• self-actualization

your sense of yourself as a unique individual

• role model

• personal identity

• personality

• character

someone whose success or behavior serves as an example for you

• character

• personality

• integrity

• role model

complex set of characteristics that makes you unique

• personality

• character

• constructive criticism

• personal identity

the distinctive qualities that describe how a person thinks, feels, and behaves

• character

• role model

• personality

• integrity