self-direction
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“If you’ve seen one self-direction program, you’ve seen one self-direction program,” said Mary Morris, co-founder of the Self-Direction Center.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
“Initiative, self-direction, ability to manage one’s time, the way somebody collaborates.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2023
“It gives them a lot of ownership, self-direction, knowledge and self-confidence in these situations that they're definitely going to face as they go through life,” she said.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2023
The question implies that their “intent” is self-direction, which we would respect, but ignorance of the current best information hurts others—and license to hurt others is not allowed.
From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2020
Town and church were thus the basis of settlement; but whatever measure of self-direction either might enjoy, neither was regarded as independent.
From Beginnings of the American People by William E. Dodd
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