self-direction
Example Sentences
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“Initiative, self-direction, ability to manage one’s time, the way somebody collaborates.”
From New York Times • Mar. 5, 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
They found that having a quiet ego was associated with self-transcendent values-- such as universalism and benevolence-- as well as self-direction and achievement.
From Scientific American • May 26, 2018
Much the same for Aristotle, who saw freedom in rational, intelligent self-direction.
From Washington Post • Jan. 18, 2018
Every true craftsman, artist or professional man knows and sympathizes with that impulse: you may call it a desire for self-direction in labor.
From A Preface to Politics by Lippmann, Walter
