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We’ve already seen that the self-concept is the sum total of what you believe about yourself—your attributes, qualities, competencies, and so forth—and how self-esteem represents your evaluation of your self-concept. There is a third aspect to the self that is also important in building and shaping who we are: our interpersonal self, which is the self we present to others (Burusic & Ribar, 2014). We manage our self-image and protect our self-esteem through tactical self-presentation or impression management. Impression management represents our efforts to project the image that we wish others to have of us (Bourdage, Wiltshire, & Lee, 2015; Ogunfowora, Bourdage, & Nguyen, 2013; Schlenker, 2000). The specific tactics that we choose will partially depend on how we imagine other people perceive and judge us, which in turn can affect our sense of self. We engage in self-presentational strategies so that others will see us as we see ourselves, which of course requires that we attempt to take the perspective of others to gain insight into our self-presentation (Leary & Allen, 2011). There are several goals of self-presentation: We want others to like us, to see us as competent, and to verify or affirm the self (Jones, 1990; Swann, 1990; Uziel, 2010).