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Inwardly confident people are also very self-aware. They do not stare constantly at their own navels, but they do regularly reflect on their feelings, thoughts and behaviour and are always interested to know how they are being perceived by others. If children develop good self-knowledge they will, for example:

Confident people love themselves

– be very aware of their strengths and therefore be much more able to meet their full potential

– know their weaknesses and limitations and therefore be less likely to set themselves up constantly for failure

– grow up with a firm sense of their own identity and therefore be much more able and content to become an ‘individual’ and not sheepishly follow ‘the crowd’

– have a sound sense of their own values so they will not be constantly fretting about whether or not the things they or others are doing (or not doing) are morally justified

– are more likely to have friends who are ‘right’ for them because they know what qualities they need from friendship

– be open to taking feedback from others and not always leaping on the defensive at the first hint of criticism

– be willing and eager to take constructive help and tuition because they are not ‘know-alls’