When you think of the kind of person you are, do you see yourself as an ambitious go-getter for whom failure is not an option? Maybe you view yourself as a low-key person who doesn’t like the spotlight. Or is I never quit, even when things get hard or Always up for a fun adventure! how you tend to characterize yourself?
Even if your answer is “None of the above,” consciously or not, we all have beliefs about who we are that are based on our behaviors, abilities, feelings and personality characteristics as well as on how others see and respond to us. Over the decades, our views of who we are become as solid as clay that has dried in the sun. This is what psychologists call self-concept—a reflection of how
