1. 1 Chapter 1 Personal Growth Section 1.1 Be Your Best Section 1.2
Make the Most of Your Life
Chapter 1 Personal Growth
Section 1.1
Be Your Best
Section 1.2
Changes and Challenges 1

2. Section 1.1 Be Your Best Understanding yourself is
the first step in becoming
the person you want to be.
A positive self-concept can
help you realize your full
potential. 2

3. Content Vocabulary Academic Vocabulary personality introspective
morality
value
self-concept
self-esteem
potential
procrastination
abstinence
personal growth
apparent
evaluate

4. Get to Know Yourself Your personality makes you unique.
The four main categories of personality characteristics are emotional, social, intellectual, and moral.
Your parents and trusted adults help you choose the right behavior.
personality The combination of characteristics that makes you different from other people.
morality A sense of right and wrong that guides decisions and actions.

5. Self-Concept and Self-Esteem
Hearing and believing negative messages can lead to a negative self-concept.
Have a positive self-concept.
Evaluate messages for truth.
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evaluate Assess and examine.

6. Self-Concept and Self-Esteem
Discover your own personality, heritage, environment, self-concept, and confidence
Build self-esteem by positive self-talk, focusing on your strengths, seeking support, and taking responsibility.
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self-concept The way you see yourself and the way you believe others see you.
self-esteem The value or importance you place on yourself.

7. Realize Your Potential
Maximize your potential by setting priorities, considering your interests, developing supportive friendships, being health-smart, and avoiding high-risk behaviors.
How does having a positive sense of self-esteem help you make good life choices?
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8. Realize Your Potential
Positive goals are essential to help you reach your potential.
Make the most of your support network.
potential The capacity to develop, succeed, or become something more than you are right now.

9. Personal Growth and Maturity
Learn and practice new skills to reach your full potential.
Maturity means reaching full development.
You are your most valuable asset.

10. Section 1.2 Changes and Challenges
You have the potential to become anything you want to be.
Competence, confidence, and a positive attitude can help you reach your goals and achieve your full potential. 10

11. Content Vocabulary Academic Vocabulary competence resiliency
perseverance
accountable
initiate

12. Make Positive Changes
The ability to make changes and adapt to them is an essential life skill.
Barriers to change include thinking you are on your own, forgetting it takes time, and putting change off.
Why is it important to look for opportunities to make a positive change?

13. Make Positive Changes
Opportunities to change involve having a plan of action and holding yourself accountable.
Competence means having the qualities and skills necessary to perform a task or participate in an activity.
accountable Responsible.
competence Having the skills and qualities needed to perform a task or participate fully in an activity.

14. Make Positive Changes
Confidence means believing in yourself by displaying self-assurance, self-control, taking reasonable risks, and having positive self-concept and self-esteem.
Taking action begins with setting goals
How can disappointment and even failure be a natural part of success?

15. Meeting Life’s Challenges
Some changes or challenges can be expected; others catch you unaware.
Change can bring happiness or sadness.
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16. Meeting Life’s Challenges
Attitude toward challenges determines success or failure
Resiliency is a quality that helps you recover or adjust to change or misfortune.
Perseverance is sticking to an action or belief.
resiliency The ability to overcome disappointment and stress.
perseverance Working patiently to overcome challenges and sticking to an action or belief, even when it is difficult.

17. Meeting Life’s Challenges
Adaptability, resilience, and perseverance and a positive attitude help you keep going in the face of challenges.
Look to others for support during challenges and change.
What are some different ways that you can ask for help?

18. Chapter Summary Section 1.1
Be Your Best
Personality is the combination of characteristics that make you unique.
Your self-concept and self-esteem affect every aspect of your life.
Boost your self-esteem by focusing on your strengths and using those strengths to help others.
You have the potential to become whatever you want.
The process of personal growth helps you reach your potential.

19. Chapter Summary Section 1.2
Changes and Challenges
Change can involve difficult or simple things.
It is important to be able to adjust to changes you cannot
control and focus on changes that can improve your life.
Overcome barriers and try viewing changes as opportunities.
Competence, confidence, and a positive attitude give you the power to make successful changes and achieve your goals.

20. Review
Do you remember the vocabulary terms from this chapter? Use the following slides to check your knowledge of the definitions.
The slides in this section include both English and Spanish terms and definitions.
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21. personality personalidad The combination of characteristics
that makes you different from other people.
La combinación de características que te hacen diferente a las demás personas.
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22. introspective introspectivo
Examining your own feelings, thoughts, and motives.
Que examina sus sentimientos, pensamientos y motivaciones propias.
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23. morality
moralidad
A sense of right and wrong that guides decisions and actions.
Un sentido del bien y del mal que guía las decisiones y las acciones.
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24. value
valor
An accepted principle or standard held by a person or a group. 
Un principio aceptado o una norma adoptada por una persona o un grupo. 
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25. concepto sobre si mismo
self-concept
concepto sobre si mismo
The way you see yourself and the way you believe others see you.
La forma en que te ves a ti mismo y la manera como crees que los demás te ven.
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26. self-esteem autoestima The value or importance you place on yourself.
El valor o la importancia que te das a ti mismo.
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27. potential
potencial
The capacity to develop, succeed, or become something more than you are right now.
La capacidad de desarrollarse, lograr el éxito o convertirse en algo más de lo que eres ahora.
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28. procrastination procrastinar Putting off doing something until later.
Dejar de hacer cosas para realizarlas después.
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29. abstinence abstinencia A deliberate decision
to avoid high-risk behaviors, including
sexual activity and the use of tobacco, alcohol,
and other drugs.
Decisión deliberada de evitar comportamientos de alto riesgo, como la actividad sexual y el consumo del tabaco, el alcohol y otras drogas.
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30. personal growth crecimiento personal
Learning and practicing new skills as you progress toward reaching your
full potential.
Aprender y practicar nuevas habilidades a medida que progresas en alcanzar tu potencial.
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31. competence competencia Having the skills
and qualities needed to perform a task or participate
fully in an activity.
Tener las habilidades y cualidades que se necesitan para realizar una tarea o participar completamente en una actividad.
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32. resiliency resistencia The ability to overcome disappointment
and stress.
La habilidad para recuperarse del estrés y la desilusión.
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33. perseverance perseverancia
Working patiently to overcome challenges and sticking to an action or belief, even when it is difficult.
Trabajar pacientemente para sobrepasar obstáculos y mantenerse fiel a una creencia o acción, incluso cuando es difícil.
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34. apparent
aparente
Clear or obvious.
Claro u obvio.
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35. evaluate evaluar Assess and examine. Estimar y valorar.
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36. accountable resoponsable Responsible. Aceptar responsabilidad.
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37. initiate iniciar To cause something to happen or begin.
Causar que algo suceda o empiece a suceder.
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