Kitty Kat

Student: Olga Saenz

Class: Civic

Date: 5/27/2021

Home work: Values Album

What is self-love? 

Before a person is able to practice it, first we need to understand what it means.

Self-love is a state of appreciation for oneself that grows from actions that support our
physical, psychological and spiritual growth. Self-love means having a high regard for
your own well-being and happiness. Self-love means taking care of your own needs
and not sacrificing your well-being to please others. Self-love means not settling for
less than you deserve.

Self-love can mean something different for each person because we all have many
different ways to take care of ourselves. Figuring out what self-love looks like for you
as an individual is an important part of your mental health.

What does self-love mean to you?

For starters, it can mean:

 Talking to and about yourself with love

 Prioritizing yourself
 Giving yourself a break from self-judgement
 Trusting yourself
 Being true to yourself
 Being nice to yourself
 Setting healthy boundaries
 Forgiving yourself when you aren’t being true or nice to yourself

For many people, self-love is another way to say self-care. To practice self-care, we
often need to go back to the basics and

 Listen to our bodies

 Take breaks from work and move/stretch.
 Put the phone down and connect to yourself or others, or do something
creative.
  Eating healthily, but sometimes indulge in your favorite foods.

Self-love means accepting yourself as you are in this very moment for everything that
you are. It means accepting your emotions for what they are and putting your
physical, emotional and mental well-being first.

How and Why to Practice Self Love

So now we know that self-love motivates you to make healthy choices in life. When
you hold yourself in high esteem, you're more likely to choose things that nurture your
well-being and serve you well. These things may be in the form of eating
healthy, exercising or having healthy relationships.

Ways to practice self-love include:

 Becoming mindful. People who have more self-love tend to know what they
think, feel, and want.
 Taking actions based on need rather than want. By staying focused on what you
need, you turn away from automatic behavior patterns that get you into trouble,
keep you stuck in the past, and lessen self-love.
 Practicing good self-care. You will love yourself more when you take better
care of your basic needs. People high in self-love nourish themselves daily
through healthy activities, like sound nutrition, exercise, proper sleep, intimacy
and healthy social interactions.
 Making room for healthy habits. Start truly caring for yourself by mirroring
that in what you eat, how you exercise, and what you spend time doing. Do
stuff, not to “get it done” or because you “have to,” but because you care about
you.

Finally, to practice self-love, start by being kind, patient, gentle and compassionate to
yourself, the way you would with someone else that you care about.
Leadership is the art of motivating a group of people to act toward achieving a
common goal. In a business setting, this can mean directing workers and colleagues with
a strategy to meet the company's needs.

Here's what you need to know about leadership, and some examples of how it can benefit
businesses.

What Is Leadership?
Leadership captures the essentials of being able and prepared to inspire others. Effective
leadership is based upon ideas—both original and borrowed—that are effectively
communicated to others in a way that engages them enough to act as the leader wants
them to act.

A leader inspires others to act while simultaneously directing the way that they act. They
must be personable enough for others to follow their orders, and they must have the
critical thinking skills to know the best way to use the resources at an organization's
disposal.

 Alternate definition: Leadership may also refer to an organization's management

structure.

How Does Leadership Work?

In business, leadership is linked to performance, and any leadership definition has to take
that into account. Therefore, while leadership isn't intrinsically linked to profit, those who
are viewed as effective leaders in corporate contexts are the ones who increase their
company's bottom line.

If an individual in a leadership role does not meet profit expectations set by boards,
higher management, or shareholders, they may be terminated.

While there are people who seem to be naturally endowed with more leadership abilities
than others, anyone can learn to become a leader by improving particular skills. History is
full of people who, while having no previous leadership experience, have stepped to the
fore in crises and persuaded others to follow their suggested course of action. They
possessed traits and qualities that helped them to step into roles of leadership.

Leadership vs. Management

Leadership vs. Management
Leadership Management
May or may not be a manager May or may not be a leader
Leadership vs. Management
Must inspire followers May or may not inspire those under them
Emphasizes innovation Emphasizes rationality and control
May be unconcerned with preserving existing Seeks to work within and preserve existing
structures corporate structures
Typically operates with relative Typically a link in the corporate chain of command
independence
May be less concerned with interpersonal May be more concerned with interpersonal issues
issues

The terms leadership and management tend to be used interchangeably, but they're not
the same. Leadership requires traits that extend beyond management duties. Both leaders
and managers have to manage the resources at their disposal, but true leadership requires
more. For example, managers may or may not be described as inspiring by the people
working under them, but a leader must inspire those who follow them.

What Is Empathy?
Empathy is the ability to emotionally understand what other people feel, see things from their
point of view, and imagine yourself in their place. Essentially, it is putting yourself in someone
else's position and feeling what they must be feeling.

When you see another person suffering, you might be able to instantly envision yourself in the
other person's place and feel sympathy for what they are going through.

While people are generally pretty well-attuned to their own feelings and emotions, getting into
someone else's head can be a bit more difficult. The ability to feel empathy allows people to
"walk a mile in another's shoes," so to speak. It permits people to understand the emotions that
others are feeling.

For many, seeing another person in pain and responding with indifference or even outright
hostility seems utterly incomprehensible. But the fact that some people do respond in such a way
clearly demonstrates that empathy is not necessarily a universal response to the suffering of
others.

Signs of Empathy
There are some signs that show that you tend to be an empathetic person:

 You are good at really listening to what others have to say.

 People often tell you about their problems.
 You are good at picking up on how other people are feeling.
 You often think about how other people feel.
  Other people come to you for advice.
 You often feel overwhelmed by tragic events.
 You try to help others who are suffering.
 You are good at telling when people aren't being honest.
 You sometimes feel drained or overwhelmed in social situations.
 You care deeply about other people.
 You find it difficult to set boundaries in your relationships with other people.

Having a great deal of empathy makes you concerned for the well-being and happiness of others.
It also means, however, that you can sometimes get overwhelmed, burned out, or even
overstimulated from always thinking about other people's emotions.

Types
There are different types of empathy that a person may experience:

 Affective empathy involves the ability to understand another person's emotions and respond

appropriately. Such emotional understanding may lead to someone feeling concerned for another
person's well-being, or it may lead to feelings of personal distress.
 Somatic empathy involves having a sort of physical reaction in response to what someone else is
experiencing. People sometimes physically experience what another person is feeling. When you
see someone else feeling embarrassed, for example, you might start to blush or have an upset
stomach.
 Cognitive empathy involves being able to understand another person's mental state and what they
might be thinking in response to the situation. This is related to what psychologists refer to
as theory of mind, or thinking about what other people are thinking.

While sympathy and compassion and are related to empathy, there are important
differences. Compassion and sympathy are often thought to involve more of a passive
connection, while empathy generally involves a much more active attempt to understand another
person.
 Cognitive vs. Emotional Empathy

Uses
Human beings are certainly capable of selfish, even cruel, behavior. A quick scan of any daily
newspaper quickly reveals numerous unkind, selfish, and heinous actions. The question then is
why don't we all engage in such self-serving behavior all the time? What is it that causes us to
feel another's pain and respond with kindness?

There are a number of benefits of being able to experience empathy:

 Empathy allows people to build social connections with others. By understanding what people are
thinking and feeling, people are able to respond appropriately in social situations. Research has
shown that having social connections is important for both physical and psychological well-
being.1
  Empathizing with others helps you learn to regulate your own emotions. Emotional regulation is
important in that it allows you to manage what you are feeling, even in times of great stress,
without becoming overwhelmed.
 Empathy promotes helping behaviors. Not only are you more likely to engage in helpful
behaviors when you feel empathy for other people, but other people are also more likely to help
you when they experience empathy.

Impact
Not everyone experiences empathy in every situation. Some people may be more naturally
empathetic in general, but people also tend to feel more empathetic towards some people and less
so towards others.

Some of the different factors that play a role in this tendency include:

 How people perceive the other person

 How people attribute the other individual's behaviors
 What people blame for the other person's predicament
 Past experiences and expectations

Research has found that there are gender differences in the experience and expression of
empathy, although these findings are somewhat mixed. Women score higher on empathy tests,
and studies suggest that women tend to feel more cognitive empathy than men.2

At the most basic level, there appear to be two main factors that contribute to the ability to
experience empathy: genetics and socialization. Essentially, it boils down the age-old relative
contributions of nature and nurture.

What does perseverance mean in real life?

You use perseverance everyday. If you figure out what you find hard to do, you’ll see where
you use perseverance. Here are some examples:
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Perseverance Example : School
You’re doing school work and it’s your hardest subject. Maybe it’s a difficult math problem,
or a long essay, or maybe you have to stand up in front of the class and present. Whatever it
is for you, it’s tough. You’re struggling. You’re not sure you can do it. Maybe you even
want to give up. You think about taking the easy way out and just doing the least you have
to, even though you know it won’t be right.

But you know the work needs to get done and you know you have to do your best work. So
you try harder. You stick with it and after some frustration and focus, you do it! You got it
done and did it to the best of your ability.

Defining perseverance: Perseverance is that drive that helps you keep working even when
you want to quit. Why was perseverance important in this example? Because without
perseverance, you wouldn’t have finished your work, or you wouldn’t have done your best
work. Without perseverance, your grade would have suffered. Without perseverance you
wouldn’t have learned what you needed to learn, and that might make the next lesson even
harder. If you didn’t persevere and do your best work, your teacher might have had you do
the whole thing all over again. Perseverance is important to get you through the challenge
and because often spending the time and effort when it's needed keeps you from a more
difficult outcome later.

Perseverance Example : Sports

It’s preseason for your favorite sport and you’re trying to prove yourself and make the team.
You’ve been practicing for hours and you’re tired. You start to wonder if you can really do
it. You think it would be easier just to quit.

But you really want to make the team. So you take a deep breath, shake out your muscles,
and you try harder. You get your mind and body focused, and do your best, despite being
tired. You tried out last year and didn’t make it. You waited all year and worked hard to get
better, and now you are going to prove it.

Defining perseverance: That was perseverance! Perseverance is continuing to work toward a

goal even if there is a delay in getting it, or a difficulty in achieving it. In this case, you set a
goal for yourself and you worked hard for it. Whether you made the team or not, you
persevered and you knew you tried your best. Sometimes we work hard and don’t meet our
goals, but knowing we did the best we could do gives us a sense of pride and self
confidence. If you had quit, not only would you definitely not have made the team, but you
wouldn't even have had the satisfaction of knowing you tried your hardest. Instead of feeling
the pride of having done your best, you would have felt the emptiness of not even trying.
Perseverance Example : Relationships
You said something hurtful by mistake, and now your friend is mad at you. She’s giving you
nasty looks and telling everyone else what happened. You feel bad that you said it, but now
she’s being so mean. Your heart really hurts at the whole situation, but going and
apologizing or trying to talk about how she’s hurting you is just so awkward. You think it
would be easier just to ignore her, or maybe even tell your friends how she’s being so mean
so they won’t side with her.

Then you realize that if you don’t talk it out, you’ll lose your friend forever. If you don’t
apologize, you’ll keep feeling guilty. You figure out what needs to be done, and you walk
over to your friend. Even though it’s so uncomfortable, you do the right thing and apologize.

That moment defined perseverance. Despite feeling uncomfortable, you did the emotionally
difficult thing and talked to your friend. Remember that perseverance is the strength to do
what you know is the right thing to do, even when it is hard for your mind, body, or
emotions. Perseverance is really important in having positive relationships because friends,
coworkers, spouses—they all have disagreements sometimes. Perseverance helps you work
through issues and maintain relationships, even when it feels really uncomfortable.

Why is perseverance important for kids?

Perseverance is very important for kids to develop because life is full of challenges-- and perseverance is
what helps you get through the difficulties to get to what you want. Sometimes the challenge is
something hard for your body, like raking the leaves out of the entire yard or staying strong at the end of
a long sports match. Sometimes it’s a challenge for your mind, like learning a new math equation or
staying focused on something you need to do when you really want to be doing something else.
Sometimes challenges are emotional like when you’re sad after a pet dies or when a friendship is
breaking.

No matter what the challenge, perseverance is important because it is the drive that helps you get through
the obstacle to the easier bit on the other side. Even though it feels so hard when you are working through
a challenge, perseverance keeps pushing you through to your goal and to the good feeling that comes with
knowing you did your best.

Taking the easy way out by cheating, quitting, or avoiding a situation doesn’t make the challenge go
away. It just makes you have to deal with it at a different time. Perseverance helps you get through the
challenge, even though it’s hard, and gives you that warm feeling in your heart of knowing you did the
right thing.

Humility is the quality of being humble. Dictionary definitions accentuate humility as a low self-regard[1] and
sense of unworthiness.[2] In a religious context humility can mean a recognition of self in relation to a deity
(i.e. God) or deities, and subsequent submission to said deity as a member of that religion. [3][4] Outside of a
religious context, humility is defined as being "unselved", a liberation from consciousness of self, a form
of temperance that is neither having pride (or haughtiness) nor indulging in self-deprecation. [5][6]
Humility is an outward expression of an appropriate inner, or self regard, and is contrasted
with humiliation which is an imposition, often external, of shame upon a person. Humility may be
misappropriated as ability to suffer humiliation through self-denouncements which in itself remains focused on
self rather than low self-focus.[7][8]
Humility, in various interpretations, is widely seen as a virtue which centers on low self-preoccupation, or
unwillingness to put oneself forward, so it is in many religious and philosophical traditions, it contrasts
with narcissism, hubris and other forms of pride and is an idealistic and rare intrinsic construct that has an
extrinsic side.

Term[edit]
The term "humility" comes from the Latin word humilitas, a noun related to the adjective humilis, which may
be translated as "humble", but also as "grounded", or "from the earth", since it derives from humus (earth). See
the English humus.[9]
The word "humble" may be related to feudal England where the lowest cuts of meat, or 'umbles', [10]' that is to
say whatever was left over when the upper classes had taken their parts, were provided to the lowest class of
citizen. The term 'humble pie,' meaning to exist in a lowly station, may derive from this definition.

Mythology[edit]
Aidos, in Greek mythology, was the daimona (goddess) of shyness, shame, and humility.[11] She was the quality
that restrained human beings from wrong.

Religious views of humility[edit]

Abrahamic[edit]
Judaism[edit]

Maimonides teaches about the 'measure of men' (compared to the earth and the universe, men is very small).

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks states that in Judaism humility is an appreciation of oneself, one's talents, skills,
and virtues. It is not meekness or self-deprecating thought, but the effacing of oneself to something higher.
Humility is not to think lowly of oneself, but to appreciate the self one has received. In recognition of the
mysteries and complexities of life, one becomes humbled to the awesomeness of what one is and what one can
achieve. Rabbi Pini Dunner discusses that humility is to place others first; it is to appreciate others' worth as
important. In recognizing our worth as people, Rabbi Dunner shows that looking into the zillions of stars in the
sky, and in the length and history of time, you and I are insignificant, like dust. Rabbi Dunner states that Moses
wrote in the Torah, "And Moses was exceedingly humble, more than any man on the face of the earth." How is
it possible to be humble and write you are the most humble? The conclusion is that Moses knew he was
humble. It is not in denial of your talents and gifts but to recognize them and live up to your worth and
something greater. It is in the service to others that is the greatest form of humility. [12][13][14][15]
As illustrated in the person of Moses, who leads the nation of Hebrews out of slavery in Egypt and to the
“Promised Land”, humility is a sign of Godly strength and purpose, not weakness. Of this great leader, the
Bible states, “For Moses was a man exceeding meek above all men that dwelt upon earth" (Numbers 12:3).
Moses is venerated by Jewish, Christian and Muslim adherents alike.