What is Self-Empowerment?
The term self empowerment is perceived and defined quite differently by people depending on their own empowerment experiences largely affected by their present occupation or career experiences. A doctor sees it as his ability to maintain calmness and clarity of mind amid most intense situations, and to forgive himself when he could no longer take control of situations. A teacher sees it as her ability to manage her class and get-across learning to her students. A mother sees it as her ability to discipline and raise her children well and to be able to assist them in their times of need. Self-empowerment is more than just about abilities or capacities to control situations or to make things happen. In essence, it is an unending process of developing inherent potentials as well as acquiring and mastering other competencies as one aspires and endeavours for the attainment of goals oftentimes geared towards one’s own good, of others, or for humanity. Simply, it is a lifetime of strife ...