Introduction
Core values are the important principles of a person or a society. These are the beliefs that guide and influence a person’s behavior. Core values are important because these help a person in being aware of oneself, setting goals, decision-making, communicating, and understanding and managing emotions (West, 2015).
Self-confidence refers to the attitude that a person has towards oneself. It revolves in many different concepts; one of these is the belief in one’s skills and abilities. It also refers to one’s strategy towards tackling situations successfully (Goel and Aggarwal, 2012). It is an integral part of the equation of personal and professional success. A person with a high level of self-confidence has an inclination for
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These values may be expressed on varied aspects of life as they start from within; implicitly and explicitly, in family, education in school, dealing with business, religion, the society itself, and the nation (Stevenson, 2013).
How important are the core values? Knowing what values are integrated in each of us gives us a greater sense of purpose in this world. The achievement of one’s core values leads to state of consciousness of happiness (Rand, 1957). It is also fundamental to enjoying high self-esteem, self-confidence and self-empowerment. People tend to be productive if they are confident in what they do (Tate, 2015).
Having many individuals with their developed core values lead to a group of power. With a sense of contrast, the world relies on every individual, just like a company having its employees. These core values are at the heart of every successful organization. These lead to a strong corporate culture with staffs guided with principles. Such businesses with strong core values were coppered to well-oiled machines; making the employees acquires the synchronization of work with each other (Osteryoung,
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Confidence is defined as knowing what one is good at, the value one provide, and acting in a way that conveys one to others (Ravenscraft, 2013). Ravenscraft differentiated confidence with arrogance, which is being overly confident, and low self esteem which involves thinking that one is a subordinate of others. He noted self-confidence as important both romantically and career wise. Walton (2011) also expressed the same definition of self-confidence as being an important part of both personal and professional success.
Self-confidence has much to do with personality development, and psychological stability. It is also associated with well-being, happiness; whereas low levels of self-confidence increase the probability that one will be at risk from anxiety, tension, and depression (Al-Salameh, 2011). It is essential for healthy balanced growth and development of a human being (Majidi, 2012).
The importance of self-confidence includes competence, trust, development of self-esteem, the ability to enjoy life, and the ability to live with confidence. She described it as a thing that is more important than skills, knowledge and experience (Novak,