Trust yourself

Essay from the year 2020 in the subject Philosophy - Miscellaneous, grade: 1,7, University of Cologne (Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät), course: Social Psychology, language: English, abstract: In theory of the social sciences, trust has many definitions that vary a lot. Self-Trust is one of them. As research suggests self-trust can be understood for itself but is also an integral part of trust in general. Most simple it can be defined as '[...] trust that is directed at the self [...]' to build a '[...] representation of the self [which is] able to cope with the world and itself. Trusting yourself is a very deep trust if not the deepest one can achieve. It means accepting your weaknesses and loving your strengths. In this Essay, a quote by Golda Meir is related to research about self-trust.