Self-Management Skills
Self-management, which is also referred to as ‘self control’ or ‘self-
regulation’, is the ability to regulate one’s emotions, thoughts, and behavior
effectively in different situations.
Self-management can also help in: • developing good habits • overcoming
bad habits • reaching your goals • overcoming challenges and difficulties
Self-management skills include the following
Strength and weakness analysis
Identifying strengths
• Take time off to think about what youdo well
• Think of anything that you are always
good at
• Think about what others appreciate
about you
Identifying weaknesses
• Point out the areas where you struggle and what you
find difficult to do
• Look at the feedback you receive from others
• Be open to feedback and accept your weaknesses
without feeling small about it.
Difference between interests and
abilities
Interests are the things that we enjoy doing. Interests may
include:
• Activities you like to do at school and in your free time that
make you happy.
• Activities you are curious about or would do even if no one
asked you to do it.
Activities you want to learn or would like to do in the future.
Ability, on the other hand, is an acquired or natural
capacity that enables an individual to perform a
particular job or task with considerable proficiency.
For example, you may like cricket (interest), but you may not be
able to play due to the necessary power or skill (ability)
required to play the game.
Self Confidence
Self-confidence is a sense of trusting own’s abilities and self.
Self-confidence can be developed through changes in attitude
and practice.
Building self-confidence
The three steps to building self-confidence are as follows:
Factors that decrease self
confidence.
(a) When we think we cannot do a particular work.
(b) When we keep thinking of our past mistakes and
feel bad about it, instead of learning from them.
(c) When we expect to be successful at the first
attempt itself and do not try again.
(d) When we are surrounded by people who have
a negative attitude, which is reflected in their
speech.
Postive Thinking
A person’s attitude can be considered either
‘positive’ or ‘negative’. Positive thinking requires a
person to look at the good in things, observe,
understand and patiently work towards improving
them.
Importance of Postive Thinking
Positive thinking leads to good results for you like
• overcoming challenges,
• making you do well or making you an energetic
individual,
• helping you get better at work, and
• making you and people around you happy.
simple steps to cultivate a positive attitude in life.