SAPPHIRE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, CROSSINGS

REPUBLIK
ACADEMIC SESSION: 2026-27
CLASS: 9
SUBJECT: AI/IT
CHAPTER : SELF MANAGEMENT SKILLS
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INTRODUCTION

● Self-management, which is also referred to as ‘self-control’ or ‘self-regulation’, is the

ability to regulate one’s emotions, thoughts, and behaviour effectively in different
situations.
● Self-management involves understanding yourself, understanding what your interests and
abilities are, having a positive attitude and grooming yourself in order to develop
self-confidence.

Positive Results of Self-Management

● Guides self-monitoring of behavior

● Builds responsibility and proactiveness
● Encourages task independence
● Instills ownership and accountability
● Promotes self-evaluation and course correction
● Helps set and achieve personal goals
● Improves performance and boosts self-esteem
● Reinforces positive behavior
● Enhances self-learning and self-reliance
● Increases productivity and employability
● Aids in better study, work, and life management

Self-management skills include the following factors:

● Self-Awareness: It means knowing yourself as an individual – your values, likes,

dislikes, strengths and weaknesses.
● Self-Control: It is the ability to control your behaviour,discipline etc.
● Self-Confidence: It means believing in yourself that you can do any task that is given to
you and not being scared of taking risks.
● Problem-Solving: It means understanding a problem and finding a solution using
step-by-step methods.
 ● Self-Motivation: It means doing tasks on your own without any external motivation. ●
Personal Hygiene and Grooming: It means keeping oneself clean, healthy and smart.
● Positive Thinking: It means expressing certainty or affirmation even in tough situations. ●
Teamwork: It means working together with people to accomplish shared goals. ● Time
Management: It means achieving tasks on time and according to the plan. ● Goal Setting:
It means planning concrete goals to be accomplished within a set time frame.

Strength and Weakness Analysis

Knowing yourself: To find strengths and weaknesses

Strengths and weaknesses help to analyze yourself, knowing about yourself, what makes you
happy, trying to find the area of improvement, what your opinions are, etc.

Strength and weakness analysis

● Strength – Strengths are what we do well and are good at. Everyone has some
strengths.
● Weaknesses – Weaknesses, also known as ‘areas of improvement’ are what we do
not do well and are not good at. Everyone has some weaknesses too.

Identifying strengths –

● Take time off to think about what you do 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.
Look at it as an area of improvement.
Difference Between Interests and Abilities

Aspect Interests Abilities

Definition Activities you enjoy or are curious Example Enjoying painting, music, or playing
about cricket
Skills or capacities to perform tasks efficiently

Nature Based on personal likes and

preferences Can be natural or learned through practice
 strength

Being good at math, writing, or physical

Motivation You do them for joy or curiosity You perform them well, even if not always
enjoyable
to perform them well
May not always align with what you enjoy
Independence May exist without the ability
You may love cricket You may be good at
(interest) but lack the skill accounting but not enjoy it
Mismatch Scenario (ability)
Can be improved with practice or training

Improvement Can lead to learning new skills

if pursued

Conclusion:

Interests reflect what you like to do, while abilities show what you can do well. Both are
important for personal and career growth.
Self-Confidence

Self-confidence is a sense of trusting own’s abilities and self. People who are confident believe
that they can do anything given to them in any situation.

Qualities of self-confident people

Confidence comes with knowledge and attitude. It is an age-long process of knowing yourself. If
you are aware of your tasks, there will be very less chances of failure and this force is big enough
to motivate you.

● There are lots of other good qualities a self-confident person should possess to make his
own identity in this world. Let us now study those qualities of a self-confident person.

● Hard work: A confident person works hard. He is aware of the fact that if nothing else,
 his hard work will be able to make him sail through the most difficult situation.

● Positive attitude: A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events
and outcomes. It is a catalyst and adds to the confidence of an individual.

● Self-belief: Believing in yourself helps you trust your abilities, qualities, and judgement.
It encourages you to try new things with confidence.

● Committed: Commitment means no excuses, only results. The more committed you are,
the higher your confidence grows.

● Focused: Focus helps you transform, improve, and grow. Staying focused makes you
more confident over time.

● Knows strengths and weaknesses: A confident person understands their strengths and
weaknesses and focuses more on strengths rather than weaknesses.

Building self-confidence

The three steps to building self-confidence are as follows –

Given below are some factors that decrease self-confidence.

1. When we think we cannot do a particular work.

2. When we keep thinking of our past mistakes and feel bad about it, instead of
learning from them.
3. When we expect to be successful at the first attempt itself and do not try again.
4. When we are surrounded by people who have a negative attitude, which is
reflected in their speech.

Positive Thinking
Positive-thinking people have a positive attitude towards life and its challenges. A
positive-thinking person looks at the good in things and works towards improving them rather
than worrying and/or looking for the bad in things.

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.
How to keep your thinking positive?

There are four simple steps to make a positive attitude in [Link] us understand this with the help
of the abbreviation ‘SMILE’.

● S – Start your day in a positive way

● M – Manage time to relax
● I – Imagine the best in any situation
● L – Learn to take feedback in a positive way
● E – Express gratitude

FACTORS THAT HELP IN BUILDING SELF-CONFIDENCE

Social :

People’s self-confidence is influenced by their interactions with their family and

community, social environment including friends, relatives, teachers, and the media.
Cultural:

Cultural factors comprise of values, beliefs and customs. A culture is passed on to the
next generation by learning and practice. Religion, language, moral value, tradition,
dresses, food, customs,festivals, climate, etc. form part of society’s cultural heritage.

Physical:

Individuals’ self-confidence is considered to be affected by physical self-efficacy,

physical activity, and social physique anxiety. Self-confidence has been proven to be
directly correlated with physical activity.
Personal Hygiene

It is the habit or practice of keeping ourselves clean. Cleanliness helps us to maintain our health
and well-being.

Personal hygiene is important because, it helps us

● Stay healthy.
● Create a good image of ourselves.
● Avoid feeling ashamed in public due to our bad breadth, body odour, etc.

Three steps to personal hygiene –

● Care
○ Brush your teeth daily.
○ Rub oil/cream to take care of your skin.
○ Keep your hair free of dandruff.
○ Cut your nails every week.
○ Change your toothbrush as soon as it deshapes.
● Wash
○ Take a proper bath everyday.
○ Wash your hands frequently.
○ Wash your hair at least every second day.
○ Wash your face, feet often.
○ Wash your clothes regularly.
● Avoid
○ Keep your feet dry and change socks regularly
○ Always blow your nose/cough into a handkerchief to avoid spreading germs.
Grooming

Grooming is the process of making yourself look neat, tidy and smart. Dressing and grooming
are important because they help us –

● make a good impression of ourselves

● look smart
● feel confident about ourselves

Guidelines for dressing and grooming

● Clothes should be clean, neat, and ironed
● Shoes should be clean and polished
● Change socks everyday and always wear clean socks ● Hair
should be washed regularly to keep clean ● Simple hair styles
and well combed hair gives a smart look ● Face looks clean if
you shave regularly
● Moustache should be neatly trimmed