self-management
Unit-2
Introduction to Self-Management
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.
Self-management, which also refer to as “self control” or “self-regulation”.
It is the ability to regulate one’s emotions, thoughts, and behavior effectively in different
situations.
Students with strong self-management skills are able to do different activites effectively.
Self-management can also help in:
Developing good habits.
Overcoming bad habits and reaching your goals.
Overcoming challenges and difficulties.
Self-management skills include the following:
•Self-awareness – Knowing yourself as an individual – your values, likes, dislikes, strengths and
weaknesses.
•Self-control – Ability to control your behavior, discipline, etc.
•Self-confidence – Believing in yourself that you can do any task that is given to you and not scared
of taking risks.
•Self-motivation – Doing tasks on your own without any external motivation.
•Positive thinking – Expressing certainty or affirmation even in tough situations.
•Problem solving – Understanding a problem and finding a solution using step-by-step method.
•Team work – Working together with people to accomplish shared goals.
•Time management – Achieving tasks on time and according the plan.
•Goal setting – Planning concrete goals to be accomplished within a set timeframe.
•Personal hygiene and grooming – Keeping oneself clean, healthy and smart.
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 – 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 •Ability
•Interest
Interests are the things that we enjoy Ability is an acquired or natural capacity
doing. Interests may include:
that enables an individual to perform a
Activities you want to learn or would
like to do in the future. particular job or task with considerable
Activities you like to do at school and
in your free time that make you proficiency.
happy.
Abilities may match interests.
Activities you are curious about or
would do even if no one asked you to
do it.
Self-Confidence
What do you mean by 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.
• Self-confidence can be developed through changes in attitude and practice.
Qualities of self-confident people Building self-confidence
•Self-belief – they have a belief in themselves, The three steps to building self-confidence are as
and they can achieve anything. follows-
•Hard Work – They are hard-working people to • Step 1: appreciate achievement and accept
achieve their goal. failures.
•Positive Attitude – They have a positive • Step 2: have a goal and take steps towards it.
attitude towards their goal. • Step 3: always look at the good side and be
•Commitment – They are committed to happy.
achieving the goal in their life.
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
What is 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 life. Let 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
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.
Grooming guidelines for dressing and grooming:
What is Grooming? Clothes should be clean, neat, and ironed
o Grooming is the process of making Shoes should be clean and polished
yourself look neat, tidy and smart. Change socks everyday and always wear clean socks
o Dressing and grooming are Hair should be washed regularly to keep clean
important because they help us – Simple hair styles and well combed hair gives a smart
•make a good impression of look
ourselves Face looks clean if you shave regularly
•look smart Moustache should be neatly trimmed
•feel confident about ourselves