Unit 2

Self-Management Skills-I
 Learning Objectives
This Unit Covers:
 Self-Management
 Positive Results of Self-Management
 Self-Management Skills
 Self-Confidence
 Positive Factors of Self-Confidence
 Self-Confidence-Building Tips
 Introduction
 Self-management refers to a process of organizing the resources and directing
the efforts for the successful accomplishment of the individual goals and
objectives.
 The main objective of self-management is to draw maximum output out of
minimum efforts by an individual.
 Self-management can be effective when an individual functions stress-free
and saves time; which, in turn, increases the overall individual productivity.
 An essential self-management skill is self-confidence, which refers to overall
efficiency of an individual which depends on the self-belief, skills and abilities.
 Self-confidence helps an individual to work towards the fulfillment of personal
and professional goals and objectives.
 It also includes integrating and synchronizing individual resources in such a
manner that the individuals can achieve their purposes.
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 Session 1: Self-Management
 Self-management can be defined as the application of skills and strategies
that help an individual throughout his/her life to achieve goals and objectives
and become more productive.
 Advantages of self-management are as follows:
 It helps an individual to make the best possible use of abilities, skills and knowledge.
 It motivates an individual to contribute optimally towards the achievement of goals.
 It makes an individual more organized and, thus, easier for him to work.
 It gives an individual the confidence to handle the situation in an effective and efficient
manner.
 It helps an individual to show positive attitude towards the responsibilities in both
personal and professional lives.
 It helps an individual to manage time, stress and priorities.
 Session 2: Positive Results of Self-Management
 Self-management is a skill that becomes essential for the achievement and
success of an individual.
 The positive results of self-management are shown in the following figure:
 Session 2: Positive Results of Self-Management
 The description of the positive results of self-management are as follows:
 Positivity: Self-managed individuals always keep their eyes on the goals and do
something on a daily basis to achieve those goals. They take every problem of their
personal and professional lives positively and try to find out the solution with lots of
enthusiasm and confidence.
 Self-awareness: Individuals with self-awareness have an ability to observe themselves
from an objective viewpoint. It is the individual’s ability to recognize and understand
his/her strengths, weaknesses, emotions and limitations in order to enhance the
credibility and leadership qualities.
 Stress management: It is a skill of controlling and managing an individual's level of
stress and making the activities of life more organized. Stress management can be
carried out using various methods like meditation, self-talk and regular exercise to
develop the ability to resist stress.
 Responsible attitude: It is associated with showing acceptable behavior in personal and
professional lives as well in the society. It helps the individual to recognize his/her main
objectives of life and develop the responsibility, to learn and improve skills to achieve
the objectives and to understand the responsibility of his/her own action.
 Session 3: Self-Management skills
 Self-management skills are those skills that help an individual become more
productive in his/her personal as well as professional lives.
 These skills help him to avoid stress, to manage time well, to become more
confident and to take better decisions.
 Self-management skills help an individual in the process of creating and
maintaining an environment in which he works to achieve the predefined
goals by making an optimum utilization of all the available resources.
 The self-management skills are shown in the following figure:
 Session 3: Self-Management skills
 The description of the self-management skills are as follows:
 Stress management: It is an individual’s ability to control and manage any difficult and
hard situation. It helps in improving both physical as well as mental health and
increasing focus, which, in turn, motivates an individual to achieve the set goals.
 Time management: It is a process of planning and scheduling time among different
tasks in order to maximize the productivity of an individual. The main objective of time
management is to get more work done in lesser period of time with little or no stress at
all.
 Decision-making: It is a process of making decisions between two or more things and
actions. It requires the knowledge and information to analyze the situation to identify
all the options and possibilities to achieve a specified goal. It refers to the quality of an
individual that enables him to be confident about his/her decisions.
 Organizing skills: It is the combination of planning, prioritizing, motivation and time
management. It helps an individual to develop a time table, arrange tasks, improve
efficiency and set priorities.
 Physical awareness: It helps an individual to increase his/her level of physical activity in
order to improve his/her physical health, to make him more productive and to boost
the power of the body and mind.
 Session 4: Self-Confidence
 Self-confidence can be defined as a belief in one’s personal abilities,
potentials and strengths. It means someone is self-assured about his/her skills
and capabilities to achieve goals and objectives.
 Self-confident people are generally assured of themselves and their abilities,
take risks and challenges, do not hesitate to try new things and think about
their future positively.
 It is a positive attitude that the individuals hold about themselves that allows
them to achieve their objective and also helps to keep moving forward in
personal and professional lives.
 Session 5: Positive Factors of Self-Confidence
 Self-confidence is the strength which an individual can achieve by combining
the state of mind and feeling of self-faith, which give the individual self-
assurance about his/her skills and abilities.
 The three most important factors of self-confidence are as follows:
 Social factor: It is a feeling of affection, belongingness, acceptance and friendship in the
society and family. Self-confidence rises when we feel accepted in our personal and
professional lives by the people and it falls when we feel rejected.
 Cultural factor: It helps an individual build up his/her confidence level, self-image and
self-respect and can also be the reason for low self-confidence and self-esteem.
 Physical factor: It refers to the physical health, personality and appearance that help
one look more confident. It also helps to improve attitude and self-esteem.
 Session 6: Self-Confidence-Building Tips
 Self-confidence is the belief in one’s capabilities in carrying out the passion.
 It refers to the faith of an individual about his/her skills and abilities that
enable him/her to be more confident about his/her decisions, positive
thinking and physical health.
 Self-confidence makes an individual confident in order to achieve his/her
goals and objectives.
 Some tips to build self-confidence are as follows:
 Negative thinking: Negative thinking is one of the most important reasons of low self-
confidence that is created in one’s mind. Sometimes we have personal and emotional
issues which we do not share with anyone and it gradually converts into negative
thoughts. So, talking to and sharing feelings with people and family members help us
get rid of negative thoughts.
 Positive thinking: Positive thinking can be defined as the positive attitude in which you
hope for appropriate and beneficial results. It also helps to enhance your self-
confidence because low self-confidence constantly brings you down and fills your mind
with negative thoughts.
 Session 6: Self-Confidence-Building Tips
 Staying happy with small things: Self-confidence actually lies in small things that help
you stay happy. There are several small things that make you more confident and have
great self-worth, such as dressing, dancing, smiling, running, meditating, reading and
going out.
 Staying clean, hygienic and smart: Self-confidence can be improved by enhancing your
personal appearance through simple steps like wearing clean clothes, shaving and
bathing and practicing good hygiene regularly. Staying clean, hygienic and smart can
also help you improve your perception about yourself over time.
 Chatting with positive people: Chatting with positive people gives you an ability to
regulate feelings and sentiments, boost confidence, eliminate negative thoughts and
helps to stay positive. It also helps you build up your confidence level.
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