Self-Management Skills Session 3

Self-awareness

• Self-awareness is about understanding one's own needs, desires, habits, traits, behaviors, and feelings.
• Self-awareness helps individuals to become aware of everything and look at things or situations objectively.
• It plays a critical role in how we understand ourselves and relate to others and the world around us.

Steps towards Self-awareness

• Gaining a greater awareness of one's emotions.
• Making a habit of tracking one's feelings.
• Expanding one's practice to areas of life beyond one's feelings.

Self-management Skills

• Self-management, also referred to as 'self-control', is the ability to control one's emotions, thoughts, and behavior effectively in different situations.
• It includes motivating oneself, and working towards achieving personal and academic goals.
• Students with strong self-management skills are better at doing certain things well, such as coming to class on time, paying attention, obeying teachers, parents, and elders, working with discipline, etc.

Key Components of Self-management

• Positive thinking: to think that one can get things done and be happy.
• Result orientation: to dream big and achieve the desired or set results.
• Self-awareness: to be aware of one's personality traits and make the best out of one's strengths.

Motivation and Positive Attitude

• Motivation and positive thinking can help us overcome fears and take up new challenges.
• Optimism, which is a mental attitude, reflecting a belief or hope, can lead to positive and desirable outcomes.
• It helps us to achieve our dreams, continue working hard towards achieving success, and live a happy life with a positive mindset.
• Motivation is derived from the word 'motive', thus directing behavior towards certain motive or goal is the essence of motivation.