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Self-Management 2

Skills-IV

Learning Objectives

� Motivation and Positive Attitude � Stress Management
� Being Result-Oriented � Self-Awareness

Self-management, often known as ‘self-control’, is the ability to effectively control one’s emotions, thoughts,
and behaviour in a variety of settings. This includes encouraging oneself and striving toward personal and
academic objectives.
Students with great self-management abilities do better in specific areas such as arriving on time for class,
paying attention, respecting teachers, parents, and elders, working with discipline, and so on. It enables a
person to do better in school or job. To achieve effectiveness at work and in life, one must be able to manage
and improve oneself in a variety of abilities such as punctuality, discipline, problem-solving, and work habits.
To effectively control oneself, one must cultivate the following skills:

• Positive thinking: believing that one is capable of accomplishing one’s goals.
• Result orientation: the ability to think big and work towards attaining the desired or pre-determined results.
• Self-awareness: being aware of one’s personality traits, knowing one’s weaknesses and maximising one’s
strengths.

Motivation and Positive Attitude

Motivation and positive thinking can assist us in overcoming our challenges and taking on new objectives.
Similarly, optimism, which is a mental attitude that expresses a belief or hope, can result in positive and

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