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SELF-MANAGEMENT SKILLS-IV 2
Learning Outcomes
• 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.
2.1 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
desired consequences. It enables us to realise our ambitions, persevere in our pursuit of success, and live a
happy life with a positive attitude.
Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.
—Nicholas M. Butler
Motivation
The term "motivation" is derived from the word "motive." Thus, the essence of motivation is guiding behaviour
toward a specific objective or goal. An individual's motivation might arise from within (intrinsic motivation) or
be motivated by people or events outside of themselves (extrinsic motivation).
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