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We have the following positive impacts on us with strong self-management skills. Let us study a few of them:
               • It helps in the overall development of a person.
               • It polishes your skills and enhances your employability with better career prospects.
               • It makes  you realise  your potential and maximizes  your productivity that helps  you grow personally  and
              professionally.
               • It brings strong organisational skills that help you streamline your work.
               • It helps you to have a good control on your good and bad emotions in such a way that your mind rules you and
              not your emotions.
               • It is always result oriented.
               • It helps you stay focused on your goals.
               • It makes you a responsible person as you are accountable to yourself for your efforts and hard work.
               • It develops strong competitive spirit so that we are able to handle it in a healthy manner.
               • It develops self-confidence as we trust our own abilities.


                    Self-Management Skills

            Self-management skill is the ability to regulate your feelings and actions to achieve your goals independently and
            helps in the development of a strong personality. Some of the important self-management skills are discussed below:

               • Self-Awareness: It is the awareness of your own personality. It is the ability to notice your feelings, your physical
              sensations, your reactions, your habits, your behaviors, and your thoughts. It enables you to learn about yourself
              in a way no one else can ever teach you. For example, as an individual, we are aware of artistic skills. If, I am good
              at fine arts, I will surely volunteer to participate in drawing competition.
               • Self-Confidence: It is the trust in your own abilities, qualities and judgment. Some people are born with it and
              some learn to build up after facing the challenges of life. When you learn how to be confident, you can use it in
              your everyday life to tackle all of your goals. You can do any task that is given to you and not scared of taking
              risks. For example, it’s a sense of self-confidence that takes a person on stage to speak in a public gathering.
               • Self-Motivation:  It  is the  force  that  drives you  to  do  the  things.  Everything  we  do  is motivated  by  some
              combination of conscious and unconscious needs or desires. Staying motivated is not something that happens
              naturally all the time. You should be ready to take challenges and open to positive learning. Remember that
              Impossible itself says ‘I am Possible’. For example, it’s only self-motivation that makes a good sportsperson.
               • Self-Control: It is the ability to manage your impulse, emotions and behavior. Know yourself so you can manage
              your emotions and impulses. It acts as a force to have a more successful and satisfying life. For example, Indian
              system of fasting is an excellent example of self-control. Fasting restricts a person from eating specific food.
               • Self-Commitment: It is the state of being committed to yourself and being loyal to your actions. This is the first
              step to becoming conscious as you start looking at things in a more objective manner. Be who you are and stop
              fearing what others will think of you. For example, not eating junk food whatever the situation is. Completing
              your School Project on your own without any help.
               • Problem Solving: It is an analytical skill that helps identifying a problem and finding a possible solution to it.
              It requires a person to be creative and intuitive. You should be confident in your approach as you learn which
              processes are most effective to overcome obstacles, which solutions may fail or could even create additional
              problems. For example, A teacher has to find on her own how she can improve the performance of her students.
               • Positive Thinking: It is the optimistic approach to handle different situations in life. Rather than getting upset
              and blaming others for terrible situations, positive thinking will control the situation with logical reasoning.
              Remember that it’s your response that truly determines the outcome. For example, A student securing bad
              marks will reason out with positive thinking that his efforts were not upto the mark.

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