Self-management – how to make it effective and possible

 

Focusing on self-management presents you with lots of opportunities and helps you to productively manage your approach towards your life.  When you talk about self-management you are actually talking about managing your own active beliefs, your emotions, and your feelings. For better decisions you are obliged to feel good about yourself, trust your capabilities and experience, because these influence everything. For instance just giving a thought of it, you will notice, lot of things will start occupying your mind such as reading books, joining a course, taking online classes etc. and at last you feel overloaded. The key to self-management is not a tool or technique which requires traditional lectures or programmes rather it requires you to take up your own responsibility and approach in the very best way. Self-management is a core personnel skill which will help you in all aspects of your life and an effective self-management will give you more good time and control on your life. Since it is based fundamentally on your own interest and commitment to make possible improvements which further helps you to stay organised, cultivate good thoughts and gather yourself in difficult situations.  

It’s important to understand that self-management is a quite long process; it takes time and steady approach. The right way to approach this process is to set up clear goals and find a proper direction. You can do this by devoting enough time to your purpose and prioritizing the most important things. Moreover, you also need to find out what works best for you and avoid limiting yourself to all those things which holds you back. You should maximize your time in activities that feed you, motivate you, help you to achieve more, and are aligned with your values. Furthermore, the bottom of effective self-management lies on foundation of two elements; self-awareness and self-confidence.

Self-awareness is all about your feelings, your emotions, your beliefs, your thoughts, and your intuition. Self-awareness also helps you to recognise your strengths and weaknesses, giving you clarity about emotional and intellectual expressions of your mind. It makes you more conscious about things you are good at and the areas in which you are struggling by acknowledging what needs to learn and improve. Hence, once you understand the concept of self-awareness you will have the opportunity and freedom to create your life according to your needs and desires. It will help you to fix your target without any confusion as you already know what you want to achieve, how you can use your strengths to make improvements. While simultaneously knowing the boundaries of your weaknesses, you will have clear understanding of things which may hold you back. In such cases you can plan beforehand to find ways to fix your weaknesses and use your energy on things you are good at. Self-awareness will help you to understand your true potential of doing and be mindful of your actions. If you are completely aware of yourself, you become more realistic in your approach and set boundaries for yourself. You would be able to explore your thoughts, feelings and your behaviour patterns which further facilitate your ability to empathise and understand people.

Whereas self-confidence is your own perception, about trusting your abilities, qualities and judgments which further helps you to become more successful in your life and accomplish your goals. Self-confidence will make you believe yourself, execute your task successfully and handle setbacks comfortably. It enhances your ability to try new things or take up any challenges in life. To boost your self-confidence you should stop comparing yourself with others and feel good about yourself. If you make mistakes or fail, be kind to yourself and always have an optimistic approach. When things don’t turn out in your favour, try to look at the problem with a different perspective. Avoid negative thoughts, find ways to make positive improvements and use failure as learning opportunity. When you practice self-confidence, it’s always better to have small goals at the beginning which are easy to achieve and later you can focus to work on for big goals. It’s important to develop your confidence by knowing your abilities to perform any tasks, highlighting your strengths and successes.

No doubt, self-management with effective execution of the plan, and strong determination enables you to manage yourself more effectively. As you become more aware of yourself and a confident person, you will not only be a better self manager but you also increase your ability of conscience. When you see yourself clearly, open-mindedly and feel more confident, it can make a tremendous positive difference in your life. Always remember you are responsible for your own effectiveness, so identify your true qualities and take accountability of yourself.