self management skills

• Stress is our mental, physical, emotional, and social reaction to threats, which are called stressors
• Stress management involves planning to cope with daily pressures, balancing life's stress and relaxation, and helping deal with stress
• ABC of Stress Management:

  • A: adversity or stressful event
  • B: beliefs or the way you respond to stress
  • C: consequences or the outcomes of the event
• Management techniques for stress include:

  • Physical exercises and fresh air
  • Healthy diet
  • Positivity
  • Hanging out with friends
  • Getting enough sleep
• Ability to work independently:

  • Only when calm and relaxed can one work independently
  • Steps to achieve this include becoming self-aware, self-monitoring, self-correcting, knowing what you need, taking initiatives, recognizing mistakes, taking blame, and learning throughout life
• Emotional intelligence is the ability to manage one's emotions, including emotional awareness, harnessing emotions for problem-solving, and managing emotions to regulate one's own emotions and help others do the same
• Steps to manage emotional intelligence:

  • Understanding emotions
  • Rationalizing decisions
  • Practicing techniques like yoga to keep calm
• Techniques to identify strengths and weaknesses:

  • Finding strengths by identifying what you like doing, receiving compliments, and excelling in certain areas
  • Finding weaknesses by recognizing areas of struggle, accepting feedback, and working on improvement
• Self-motivation is the force that drives individuals to achieve goals, with types of motivation being internal (for personal satisfaction) and external (for rewards)
• Qualities of self-motivated people:

  • Knowing what they want from life
  • Being focused
  • Understanding what is important
  • Being dedicated to fulfilling their dreams
• Steps to build self-motivation:

  • Finding strengths
  • Focusing on goals
  • Developing a plan
  • Staying loyal to goals
• Goals are a set of dreams with a deadline to achieve them, and setting SMART goals involves:

  • Specific planning
  • Measurable objectives
  • Achievable steps
  • Realistic expectations
  • Time-bound deadlines
• Time management helps in achieving goals before deadlines by completing tasks on time, making daily timetables, estimating task durations, submitting work promptly, and avoiding time wastage
• 4 steps for effective time management:

  • Organizing daily activities
  • Prioritizing tasks
  • Controlling activities and time
  • Tracking time usage