Personal Development through Self Management Presented by M.Ahsan BZU Lahore Campus

1. Self Management
Group Members;
Shahzad Azeem 02
Ahsan Mughal 67
Mehmood Ahmed 22
Junaid Aslam 04

2. Self Management
Self-management is a key skill that will help you
throughout your life. It involves setting goals and managing your
time. Developing your motivation and concentration skills will help
you to overcome the lure of procrastination.
Example:
People are generally happier when they have control over their own
life (and work)

3. Why is Self-management Important?
Self-management is important because it helps a person take control
of their physical and mental health, reducing health cost and
preventing greater issues in the future.
 In order to organise your time, you must be able to manage your
self. This means that you must know your strengths and
weaknesses (in relation to time management), develop a positive
attitude, plan to achieve, develop persistence, set goals and
manage stress.

4. Procrastination
• To put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness
or laziness.
• Students can often find a billion other things to do, rather than work
on their assignments or study. There are many forms of
procrastination. Some could include:
 Frequently checking emails.
 Surfing the net.
 Chatting on the phone.

5. Self-management Tools
 Self Management tools enables you to complete task indepedently
and take an active role in your own behaviour.
 If you have Good management skills your Life and work are
Organized.This Means that your behaviour is desciplined and
Directed towards defined Goals

6. Self Management Tools
• You can Manage Your Self through
 Goals Stetting
 Prioritization
 Minimization of Distractions/ Managing Intruptions
 Following a schedule
 Avoiding Procrastination

7. Time Management
• “Time management” refers to the way that you organize and plan
how long you spend on specific activities.
Techniques for time management:
 Get Organized
 Analyze how you spend your Time
 Prioritize tour to do List
 Develop a Workable Schedule

8. Time Management Matrix
urgent not urgent
important •1 - DO NOW
emergencies, complaints and crisis issues
•planned tasks or project work now due
•meetings and appointments
•reports and other submissions
•staff issues or needs
Subject to confirming the importance and the
urgency of these tasks, do these tasks now.
•2 - PLAN TO DO
planning, preparation, scheduling
•research, investigation, designing, testing
•networking relationship building
•thinking, creating, modelling, designing
•systems and process development
Critical to success: planning, strategic thinking,
deciding direction and aims, etc.
not
important
•3 - REJECT AND EXPLAIN
normal requests from others
•apparent emergencies
•misunderstandings appearing as complaints
•pointless routines or activities
Scrutinize and probe demands. Wherever possible
reject and avoid these tasks sensitively and
immediately.
•4 - RESIST AND CEASE
'comfort' activities, computer games, net surfing,
excessive cigarette breaks
•chat, gossip, social communications
•daydreaming, doodling, over-long breaks
•reading nonsense or irrelevant material
Habitual 'comforters' not true tasks. Non-productive,
de-motivational. Plan to avoid them.

9. Balancing Life and Work
• Work–life balance is a concept including proper prioritizing between
"work" (career and ambition) and "lifestyle" (health, pleasure,
leisure, family and spiritual development/meditation).
Techniques for Balancing Work and Life
 Figure Out What Really Matters to You in Life
 Drop Unnecessary Activities
 Protect Your Private Time
 Accept Help to Balance Your Life
 Plan Fun and Relaxation

10. Balancing Life and Work
1. Figure Out What Really Matters to You in Life
 What do you value? It’s an important question to ask yourself
In identifying what you value, consider aspects of your life now or how
you’d like it to be in terms of family, independence, adventure,
stability, compassion, financial security, integrity, health, outdoors,
and so on.

11. 1. Figure Out What Really Matters to You in Life
 When you know what you value, and you act in line with that, you
experience a sense of clarity.
 When there’s a disconnect between what really matters to you and
your behavior, however, you can either ignore it
(through distractions such as drinking, drugs, video games, and
reckless behaviors) or you can give yourself a gut-check and take
action.

12. 1. Figure Out What Really Matters to You in Life
Try asking yourself these questions:
•Do I view each day as a chance to better myself and learn from my
successes and failures?
•Do I pursue excellence (not perfection) but act with compassion
towards myself and others?
•Do I maintain balance and perspective between work and the rest of
my life?
•Do I respect other people in my day-to-day life?
•Are my actions in line with my values?

13. 2. Drop Unnecessary Activities
• Make a list of each activity in your workday and week, from driving
the car to sitting in meetings.
 Which activities are not necessary?
 Can you drop any of them?
 Try dropping those activities for a week or a month, and track any
changes in your results at work. You may be surprised by how much
more efficient you can be.

14. 3. Protect Your Private Time
"Stop checking email and cell phones so often," Hobfoll advises.
"Few people are so important that they need their phones on at all
times.
Protect Your Time
 Your time is your most valuable
resource, even more so than money,
you cannot get more time.
 Don’t let others waste or steal it.

15. 4. Accept Help to Balance Your Life
 Allow yourself to rely on your partner, family members, or friends.
5. Plan Fun and Relaxation
 Fun and relaxation are an essential part of living a well-balanced
life.
 That's why Brown makes time for weekly guitar
lessons, a yoga class, a date night w,night out a couple times a month

16. Stress Management
• Stress is what you feel when you have to handle more than you are
used to.
 When you are stressed, your body responds as though you are in
danger. It makes hormones that speed up your heart, make you
breathe faster, and give you a burst of energy. This is called the
fight-or-flight stress response.
 But if stress happens too often or lasts too long, it can have bad
effects. It can be linked to headaches, an upset stomach, back pain,
and trouble sleeping.

17. Common Causes of Stress
• Major life changes
• Office Work
• Relationship difficulties
• Financial problems
• Being too busy

18. Techniques for dealing with stress
• Avoid Caffeine, Alcohol, and Nicotine.
• Indulge in Physical Activity
• Get More Sleep
• Try Relaxation Techniques
• Manage Your Time
• Rest If You Are Ill

19. Why Anger Management is Important
• Out-of-control anger hurts your physical health.
• Out-of-control anger hurts your mental health.
• Out-of-control anger hurts your career.
• Out-of-control anger hurts your relationships with others.

20. Techniques for Dealing with Anger
• Think before you speak
• Get some exercise
• Identify possible solutions
• Slowly count to ten.
• Take some deep breaths.