Self-management

Self-management diagram

Self-management is one's ability to regulate your behaviors, thoughts, and emotions in an optimally productive way. This means excelling in both personal and professional responsibilities for the benefit of yourself and others.

Self-management skills

Below are some self-management skills articles:

• Why self-management is key to success and how to improve yours,

• 11 Self-Management Skills and How to Develop Them, Usemotion.com

• What is self management? How to take control of your personal productivity

• Self-Management Skills: Definition, Examples and Tips, Indeed

• Mastering the art of self management, Nulab

• What is self-management? (7 skills to improve it), Asana

• Managing Oneself, Harvard Business Review

• 6 Rules to Managing Yourself So You Can Manage Others, Inc. magazine

• Self-Management Skills Necessary At Work And Home, Forbes

"One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself." - Leonardo da Vinci

Self-management articles from academic-related websites:

• Students: Self-Awareness and Self-Management, Greater Good in Education website

• 7 Ways to Improve Your Self-Management Skills, University of Illinois, Champagne

Managing personal/professional/business success

See also: Comfort zone and Goal setting and Humility

• 10 Tips for Achieving and Dealing With Success by Barton Goldsmith Ph.D.

• Managing your success, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

• Managing success

Business:

• How to Manage Success in Your Small Business

Success breeding complacency:

• Complacency: The Enemy of Success by John Spence

• 4 Ways Complacency Stifles Your Success and How to Prevent It.

• Success: A Breeding Ground for Complacency?

Necessity of managing yourself before managing others

• Before You Manage Others, Manage Yourself First, Forbes

• Smart Leaders Manage Themselves Before Managing Others, Forbes

• Before you can lead others, you need to manage yourself

Leadership by example

"Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power." - Lao Tzu

See also: Leadership

• How to lead by example, Asana

• Leading by Example, Corporate Finance Institute

• How to Lead by Example: The Ripple Effect of Your Actions

• 7 ways you can lead by example (and why it matters) by Maggie Wooll, MBA

• 11 Ways to Lead by Example in the Workplace, Hubspot

• 8 Positive Ways To Lead by Example in the Workplace, Indeed

Books

• Managing Oneself by Peter Drucker. Harvard Business Press; 1st edition (January 7, 2008)
• The Practice of Self-Management: A Handbook for Walking the Path from Reactivity to Presence and Connection by Christopher Forman and Bryan Ungard. Conscious Capitalism Press (October 2, 2019)
• Just Manage It! The YOU Factor: If You Cannot Manage Yourself You Cannot Manage Others by Colm McCormack. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 2nd edition (January 12, 2015)
• Leadership by Example: The Ten Key Principles of All Great Leaders by Sanjiv Chopra. Thomas Dunne Books; 1st edition (May 8, 2012)

Quotes

• "One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself." - Leonardo da Vinci
• "Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power." - Lao Tzu
• “Success in the knowledge economy comes to those who know themselves - their strengths, their values, and how they best perform.” - Peter F. Drucker, Managing Oneself

“Managing yourself requires taking responsibility for relationships.” - Peter F. Drucker, Managing Oneself

• “Successful careers are not planned. They develop when people are prepared for opportunities because they know their strengths, their method of work, and their values.” - Peter F. Drucker, Managing Oneself

See also

• Self-regulation
• Self-motivation
• Management
• Time management
• Self-control
• Will (psychology)
• Impulsivity
• Emotional intelligence
• Mental toughness
• Psychological resilience
• Self-talk
• Visualization (psychology)
• Stress management