Self-management is synonymous with maturity, and maturity is born of responsibility. You cannot be mentally or emotionally healthy and resilient if you are not responsible. People with maturity understand a great truth, they understand that life can be difficult. In being able to accept this fact about life, mature people learn to handle life in all of its difficulties, not expecting it to be different. They have learned to accept that not everything in life is going to be their way, show up the way they thought it would, and nor will the world change on its axis to make them happier. Mature people know for any change to happen it has to come from within themselves, and this is where success or failure develops. The only way to live a more fulfilling, successful, and purpose-driven life is when the choice is made to fully develop and live the attitudes and principles of a matured person.

Self-management or self-regulation can be defined as the ability to manage one’s actions, thoughts, and feelings in flexible ways to get the desired results. Optimal self-regulation contributes to a sense of well-being, a sense of self-efficacy or confidence, and a sense of connectedness to others.

In this episode, we cover the big topic of maturity as we unpack the concepts of self-management.

With regards to maturing through self-management, I want to introduce you to a challenge placed by Aristotle in ‘The Nicomachean Ethics’ that he wrote. It goes as such:

‘Anyone can become angry- that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way—this is not easy’…

I trust this episode will take you another step closer to profound awareness and fuller potential! Listen.

Practical episode outcome: develop self-management, understand boundaries, and understand assertiveness.

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References

1. Cherniss, C. and Goleman, D., 2003. The Emotionally Intelligent Workplace. John Wiley & Sons.

2. Cloud, H. and Townsend.J., 2017. Boundaries: When to Say Yes, When to Say No to Take Control of Your life. 3rd ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan.

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4. Goleman, D., 1996. Emotional Intelligence- Why It Can Matter More Than IQ. 1st ed. Bloomsbury Publishing.

5. Mindtools.com.n.d. How to Be Assertive: Asking for What You Want Firmly and Fairly. [online] Available at: https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/Assertiveness.htm

6. Psychology Today.n.d. Assertiveness. [online] Available at: https://www.psychologytoday.com/za/basics/assertiveness

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