Self-management, which is also referred to as “self-control” or “self-regulation,” is the ability to regulate one’s emotions, thoughts, and behaviors effectively in different situations.

This includes managing stress, delaying gratification, motivating oneself, and setting and working toward personal and professional goals. People with strong self-management skills arrive to their day  prepared, pay attention, follow directions, allow others to speak without interruption, and work independently with focus.

Self-control in children as young as age 5 can predict important life outcomes such as high school completion, physical health, income, single parenthood, substance dependence, and criminal involvement.

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Personal Competence
These competencies determine how we manage ourselves​

• • Behavioral self-control: Keeping disruptive emotions in check; impulse control

  • Integrity: Maintaining high standards of honesty and ethics at all times

  • Innovation & creativity: Actively pursuing new approaches and ideas

  • Initiative & bias for action: Readiness to act on opportunities

  • Achievement drive: Striving to meet a standard of excellence

  • Realistic optimism: Expecting success; seeing setbacks as manageable; persisting in achieving

  • goals despite obstacles and setbacks.

  • Resilience: Perseverance and diligence in the face of setbacks

  • Stress management: Working calmly under stress and pressure

  • Personal agility: Readily, willingly, rapidly and effectively anticipating and adapting to change

  • Intentionality: Thinking and acting “on purpose” and deliberately.