Self Management

Self Management
Dr. Vara Prasad
1. Why self mgt. and self control are

necessary
2. Why should they be a prerequisite
to managing others?
. when a person unable to understand
and analyze the self, and unable to
exercise self mgt. is invariably seen
failing to appreciate the importance
of the human factor in management.
If a system were left to itself without

any managing or controlling force, it
would be per se degenerate into a
state of increasing randomness and
disorderliness.
A human being is like a super system
that consists of various other
systems:
- Nervous, Respiratory, Circulatory or
Digestive
they all still required to work in
symbiosis so as to keep the super
system in an orderly and balanced
Mind and body cannot separate. The

bodys
voluntary
actions
are
subordinate to the state of mind,
which are affected a common man
by ambience. Hence, he could easily
succumb to temptation, anger,
frustration, revenge, lust and greed.
If these negative forces rule the
mind, people often slip into a crisis,
and society in catastrophe.
But there is also an enlightened state of

mind called conscience, which is a highly
ordered state endowed with justness and
reasoning
combined
with
kindness,
sacrifice and compassion.
This conscience is supremely able to apply
checks and balances to the functioning of
mind, and correspondingly to the bodys
activities and actions.
A person who elevates himself/herself to
this enlightened state is truly suited to
managing self to managing and serving
others.
Self Mgt. is essentially an internal

process of improving ones self.
Self Management tools:
- Self introspection
- Self actualization
- Self abnegation
- Self repentance
- Self confession
Ben Kingsley ex:

he
abjured
Alcohol,
took
to
vegetarianism,
controlled
his
passion, anger, jealousy and other
temptations and aberrations. Then
he confessed during that time, his
performance
had
been
most
satisfying to him and the viewers.
One has to have control over oneself
before even thinking of controlling or
managing others.
We consider self as a singular entity I

while the fact is that the self consists of two
parts:
- Managing self - Managed self
- individuals alone have the tendency to
attribute success to ones own ability and
attribute failures to external forces.
- Self-management
without
critical
selfanalysis is futile exercise.
- Depending up on the magnitude of the inner
force or voice of conscience, the managing
self regulates the behaviour of a person.
- To understand right Vs wrong, we

have to listen to the voice of our
conscience the voice of inner force.
- For this there must be some
moments of quietness (calm and
cool), this is what meditation talks
about.
- Both self mgt. and meditation
support each other.
According to Maslows: self realization

and actualization can be achieved
only after satisfaction of lower level
needs.
According to Gandhi: one has to learn
how to control and limit the desires
which often turn into greedy.
Ex: Fasting to control hunger
Self abnegation to control greed
Humility to control ego
It is the individual, after all who constitute

a group
group constitute a religious
and social group many groups make a
state. Thus, every individual is important
in the making of a good society, that is
why Gandhi addressed the issue of self
management as a primary requirement for
character building of every individual and
hence the character building of a nation.
Ruskin had argued that the true wealth of
a community lay in the well being of all its
members.
The Ruskins concept is reflected in

Gandhis SARVODAYA, to realise the
world as one fraternity and to
understand the importance of good
for all.
An animal learns to respond quickly if
its lower level physical needs are
satisfied. So fulfillment of lower level
needs works as a reminder and
reinforcer.
In the process of self-management, it
is quite important that one learns to
Gandhi is very particular about the

fitness of the body, he believed that
due attention should be given to
personal hygiene and nature-friendly
methods
for
keeping
oneself
physically fit and mentally healthy.
He believed, self help is the first
training stage to prepare oneself for
service to society.
Gandhi clipped his hair and washed
his clothes, not because he couldnt
afford the charges of a barber or
Confession is an age-old method of self

introspection and self management, which
Gandhi appears to have practiced from
childhood.
When he pilfered a few coins from the pocket
of his fathers coat at school age, but soon
realizing that this was a immoral act, he wept,
repented and confessed.
Consuming alcoholic drinks and having extramarital relationship may have been accepted
as a part of life in the West and even in socalled high societies in the East, but for Gandhi
these acts are immoral, he considered all these
as test of self-determination and self-control.
Gandhi emotional maturity perhaps

reached a level where life and death
were seen in continuum and were
taken only as diminutive things
against his values and principles.
- Great Ex:
in 1908 when he was in jail, he could
receive news about his wifes serious
ill health, in fact he could have
managed himself released by paying
the fine, and met his wife at the
deathbed, but that would have been
against his self imposed code of
Gandhi deeply saddened, he wrote a

letter to his wife in Gujarati
I have received Mr. Wests telegram
today about your illness. It cuts my
heart() My coming there is out of the
question. I can only come if I forgo
SATYAGRAH and pay a fine, which I
must not.

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Self Management

Dr. Vara Prasad

1. Why self mgt. and self control are

If a system were left to itself without

Mind and body cannot separate. The

But there is also an enlightened state of

Self Mgt. is essentially an internal

Ben Kingsley ex:

We consider self as a singular entity I

- To understand right Vs wrong, we

According to Maslows: self realization

It is the individual, after all who constitute

The Ruskins concept is reflected in

Gandhi is very particular about the

Confession is an age-old method of self

Gandhi emotional maturity perhaps

Gandhi deeply saddened, he wrote a

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