5 Commandments for Successful Self-Management
It’s our life that doesn’t go our way. The reason is clear. Self, the most basic thing, has to be managed, but we always succumb to the temptation of delicious food, and after being terribly defeated in the struggle against gravity, we blame ourselves as we roll around like a defeated soldier in our room. How can I achieve successful self-management? Let’s look at the next 5 commandments.
Don’t make outrageous plans
Most self-management breaks down because management standards are absurdly high. Let’s raise the metacognition and establish the standard that can really do it. Instead of an absurdly lofty goal like “mastering the English language,” set a specific goal that you can achieve, such as “memorize 5 words a day.”
You have to do it every day
Life is not discontinuous. That means there are things you have to do every day, even if you’re bored. If so, this ties into the first principle. The all-out plan looks great because you have to do it every day, but in the end, it leads to bad results. If you try your best all at once and life spreads out, it may take more energy to restore it. So keep in mind that you have to do it every day. Let’s relentlessly focus on small projects that can be accomplished. That is a key principle of self-care.
Don’t compare yourself to others
One thing you should never do while taking care of yourself is to compare yourself with others. It’s not a bad idea to find a role model and benchmark it specifically. However, wasteful comparisons such as ‘Someone is like this but why am I like this?’ leads to self-destruction rather than self-management. So compare yourself to yesterday’s self. Some people say that if you advance even a little bit, it is success, but I want to tell you that it is success if you sometimes just hold on so that you can protect it more. Let’s thoroughly focus on ourselves and strive to become a better version of ourselves, sometimes not to regress.
Rest well
Resting is one of the keys to moving forward. Usually, the point at which self-management collapses is at the point of exhaustion. In times like these, you should rest well. That way you don’t fall into a slump. If you blame yourself for exhaustion and struggle to go further, it may rather completely collapse and become irrecoverable. So let’s definitely set resting well as one axis of self-management.
No excuses
Self-management is bound to lead to more failures. In that case, let’s not make lame excuses. Making excuses doesn’t change anything, and even if others can be fooled, in the end, you yourself know exactly all the facts. If you have time to make excuses, think about why you failed and try to take proper self-management again. There are times when some excuses are really necessary, but most of the excuses are generally useless.