Self-Motivation and Self-Management

The reason for this essay is to characterize the importance of self-

motivation and self-management. This exposition is about the significance of self-
motivation and self-management in my studies and as well as my career.
Motivation is imperative since it helps us to accomplish objectives that have set
for ourselves and it likewise will help us to recognize what are our qualities. Every
successful people on this earth have their own self-motivation as well as self-
management which help them to achieve something in their life. For example,
Barack Obama is the most successful and well-known person by the whole
universe. When Barack Obama was a child, he was unsure about his cultural
identity. Although President Obama struggled between the variety of cultures that
he experienced he ultimately benefitted from this element of his life. He always
motivate himself by the accompanying words: "Change won't come in the event
that we sit tight for some other individual or later. We are the ones we've been
sitting tight for. We are the change that we look for. He always believe himself
and motivate himself to change as how he want instead of sit and wait for the
others to do something for him. The worlds no 1 man Barack Obama also have
distinctive personalities like integrity, respect, fairness, citizenship, caring,
confidence and think rationally before taking decisions are always help him to
manage himself to become a great leader.

Self-motivation is important in our life to give us the inner power and the
ability to overcome the struggles. One day, best friend introduced me a self-
motivational book The Secret which totally change over my life. That moment
onwards I started a book of gratitude for myself. Every morning before start the
day I write all the things that I am grateful for that day. From electricity, to food, to
clothes, even for good weather. It helps me to attract all the good things into my
life. The Secret also helped me in my education. At first when I enter SEGI to
continue my degree, I do not have the confidence. My doubt myself whether I
can do it or not. But then, I kept telling myself not to lose hope. I said to myself
that I would pass the 1st semester exam with the flying colours. I took out a piece
of paper and write down my wishes on it and paste it on my study board. Every
time go to the table I read the wishes and visualizing as though I am already
achieved it and say the magic words thank you to show my gratitude. Finally,
my wishes come true. I got 4 flats on my 1 st semester exam. When we have true
believe on our dreams the law of attraction will bring the things that we need from
the universe to us.

Moreover, I always motivate myself by thinking that no men is best men

than me. Put high confidence in us helps to achieve our dream. Low self-esteem
keep us from prove ourself to the world. Whenever life give me hard challenges I
will never feel unsecured or nervous about how I am going to surpass the
challenges. While, I pride myself on my ability to resolve any difficult situations.
Throughout my life I have learned make solutions for my problems which helps
me to being confident about myself.

Negative situations arise in our life because of lack of gratitude. If we are

not grateful for each things in our life, we are unintentionally taking those things
for granted. Taking things for granted is a major cause of negativity, because
when we take things for granted we are not giving thanks in return, and we stop
the magic happen in our life. Just giving thanks to other will always lead to our life
to magically increase. While, taking things for granted results in complaining,
negative thoughts and words. For instance, if Im keep complaining about my
classmates and lecturers, by the law of attraction I will bring more things into my
life to complain about. This will push our dream life further away with every
complaint. Therefore, to create more comforting and happy studying
environment, I always being grateful to my lecturers to giving me a opportunity to
learn the new knowledges that will be helpful for my career in the future. Im also
truly grateful for my classmates to help me during the group presentations and
assignments.
 Besides, self-management also one of the most important element in
someones life. Self-management is something that I believe is the fundamental
requirement for empowering both our education and career. Self-management
have the power to change our life dramatically almost every aspect of our life.
Self-management skills definition refers to our ability to control our feelings,
emotions, and activities.

Self-management helps me in so many ways to perform well in my

education as well as in my career. Time and tide wait for no man so time
management is the most important element in self-management skill. In our busy
life managing time become more important for success especially when we been
given a responsibility. For instance, when I am working on a project in my
college, I wont wait until the deadline. Rather, I prefer to complete the project
well ahead of schedule. After get the project work I will create a schedule by
make lists of all the tasks that I need to do. With this I get to use my time wisely
for my work and also leisure.

Furthermore, I always remind myself to not to think about the past. To

achieve our dream we must set the target high and focus on future. Few years
ago, my life was so miserable. I couldnt decide what I wanted to become. Back
then, I was so irresponsible. I hang out with my friend till late night and make my
parents worried about me. One day I met in an accident and had bad injuries all
over my body. I kept thinking why such misery came to me and what was my sin.
I kept thinking about all the past again, which I later I realized was attracting more
bad experiences. At one point, I stop thinking about my past and focusing about
my future. I begin to set my goals high and start to work on it. My dream was to
become a software developer and here I am now at SEGI working to claim
success in my career.

Moreover, one more self management technique that always help my

education as well as my career is be a good listener and a diplomatic leader.
Whenever work collaboratively in group, we must give chance to everyone in the
group to give their ideas. Sometimes our group members could have better ideas
than us. So, I always be generous to listen to them and give my opinion or add
further ideas to our group discussion. When we respect people around us and
give them the space they need, people will do the same to us. The golden words
says cooperative work always give success.

As a conclusion, in order to reach the level of success in life, we need to

have self-motivation and also self-management. Success is not something that
happens by luck or accident. If we want it bad enough, then we must motivate
ourself by believing that we will achieve it. Someone who has high self-motivation
but not good in manage himself will surely face difficulties to achieve his dream.
Thus, self-motivation as well as self-management are two aspects that must be
mastered by everyone to gain success in their studies and career.
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