Self Management Research Paper

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Honestly after looking at all my scores I have come to realize a lot of things though out the semester. Beginning of the student success course I didn’t have any clue what so ever on where I stand in college. After taking the self assessment for the first time I felt that most of the things on their didn’t actually tell me a directly what I’m really good at. After compering the scores I realized that the areas I scored the highest in were actually things that I’m good at. It also showed me a little bit about what my personality is like. Around the first time I toke the survey the place where I scored the highest was discovering self-motivation. I thought Discovering Self- Motivation would be the highest again but for some reason my scored …show more content…
I have adopted the skill of how to have creator mindset and positive thinking through even the rough times. I have also learn that staying positive not does it help you be successful but also teaches a lesson about your past mistakes. You learn not to beat your self over thing that you couldn’t accomplish. You learn to think in mind of creator rather then victim mind set. That is mainly the reasons why I scored very high in that area. The areas I want to work on in the future are mastering self-management. The reason why I want to increase in Self-Management is because I believe self-management is the key to success. Self-management also helps you develop motivation and concentration. I believe those to things lead to success and if you master Self-Management you will be very you will be very successful. Self- management will also help you to over come procrastination. The main reason why I want to increase in this area is because if you master Self- Management correctly it will help you avoid stress. Now come on who doesn’t want to avoid stress. The second area I want to improve on in the future is discovering self-motivation. My process towards improving on self-motivation was good at the

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