1. Academic Survival Mastering Self-Management Presentation based on:
Downing, Skip. On Course: Strategies for Creating Success in College and Life, 3rd Ed.

2. Self-Management Successful Students Struggling Students
Act on purpose, choosing deeds that move them on course to their goals and dreams.
Struggling Students
Wait passively or wander from one unpurposeful activity to another.

3. Self-Management Successful Students
Employ self-management tools, regularly planning and carrying out purposeful actions.
Struggling Students
Live disorganized, unplanned lives, constantly responding to whims of the moment.

4. Self-Management Successful Students Struggling Students
Develop self-discipline, showing commitment, focus, and persistence in pursuing their goals and dreams.
Struggling Students
Quit or change course
when their actions don’t lead to immediate success.

5. Acting on Purpose Urgent Not Urgent
Quadrant I Actions – are important activities done under the pressure of deadlines.
Quadrant II Actions – are important activities done without the pressure of looming deadlines.
Quadrant III Actions – are unimportant activities done with a sense of urgency.
Quadrant IV Actions – are simply time wasters.
Important
Not Important

6. Acting on Purpose Urgent Not Urgent Quadrant I Actions –
Example: Staying up all night cramming for an 8:00 a.m. test.
Quadrant II Actions – Example: Creating a study group in the first week of the semester.
Quadrant III Actions – Example: Attending a hastily called meeting that has nothing to do with your goals.
Quadrant IV Actions – Example: Mindlessly watching television until 4:00 a.m.
Important
Not Important

7. Acting on Purpose Urgent Not Urgent Quadrant I Putting out brushfires
Only moderate success
Stress filled life
Quadrant II
Creators
Purposeful action
Success
Quadrant III
Victims
Activities that are unimportant to our own goals and dreams.
Quadrant IV
Time wasters
Important
Not Important

8. Employing Self- Management Tools
There is no such thing as time management – only self-management!
The secret of mastering effective self-management is maximizing time spent in Quadrants I and II.

9. Self-Management Tools
Monthly calendars
Daily action list or “to do” lists
Tracking forms

10. Developing Self-Discipline
Three essential ingredients for self-discipline
Commitment
Focus
Persistence

11. Commitment
Commitment is the outcome of staying focused and being persistent!

12. Staying Focused Focus is self-discipline in thought.
The Inner Defendant (sayings like – boring teachers,
schedule stinks, getting over the flu, better next semester, etc.) and the Inner Critic (sayings like – too old, too dumb, never could do math, etc.) are the two biggest enemies of focus.
Remember to keep your Inner Guide (sayings like –
“What are my dreams and goals?) strong and regain focus by revisualizing your life plan.

13. Persistence Persistence is self-discipline in action.
Persistence can best be found by asking the question:
Do you LOVE YOURSELF enough to stay on task to accomplishing your dreams?

14. Procrastination Procrastination is the hole that sinks many ships!
If your dreams are important to you, what are you
waiting for?
Will you make a 32-day commitment?

15. Self-Management & Self-Confidence
Genuine self-confidence results from a history of success, and a history of success results from persistently taking action.
Build your success identity by persisting in whatever you struggle doing until it become a success for you.

16. Self-Management & Self-Confidence
Celebrate your successes and talents
The praise we give ourselves is more important than the praises of all others.
Find a way of recognizing and rewarding your successes.

17. Self-Management & Self-Confidence
Visualize purposeful action
Visualize what you need to do to make your success, then take purposeful action to do these things.
Adopt the I CAN attitude.