Managing Self

Story of My LifeYou have just been given a contract to write your autobiography for a major publishing company. Your agent Harry Hardnose is anxious to get to press. He has decided to help you get started with a few probing questions.

1. First, take a piece of paper and fold it in half and then in half again to form a book.

2. Choose the title of a popular song for the name of your book. Write that title on the front cover.

3. On the inside of the front cover (page two), list a table of contents.4. Name of the place where you were born.5. Description of your first job.6. Number of years you have been working for your company.7. On page three, draw a picture of your family.8. On the back cover of the book, draw a picture of what you plan to do when

you retire. Where will you go? Who will you go with? Etc.

Discovering Your Motivational Gifts

• Receive gifts affirmation protocol• Complete protocol• Score your protocol• On your own, look and reflect on your gift

descriptions• In small groups, give and receive feedback on

each others’ gifts

On page 2 in the Introduction section of this module we quote the following Carl Jung statement:

“The world will ask you who you are, and if you do not know, the world will tell you.”

The point he was making is that there are so many competing

demands upon our time and attention that they will consume us unless we set our own priorities.

Discuss how it is that our priorities can define who we are?

Read Ephesians 6:10-18

• Why is a leader’s spiritual life the foundation for everything else they do in ministry?

• What are the easiest and most difficult parts of the armour of God for you to put on? Why?

• What are some ways that you can improve your ability to put on these difficult parts of armour?

Personal Relationship with God

• “Makarios” with God• Regular prayer and Bible reading

Self-Development

• Physical well being • Diet• Exercise• Time management (time off)• Sleep

Discussion Questions

• Share with another group member what has helped you better manage your physical self and then have them reciprocate.

• Similarly share what has helped you better manage your Spiritual self.

Family and Relational Needs

• Meet the needs of your family• Make family occasions a priority• If single, same principles apply to extended

family and close friends

Others

• Interact with and have relationships with all walks of life

Ministry Responsibilities

• Monitor your work hours• Learn to delegate• Communicate, communicate, communicate• Separate what’s urgent from what is

important

It has been found that if a person takes an hour a day, a day a week, a weekend a month and a month a year as personal time they are more refreshed, alert and more productive during their ministry times.

Discuss the strategies and obstacles to achieving this priority of establishing “ Makarios” in their personal life.

• Know your limitations

• Expand your capabilities

Expanding Capabilities

• Red

• Amber

• Green

Self-Exploration of Managing SelfKnown to Self Hidden from Self

Known to Others

Hidden from Others

• Managing Physical Self

• Managing Time• Knowing

Limitations

Johari Window

• As a group discuss the insights you gained as you completed the “Johari window” segment of your Managing Self workbook.

• Share with one another what made one window easiest to complete and what made one the most difficult to complete.