Self$-$management is about $(1)$ knowing who you are and what you want to accomplish in your life, and $(2)$ making these things happen. This activity is important because self$-$management skills improve your ability to communicate with others, make good decisions, budget your time, and stay healthy.

The goal of this activity is to challenge your knowledge of the six principles of self$-$management.

For each item, select the principle of self$-$management that the example best represents.

Hugo says he wants to retire in $20$ more years with enough saved in retirement to draw $60$ percent of his current monthly income until he is $95$ vears old.

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Each time he meets one of his retirenfent goals early, Hugo sets aside $$500$ into a "bucket list" fund that he draws from when he wants to have fun and do something exciting.

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Hugo says that he will contribute $20$ percent of his pre$-$tax income to his retirement plan for the next $10$ years, then assess the plan to determine whether he can drop that contribution to $15$ percent or even $10$ percent during his last $10$ years of work.

Manara decides she will attend one major networking conference each year to make potential research contacts and will also submit at least one article to a journal every four months.

Manara uses something called the Pomodoro method during her workday. The method involves setting a tomato$-$shaped kitchen timer for $20$ minute periods to generate maximum productivity.

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Each month, Manara has a set of tasks she wishes to accomplish, including "collect one round of data," "analyze one round of data," and "write one literature review."

Hugo disciplines himself to put his financial health before short$-$term fun. When he has extra money at his disposal, he thinks long and hard about whether he should use it to treat himself, or whether it would be smarter to put it in savings.

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Hugo invests in a budgeting software program that allows him to consistently eye his progress toward his goals.