Self Management In order to manage our roles, responsibilities and relationships we need resources. Our resources are our energies, and we have three levels of energy, or sources of resources – physical, mental and spiritual. Somewhere along the line we receive a little education in how to manage our physical energy in the form of diet, exercise, rest and relaxation, but no one tells us how to manage our mental and spiritual energies. In fact no one tells us what these energies are and how they work. The only way to manage these energies is to experiment and act on what information we receive. For example we may read that it is good to always perceive and think positively about ourselves, others and the world, regardless of what is unfolding in front of us. Nice theory, which we can remember with ease, but it has absolutely no value, unless we do it. And when we do it, we quickly see it is not easy, there are inner obstacles and habits to overcome and change. And to do that we must learn methods, practice those methods and increase our own transformation. The ideas, methods are the maps but action is the road.