ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on critical elements related to the spirit of contemporary times. It reviews the concept of self-leadership along with its components, self-regulation, self-control and self-management. The chapter presents a series of challenges that are essential to consider in the process of boosting up our self-leadership qualities: change, speed, unexpected turns, paradigm shifts, entrepreneurial spirit, obsolescence of old habits, mindsets and theories, and lifelong learning. It also presents these challenges as factors one needs to be keenly aware of in today's world of performance. The chapter explores a series of behaviors that can be considered as a first-aid kit in preparing for success. Change is also continuously manifested in our life and work experiences. The chapter talks about some challenges people face today that provide the answer to obsolescence of old habits, mindsets and theories: the process of lifelong learning.
