After studying this chapter, you should be able to do the following:

1. Explain the concept of individual differences.
2. Compare the relationships between various personality concepts and self-leadership.
3. Discuss the relationships among age, gender, cultural differences, and self-leadership.
4. Identify the concepts of the protean career and work–life balance.
5. Provide examples of the ways in which self-leadership strategies can be applied to personal problems.
6. Describe some of the ways in which self-leadership strategies can be applied to athletics.
7. Recognize the ways in which self-leadership strategies can be applied to work/organizational positions, including uniquely autonomous jobs, organizational management jobs, and nonmanagement jobs.