The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens Lesson 7--Put First Things First
Habit : Put First Things First “Will Power and Won’t Power” The Procrastinator The Yes-man The Slacker The Prioritizer
The Time Quadrants PROCRASTINATOR PRIORITIZER YES-MAN SLACKER THE URGENT NOT URGENT IMPORTANT THE THE PROCRASTINATOR PRIORITIZER lEXAM TOMORROW lPLANNING, GOAL SETTING lFRIEND GETS INJURED lESSAY DUE IN A WEEK lLATE FOR WORK lEXERCISE lPROJECT DUE TODAY lRELATIONSHIPS lCAR BREAKS DOWN lRELAXATION NOT IMPORTANT THE THE YES-MAN SLACKER lUNIMPORTANT PHONE CALL lTOO MUCH TV lINTERRUPTIONS lENDLESS CHAT lOTHER PEOPLE'S SMALL PROBLEMS lEXCESSIVE COMPUTER GAMES lPEER PRESSURE lMALL MARATHONS lTIME WASTERS Covey, Sean (2011). The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens (p. 108). Touchstone. Kindle Edition.
Pick up a Planner Plan Weekly—Take15 minutes to plan your week 2. Identify your BIG rocks. 3. Block out time for the BIG rocks. 4. Schedule everything else. 5. Adapt daily. Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lpau5YXk46Y Covey, Sean (2011). The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens (p. 113). Touchstone. Kindle Edition.
Comfort Zone vs. Courage Zone It’s not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves. EDMUND HILLARY (first person to climb Mount Everest) Covey, Sean (2011). The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens (p. 118). Touchstone. Kindle Edition.
Albert E. Gray’s Common Denominator of Success: All successful people have the habit of doing the things failures don’t like to do. They don’t like doing them either necessarily. But their disliking is subordinated to the strength of their purpose. Covey, Sean (2011). The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens (p. 125). Touchstone. Kindle Edition.
“To realize the value of One Year, Ask a student who failed his or her AP exams. To realize the value of One Month, Ask a mother who gave birth to a premature baby. To realize the value of One Week, Ask an editor of a weekly magazine. To realize the value of One Day, ask the person who was born on February 29th. . To realize the value of One Hour, Ask the lovers who are waiting to meet. To realize the value of One Minute, Ask a person who missed their train. To realize the value of One Second, Ask the person who survived an accident. To realize the value of One Millisecond, Ask the person who won a silver medal in the Olympics.”
Baby Steps Set a goal to use a planner for one month. Stick to your plan. 2. Identify your biggest time-wasters. Do you really need to spend two hours on the phone, surf the Web all night, or watch that sitcom rerun? My biggest time-wasters:
Baby Steps 3. Are you a “pleaser,” someone who says yes to everything and everyone? If so, have the courage to say no today when it’s the right thing to do. 4. If you have an important test in one week, don’t procrastinate and wait until the day before to study. Suck it up and study a little each day.
Baby Steps 5. Think of something you’ve procrastinated for a long time but that’s very important to you. Block out time this week to get it done. Item I’ve procrastinated forever: ____________ 6. Note your ten most important big rocks for the upcoming week. Now, block out time on your schedule to accomplish each one.
Baby Steps 7. Identify a fear that is holding you back from reaching your goals. Decide right now to jump outside your comfort zone and stop letting that fear get the best of you. Fear that’s holding me back:______________
Baby Steps 8. How much impact does peer pressure have on you? Identify the person or people who have the most influence upon you. Ask yourself, “Am I doing what I want to do or what they want me to do? Person or people who most influence me:______________________ Covey, Sean (2011). The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens (p. 128). Touchstone. Kindle Edition.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens Lesson 8—The Public Victory
Life’s most urgent question is: What are you doing for others? The Public Victory Life’s most urgent question is: What are you doing for others? MARTIN LUTHER KING JR
The Relationship Bank Account RBA DEPOSITS RBA WITHDRAWALS Keep promises. Break promises. Do small acts of kindness. Keep to yourself. Be loyal. Gossip. Listen. Don’t Listen. Say you’re sorry. Be arrogant. Set clear expectations. Set false expectations. Covey, Sean (2011). The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens (p. 134). Touchstone. Kindle Edition.
Baby Steps Keep Promises The next time you go out for the night, tell your mom or dad what time you will be home and keep to it. 2. All day today, before giving out any commitments, pause and think about whether or not you can honor them. Don’t say, “I’ll call tonight,” or “Let’s have lunch today,” unless you can follow through.
Baby Steps Do Small Acts of Kindness 3. Buy a burger for a homeless person this week. 4. Write a thank-you note to someone you’ve been wanting to thank for a long time. Person I need to thank:
Baby Steps Be Loyal 5. Pinpoint when and where it is most difficult for you to refrain from gossip. Is it with a certain friend, in the locker room, during lunch? Come up with a plan of action to avoid it. 6. Try to go one whole day saying only positive things about others.
Baby Steps Listen 7. Don’t talk so much today. Spend the day listening. 8. Think of a family member you’ve never really taken the time to listen to, like a little sister, big brother, or grandpa. Take the time.
Baby Steps Say You’re Sorry 9. Before you go to bed tonight, write a simple note of apology to someone you may have offended. Set Clear Expectations 10. Think of a situation where you and the other party have different expectations. Put together a plan for how to get on the same page. Their expectation: My expectation: Covey, Sean (2011). The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens (p. 145). Touchstone. Kindle Edition.
Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man. C. S. LEWIS AUTHOR Covey, Sean (2011-01-18). The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens (p. 146). Touchstone. Kindle Edition.