the 7 habits of highly effective teens lesson 7--put first things first

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

URGENT NOT URGENT

IMPORTANT

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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

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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

The Time Quadrants

Covey, Sean (2011). The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens (p. 108). Touchstone. Kindle Edition.

Pick up a Planner

Covey, Sean (2011). The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens (p. 113). Touchstone. Kindle Edition.

1. 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

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.

Comfort Zone vs. Courage

Zone

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

1. 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:

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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.

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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:______________

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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

The Public Victory

Life’s most urgent question is: What are you doing for others?

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR

The Relationship Bank Account

Covey, Sean (2011). The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens (p. 134). Touchstone. Kindle Edition.

RBA DEPOSITS RBA WITHDRAWALSKeep 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.

Baby Steps

Keep Promises 1. 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.

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Do Small Acts of Kindness3. 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:

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Be Loyal5. 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

Listen7. 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.

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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 Expectations10. 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.