“ME Time!”Planning Habits for Teens
Health Careers Academy ScholarsYEAR 1 - November
Lowcountry, Mid-Carolina, Pee Dee, Upstate AHEC Regions
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“ME Time!”Learning Objectives
• Identify ways to gain control of your time … and your life!
• Define the term “habits.”• Discuss “The 7 Highly Effective Habits
for Teens” based on Sean Covey’s book by the same title.
• Character Moment: RESTRAINT
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“If you don’t take control of your life, don’t complain when others do. ”
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Quote by: Beth Mende Conny
“86,400 Seconds”
• Get control of your time!• How you spend your time or
allow others to spend it for you is what “time management” is all about.
• Do you have a plan?
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7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens
Habit 1: Be ProactiveHabit 2: Begin with the End in
MindHabit 3: Put First Things FirstHabit 4: Think Win-WinHabit 5: Seek First to Understand,
Then to Be UnderstoodHabit 6: SynergizeHabit 7: Sharpen the Saw
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Source: The 7 Habits of High Effective Teens, Sean Covey, 2004
• Time is precious.• Make the most of your life and don’t
waste time!
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Control Your Time …
Habit 1 – Be Proactive
• Are you proactive or reactive?Proactive means to think before
you act – You’re in control.Reactive means you act before you
think – You’re out of control.
• It’s a choice!
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Habit 1 – Be Proactive
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Ring of NO Control
Ring of Control
What are things you CAN’T control?
What are things you CAN control?
Habit 2 – Begin with the End in Mind
• What do you want to do in life?• Live your passion! Think
beyond the day.• You’re at a crossroads. What’s
next?
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Habit 3 – Put First Things First
• As teens, you have more “things” robbing your time these days.
• So, where do you start?
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Habit 4 – Think Win-Win
• This habit requires a TOTAL attitude adjustment.
• We both win if we’re willing to work hard at winning.
• Help others!
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“You can get everything you want in life if you will just help enough other
people get what they want.”
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Quote by: Zig Ziglar
Habit 5 – Seek to First Understand, Then to Be
Understood
• LISTENING is key! We have TWO ears and ONE mouth for a reason!
• As humans, there is one common desire we share – to be understood.
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Habit 6 – Synergize
• If we work together, we get more things done!
• No one person can do everything alone … all the time.
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“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”
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Quote by: Helen Keller
Habit 7 – Sharpen the Saw
• “Balanced renewal” • When you renew yourself, you
continue to grow and develop the necessary skills to be resilient.
• When you don’t renew, everything (and everybody) can be a challenge!
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“Move That Mountain!”
• One step at a time …– THINK upon these habits – SELECT one to work on.– CHOOSE to share what you’re
working on with one other person.
• You CAN Do It!
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“So be sure when you step.Step with care and great tact
And remember that life’s A Great Balancing Act.And will you succeed?Yes! You will, indeed!
(98 and ¾ percent guaranteed)”
Dr. SeussFrom: Oh, The Places You’ll
Go
Wrap It UP … The End!
• Distribute Evaluation• Administer Post-TEST
– Select “Procrastinator Tip”– Home Activity: “Pursue It!”– Home Activity: “Observation is
Key!”
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