We first make
our habits, then our habits make us.
-
English Poet
The book I’m doing this blog about is the
Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey. The habits listed in this book are:
1. Be proactive
2. Begin with the End in Mind
3. Put First Things First
4. Think Win Win
5. Seek First to Understand Then to be
Understood
6. Synergize
7. Sharpen the Saw
These habits
are separated into two categories; the private victory and the public victory.
Putting these habits into practice is a growing tree; you don’t get leaves
before you get the roots. You need to build these habits on top of each other;
they all work together as one. You need to get the ‘private victory’, the
self-mastery, before you can go onto the ‘public victory’, being a good team
player. And habit 7 is last; it feeds all the other habits by renewal.
The seven habits can help
you:
·
Get control of
your life
·
Improve your
relationships with friends
·
Make smarter
decisions
·
Get along with
your parents
·
Overcome
addiction
·
Define your
values and what matters most to you
·
Get more done in
less time increase your self confidence
·
Be happy
·
Find balance
between school, work, friends, and everything else
These posts will try to
give you a brief overview of the whole book.