7 Habit's Profile Reflection

My first impression after completing the Seven Habit’s Profile is that I might have fallen prey to the tendency for people when taking a self-report assessment to over-rate their capabilities. My thought was immediately reinforced by the feeling of not ever being highly successful. I figured I probably should have felt successful by now if the habits were being exercised to the level I rated. In reflection, my responses are heavily influenced by many of life’s lessons I have learned from providing professional mental health and addiction services. Upon further reflection, I think and feel I need to change aspects of my definition of what it means to be successful to reconcile my experience after the profile was complete. I was surprised that …show more content…
It is currently low as I am trying to schedule an education program into an existing hectic lifestyle. I hope to improve my score in this category as soon as possible to balance demands of my family, school, work, and health. I have felt burned out lately, a major reason I am seeking continued higher education to change things up. I fear when work life balance is a concern of others I will not be able to address it sufficiently because of my personal deficit. Good information I can give to others would likely be discredited for the same …show more content…
It will also allow me to not live on other’s praise, feedback or validation. Instead I will be able to give these to subordinates. As a leader a healthy emotional bank account will help me connect to people. When therapy is done well connection is present and fostered. If connection is lacking or weak there is a good argument therapy can’t occur. I believe leadership is the same way. When I perceive my emotional bank account to be low I will build it back up quickly. It will take priority over most things because it is highly likely the most important thing I can do to maintain