“Choose a job you love, and you’ll never have to work a day in your life.” -Confucius. This is a great quote, but not to most of the students my age. They are intimidated by the big decision about what they are going to do for the rest of their lives, they’re not focused on getting a job in what they love to do. Most students my age don’t know what career path they want to follow, but lucky for me, I am a sophomore and I still have two years left to decide what profession I will go into. That means that I have two more opportunities to improve my scores on the PSAT, which will tell me what college institutions I can attend to achieve my dream. I have also read Sean Covey’s self-help novel, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, which
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This novel is meant to improve the habits of teenagers to help them achieve their goals. By reading this book, I learned how to positively change my habits in a way that can improve my chances of becoming a sports broadcaster. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens is broken up into two sections, private victories and public victories. The private victories focus on how I can develop a better relationship with myself, while the public victories are aimed at improving my relationships with …show more content…
The relationship bank account is the amount of trust and confidence that I put into a relationship. I can build it up by doing small acts of kindness and remaining loyal, but it can be weakened by ignoring others. I am decent at following the relationship bank account’s values. I stay loyal and always listen to others, but I am not great at doing small acts of kindness. Habit four introduced me to the idea of thinking win-win, a relationship where both people that are involved win. Thinking win-win starts out with a strong foundation built on personal security and self-confidence, and it only works when both people genuinely care about one another. The two major forces to avoid are comparison and competition, which totally destroy the basis of win-win thinking. This is the habit that I follow the worst, I find myself constantly comparing myself to others which leads me to compete against them. The fifth habit in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens says that, in order to be understood, I need to listen and understand the other person’s point of view. To accomplish this, I need to listen to them with my ears, eyes, and heart while also looking at the situation from their perspective. Another major component of habit five is listening to others with the appropriate body language, for example, mirror their attitude and body language. I feel that I excel in the
This novel is meant to improve the habits of teenagers to help them achieve their goals. By reading this book, I learned how to positively change my habits in a way that can improve my chances of becoming a sports broadcaster. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens is broken up into two sections, private victories and public victories. The private victories focus on how I can develop a better relationship with myself, while the public victories are aimed at improving my relationships with …show more content…
The relationship bank account is the amount of trust and confidence that I put into a relationship. I can build it up by doing small acts of kindness and remaining loyal, but it can be weakened by ignoring others. I am decent at following the relationship bank account’s values. I stay loyal and always listen to others, but I am not great at doing small acts of kindness. Habit four introduced me to the idea of thinking win-win, a relationship where both people that are involved win. Thinking win-win starts out with a strong foundation built on personal security and self-confidence, and it only works when both people genuinely care about one another. The two major forces to avoid are comparison and competition, which totally destroy the basis of win-win thinking. This is the habit that I follow the worst, I find myself constantly comparing myself to others which leads me to compete against them. The fifth habit in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens says that, in order to be understood, I need to listen and understand the other person’s point of view. To accomplish this, I need to listen to them with my ears, eyes, and heart while also looking at the situation from their perspective. Another major component of habit five is listening to others with the appropriate body language, for example, mirror their attitude and body language. I feel that I excel in the