Teens everywhere in the world, tall or small, black or white, repeat certain actions, oblivious that they even do them. Overtime, however, our habits define us more than just our expressive attire; they make or break us. Sean Covey wrote the book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens to inform teens to about the characteristics that happy and successful adolescents have in common. Through consistently choosing and applying the principles of Covey’s seven habits, teens increase personal power in their lives by achieving private victory, public victory, and renewal through balance.
To increase our personal power, we must first achieve private victory. Prior to working with others, we need find a sense of wholeness. For us to accomplish this …show more content…
As we deal with the public and private skirmishes we doll ourselves out. To keep us from feeling imbalanced, stressed-out, or empty inside we must incorporate habit seven, Sharpen The Saw. Sharpen The Saw deals with keeping our personal selves sharp so we can better deal with life. It means regularly renewing and strengthening the four dimensions of our lives- the body, brain, heart, and soul. To commence renewal, we ought to address our physical dimension. As humans, we will only receive one body, so we need to treat our amazing machine with care. Caring for our body is simple; we just need to eat healthy, exercise daily, and give up a bad habit for a week. Furthermore, teens need to manage the mental dimension. This means establishing intellect by means of mental-magnifying experiences like schooling, extracurricular activities, and hobbies. For us to sharpen our minds, we need to read and obtain as much as an education as we can. Ultimately, Covey exclaims, the key to honing your mind lies in your desire to learn (26). If we truly want to sharpen our minds, we must frankly want to learn; we need to be titillated by learning and be willing to sacrifice for it. Moreover, teens must take care of the emotional dimension. The heart, a very temperamental object, needs constant nourishment and care, like the body. The best way to care for a heart is through relationships. Overtime, constant implementation of public and private victory deposits into a teen’s Personal and Relationship Bank Account, building relationships through a sing teen, then through others. One of the most important ways to take care of the heart is to laugh. Laughing helps loosen up the mental gears and helps teens think creatively and reduces stress. Additionally, teens need to care for the fourth and final dimension, the spiritual dimension. Our souls, the foundation of every one of us, our
To increase our personal power, we must first achieve private victory. Prior to working with others, we need find a sense of wholeness. For us to accomplish this …show more content…
As we deal with the public and private skirmishes we doll ourselves out. To keep us from feeling imbalanced, stressed-out, or empty inside we must incorporate habit seven, Sharpen The Saw. Sharpen The Saw deals with keeping our personal selves sharp so we can better deal with life. It means regularly renewing and strengthening the four dimensions of our lives- the body, brain, heart, and soul. To commence renewal, we ought to address our physical dimension. As humans, we will only receive one body, so we need to treat our amazing machine with care. Caring for our body is simple; we just need to eat healthy, exercise daily, and give up a bad habit for a week. Furthermore, teens need to manage the mental dimension. This means establishing intellect by means of mental-magnifying experiences like schooling, extracurricular activities, and hobbies. For us to sharpen our minds, we need to read and obtain as much as an education as we can. Ultimately, Covey exclaims, the key to honing your mind lies in your desire to learn (26). If we truly want to sharpen our minds, we must frankly want to learn; we need to be titillated by learning and be willing to sacrifice for it. Moreover, teens must take care of the emotional dimension. The heart, a very temperamental object, needs constant nourishment and care, like the body. The best way to care for a heart is through relationships. Overtime, constant implementation of public and private victory deposits into a teen’s Personal and Relationship Bank Account, building relationships through a sing teen, then through others. One of the most important ways to take care of the heart is to laugh. Laughing helps loosen up the mental gears and helps teens think creatively and reduces stress. Additionally, teens need to care for the fourth and final dimension, the spiritual dimension. Our souls, the foundation of every one of us, our