Good and Bad Habits Essay

Be Proactive, with Two Eyes and One Mouth Out of the 7 habits in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teen, I've picked two which are Habit 1 and Habit 5. Habit 1 is "Be Proactive; I Am The Force". Habit 5 is "Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood; You Have Two Eyes and One Mouth". When using these two habits, it could help people in many ways in life. Habit 1 is about being proactive. Being proactive is all about "thinking before they act" (Covey 57). Being proactive could be something…

or what they wish in life. He/she uses similes and onomatopoeia to explore that with or without adventure, life would be plain and not as fun. Every person in the world should want or experience hope at one point in their life. If one is in a bad situation where they feel hopeless like there is no way out of it, they should have some kind of hope, whether it is a friend, or family member to help them with a jump start back into the world again. In this poem the writer says, “like a fish…

Habit (not the burger place) Habits could lead our lives in two directions, the right path that leads to success and well-being, or the path that leads to nowhere and laziness. Right now I am on the path the leads to nowhere and laziness. However, changing or getting rid of a bad habit is not an easy task to accomplish. In the book “The Power Of Habit” by Charles Duhigg explains with willpower and determination you can change certain habit and achieve any long goal you wanted to achieve. A…

A high school student wrote a newspaper article about how the candy vending machines were taken away. His points of evidence were that the candy gives them energy to complete the school day, the administration is taking one of there most basic freedoms away, and they don't need to be eating that nutritional because they are teenagers (Candy, Our Candy 2). In my opinion, those points of evidence are invalid and the principal at there school agreed with me. He stated that the candy was…

The first habit is being proactive. Being proactive is good because teenager could take control of their action and determine how exactly life is going to be treating them. For example, if you were to do something bad you would get a consequence. If you were to do something good, then life would treat you fair and give you something fair, but it all depends on your action. Being proactive could lead to success in the future. There is also an opposite of proactive, which is called reactive. Being…

According to Charles Duhigg’s novel, The Power of Habit, the reason why I could not stop was because I had engraved in my brain, a habit. The reason we have habits is because our brains looks for ways to save effort and time. I began to analyze my habit and realized there…

Aristotle’s concepts of “character” and “habit” In this chapter Aristotle defines character and habit. Like Aristotle’s philosophy that virtue leads to wisdom, He also believes that habit develops character. He describes habits and what it is, what it means, and what it leads to. He also describes character, and how its sculpted. He shows us character and habit in a new light, he shows us how to see differently. Character is all us, our traits, behaviors, habits, and likes. We all have unique…

fourth divider is always the dividers that I have the least papers for but it basically depends on what classes I am taking. I have more bad habits than good habits for organization. One of the good habits I have for organization is I keep dividers in my notebook. I think the dividers help me keep my papers organized since I only use one big binder. Some bad habits I have for organization is when I put all my subjects together and do not have them in a binder. When I do this I noticed that I…

Breaking the Habit Breaking the habit of alcohol. Alcohol shouldn’t be legal, it’s worse than or as bad as illegal drugs. It destroys relationships, futures, work performance and the user. Slowly but surely for alcoholics. Alcohol is a gateway drug. You may get away with it 100 times, driving behind the wheel. Under the influence but it only takes one of those times to crash. Per year at least 88,000 men and women die annually Breaking the Habit of alcohol is harder than people might think.…

Name: _Bridget Anderson Date: __August 2, 2014__ Chapter: Get in the Habit Topic: Reflection Reading “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens” Reflection Journal Today, I learn the 7 habits, which are Be proactive, Begin with the end in mind, Put first things first, Think win-win, Seek first to sympathize, then to be understood, Synergize, and Sharpen the saw. Three Important Facts, 1. Some masses are too immature to see what truly occurs in animation. 2. The world's children today are very…