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greater person. You could overall learn how to get through your teenage years without being stressed out. First, you learn about Being proactive habit 1, taking charge of your life. Learning this habit and being able to implement it into your life is very important. You learn to do things earlier rather than later. For instance,…

Covey presents this habit as being the most important principle that governs interpersonal relationships. Effective listening entails more than just echoing or supporting what another individual has said without first giving it a proper thought. Put yourself in the perspective of the speaker and then try to understand issues from his point of view. Listen emphatically for both meaning and the feelings that are evoked during the speech process. Habit 6: Synergize…

Put First Things First and Think Win-Win Covey’s habit 3 and 4 are First Things First which is about the practice of priorities in time management in a private victory and habit 4 is Think Win-Win which is about a public victory balancing courage and empathic in relationships. Habit 3 reminds me of putting God first. He is my center and sound principle. Habit 4 is reaching out to my neighbor that is a win-win. I am reminded to love my neighbor as myself. In addition win-win is a excellent way…

People, which gives the reader a detailed look into what habits they should form in order to succeed and be more effective in their day to day lives. The book is very well written with real world examples and quotes that leave the reader thinking as to how they should implement the 7 habits into their lives. The first habit that Covey writes about is to, “Be Proactive,” meaning to take control of one’s response-ability. Response-Ability means that one has the ability to control how they…

Putting first thing first is about going for your goals in habit to it was about setting a goal. When you put first things first you are prioritizing your day ahead of time and not waiting time it's time to do it. In habit three you have for thing two of them are important and the other two are not. For example something…

Part 1 Life can be a deceitful reality special when you wished it would have been easy if only it came with a step-by-step guide. In the book of Stephen R. Convey that is title the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, it has guidance that is good for students, career individuals and anyone for that matter who is willing to transform their lives in a positive direction. within each of the 7 Habits, I am absolutely convinced that every individual can benefit from at least one of the habits. For…

dimensions. At the beginning of the chapter Covey tells the story about two men who were sawing a tree all day long. One of them sawed wood without any breaks; the second man did short pauses every hour. In the end of a it became clear that the first man who worked without any breaks sawed smaller piece of a tree in comparison to the second man who did many breaks. The reason why the second man sawed larger pieces of a tree was that this man sharpens…

they should be completed in. This book brought a lot into prospective for me. I am now fully committed to compare each habit to my life and change my actions to make sure I am living a productive life. The first habit discussed in the book is being proactive. According to Stephen Covey the first step to being proactive is to look at your self in your own mirror. Do not let what others say of you affect the view of yourself in your own mirror. Being proactive has to do with your response to a…

Stephen Covey proposes that there are seven habits that can be learned to improve one’s personal and interpersonal effectiveness. I completely agree all seven habits Stephen has written in this book, throughout the book Covey shares his own personal experiences instead of imagining situations you may be in, it is easier for the readers to relate to our everyday circumstances. I found there are particular areas of each habit to be more influential or relatable to my life. Listening to our…

Traveling aboard the Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery, 104 men landed in Virginia in 1607 at a place named Jamestown. This was the first permanent English settlement in the New World. Thirteen years later, 102 settlers aboard the Mayflower landed in Massachusetts at a place they named Plymouth. With these two colonies, English settlement in North America was born. Born in 1580 in Willoughby, England, Smith left home at age 16 after his father died. He joined volunteers in France who were…