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…
The summaries of the chapter from Covey’s book The seventh habits described by Covey is named “Sharpen the Saw”. The author points out that to be effective and productive people need to renovate themselves. A person needs to renovate oneself in physical, mental, spiritual social, emotional 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…
self: the ability to listen and the seven habits of effective people. Habits one through four focus on oneself; they are habits that help an individual find what is important in his or her life and how to maintain and prioritize those things. Habits five through seven are external habits that challenge individuals to optimize their interaction with individuals and vice versa. Thurman’s statement says that the only way to gain full control…
book “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” explicates the habits that can be adopted by entrepreneurs in order to become successful in their business. These habits are the decisive activities that individuals repetitively do in a comparable way on daily basis whereby their character is a composite of their behaviors. According to Stephen, no matter how the contemporary situation looks like, it is not an individual’s habit. Old and negative habits can be replaced with new habits of…
In the book Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens the author Sean Covey tells you about seven habits that would be good for most teens to start or either keep doing. These habits are Be proactive,Begin with the end in mind,put first things first,Think win-win,Seek first to understand then be understood,Synergize, and Sharpen the saw all of these will help all people but they will help teens more than others. Habit one “Be proactive” Being proactive is an important habit as it is the base for…
community is the ideal of simplicity and an easy lifestyle. Likewise, in the 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, Sean Covey strives to teach young readers the importance in healthy habits that will further benefit in their foreseeable future. When comparing the two sources, there are overlapping themes in being proactive, beginning with the end in mind, and putting first things first. In the movie The Village, the habit of being proactive is displayed multiple times throughout the story’s…
The attached summary outlines the main ideas highlighted in the text "HOW TO WIN FRIENDS & INFLUENCE PEOPLE". Arguably one of the bestselling self-help books to date with over seventy-five years in print, Dale Carnegie’s easy to follow advice and principles will allow you to maximize your potential, both in your personal life and in the work place. Part One: Fundamental techniques in handling people "If You Want to Gather Honey, Don't Kick Over the Beehive" The first major point Dale…
chapter four, Duhigg demonstrates that the keystone habit of safety used by O’Neill led to success. First, O’Neill fixed Alcoa’s problems of law profit and bad management by focusing on the keystone habit of worker safety which made the stockholder worried. Second, O’Neill knew that companies relied on organization habit, so he wanted to create a new habit of safety (based on the habit loop) which created small behaviors change. Another keystone habit influence thing advantages into patterns…
Goal 1: James will stabilize his mood. • James was in a good mood when the QP met with him for a session and James offered a compliment while in front of the QP. • James acknowledged, “I did learn about mindfulness while in Holly Hill during groups.” • James stated, “Mindfulness was being respectful towards your mother”; however, the QP informed him mindfulness deal with breathing. • James listened as the QP provided information about mindfulness. • James focused on the benefits of…
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…