Welcome to one of my 3 posts.
Wondering what these 3 posts will be about? They’re going to be about Sean Covey’s book called The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens.
Our class has to read the entire book. Yes, it’s about good habits and ways of life.
- Be proactive
- Begin with the end in mind
- Put first things first
- Think win-win
- Seek first to understand, then to be understood
- Synergize
- Sharpen the saw (what the helly)
This post is only meant to be about the first 3 habits. So here we go.
1. Be proactive
The definition of proactive is “taking charge and making things happen instead of waiting for others to do it or waiting for things to happen to you”. For example, having extra glue gun sticks before a big project or planning ahead for a trip. If you aren’t proactive, you’re probably reactive. Reactive is the opposite if you haven’t already figured that out.
2. Begin with the end in mind
Everyone has a different example of what this could mean. For me, I think of running. When you go for a run it’s all fun and games until you get a cramp. But you have to keep on pushing till your home because this is what you committed yourself to doing. Now that when you get closer to home, you can think about watching Netflix and eating cookies (the end). It also puts you into a good mindset of not giving up.
3. Put first things first
If you don’t already get an idea of what this one is about, I will explain it for you. Let’s think of 3 things… homework….going to a friend’s house….and the dishes. Obviously the first thing to do would be your homework. Then you would do the dishes, then go over to a friends house. No one will be washing the dishes for you. And what’s also important is putting YOURSELF first before others.
Paradigms
It’s not pronounced “para- dig ‘em”. Try saying “pear-e-dim”. Yes, it got me too. A paradigm is the way you view or think of something. Let’s say the Canucks hockey team. You might love that team and watch all of their games. But your friend might dislike that team that think they suck.
Being principle centred
Being principle centred means making choices based on good rules, rather than just following rules without understanding why. Mainly about doing what’s right because it’s the right thing to do, even when no one’s watching.
YouTube shorts #1
Guess what… we got to choose our groups!! I chose to be with Madeline and Gemma. This is lowkey the tuffest group out of all of them (This group holds the most aura).
Conclusion
I really enjoyed making the video, not so much reading the book. But thats ok because there’s still 2 more posts to go! I’ll see you in the next posts!