7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens

7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens By Sean Covey READING/REFLECTIVE SCHEDULE

Week 1: Oct 1-5 Part I The Set-Up Pg. 3-28 Reflections on: a. From reading The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, I hope to be able to do? b. The 7HHET can do what for me? c. What is a paradigm? Would your paradigm change after listening to others paradigm? d. What is a principle? Create a “t” chart of principles that are important to you on the left and why they are important to you on the right. e. Create you own “personal wheel”. What is your life centered on and what are the things that you tend to spend your time on? (Refer to pg. 25) f. Reflect on the “baby steps” on pg. 28.

Week 2: Oct 8-12 Part II The Personal Bank Account Pg. 31-46 Reflections on: a. Complete 3 RAK (Random Acts of Kindness) without the person receiving find out. How did that make you feel? Refer to pgs. 35-36. b. What have you done lately to exercise self-discipline? Draw or write your answer. c. Reflect on the “baby steps” on pg. 45-46

Week 3: Oct 15-19 Part II Habit 1-Be Proactive Pg. 47-72 Reflections on: a. What does proactive mean? Give an example of a proactive choice you’ve made? b. What does reactive mean? When and where do you tend to be the most reactive? c. Listen to your language. Is it proactive or reactive? List some examples. Refer to pg. 51. d. Reflect on the “baby steps” on pg 71-72. Week 4: Oct 22-26 Part II Habit 2-Begin with the End in Mind Pg. 73-104 Reflections on: a. List some crossroads you will encounter in the net few months? b. What qualities do I want to develop in my life? c. What contributions do I want to make to others and my community? d. What things will I need to have for the kind of future I want? e. Complete the “Great Discovery” on pg. 86-89? f. Make a list of the most important things you want your personal mission statement to include. Review the “Great Discovery” and the previous question and write all of the ideas that come to your mind. g. Creat you own personal missiona statement. Refer to pg. 81-82; 90-91. h. Reflect on the “baby steps” on pg 104.

Week 5: Oct 29-Nov 2 Part II Habit 3-Put First Things First Pg. 105-130 Reflections on: a. Where do you spend most of you time? Write down how you spent your time yesterday. What took up most of your time? Did the things that filled up your day matter most to you? Where did you waste time? Where were you most productive? b. Create you own “time quadrant” and reflect on where all your above activities fit in the graph. Refer to pg. 112. c. Think of a time when you acted in the face of fear and took a risk to move outside of your comfort zone. What did you learn? d. Under what circumstances do you need to step outside of your comfort zone and exercise more courage? e. What holds you back from moving outside your courage zone? f. How can you act more courageously? g. Reflect on the “baby steps” on pg. 128. Week 6: Nov 5-9 Part III The Relationship Bank Pg. 131-144 Reflections on: a. How would you define “public victory”? b. Describe to someone and write down how the “relationship bank account” works and why it is important and what their response was? c. Reflect on the “baby steps” on pg. 144.

Week 7: Nov 12-16 Part III Habit 4-Think Win-WIN!!! Pg. 145-162 Reflections on: a. Write your definition of win-win thinking. Once you have your description, share it with a friend. Use examples from your own life. b. It is hardest for me to think win-win when ____________? It is easiest for me to think win-win when _____________? When I practice win-win thinking, I enjoy the following benefits________? c. Write about an experience where you had a win-lose mentality. How did you feel about it? Would you do things differently now? d. Write about an experience where you practiced lose-win or someone acted in a lose-win way toward you. How did you feel? e. List a specific situation that you may face in the next seven days that will require win-win thinking? How will you prepare yourself to think win-win? Later, record the experience as it actually happened. Write what the experience taught you about thinking win-win. f. Reflect on the “baby steps” on pg 162. Week 8: Nov 19-23 Part III Habit 5-Seek First to Understand Pg. 163-180 Reflections on: a. When was the last time you tried walking in someone else’s shoes? What was the experience like-actually trying to consider another person’s point of view or idea before sharing yours? Describe what happened and what you learned?