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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens Habit 6



7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens.

Habit 6

Habit 6: synergize

Synergize is achieved when two or more people work together to create something better than either cloud alone. Through this habit, teens learn it doesn’t have to be “your way” or “my way” but rather a better way, a higher way. Synergize allows teens to value differences and better appreciate others. Synergize is the reward, the delicious fruit you’ll taste as you get better at living the other habits, especially at thinking Win-Win and seeking first to understand. Learning to synergize is like learning to form V formations with others instead of trying to fly through life solo. You’ll be amazed at how much faster and farther you’ll go. Synergize doesn’t just happed. It’s a process. You have to get there. And the foundation of getting there is: Learning to celebrate differences.

A good back is a greater example of synergy. It’s not just the drums, or the guitar, or the sax, or the vocalist, its all of the together that makes up the “sound”.  Each brand member brings his or her strength to the table to create something better than each could alone. No instrument is more important than another, just different.

Choose the Right!!!

Friday, February 15, 2013

Student Success Staement


Student Success Statement

“So often in your quest to me more popular and to be part of the “in group,” we lose sight of things that are far more important.”

-Sean Covey

Reflection: This quote means that when you want to become someone or something you forget about all the thing you do to become an in-group. That is not okay for someone that wants to go to college and fulfill their dreams don’t want to become an in-group.

-Alyssa

7 Habits o Highly Successful Teens Habit 5


7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

                       Habit 5

5. Seek First to Understand, and then to be Understood

Because most people don’t listen very well, one of the great frustrations in life is that many don’t feel understood? This habit will ensure your teen learns the most important communication skill there is: active learning.

Why is this habit the key to communication? It’s because the deepest need of the human heart is to be understood. Everyone wants to be respected and valued for who they are-a unique, expose their soft middles unless they feel genuine love and understanding. Once they feel it, however, they will tell you more than you may want to hear. People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.

Listen with your eyes, heart and ears. 7 percent of communication is contained in the words we use. The rest comes from body language (53 percent) and how we say words, of the tone and feeling reflected in our voice (40 percent).

Most people are eager to talk and had rather talk than listen. We have one mouth and two ears. This means we should listen twice as much as we talk. Learn to listen and listen and learn. Listen, really listen, for understanding.

Seek first to understand then to be understood—LISTEN.

            CHOOSE THE RIGHT!

Thursday, February 14, 2013

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens Habit 4


7 habits of Highly Successful Teens

Habit 4

4. Think win-win

Teens can learn to foster the belief that it is possible to create an atmosphere of win-win in every relationship. This habit encourage the idea that in any given discussion or situation both parties can arrive at a mutually beneficial solution. Your teen will learn to celebrate the accomplishment of others instead of being threatened by them. Win-Win is a belief that everyone can win. It’s both nice and thought all at once. I won’t step on you, but I won’t be your doormat either. You care about other people and you want them to succeed. But you also care about yourself, and you want to succeed as well. Win-Win is abundant. It is the belief that there’s plenty of success to go around. It’s not either you or me. It’s both of us. It’s not a matter of who gets the biggest piece of the pie. Theirs more than enough food for everyone. It’s an all you can eat buffet. Win-win  always creates more. Perhaps the most surprising benefits of thinking Win-Win is good feelings it brings on. The true test to whether you are thinking Win-Win or one of the alternitivesis how you feel. Win-lose and Loss-Win thinking will cloud your judgment and feel you with negative feeling.

Win-Win will fill your heart with happy and serene thought. It will give you confidence. Even fill you with light. Think Win-Win or no deal.

Choose the Right!!!

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Student Success Statement


Student Success Statement

“You cannot do wrong and feel right. It’s impossible.”

Ezra T. Benson

Reflection: I think this quote means that you can never do something wrong and feel good about it. In your body you have to be the one to feel good and not let anyone tell you otherwise.

-Alyssa  

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens Habit 3


7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

Habit 3

Habit 3: put first things first

Habit three is all about WILL and WILL NOT power. This habit helps teens prioritize and manage their time so that they focus on and complete the most important things in their lives. Putting first things first also means learning to overcome fears and being strong during difficult times. Its living life according to what matters most. Putting first things first deal with things that are: important or not important, urgent or not urgent. Let’s look at the four quadrants of tie management.

Quadrant 1: things that are important or urgent

Quadrant 2: things that are important but not urgent

Quadrant 3: things that are not important but are urgent

Quadrant 4: things that are not important and not urgent.

1.Important & urgent
2.Important but not urgent
3.Not important but are urgent
4.NOT important and NOT urgent

 

Quadrant 2: is the ideal place to spend your time, doing things that are important but not urgent. Here’s where priorities come into play. The results for living quadrant 2 are:

1.   Control your life

2.   Balance

3.   High performance

So in what quadrant are you spending most of your time? The key is to shift as much time as possible into quadrant 2 and this is accomplished by planning. Spend more time planning and incorporating the most important things first, things that matter most. Keep your eye on the prize and reach for it.

Choose the Right!!!

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Student Success Statement


Student Success Statement

“The only difference between those who have failed and those who have succeeded lies in the difference of their habits. Good habits are the key to success. Bad habits are the unlocked door to failure. Thus, the first law I will obey, which precedeth all others is-‘form good habits and become their slaves.’ ”

Og Mandino

Reflection: I think this quote means that you should only follow the path that will lead you to what you want not the path that will lead you to the other direction. I think this quote is trying to teach us to go in the right direction to life not the wrong

-Alyssa