HABIT 1 BE PROACTIVE

As human beings we are responsible for our lives.

Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions.
Proactive people do not blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their
behavior.
Proactive peoples behavior is a product of their own conscious choice.
Proactive People do not believe in determinism:
Genetic Determinism Your grandparents did this to you.
Psychic Determinism Your parents did it to you.
Environmental Determinism Your surroundings did this to you.
HABIT 2 BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND
ALL THINGS HAVE 2 CREATIONS:
FIRST CREATION = MENTAL CREATION

SECOND CREATION = PHYSICAL CREATION

PERSONAL LEADERSHIP

MANAGEMENT = DOING THINGS RIGHT

LEADERSHIP = DOING THE RIGHT THINGS

BECOMING YOUR OWN FIRST CREATOR

IMAGINATION ALLOWS US TO VISUALIZE THE POTENTIAL THAT LIES

WITHIN US

CONSCIENCE = THE PERSONAL GUIDELINES ALLOW US TO REACH

POTENTIAL
HABIT 3 PUT FIRST THINGS FIRST

INDEPENDENT WILL
ABILITY TO MAKE DECISIONS AND CHOICES AND TO ACT IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THEM
THE POWER TO DO SOMETHING WHEN YOU DONT WANT TO DO IT
POWER TO BE A FUNCTION OF YOUR VALUES RATHER THAN A
FUNCTION OF THE IMPULSE OF THE MOMENT

THE FOUR GENERATIONS OF TIME MANAGEMENT

URGENT
NOT URGENT
IMPORTANT
NOT IMPORTANT

FOUR QUADRANTS
URGENT

NOT URGENT

I
ACTIVITIES:
IMPORTANT

II
ACITIVITIES:

III
NOT ACTIVITIES:
IMPORTANT

IV
ACTIVITIES:

HABIT 4 THINK WIN-WIN

Six Paradigms of Human Interaction:
Win/Win
Win/Lose
Lose/Win
Deal

Lose/Lose
Win
Win/Win or No

WIN-WIN:

Seeks mutual benefit in all human interactions

Sees life as a cooperative, not competitive arena

WIN-LOSE

If I win, you lose

I get my way, you dont get yours

LOSE-WIN

I lose, you win

Im a loser, Ive always been a loser
Step on me again, everyone else does.

LOSE-LOSE

Results when two Win/Lose people get together.

Vindictive, Stubborn, get back at

WIN
Thinks in terms of getting their own way, others are on their own.
WIN-WIN OR NO DEAL
Agree to Disagree Agreeably
FOR HABITS 5-7 REFER TO THE HANDOUT FROM WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER
14.

THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE

BY STEVEN COVEY
CULMINATING ACTIVITY
FOR THE CULMINATING ( ENDING ) ACTIVITY OF THIS UNIT ON THE 7
HABITS, READ THE DIRECTIONS BELOW AND COMPLETE THE WRITING
ACTIVITY.
DEAR STUDENT,
I HOPE THAT YOU ENJOYED COVEYS 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE
PEOPLE. IF YOU EMPLOY THESE HABITS, THEY WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE
IN YOUR LIFE. AS AN ASSESSMENT, FOR ME TO DETERMINE WHAT YOU
LEARNED FROM THIS UNIT, PLEASE READ THE DIRECTIONS ON THE NEXT
PAGE. YOU HAVE THE ENTIRE PERIOD AND I WILL ACCEPT NO PAPER UNTIL
THE END OF THE PERIOD. THIS MAY NOT BE EASY FOR SOME OF YOU AS IT
REQUIRES DEEP THOUGHT AND REFLECTION. WE ARE ALL CAPABLE OF
THIS, BUT SOMETIMES WE JUST DONT PRACTICE IT VERY OFTEN. AS THIS
IS A DIFFICULT EXERCISE, PLEASE BE AS QUIET AS POSSIBLE TO ALLOW
ALL TO THINK. GOOD LUCK AND I LOOK FORWARD TO READING YOUR
RESPONSES.
SINCERELY,
MR. CHAPPELEAR

Choose 3 Activities below : 1 must be from habits 1-2 1 must be from habits 3-5 and
one must be from habits 6 or 7 or the All Habits activity
HABIT 1 Write a full page, double spaced essay on how being proactive will allow you
to accomplish more in your life than being reactive.
HABIT 2 Write a full page, double spaced essay titled The story of my life, at age 37.
This should be an essay describing how you envision your life up to 37 years of age. Yes,
I am 37.
HABIT 3 Fill out the chart with the 4 quadrants of time management.
HABIT 4 Write a full page, double spaced essay titled The advantages of Thinking
Win-Win.
HABIT 5 Write a half page, double spaced essay titled Why it is important to seek first
to understand, then to be understood.
HABIT 6 Write a half page, double spaced essay titled, What synergy means to me.
HABIT 7 Explain in a half page, double spaced essay, how you would renew yourself
physically, mentally, spiritually, and social/emotionally.
ALL HABITS Write a double spaced, half page essay titled How the 7 Habits of
Highly Effective People will help to make me a successful person.
****THESE SHOULD BE COMPLETED ON YOUR OWN NOTEBOOK PAPER
EXCEPT FOR HABIT 3. GOOD LUCK