7 habits of highly successful teens habit 2

Habit 2: begin with the end in mind

If teens aren’t clear about where they want to end up in life, about their values, goals, and what they stand for, they will wander, waste time, and be tossed to and fro by the opinion of others. Help your teen create a personal mission statement which will act as a road map and direct and guide his decision making process.

“Keep your eyes on the prize.” Determine your desired prize and don’t quit until you have realized the achievement of your prize. Then set another prize, another goal or desire that you would really like to achieve. Begin with the achievement of your prize in mind. Visualize and then realize. Start by having a target in mind; know where you are going.

One prize or goal you definitely need to establish for yourself is the prize of an honorable graduation from high school that you will receive your diploma honestly and with integrity that you earned it with perfect honesty.

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Student success statement

“Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man’s doing but my own. I am the force.”

Elaine Maxwell

What Elaine is saying is that it’s no one else’s fault for what happens to you. Whether you are getting a job or getting fired from one it’s your fault to what happens with you and only you. Don’t blame others for your actions only yourself.

7 habits of highly successful teen habits 1

Being proactive is the key to unlocking the other habits. Help your teens take control and responsibly for her life. Proactive people understand that they are responsible for their own happiness or unhappiness. They don’t blame others for their actions or feelings. Proactive people realize that the ball is in their court, that they are the captain of their own ship; that they are in control, control of their decisions, thoughts, choices, decisions, goals, actions, and priorities. Proactive people are self-starters; they don’t wait to be told what to do, they press forward with enthusiasm toward the achievement of their assignment, their duties, their responsibilities, their obligations, obey the law, obey the coach, obey the school policies, obey your parents, obey with exactness, and great things will come to you. Be proactive and take the initiative.

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Student success statement

“Keep your eyes on the prize”

ANON

What this person is trying to say is that you have to keep going towards the thing you want and you have to fight for it. If you want something real bad you have to fight for it whether it’s a person, place, or thing. Either way you have to keep your eyes on it and take care of that one thing you want and if you try hard enough than you might just get what you want.

Ten tips for student success

St. Johns University

1.   Attend your classes. Remember in the words of Woody Allen ‘Seventy percent of success in life is showing up’.

2.   Know your faculty. Make sure you know who your teachers are, when their office hours are and how to contact them.

3.   Make sure the faculty knows you. Sit in the front of the classroom. Participate in class discussions. Consult with your teachers during office hours.

4.   Use a daily planner. Note the dates of exams, assignments, term, paper, etc.

5.   Be organized. Prioritize your responsibilities. Manage your time. Remember everyone has the same 168 hours a week, only some of us use them better than others.

6.   Know your campus resources. Visit you academic’s dean office regularly. Become familiar with the service and programs offered by the counseling center, the freshman center, the career center, the campus ministry office, and the student life office.

7.   Take care of your health. Get enough sleep. Eat well balanced meals. Exercise regularly. Make informed and mature decisions about alcohol, sex and drugs. Visit the health office if needed.

8.   Work only as necessary. Try not the exceed 20 hours during a school week. If possible, work on campus. Apply for financial aid and loans if you need them. Manage your expenses very carefully.

9.   Get involved in campus activities. It will help you learn valuable skills, expand your social network and enhance your self-confidence. Seek out opportunities to apply what you learn in the classroom.

10.                     Keep your eyes on the prize. Clarify your goals. Know why you are in (high school or) college in the first place. Visualize your success on a daily basis.

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Student success statement         “You make your habits and your habits make you.”

ANON

What this person said was that you can affect yourself from what you do. From your habits you can affect yourself. Sometime it doesn’t only affect you though. You could also affect your friends and family.

  7 habits of highly successful teens by Sean covey

For teen, life is not a playground it’s a jungle. And, being the parent of a teenager isn’t any walk in the park, either. In his book, the 7 habits of highly effective teens, author Sean Covey attempts to provide “a compass to help teens and their parents navigate the problem they encounter daily.”

How will they deal with peer pressure? Motivation? Success or lack thereof? The life of a teenager is full of tough issues and life changing decisions. As a parent, you are responsible to help them learn the principles and ethics that will help them learn their goals and live a successful life.

While it’s all well and good to tell kids how to live their lives, “teens watch what you do more than they listen to what you say,” Covey says. So practice what you preach. Your example can be very influential

Covey himself has done well by following a parent’s example. His dad, Stephen Covey, wrote the book the 7 habits of highly successful people, which sold over 15 million copies. Sean’s a chip off the old block, and no slacker. His own book has rung in a more than respectable 2 million copies sold. Here are his seven habits, and some ideas for helping your teen understand and apply them.

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