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    Final Reflection While registering for the semester I noticed this course and thought it would be very beneficial for both my personal and professional lives. I felt I was in need of learning new techniques and regimes to reduce stress, increase productivity, and learn to efficiently and effectively relax in order to improve my communication. I mean who wouldn’t want to learn how to relax and receive credit hours at the same time. With that being said I immediately signed up, and for once I was excited

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    The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is a management tool capable of providing the necessary tools to learn how to lead life effectively, through a process of growth and personal and interpersonal development. The first three habits are directed towards their own success, and three on public or achievements victory for the environment, and the last habit on ability and need to continually improve. When we discuss habits, it is necessary to mention the terms

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    Throughout reading Sean Covey’s 7 Habits of HIghly Effective Teens you made undergo modifications in your own life if you are considering the life changing statements he made. The purpose of this book was to inspire and change young adults habits that they have conjured up. I have actually been able to apply some of these habits in my own life.He has taught me and some of my classmates many lesson as we have read and overviewed the text. These principles or habits have taught me about a healthy relationship

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    “7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens” ,written by Sean Covey, is about 7 habits. The first habit is Be Proactive, second is Begin with the End In Mind, next is Put First Things First, fourth is Think Win-Win. Then there is the fifth habit, Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood, sixth is Synergize, and lastly the seventh habit is Sharpen the Saw. I learned to listen and pay attention to the person speaking. That way you can get to know the person and yourself better. Pay attention to someone’s

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    The purpose of Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens is to better mold a teen’s mind frame. Most teen’s lives are crazy and have no order. These seven habits help teens get control over their lives. The first part is the private victory, followed by the public victory, and finally the renewal. If all of these habits are applied, they will help all teens to be more successful and get more out of life. Habit 1 is all about being proactive, and taking charge of yourself. You can’t keep blaming

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    “The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens”, a book is Sean Covey, is a about good habits that teens can follow . Each habit is as important as the next . The book goes over things like the way you can control yourself and feelings . It also helps you out on ways to get rid of stress. These techniques helped me and the may help you. The first habit is Be Proactive, that means for you take responsibility for your life. What that means is for you to go out there and be like I did it and it was my fault

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    The purpose of Sean Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens is to inform teens on making better choices for a better and healthier lifestyle. In the book, 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, the author gives seven habits and explains each one and how you can apply them to your life. If all these habits are applied to your life you will be much happier and in order. With these applied in your life you can also find yourself doing good things for other people, in trouble a lot less, and making better

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    Principle centered leadership is essential in making an organization a positive environment. Dr. Steven Covey talks about the four levels of principle centered leadership and their key principles in his book, Principle Centered Leadership. In doing so, he broke the concepts down as it relates to each other, and also someone’s professional and personal life. The different levels of principle centered leadership explains how leaders would be following the principles of being a leader, versus one who

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    with written goals are 50% more likely to achieve than people without goals. In the novel The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, by Sean Covey distributed many habits that can be applied to a high school freshman. In the novel, Covey teaches his readers qualities, of acceptable habits, use in their everyday lives and substandard habits to steer away from. Covey educates his readers through habit one, three, and two on how to be proactive, to set up priorities, and how to think with the end in mind

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    Throughout Sean Covey’s Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens, I found myself questioning what I could do to integrate his habits into my life. Would working with my enemies benefit me, as it did the teens in Covey’s Habit 4 chapter? Would this be a better essay had I started a week earlier and prioritized like Habit 3 told me to? With these questions and others in mind, I ventured through Covey’s novel in constant fear that I would realize that I was doing yet another thing wrong. This fear was

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