Top Ten Rules for Success

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Habit 1: Be Proactive                                                                                                                          "Habit 1 is the key to unlocking all the other habits and that's why it comes first. It says, "I am the captain of my life. I can choose my attitude. I'm responsible for my own happiness or unhappiness. I am in the driver's seat of my destiny, not just a passenger."

When it comes to your own decisions you don't have to depend on anyone. Not always will we have that someone helping us make our decisions or take our choices. We have been taught to apply to colleges out of state but yet our parents don't let us be independent when it comes to us going out. Why? because going to a friends house doesn't mean that makes us independent. Being independent depends on a job of your own, you being able to take your choices wisely, and not asking for your parents help. I have learned that it actually helps. When i moved houses, me coming to school depended on transportation. So what i do is recycle water bottles and soda cans to sell it and get money to take the bus to school. That is being proactive. When you can make the best out of any situation, no matter how bad the situation is.

I think i am proactive in the way that i am myself's leader i make my choices and don't let anyone tel me otherwise. It is the way my mom has told me to do so and i have learned well.

Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind

"Control your own destiny or someone else will." (Jack Welch) "When you know where you intend to end up, you know where you are now." (Covey)

To have effective results the effort has to be effective as well. You can't just give in 50% and expect to get a 100% back. Trying harder is a good way of being effective and you can do so by planning out from start to end what is it that you want to accomplish, and how will you get there. Take control of what is yours make something out of it before someone else makes you a monster. Only does the human or person itself have the power to change and make decisions and set destiny to where there desire is. Set yourself where you want to be in a couple of years from now stop mumbling words and show actions. Once your first action has started as to where your end is then there you will know where you stand. Set your feet on the ground and walk don't fly because you will run out of fuel. Create your own path if your end is unique don't be shy or embarrassed that only means that you were capable of thinking outside the box, and you are categorized like any other. Begin to plan where want to end.

                                            

Habit 3: Put First Things First                                                                                                                                       "Organize and execute around priorities."

Effective time management is a necessary life skill and an essential business skill.
To be able to manage your time effectively, you need to be have clearly defined objectives, and a high level of motivation towards the achievement of those goals. We as humans have the ability to make decisions and choices and act upon them. Organize and execute around priorities is the essence of time management. Management involves developing the specific application of ideas. Within organization is clearing up, storing or fixing we can use calendars cleaning up or just keep our area more clean. Execute priorities means to always do what is more important first to not have the mind full with ideas and explode.Sometimes we think that the important stuff are the entertainment which shouldn't be that way.We need to have a chart in how things can affect us if do do something late or how much time do you have to do something will it affect you if you postpone it or do it later to do something else. this will give us a noticeable quick change and a high effect in life.

                                       

Habit 4: Think Win-Win                                                                                                                         "Think win-win or no deal."

Think win-win isn't about being nice or being fast is about character based code for human interaction and collaboration. Win-Win means that it is a fair agreement a solution that is beneficial to both sides. It is not about winning the game but actually having fun in the process you might not win but there was the fun and good time you won. There only so much pie you can go around and if you get a bigger piece then there will not be someone there to be making sure you don't get any more. Win-Win is a frame of mind that the heart constantly seeks mutual benefits between two arguments or discussion

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Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, then to be Understood                                                                  "Diagnose before you prescribe."

You cant give out a prescription without knowing their illness. Meaning You cant give advice on something when you yourself don't even know the answer to it. It is important to study the persons problem and get back to them it will be ind of  like a win win because you will feel good about helping others and you will make them feel like you actually care. Also you cant give advice on something you haven't done so yourself. Meaning you cant tell someone to try and do exercise to loose weight when you have not yet practice it yourself. It is important to understand the other person that way you can be understood as well you cant just win the gold medal without running the race it has to be fair. For the person to sit and listen to you you have to listen and understand them as well.

"Learn to give before you take , Love yourself before you love someone else, Help others succeed to get to your success, then you will know the effectiveness of  your acts."

~Ivette Coyote~

I will apply this and i will listen to those that come to me so when i need to be listen i know that i will have someone to listen to me, I know what it feels like to to be ignored and wouldn't want anyone to feel that way.

Habit 6: Synergize

"The whole is greater than the sum of its parts (1+1=3)"

In other words synergy means two heads is better than one. It is the habit of cooperation. It is teamwork, open mindedness and adventure to find new and better solutions to a problem. But it doesn't just happen on its own it is a process brought together as team to the table to organize their ideas, bring their personal experience and all the expertise to the table. Together they produce far better solutions than they can individually. To synergize means to help one another to create a benefit of a win-win. It is also not just by helping but also being humble makes you a synergy person who can see the world from a different perspective to see the world as a whole not just different countries areas but as a whole community. Synergy means to not discriminate anyone because of the color of skin, race, gender, or ethnicity.

"Alone we are smart, together we are BRILLIANT!"

"If you want to go fast go alone, If you want to go far go together."

                                      

Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw

The Four Dimensions of Self-Renewal: Physical, Mental, Spiritual, Social/Emotional

In other words the physical dimension involves caring about your physical body, health, eating the right foods, getting enough rest, exercising, and just feeding your body the right way.Spirituality is your center and what evolves it. What inspires you and what is your value system. Mental dimension involves reading writing. It is important to keep yourself update and your brain to do better.Social is how we interact with others renewing our social and emotional dimension means to interact more with others.Th e four dimensions are an example of "Into the Wild" book. In the story a young 23 years old man decides to go out into the wilderness and renew himself. Away from negativity and everything that made him feel otherwise.

Reflection

The Seven Habits of highly effective people is a method created by Stephen Covey to define how far you want to go in life. Within these seven habits show us how to take actions, do things differently if they seem not to work out, how to work with ourselves before working with others. I think taht these habits should be more common in peoples lives to improve our comunity. I plan on applying plenty of these habbits now that i will be entering college . I want to start off with a sharpened saw, and putting first things first.