Lecture 22     

     What I learned from Lecture 22 of the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People is that I am in charge of my life and have full control over it. I have an amazing knowledge about myself that nobody else has about me that includes things that are most important to me and what vision I have for the future. I am able to create things with a mental capacity which is planning and then I could do a physical creation which means making my plan into a real thing. Its no longer a matter of thinking but a matter of doing! Just like drawing...you think of something you want to draw like a character...you get paper and do a rough sketch. After you get another paper to make the outline. You darken the lines of the outline and color it in and your final result is the character you imagined which is now on paper. It's fascinating how your mind thinks of things and then you are able to have the capacity of doing it. That is also something you learn about yourself and the skills you obtained and most likely will become a habit in your life and you'll be able to make more and more because it never ends!

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     Here I am again...posting to you viewers out there...I think I have some things to talk about today that might be interesting...like today in anime club we decided to have a gram sale in honor of Pocky day! (November 11) Which I think in my opinion is going to be fun and its pocky...who doesn't love pocky?!!! I came up with the idea but its great to have other help and pitch in to make it happen...well I think thats all the interesting stuff that I did today and then the some what less interesting is that I have a mock interview in school and I'm not prepared...I'm not nervous or anything like that...I'm just not ready...I don't make it a big deal but I thank the people that are willing to prepare me for the real world! Oh...we also voted in school...a fake vote and well who I voted for will be kept in secret and it's up to you to find out lol...an anime update I have...non...haven't been able to watch anime due to being busy but I will catch up sooner or later and hope to tell you guys about that...well thats all I have to say today 

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Stephen R. Covey

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 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." 

Reflection:

    Being proactive is something we all should do especially when we are the ones incharge of being proactive. It's all about us and the ways we want thing to go...our own control. You make yourself and be who you want to be. You choose your way in life and you make it your life. Your the one in charge and if there's any problems then you, yourself know how to solve it. Its like an emotion...you cry but you yourself know how to stop. This is a habit we learn  and according to Stephen we are the driver not the passenger. Pretty much being proactive is getting to know who you are...getting to know yourself and theirs also planning and other stuff included.

“I do what makes me happy, I do what makes me mad, I do things my way because in the end I'm the one in charge of me!”  - Anonymous

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." (Covery)

Reflection:

    I'm in charge, you're in charge, they are in charge of their own destiny. You are the one that creates your path and where you end up is up to you. It's steps in life where your ready to move...you're ready to grow up and find the things you really want to do. Its like how we started as kids till now but we have to make an effort to it. Whether we make a mistake or not it will change your path but it's ok because that's how life is. Your goal is to achieve your final goal like mine is becoming a great pediatrician and to achieve it is by thinking...how am i going to get there? Its not going to be simple but what matters is how I'll get there. No one is going to tell me how because this is my way to get there.

“You're the one who writes your own story...you're the one taking yourself somewhere...you're in control of your own destiny!”  - Anonymous

Habit 3: Put First Things First

"Organize and execute around priorities." 

Reflection:

    Organizing is very important...it involves everything...and lets you put things first and your way. It helps you control many things and it helps you save time and get around. You'll be able to do things quick like working...if your organized you'll be able to turn in the assignment with no stuggle at all because you won't be looking for the things you need since you have them all infront of you and you'll be able to do it faster. You put your organization first and you were able to turn in your assignment next and then a grade was given and then a feeling of awesomeness because you did an amazing job thanks to being organized...you made organizing come first and were able to do the rest with no stress.




"First organize the inner, then organize the outer...first organize the great,then organize the small. First organize yourself, and the organize all!" - Anonymous  

Habit 4: Think Win-Win

"Think win-win or no deal."

Reflection:

    Winning and losing are two different things but in mind you always have to think we have to win! Even if you end up losing...your mind was filled with winning. It's like in a game...you feel motivated and positive that you will win when you start






“If you think you can win, you can win...it's is neither your way or my way but better way.”  - Anonymous

Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, then to be Understood

"Diagnose before you prescribe."

Reflection:

    Seek first to understand is like listening...just listen to what's around you, hear what's happening. Then to be understood is to talk...say what you have to say about what you heard...to say what's in your mind. Its like listen to someone's point of view then say your point of view just like in a discussion. You can also provide feed back to the person who spoke because you were paying attention to what they had to say...you were focused on them rather than speaking over them. Its like waiting in like...if your patient you'll get to the front of the line but if your not and cut through...you'll most like will get caught and be sent in back of the line which made a farther distance than where you started at. When your listening to someone...look at their body language, use your eyes, look at their facial expression. Then you''l notice that others do the same when you are the one speaking. This will also help you gain feed back to help the person that was speaking or you can gain feedback. This way is a very useful way and a skill that will be used for your entire life.

“Listen first, then speak.”  - Anonymous 

Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw

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

Reflection:

    Self-renewal is very difficult to do because its build up of your physical, mental, spiritual, and social/emotional self. It takes time and alot of effort to do so but once your there youll realise it and things will be easy from that point on just like a paradise. These four dimensions depend on themselves and if one falls then everything else does as well so you have to make sure you balance them all well but you have to balance them out wisely. We also have to make time to sharpen the saw which is the four dimensions because its an investment about ourselves. Its just like a cycle in our lives.

“As part of our renewal - we need to fight problems, not just wait for them to take place.”  - Nong Duc Manh 

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