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."

        I think this means that you need to take care of yourself and creating or controlling a situation by causing something to happen rather than responding to it after it has happened. Because if you don't know how to control yourself then you might not have that much confidence in yourself and won't believe in yourself. For example, it's the day of a big test you will need to be calm and control yourself and take your time in the test. And don't rush through it take your time to control yourself.

Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind

"Control your own destiny or someone else will." (Jack Welch)

task or project with a clear vision of your desired direction or destination, this habit also means to plan ahead and set goals. If you know what you want in life, work hard and try try until you achieve it.
People need to realize that planing ahead is the best thing we can do, because you know what your mission is, for example if you want to go to college, start thinking about your options and work hard everyday to have good grades and that way graduate from High School. If you want to be a better baseball player, practice everyday and as the time goes by, you will be a better baseball player.

Habit 3: Put First Things First

               "Organize and execute around priorities."

"Organize and execute priorities." means to do the most important things first. Habit three wants you to put things first and that means your priorities. Such as for students our first priority when we get home is to do our homework and then it's to do whatever we want to. Doing our homework is effective because it'll cause us to get good grades in school. Putting our priorities first means no stressing out and no stress makes you happy. Evening out the time you spend in each priority is important because some are more important then others. Some require more time then others. For instance, some college students have to deal with school and work. I believe these two are huge priorities for college students. They have to manage time and that can be hard but overall most of their time goes to college. Even though their job is also a priority.

Habit 4: Think Win-Win

"Think win-win or no deal." 

"Think win-win or no deal." means to look for that best deals that means you get a good outcome. Habit number four is to think win win, this means that you be in it to win. Don't have it set in your mind that you are going to fail. For example, if you are trying out for a sports team have it in mind that you are going to make the team. If you don't then you'll just not be trying your best and it's most likely you won't make the team. Thinking win win is not only about winning it means thinking positive

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

"Diagnose before you prescribe.""Diagnose before you prescribe." is easily understood because it's like a doctor won't prescribe you pills without knowing if you truly need them. Habit 5 advises to always try and understand from where others come from before getting them to understand you. It's easier to get someone to understand you when you know where they are coming from because it'll be easier for you to interpret. For example, if you disagree with someone and they aren't understanding what you are trying to say. You can by asking them why they strongly agree with that and how they can about with that mindset.

Habit 6:  Synergize

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

I think this means that that we all need to work together to get the job done. Because two brains is better than one brain. For example, you're taking a group math test and you don't get one question you can always tell your group members for help and will come to an agreement on a answer. And it   will help you a lot from learning from your mistakes.

                                                          

Habit 7:  Sharpen the Saw
Four Dimensions of Self-Renewal: Physical, Mental, Spiritual, Social/Emotional

Sharpening The Saw is an ongoing process of personal change , you need to define your own balanced, four-dimensional life to be successful! If you are a leader, I believe part of your role is to help the people who report into you and/or look up to you, explore these things and establish goals for themselves.Stephen says, “It means exercising all four dimensions of our nature, regularly and consistently in a wise and balanced way. To do this we have to be proactive.” I love the words exercise and balance. Proactive means we have to plan for it — to put it in our schedule and protect the time, for all 4 of the above mentioned dimensions.Self improvement takes time — just like working out and getting fit.It is not something that you can just achieve overnight, you need to give yourself time to do it. Once you do the results will be highly beneficial to you. I plan to sharpen the saw by undergoing changes within myself to become a better person.

These 7 Habits of Highly Effective People really taught me alot on how to be an effective person towards success. It has taught me to put my needs before my wants and also to prioritze. I will commit to these 7 Habits by trying to practice one everyday of the week.