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Begin With The End In Mind

Begin With The End In Mind

August 28, 2015

In my last post you learned about Habit One, Be Proactive. Now I want to share with you, Habit Two, Begin With The End In Mind.

Habit #2: Begin With The End In Mind

This focuses on planning ahead and setting goals, doing things that matter and make a difference, be an important part of your class (or company) and contribute to their mission and vision, and look for ways to be a good citizen.

Some examples of using this habit are:

  • If you know you are going to be busy later in the day or week, get your work done early.
  • Pick out what you are going to wear for the next day if you’re not a morning person (like me).
  • Get a planner to write down your schedule and what you need to do.

Here’s a quote that represents this Habit really well:

I think about how the choices I make will effect my future, and I think about if the consequence of my actions will be positive or negative before I act.

Stephen Covey

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Habit 1 Be Proactive

Be Proactive, Not Reactive

August 22, 2015

Last year in school, we learned about the 7 Habits (based on “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” by Franklin Covey) and how we could use them each day.

Habit #1: Be Proactive

Being proactive means that you’re in charge of you and your actions.

  • Instead of reacting to problem, you can look ahead and take action to help solve the problem.
  • Instead of waiting for something to happen, you can choose to make something happen with your actions.
  • Instead doing good things only when people are watching, you can choose to do good things all the time.

It is important to know that nobody else can control you and you can’t control everything, but you can control what you do and how you act.

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