Life Skills: 7 Habits Study Guide
they describe the way you are
How do your habits either make you or break you?
when the rest of the options don't have a goof outcome
When is "no deal" sometimes the best solution?
-spacing out -pretend listening
give two examples of poor listening skills?
you might not always think you're that good, you might think down on yourself
how can competitions and comparisons affect the ability to Think Win-Win?
you get it down within a time line so it gets done faster/right away and you have more free time the sooner its done
how can planing provide freedom?
you can mean one thing in a language and mean something else in another
how can the language you choose affect your actions and moods?
they get held back by spending
how does "victimitis" hold a person back?
-synergy is accepting all differences, teamwork, open minded, finding better/new ways. -compromise/cooperation is working independently, thinking your always right, and tolerating differences
how is synergy different than compromise or cooperation?
going down 2 winning paths
how would you describe habit 4- Think Win-Win- in your own words?
-celebrators value differences -tolerator's believe everyone has the right to be different
in what ways does celebrating diversity differ from tolerating diversity?
-creative imagination -self awareness -independent will -conscience
the four endowments
-body -heart -mind -soul
what are the four dimensions?
-ignorance -prejudice -cliques
what are the three roadblocks to synergy?
your climbing your own mountain, and it's yourself
what does "It's not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves" mean.
put first things first
what does Covey call this habit?
not Hurting
what does being gentle to yourself mean?
start changing yourself on the inside, then work your way to the outside
what does mean to change from the inside out?
a functional change in approach
what is a paradigm shift?
a statement that you use to help you begin with the end in mind
what is a personal mission statement?
when you are actually listening to what someone is talking about and paying attention
what is genuine listening?
see life as a competition, going down a wining path and a loosing path
what is the Win-Lose mindset?
something you'd like to achieve that requires a lot of hard work
what is the common ingredient of success?
you go down 2 losing paths
what is the lose-lose mindset?
going down a losing path and a winning path
what is the lose-win mindset?
honesty, respect, loyalty, etc.
what makes a principle-centered life stable?
they can be fake, talk behind your back or develop new friendships and forget about you
what makes friends an unstable center?
putting money into your personal bank account
what would be an example of a deposit into your Personal Bank Account?
because you're talking about yourself rather than someone else
why are "I" messages received more positively than "you" messages?
it shows how much you care/love that person
why are little things considered to be big thins on relationships?
so that your not revolving your life around them and you have a good/healthy relationship
why does not centering your life on a boyfriend/girlfriend strengthen the relationship?
you'll remember it more easily and seeing it may make you feel guilty about not doing it, so you'll do it
why is a written goal more powerful?
-so you don't get overwhelmed. if your life is bad, balance with good. Sharpen the saw
why is balance important?
because you're also carring
why is interdependence a more mature level then independence?
because they can help you/ give you good advice
why is it important to listen to your friends?
so yoU figure out who you really are before showing others who you are-seek first to understand, then to be understood
why is it important to master the Private Victory before mastering the Public Victory?
once you succeed with yourself, its easier to succeed with others
why is success with self so important to succeed with others?
