“Defective Teens – NOT!!!”
Based on: “The Seven Habits of Highly
Effective Teens"
by Sean Covey
Presented by Mr Shelov
The 7 Habits of Highly
Defective Teens:
• Habit 1: React.
• Habit 2: Begin with No
End in Mind.
• Habit 3: Put First
Things Last.
• Habit 4: Think WinLose.
• Habit 5: Seek First to
Talk, Then Pretend to
Listen.
• Habit 6: Don't
Cooperate
• Habit 7: Wear Yourself
Out.
Defective Teens
• “As you can see, the habits
listed above are recipes for
disaster. Yet many of us indulge
in them...regularly (me included).
And, given this, it's no wonder
that life in this world can really
stink at times.”
--Sean Covey
What are the 7 Habits of
Highly Effective Teens?
• Habit 1: Be Proactive.
– Take responsibility for
your life.
• Habit 2: Begin with the
End in Mind.
– Define your mission and
goals in life.
• Habit 3: Put First Things
First.
– Prioritize, and do the most
important things first.
• Habit 4: Think Win-Win.
– Have an everyone-can-win
attitude.
• Habit 5: Seek First to
Understand, Then to Be
Understood.
– Listen to people sincerely.
• Habit 6: Synergize.
– Work together to achieve
more.
• Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw.
– Renew yourself regularly.
Habit 1: Be Proactive
reactive
proactive
• Listen to your
language
• Victimitius virus
• Proactive pays
• Circle of control
• Setbacks to
triumphs
Be Proactive
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Rise above
Change agent
Proactive muscles
Can-do
Push pause
Tools in action
Habit 2: Begin With the End
In Mind
• Crossroads
• Who’s leading?
– Personal mission
statement
• Your talents
• Three watch outs
– Labels
– All over syndrome
– Wrong wall
Begin With the End In Mind
• Go for goal
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Count the cost
Put it in pen
Just do it!
Use momentous
moments
– Rope up
• Goals in action
• Weakness to
strengths
Habit 3: Put First Things
First
• Pack more into life
Procrastinator
Slacker
Prioritizer
Yes-Man
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Procrastinator
Prioritizer
Yes-man
Slacker
• Use a planner
(agenda!)
– Rocks story
Put First Things First
• Courage zone
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Vrs. Comfort zone
Fear and decisions
Rising after falling
Hard moments
Peer pressure
• Ingredient of
success
Relationship Bank Account
• Keeping promises
• Small acts of
kindness
• Be loyal
• Listen
• Say you are sorry
• Set clear
expectations
Habit 4: Think Win-Win
• Win-lose,
– totem pole
• Lose-win,
– doormat
• Lose-lose,
– downward spiral
• Win-win,
– all you can eat buffet
Think Win-Win
• Private victory
• Avoid tumor twins
– Competing
– Comparing
• Fruits of win-win
spirit
Habit 5: Seek First to
Understand , Then to Be
• 5 poor listening
Understood
styles:
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Space out
Pretender
Selective
Word
Self-centered
• Judge
• probe
Seek First to Understand ,
Then to Be Understood
• Genuine listening
• Talk with parents
Habit 6: Synergize
• Synergy is
everywhere
• Celebrate
differences
• All a minority of one
• Roadblocks
• Stick up for diversity
Synergize
• Getting into synergy
– Define problem
(or better –
OPPORTUNITY!)
– Their way
– My way
– Brainstorm
– High way
• Teamwork and
synergy
Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw
• Balance is better
• Take time for a timeout
Sharpen the Saw
• Care for your body
– You are what you eat
– Use it or lose it
– All about how you
feel
– Quit whenever you
want
– The refusal skill
Sharpen the Saw
• Care for your brain
– Sharpen your mind
– Find your niche
– School in way of
education
– Post high school
– Mental barriers
– You gotta wanna
Sharpen the Saw
• Care for your heart
– Sex and
relationships
– Laugh or you’ll cry
Sharpen the Saw
• Care for your soul
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Back to nature
Teen’s best friend
Spiritual diet
Disturbing my sleep
Fried frogs
Get real
Keep Hope Alive
Hope
So be sure when you step
We've been warned against offering
Step with care and great tact
the people of this nation false hope.
And remember that life’s
But in the unlikely story that is
A great Balancing Act.
America, there has never been
And will you succeed?
anything false about hope
(98 and ¾ percent guaranteed)
~President Obama
Kid, you’ll move mountains
~Dr. Seuss