Student Success Statement

   Student Success Statement

      “So often, in our quest to be more popular and to be part of the “in-group,” we lose sight of things that are far more important.”

                          -Sean Covey

Reflection:

What I think about this quote of Sean Covey is true because we start to hang out with bad influences and we start to do things that are not good for us and the people around us. Once you try something then you are going to do it again and again. You will get addictive to it and you will lose your sight. You won’t care about nothing more and not going to be a successful person. For example, if you start to drink with your friend then you will lose your sight and not know anything and bad things can happen to you. Choose the right and don’t lose your sight!

-Maria R.

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens (Habit 5)

   

    7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

                                 Habit 5

5. Seek First to Understand, and then to be Understood

Because most people don’t listen very well, one of the great frustrations in life is that many don’t feel understood. This habit will ensure your teen learns the most important communication skill there is: active learning.

Why is this habit the key to communication? It’s because the deepest need of the human heart is to be understood. Everyone wants to be respected and valued for who they are-a unique, one-of-a-kind, never-to-be-cloned individual. People won’t expose their soft middles unless they feel genuine love and understanding. Once they feel it, however, they will tell you more than you may want to hear. People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.

Listen with your eyes, heart, and ears. 7 percent of communication is contained in the words we use. The rest comes from body language (53 percent) and how we say words, or the tone feeling reflected in our voice (40 percent).

Most people are eager to talk and had rather talk than listen. We have one mouth and two ears. This means we should listen twice as much as we talk. We actually learn more while listening rather than when we talk. Learn to listen and listen to learn.

Listen, really listen, for understanding.

Seek first to understand then to be understood-LISTEN.

           Choose The Right!!!

 

      

7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens (Habit 4)

    7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens

                               Habit 4

4. Think Win-Win

Teens can learn to foster the belief that it is possible to create an atmosphere of Win-Win in every relationship. This habit encourages the idea that in any given discussion or situation both parties can arrive at a manually beneficial solution. Your teens will learn to celebrate the accomplishments of others instead of being threatened by them. Win-Win is a belief that everyone can win. It’s both nice and tough all at once. I won’t step on you, but I won’t be your doormat either. You care about other people and you want them to succeed. But you also care about yourself, and you want to succeed as well. Win-Win is abundant. It is the belief that there’s plenty if success to go around. It’s not either you or me. It’s both of us. It’s not a matter of who gets the biggest piece of the pie. There’s more than enough food for everyone. It’s an all-you-can-eat buffet.

Win-win always creates more. Perhaps the most surprising benefit of thinking Win-Win is the good feelings it brings on. The true test of whether or not you are thinking Win-Win or one of the alternatives is how you feel. Win-Lose and Lose-Win thinking will cloud your judgment and fill you with negative feelings.

Win-Win will fill your heart with happy and serene thoughts. It will give you confidence even if you with light. Think Win-Win or no deal.

Choose The Right!!!

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens (Habit 3)

   7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

                                      Habit 3   

Habit 3: Put First Things First

Habit three is about Will and Will Not power. This habit helps teens prioritize and manage their time so that they focus on and complete the most important things in their lives. Putting first things first also means learning to overcome fears and being strong during difficult times. It’s living life according to what matters most. Putting first things first deal with things that are:
Important or not important, urgent or nor urgent. Let’s look at the four quadrants of time management.
Quadrant 1: Things that are Important and Urgent
Quadrant 2: Things that are Important but not Urgent
Quadrant 3: Things that are Not Important but are Urgent
Quadrant 4: Things that are not Important and Not Urgent

1. Important & Urgent	2. Important nut not Urgent
3. Not Important but are Urgent	4. Not Important and Not Urgent

 Quadrant 2 is the ideal place to spend our time, doing things that are important but not urgent. Here’s where priorities come into play. The results for living Quadrant 2 are:

1. Control of your life
2. Balance
3. High performance

So, in what quadrant are you spending most of your time? The key is to shift as much time as possible into Quadrant 2 and this is accomplished by planning. Spend more time planning and incorporating the most important things first, things that matter most. Keep your eyes on the prize and reach for it.

Choose The Right!!!

 

                                           

  

Student Success Statement

       Student Success Statement

“The only difference between those who have failed and those who have succeeded lies in the difference of their habits. Good habits are the key to all success. Bad habits are the unlocked door to failure. Thus, the first law I will obey, which precedeth all others is- ‘I will form good habits and become their slaves.’”

                            -Og Mandino

Reflection:
What I think about this quote of Og Mandino is that if we have and make good habits we will succeed in life. We will be able to accomplish our goals, dreams and help other to succeed like us, but if we make and do bad habits the doors are going to unlock and we will be failures because we want to take the easy path and not the long one which is more secure. For example people who do drugs are making bad habits because they are getting hurt and they are not going to be successful in life. Always obey so you could become successful and not be a slave.
-Maria R.

7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens (Habit 2)

    7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

                              Habit 2

Habit 2: Begin With the End in Mind

If teens aren’t clear about where they want to end up in life, about their values, goals, and what they stand for, they will wander, waste time, and be tossed to and fro by the opinions of others. Help your teen create a personal mission statement which will act as a road map and direct and guide his decisions-making process.
“Keep your eyes on the prize.” Determine your desired prize and don’t quit until you have realized the achievement of your prize. Then set another prize, another goal or desire that you would really like to achieve. Begin with the achievement of your prize in mind. Visualize and then realize. Start by having a target in mind; know where you are going.
One prize or goal you definitely need to establish for yourself is the prize of an honorable graduation from high school- that you will receive your diploma honestly and with integrity- that you earned it with perfect honesty.
Choose The Right!!!  

 

 

Student Success Statement

          Student Success Statement

   “Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man’s doing but my own. I am the force.”

                      -Elaine Maxwell

Reflection:

What I think about this quote of Elaine Maxwell is that nobody can forced us to do anything without us not wanting to. Because you should make your own decisions and know what is right and what is wrong. People who are choosing the wrong may want to force you to do things that are not good make good decisions because it can later affect you or reward you.

-Maria R.