The kid in my class was born in the late ‘90s. ![]() But Covey published the 25th anniversary edition of this book in 2013, so it’s 30 years old. One student introduced himself and said he was reading The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey. This was a writing class, and I was leading up to a point about the importance of reading in being a good writer. In one class this semester I asked each student to share his or her name and a book they’d recently read or a book they just really liked. I’ve had a few classes that actually didn’t have a pulse – those were rough semesters. I headed back to school last week (I teach college) and I always kick off the first day of class with some introductions because I want to learn names and take the pulse on each class. Stephen Covey’s award-winning 7 Habits of Highly Effective People provides a framework we can use as parents to raise more responsible teens. Raising teenagers often forces us to shift our parenting strategies. This means that, at zero cost to you, we will earn an affiliate commission if you click the link and make a purchase. When we start to pay attention to our personal bank accounts and how much is in (or not in) them, we can make the necessary changes, and deposits, to be who we want to be and do what we want to do.Some of the links below are affiliate links. Some ways to make more deposits in our personal bank accounts is to keep promises to ourselves, help others around us, forgive ourselves, be honest, find ways to renew and refresh ourselves, and work on our talents and use them to help others. If our personal bank account is low, WE, each of us, have the power to change that through daily small, determined, and humble decisions. Some symptoms of a healthy personal bank account: You stand up for yourself and resist peer pressure you’re not terribly concerned with being popular you see life in a positive way you trust yourself you set and work toward goals you are happy when others succeed. Some symptoms of a low personal bank account: You cave in to peer pressure easily you struggle with feelings of worthlessness and inferiority you’re overly concerned with what others think of you you act arrogant to hide your insecurities you self-destruct by getting into drugs, pornography, vandalism or gangs you get jealous easily. ![]() He asks: “How is your personal bank account? How much trust and confidence do you have in yourself? Are you loaded or bankrupt?” Just like at a regular bank, you can make deposits in and take withdrawals out of your personal bank account by the things you “think, say, and do.” Sean Covey teaches how we feel about ourselves is like a bank account, a personal bank account. ![]() We just have to make the decision to be who we’re made to be. The truth is, everyone is capable of greatness. One of our biggest stumbling blocks from achieving greatness is ourselves.Īrnold Bennett said “ The real tragedy is the tragedy of the man who never in his life braces himself for his one supreme effort–he never stretches to his full capacity, never stands up to his full stature.” We are often our own worst enemy and get in our own way. All change begins with you.” He goes on to talk about the importance of commitment and effort. Sean Covey states “ Before you’ll ever win in the public arenas of life, you must first win the private battles within yourself. In an earlier post, we talked about the importance of the book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens” in the Triumph program and why we’re highlighting various aspects of the book. 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens–Personal bank accounts
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