Personal development

The 7 habits of highly effective people written by Stephen R. Covey focuses on changing ones self to a more successful person when it comes to relationships. Convey himself recounts times where he used certain habits to gain something. Throughout the book 7 habits are discussed and each of these habits reveal a deeper truth to an everyday life. The first habit discussed is “Be proactive”. In this section Convey tells the story of a man named Victor Frankl, he was a psychiatrist, a jew, and…

You have to be in control of your own life and don't follow the herd.Make your destiny.Create a mission statement.It's important to have the end in mind and when doing that you have to have a mission statement.A mission statement is the blueprint, personal credo, or the motto of your life. A motto is what you live your life by. For example, Pumba and Timon in The Lion King, have the motto “ Hakuna Matata, it means no worries.” Mottos don't have to be a whole twenty sentence paragraph, they can…

Davis has allowed me to come about with much needed personal growth, and I feel that I have matured even more, on my own. Starting all over, in a new environment, dealing with new kinds of people, and adjusting to a new educational system…

Be Proactive, with Two Eyes and One Mouth Out of the 7 habits in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teen, I've picked two which are Habit 1 and Habit 5. Habit 1 is "Be Proactive; I Am The Force". Habit 5 is "Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood; You Have Two Eyes and One Mouth". When using these two habits, it could help people in many ways in life. Habit 1 is about being proactive. Being proactive is all about "thinking before they act" (Covey 57). Being proactive could be something…

How would you describe the difference between a job and a career? A job is something a person is required to do in order for income. A career is a dream job where a person would feel happy everyday at work. What is your vision of a successful career? My vision of a successful career is a job where I am able to learn more. A successful career also includes well pay and benefits. Interests- Strong Interest Inventory What are your strongest interest codes according to the Strong Interest…

The first habit is being proactive. Being proactive is good because teenager could take control of their action and determine how exactly life is going to be treating them. For example, if you were to do something bad you would get a consequence. If you were to do something good, then life would treat you fair and give you something fair, but it all depends on your action. Being proactive could lead to success in the future. There is also an opposite of proactive, which is called reactive. Being…

There are many habits that humans form throughout their lifetimes, some may be good while others may not. Stephen Covey marked 7 of the best habits in his book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, which gives the reader a detailed look into what habits they should form in order to succeed and be more effective in their day to day lives. The book is very well written with real world examples and quotes that leave the reader thinking as to how they should implement the 7 habits into their…

“No one learns as much about a subject as one who is forced to teach it.” –Peter F. Drucker (www.goodreads.com). Each and every human in the world has something that they are just sincere and passionate about. With that one thing they put more time and effort in to it then they will with any other activity they do in their life. Just because of the fact that they are interested and or enjoy doing it. For me it would be sports, I have grown up all my life playing and watching sports. From an…

I will be assessing the “Discover Careers that Fit You” inventory found at http://www.collegecareerlifeplanning.com/Documents/4%20Career%20Planning/b%20InterestSkillsNeeds/Holland.pdf and the career profile assessment at https://jobseeker.ohiomeansjobs.monster.com/ExploreIt/Default.aspx. The purpose of taking these assessment was to look at your interests and identify careers that match your interests that you expressed in the inventory. The “Discover Careers That Fit You” inventory utilizes a…

Procrastination is a problem that people face everyday in tasks both big and small. It is not uncommon to realize that most everyone has trouble with procrastination in some way or another. My client, Madison Waltrip, is no different. Madison came to me to help her bring an end to her continuous procrastination. In order to help her better I felt I needed to do some more research into what procrastination is and what causes us as people to do it. The first article I came across was,…