The 7 Habits of Mind Of Highly Successful Teenagers

The Private Victory

1. Be Proactive

a) If I plan to learn, I must learn to plan

b) "Whether I succeed or fail shall be no man's doing but my
own." Elaine Maxwell

2. Begin with the end in mind

a) Control your own destiny or someone else will

b) "Carpe Diem. Seize the day! Make your lives extraordinary!"
Dead Poets Society

3. Put first things first

a) Prioritize, don't procrastinate

b) "I watched the Indy 500, and I was thinking that if they had
left earlier, they wouldn't have to go so fast." Steven Wright

The Public Victory

4. Think win-win

a) Everyone can come out on top

b) "The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're
still a rat." Lily Tomlin

5. Seek first to understand, then to be understood

a)  Listen actively

b) "Listen or your tongue will make you deaf." Native American
Proverb

6. Synergize

a) Teamwork

b) Finding new, better solutions

c) Being open-minded

d) "Alone we can do so little, together, we can do so much."
Helen Keller

Renewal

7. Sharpen the saw

a) Renew yourself; mind, body, heart and soul

b) "The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining."
John F. Kennedy