School Break Days
 During my Christmas break I stayed home and watched movies/ TV shows all break long. I also baby-sitted some kids. I didn't go out to any places during my break.I didn't meet anyone new during the break. Some movies I watched were, The Duff, Annabelle, Home, Home Alone and many more. I didn't play any sports but I did watch like 2 football games. Some Ctr experiences were I stayed in all break and that's it. I didn't read any books.

                              The 10 Keys to Personal Power

Key 1: Clarity
"Have vision. Determine what you want to be, do or have in life.  Have a sense of direction and know where you’re going.  If you do not have clear specific goals in life, you are doomed forever to work for others who do."
 You should set a goal for yourself and have a vision about it. You should first know what it is that you want to do and once you know then you set your goal and you work hard for it.

Key 2: Competence
"If you commit to excellence, opportunities will always come your way. The harder you work, the better you get.
When you work hard new chances will always come your way, and the more harder you work the better you get at it. Competence is a very good way of getting new opportunities come your way also because you will see where your strengths and weaknesses are. 

Key 3: Concentration
"Make the best use of your time. Ask yourself "Is this the best use of my time?" before you start anything.
Concentrating is a very big thing. In order to complete tasks well you have to concentrate hard on them. You also need to put much of your time to complete the tasks.

Key 4: Common Sense

• Train your mind 
• Think things through
• Listen to your intuition
• Learn from setbacks 

Common sense is good sense and sound judgment in practical matters. Common sense is also about exercising your mid and 

Key 5: Creativity
" Except the fact that every human being is a genius. The hallmark of creativity is asking questions. The people who are most creative ask the most questions.

Key 6: Consideration
"The quality of your relationships with other people will determine your success in life."
"Develop the people skills you need to become a better communicator. Take courses in listening speaking etc."
"If you were to learn one new word a day within 5 years, you'll be the best educated person in history.

Key 7:Consistency
"Dependable, steady predictable work is always superior to fast spurts of work."

Key 8: Commitment
"No success is possible without commitment. The ability to commit yourself whole heartily is the basis of achieving all success."

"Become totally absorbed in your work. Be totally committed."

For some people commitment is really important. For example some people commit themselves to try new stuff every once in a while. You can also commit yourself into trying to lose some weight in a certain amount days. When you commit yourself into something is because you know you will not turn around and quit. 

Key 9: Courage
"The fear of failure is the single greatest reason for failure in life."

Courage is when a person has the ability to do something that frightens them. You need to unleash the courage inside you to try new things. 

Key 10: Confidence
" You only get confidence by doing things over again

                                       Dr. Steven Covey

What Dr. Covey did was that in 1976 he started looking for the 7 habits. He also read a lot of old books and saw that hey all talked about trust,loyalty, respect, etc. Dr. Covey realized that people could be effective and could also build up there character and apply certain habits and become a better person to themselves and to others. 

         The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Habit 1: Be Proactive
Habit is the key to unlocking all the other habits and that's why it comes first, it says, "I am the captain of my life, I can choose my attitude. I'm responsible for my own happiness or unhappiness. I am in the drivers seat of my destiny, not just a passenger."

• People who are proactive make choices based on values and they are the values that are good in life. Proactive people also have conscience and it's very important because when they something wrong the guilt will make them regret it and feel sorry. If we didn't have conscience then we wouldn't have any remorse or regrets for what we do in life. Proactive people also envision new possibilities in life. This is why every time you get the chance to meet someone successful they are very ambitious. To be highly effective is to be proactive and that's where you set yourself to be a happy or unhappy person in life.

Habit 2: Begin with the end in Mind 
"Control your own destiny or someone else will." (Jack Welch)
"When you know where you intend to end up, you know where you are now."
(Covey)

• To begin with the end in mind is to start each day, task, or project with a clear vision of your desired direction or destination. To incorporate habit 2 Into your life is to develop a personal mission statement. It will help you because it focuses on what you want to do and be. This will also be your plan for success. Now that you have a mission statement you will be the leader of your ow life. This habit is also about using your imagination because you are dreaming about what you'd like to be, and also dreaming about what you'd always wanted to do.

Habit 3: Put First Things First 

"Organize and execute around priorities." 

• Put first things first means doing the most important things in life first. It also means putting your priorities and acting on them. If you do the un-important things first you might get tired after a while and might not even get to the important things. Your very first priority should be the hard work first so you may use all your energy on that instead of the no so important stuff. Your Family should also be one of your first things you put in front of you because you never know if you might get to see them tomorrow. 

Habit 4: Think Win-Win

"Think win-win or no deal."

• You should always think about win-win so that it feels reasonable for the task. Win-win is most of the time seen as being competitive instead of being seen as cooperative. Win-win can also mean agreements or solutions that are beneficial and satisfying. To be a win-win person you have to be both  nice and tough because there win be situations where your toughness has to come out and in others your nice one. to go for a win-win you have to have confidence and be very brave.

Habit 5: Seek First to understand, then to be Understood
"Diagnose before you prescribe."

• People form opinions based on their own experiences. Sometimes we are the ones who seek first because we want our points to get across. In a conversation with someone else we only listen  to what we want to listen to. We should learn to communicate effectively because it's one of many important skills in life. 

Habit 6: Synergize 
 "The whole is greater than the sum of its parts (1+1=3)"

• People form opinions based on their own experiences. Sometimes we are the ones who seek first because we want our points to get across. In a conversation with someone else we only listen  to what we want to listen to. We should learn to communicate effectively because it's one of many important skills in life.    

Habit 7: Sharpen the saw
"The Four Dimension of self-Renewal: Physical, Mental, Spiritual, Social/ Emotional"

• These four dimensions are important because when you overwork yourself after a while you become less productive. What sharpen the saw means with this is that you should take a break but not a vacation break. Take a break and read a book, exercise, organize your home or office, or set some new goals for yourself. This will help you physically, Mentally, Spiritually, and Social/Emotionally. It shouldn't always have to be about work sometimes you just need to get to know yourself a little more. 

Reflection: 

I plan to use these 7 habits on my everyday life. I know that if I start using these habits on my everyday life right now I will succeed and become someone good in life. 

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Free Write
My Saturday was boring all I did was stay home and eat and watch movies all day. On Sunday I had 15 practice and I got home tired. Hopefully this week goes well and on Thursday we have student led conferences and then on Friday we have early dismissal so that's good.

                  How to remember names
1. You can improve your ability to remember names if you commit yourself to remember peoples names.
2. You should also try to concentrate while talking to the person.
3. Repeating his name various times will engrave the name in your memory.
4. Associate with the person more often and eventually you'll remember who he is.