TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF MERIDA

READING WORKSHOP
TASK 2: ESSAY
Frida Pamela Tobillo Basto
VICTOR MANUEL MENA YAH
E17081060

FRIDAY, MAY 4, 2018

Essay
By reading the 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, we realize how it guides us in the
difficult stages of adolescence, this serves as self-help in this stage.
of physical and emotional changes, considering it as the period of change between
immaturity and maturity, which we can relate to the fact of being
independents changing the way of life of the person who has not accepted a
change at this stage. It is worth mentioning that no matter how much we deny our
defects these reveal themselves, since during our stages of
change shows certain traits that distinguish us whether they are good or bad, some
they make us see how intelligent we can be since they lead us to success and
others demonstrate our negativity towards reasoning as they lead us
to failure demonstrating our happiness and unhappiness as individuals, in front of these
behaviors the author of the book presents this reading in a very
interesting and very helpful as it shows how our actions obtain
a direct response from us which makes us want to change certain habits.
From this, we realize how reading is directly focused on the
what we are going through at this stage, Reading allows us to develop our
potential, changing the way of seeing things around an improvement since we
gives vision of our present and future by demonstrating how our decisions
they affected personal, family, and school matters due to our
emotional immaturity or simply due to negativity. Adolescence is described
as the fourth stage of human development and it is after childhood and
it precedes youth. It is roughly understood to be between the ages of 12 to 20.
although it varies greatly from one human to another. It is very variable and difficult
to specify exactly when it ends, depending on social factors,
economic and cultural. Normally in more primitive societies it lasts a long time
less than in more civilized societies. It has also been proven that the
women mature faster than men. Life for young people is no longer a
game, it is about problems which are real and we cannot escape this reality,
That is why Sean Covey presents us with the '7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens'
"efficacious" characteristics that happy and successful young people have in common
from all over the world. The 7 habits help in the decision-making process
crucially, since the creation of a competitive advantage depends on that
in life. The traditional decision-making process was considered a talent
acquired through a bundle of prior experience in a situation. Little to
few new methodologies were being applied that helped the decision maker
decisions to improve your judgment. This methodology can now be implemented by
means of systems that support decision-making to do it quickly and
effective. If we want to make significant changes in our lives we must
start by changing ourselves to stop seeing things from our own point of view
from sight. Friendships are a delicate matter, not only because they become
an extension of our family, but because they have a great influence on our
lives by accompanying us in good times and bad according to different studies,
they have a great influence on different aspects of our lives that we do not even
We knew. A life based on principles is simply the foundation.
stable, motionless, and indestructible on which we can form and all
we need. Each of the 7 habits is based on fundamental principles. The
habits are formed one on top of the other the first, second, and third habits refer to
to be owners of ourselves; habits 4, 5, 6 refer to relationships and
to work in teams; the last habit nourishes the previous six.
Habit 1: Be Proactive is the key to developing the other habits, and for
this is the first. Habit 1 says 'I am the strength, I am the captain of my life.'
I can choose my attitude. I am responsible for my own happiness or unhappiness. I
I am in the driver's seat of my destiny and I'm not just a passenger.
Reactive people make decisions based on impulses. They are like a can.
of refreshment. If life shakes them a little, the pressure builds up and suddenly
they exploit. While proactive people make decisions based on
values. They think before acting. They recognize that they cannot control everything.
it happens to them, but they can control what they can do about it. They are
calm, cool, and in control. An excellent way to understand the mind
Proactive is comparing proactive and reactive responses to situations.
that happen all the time. It happens.
HABIT 2: BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND: It is deciding what your
values and set goals, that is, clearly establish the goals or objectives to follow
In the short and long term future, here you use your tool of imagination. It is
It is very important to have an end in mind since adolescence is a critical crossing.
the life and the paths you choose in your present can affect your future, moreover,
If you don't decide your own future, it is very likely that someone else will do it for you.
people who have no goal in mind often follow anyone who
is willing to lead, even towards things that will not take them very far. To have
a vision is necessary to have a personal mission statement which is like a
personal belief that affirms what your life is. First, you have to discover yourself.
same. A mission statement can take many forms: poems, songs,
quotes, images, a single word, etc. To start without an end in mind is to live the
moment, not to think about the future, waste life and take everything lightly. For
making your life extraordinary do not forget that life is a mission not a race.
Habit 3, Put First Things First, can help. It's about learning to
establish priorities and manage our time so that the most important things
the important ones should be the first, and not the last. But we will also learn to
overcome our fears and be strong during difficult times. In the
Habit 2, we learned to set our most important goals, but to carry them out
The hardest part is to take charge or to put them in the first place among our priorities.
That is why Sean Covey calls habit 3, the habit of wanting (the strength to say yes.
to our most important things) and not to wanting (the strength to say no to things
less important, and to peer pressure).
HABIT 4: THINK WIN-WIN: It is an attitude towards life that means
"I can win and you can too," is the foundation for getting along with others.
Considering that we are all equal, no one is inferior or superior to others.
actually no one needs to be. People who think win-lose,
lose-win, lose-lose, they see life as a perverse competition. For
to be able to think win-win one must first achieve the private victory and avoid
compete and compare. While it is true that competition can be very healthy, it
what drives us to improve. What reading teaches us is that competition is
healthy as long as it is against oneself and becomes harmful when
you relate your self-esteem to winning and use it to put yourself above others.
Thinking win-win gives you confidence, however, the
the win-lose, lose-win, lose-lose mindset clouds your judgment and fills you
of negative feelings. Comparing yourself to others makes you feel inferior.
one moment and the next superior. We are socially, mentally, and physically different
stop comparing yourself, as it can also become an addiction.
Habit 5: Seek first to understand, then to be understood.

This principle is the key to effective interpersonal communication. Humans

We always tend to rush to fix or judge things before understanding.
deeply the problem. Principles of empathetic communication. Most of
Sometimes we tend to want to fix things much earlier or without listening to what is
tells us hastily with good advice, and this does not mean that
we don't give bad advice, but sometimes we tend to give wrong advice
for not listening to other people, diagnosing, to start understanding
deeply and really the problem.
HABIT 6: SYNERGIZE The term synergy means that the whole is the sum of its parts.
Synergy is achieved when two or more people work together.
to create a better solution than either could achieve on their own.
It is a process whose foundation is learning to celebrate differences. As beings
Humans learn in different ways, which is why there are types of intelligence.
linguistic; mathematical logic; bodily-kinesthetic; spatial; musical;
interpersonal; intrapersonal, however, one type is not better than the other just
is different. We have different styles and peculiarities, but it is that difference that
makes us complement each other and reach a unique result. Ignorance,
groups, prejudices; They are obstacles that prevent synergy since the fact
Desenrizar is more than commitment or cooperation; it is creative cooperation.
reading informs us of a plan to achieve synergy and involves defining the
opportunity or problem, seek to understand the ideas of others first, seek to be
understood talking about your ideas, creating new options and ideas and finally finding
the best solution. Teams are made up of different types of people where
each one plays an important role among them we highlight: the hardworking, the
followers, the innovators, the harmonizers, the brilliant.
helps us find balance in our lives,
It's like having your personality sharpened so that you can better cope with your life.
It means to regularly renew and strengthen the four main dimensions of the
life: body, mind, heart, and soul. Balance is so important because what
what you do in one dimension of life will affect the other three. For example: many
people compulsively take care of their bodies, but neglect their soul, others
they focus on developing all their intelligence, but neglect their relationships with
other people. As the saying goes: "balance and moderation in all things."
We need breaks to rejuvenate the best we have for ourselves.
We need time to rest and enjoy, that's what sharpening the saw consists of.
(Covey, 1998).

CONCLUSION: this book is very helpful in the future development of adolescents

who want to change their way of life since it provides you with a guide to
developing that change in my view is not something that we
let's not ignore whether it's something we overlook or many times we need it to
say to do since during the transition of this stage we only seek to do the most
as quickly as possible in making a decision or we evade problems when
we are the problem since we do not think about what could happen before
To carry out an action, we ourselves are our own misfortune that we suffer from.
problems and we blame others for poor guidance when we don't even ourselves
we guide ourselves this becomes an inconvenience since we do not consider a
strategy in life or we do not have good personal habits. Here is where
this book is useful for personal change.
Bibliography:
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teenagers