Extensions:
-Watch the sunset tonight or get up early and watch the sunrise. (Sharpening the saw or Quadrant 2)
-People-watch at your local mall or store and observe what their body language is saying. (Seek to understand, then to be understood)
-Brainstorm with your friends and come up with something fun, new, and different to do this weekend, instead of doing the same old thing again and again. (Synergize)
-The next time someone close to you succeeds, be genuinely happy for him or her instead of feeling threatened. (Think win-win)
-Before heading to bed, write a simple apology note to someone you may have offended recently. (Emotional Bank Account or EBA)
-Identify and write down your goals so that you can work towards them. (Begin with end in mind)
-Decide to start using your planner to get your time better planned. (Put first things first)
-Push the pause button before you react to someone who accidentally bumps you in the hall, causing all of your books for the next class to fly in all directions. (Be proactive)
Family Reflections:
Review the 7 Habits' with your family. Are there any Habits that seem to be more challenging to you than others? How can you work as a team to incorporate all of the Habits into your lives?
The habit "be proactive" seems more challenging because sometimes you just can't help but act the way you do. We can remind each other each time we say something reactive to help each other get out of the habit/
Monday, June 7, 2010
Lesson 32
Extensions:
Er...
Family Reflections:
What concept or weekly lesson has your family most benefited from? Reflect on how it has been good for you and your family relationships.
I think my family benefited from the Sharpening the Saw, because it helped us realize that it was important to renew ourselves on a daily basis than to go none stop because you will run out of fuel sooner or later.
Er...
Family Reflections:
What concept or weekly lesson has your family most benefited from? Reflect on how it has been good for you and your family relationships.
I think my family benefited from the Sharpening the Saw, because it helped us realize that it was important to renew ourselves on a daily basis than to go none stop because you will run out of fuel sooner or later.
Lesson 31
Extensions:
Body: Exercises and do different kinds of activities to keep healthy. Remember to eat healthy as well.
Heart: Spend more time with your family and friends, and keep the EBA in all your relationships in balance.
Brain: Read and strive to learn new things. Never stop learning!
Soul: Spend more time relaxing and observing nature, like watching the sun rise, or listening to birds chirping.
Family Reflections:
Go around and rate each family member on how well you all renew yourselves in the four areas.
If it's marked 1-5, I would give the following:
My mom:
Body- 4 (does exercise but not that regularly)
Heart- 5 (makes time for family)
Brain- 5 (reads everyday before bed)
Soul - 4 (sometimes sits by the balcony and just stares outside.... )
My dad:
Body- 2 (doesn't exercise, though sometimes stating that he does, but I never see it ==)
Heart- 3 (always sits by his computer, seldom comes out and talks to us)
Brain- 4 (He is pretty smart, and he reads these computer engineering books that I don't understand before bed)
Soul-2 (I have never seen him do anything of this sort anyways...)
Me:
Body - 5 (We all run every other day in PE, I dance on the weekends, and I pretty much run to school every few days XD )
Heart- 3 (I sometimes make time for family and friends)
Brain-4 (Sometimes read)
Soul- 3 (I would really want to just relax and just interact with nature, but can never seem to find time to...)
Body: Exercises and do different kinds of activities to keep healthy. Remember to eat healthy as well.
Heart: Spend more time with your family and friends, and keep the EBA in all your relationships in balance.
Brain: Read and strive to learn new things. Never stop learning!
Soul: Spend more time relaxing and observing nature, like watching the sun rise, or listening to birds chirping.
Family Reflections:
Go around and rate each family member on how well you all renew yourselves in the four areas.
If it's marked 1-5, I would give the following:
My mom:
Body- 4 (does exercise but not that regularly)
Heart- 5 (makes time for family)
Brain- 5 (reads everyday before bed)
Soul - 4 (sometimes sits by the balcony and just stares outside.... )
My dad:
Body- 2 (doesn't exercise, though sometimes stating that he does, but I never see it ==)
Heart- 3 (always sits by his computer, seldom comes out and talks to us)
Brain- 4 (He is pretty smart, and he reads these computer engineering books that I don't understand before bed)
Soul-2 (I have never seen him do anything of this sort anyways...)
Me:
Body - 5 (We all run every other day in PE, I dance on the weekends, and I pretty much run to school every few days XD )
Heart- 3 (I sometimes make time for family and friends)
Brain-4 (Sometimes read)
Soul- 3 (I would really want to just relax and just interact with nature, but can never seem to find time to...)
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Lesson 30
Extensions:
1) Read the following story and respond on the lines below how this story can be related to keeping ourselves fit in all areas of life.
This story shows that you have to take time to relax and let yourself rest before exerting yourself too much, or else you will accomplish very little even though you do things non-stop. You need to exercise and keep fit in order to not burn out, like the chainsaw. If he had taken time to sharpen it, it would cut way faster than not sharpening and not resting.
Family Reflections:
What does your family do to renew and refresh the health of your relationships? Plan an outing or a family fun night.
To refresh the health of our relationships, we go out to eat and we watch tv or play board games together. We usually eat out on Saturdays, so it's considered as an outing?
1) Read the following story and respond on the lines below how this story can be related to keeping ourselves fit in all areas of life.
You are walking through the woods one day and come upon a lumberjack who's furiously working at cutting fallen trees into logs. You notice that he's having a very difficult time of it. It seems to you that the chain on his chainsaw has become so dull that the saw barely cuts at all.
You ask him why he doesn't sharpen his chain. He replies, "I've got to get these logs cut. I can't take the time to sharpen my saw."
This story shows that you have to take time to relax and let yourself rest before exerting yourself too much, or else you will accomplish very little even though you do things non-stop. You need to exercise and keep fit in order to not burn out, like the chainsaw. If he had taken time to sharpen it, it would cut way faster than not sharpening and not resting.
Family Reflections:
What does your family do to renew and refresh the health of your relationships? Plan an outing or a family fun night.
To refresh the health of our relationships, we go out to eat and we watch tv or play board games together. We usually eat out on Saturdays, so it's considered as an outing?
Lesson 29
Extensions:
Synergy in Action
Synergy in Action
HANDOUT
Draw team:
Well, I don't really know what to do... A team is made up of people working together to achieve a goal that can not be reached, or it may take more time to reach, if it only took one person.
Family reflections:
How can members of your family help you achieve better results in school?
My parents could help me study for big tests by testing me, and they can give me suggestions of what to do on a project. Or, for example in math, I can ask my dad about a question I don't understand. They have been in this world longer than I have, so they have much more knowledge and I can gain a lot from them.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Lesson 28
Extensions:
1) Work out a "want" list with someone else for an agreement that you're trying to reach with someone. Then, make a list of possible "third alternative" solutions that would be good for both parties.
Their wants:
-Get her dishes done
My wants:
-finish my project
Their don't want list:
-be late for a tv show
My don't want list:
-stay up late to finish project
Third alternatives:
-my mom could help me a bit by cutting stuff up while I go wash her dishes
Family Reflections:
Are there any unresolved issues in your home that could use some synergy? Walk through the steps to synergy or see if you can come to a solution that makes everyone happy.
There aren't really any unresolved issues in my home, but the steps to synergy are important in solving problems in families.
1) Work out a "want" list with someone else for an agreement that you're trying to reach with someone. Then, make a list of possible "third alternative" solutions that would be good for both parties.
Their wants:
-Get her dishes done
My wants:
-finish my project
Their don't want list:
-be late for a tv show
My don't want list:
-stay up late to finish project
Third alternatives:
-my mom could help me a bit by cutting stuff up while I go wash her dishes
Family Reflections:
Are there any unresolved issues in your home that could use some synergy? Walk through the steps to synergy or see if you can come to a solution that makes everyone happy.
There aren't really any unresolved issues in my home, but the steps to synergy are important in solving problems in families.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Lesson 27
Extensions:
I am not really sure what to do about this... criticizing, complaining, comparing, competing... well they all have negative effects on synergy.
criticizing is not good any time, and it damages people's relationships
complaining is really annoying, because complaining about other's ideas isn't synergy, because you aren't excepting others opinions.
comparing isn't good either, because synergy is about putting together ideas, and not trying to see who's ideas are better.
Competing is definitely not good. What's the boint of working together if you are going to go against each other?
Family Reflections:
Choose a recent decision you and your family made that had everyone's input. Did you synergize or compromise?
A recent decision might be deciding whether I should quit figure skating or not (that was a few months ago, but my family doesn't really make huge decisions) We compromised, because I didn't want to quit skating, but my mom was worried that I wouldn't have enough time to do homework in highschool, and I thought thta was a reasonable reason too. So I said that if I quit skating, then they should give me more time on the computer (since I had more time to do work) and yea... it wasn't really a compromise, but the choice was one or the other, so I didn't have much to say. Whoever had the better reasoning won I guess.
I am not really sure what to do about this... criticizing, complaining, comparing, competing... well they all have negative effects on synergy.
criticizing is not good any time, and it damages people's relationships
complaining is really annoying, because complaining about other's ideas isn't synergy, because you aren't excepting others opinions.
comparing isn't good either, because synergy is about putting together ideas, and not trying to see who's ideas are better.
Competing is definitely not good. What's the boint of working together if you are going to go against each other?
Family Reflections:
Choose a recent decision you and your family made that had everyone's input. Did you synergize or compromise?
A recent decision might be deciding whether I should quit figure skating or not (that was a few months ago, but my family doesn't really make huge decisions) We compromised, because I didn't want to quit skating, but my mom was worried that I wouldn't have enough time to do homework in highschool, and I thought thta was a reasonable reason too. So I said that if I quit skating, then they should give me more time on the computer (since I had more time to do work) and yea... it wasn't really a compromise, but the choice was one or the other, so I didn't have much to say. Whoever had the better reasoning won I guess.
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