The 7 Habits of Highly Effective and Defective Teens. By: Jessica Ross ♥

Effective Teens (1-4) Habit 1: Be Proactive (Take control of your own life.) Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind (Think about your goals in life.) Habit 3: Put First Things First (Think about the most important things before anything else.) Habit 4: Think Win-Win (Have confidence that everyone can win.)

Habit 1: Be Proactive

(Take control of your own life.)

Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind

(Think about your goals in life.)

Habit 3: Put First Things First

(Think about the most important things before anything else.)

Habit 4: Think Win-Win

(Have confidence that everyone can win.)

Effective Teens (5-7) Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood. (Listen and understand what people are saying.) Habit 6: Syngerize (Work together to be more successful.) Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw (Renew yourself regularly.)

Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood.

(Listen and understand what people are saying.)

Habit 6: Syngerize

(Work together to be more successful.)

Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw

(Renew yourself regularly.)

Defected Teens (1-3) Habit 1: React Blame all your problems on everybody except yourself and have a negative attitude. Ex; Someone fights with you, fight back. Habit 2: Begin with No End in Mind Do everything last minute without having anything planned. Go out and party and do what you want, don’t worry about anything else. Habit 3: Put First Things Last Whatever is most important in your life put to the side. Such as homework. Homework can wait.

Habit 1: React

Blame all your problems on everybody except yourself and have a negative attitude. Ex; Someone fights with you, fight back.

Habit 2: Begin with No End in Mind

Do everything last minute without having anything planned. Go out and party and do what you want, don’t worry about anything else.

Habit 3: Put First Things Last

Whatever is most important in your life put to the side. Such as homework. Homework can wait.

Defected Teens (4-7) Habit 4: Think Win-Lose Don’t let anyone be better than you. You have to succeed in everything first. Live as if life in a competition. Habit 5: Seek First to Talk, Then Pretend to Listen Talk a lot and make sure nobody else gets the chance to talk. When people do talk only pretend to listen. Habit 6: Don’t Cooperate People are weird because they are different. Don’t try to be friends with them. You’re the best so your better off on your own. Habit 7: Wear Yourself Out Be so busy that you don’t have time for anything important or time for anyone else. Don’t study and don’t learn anything new.

Habit 4: Think Win-Lose

Don’t let anyone be better than you. You have to succeed in everything first. Live as if life in a competition.

Habit 5: Seek First to Talk, Then Pretend to Listen

Talk a lot and make sure nobody else gets the chance to talk. When people do talk only pretend to listen.

Habit 6: Don’t Cooperate

People are weird because they are different. Don’t try to be friends with them. You’re the best so your better off on your own.

Habit 7: Wear Yourself Out

Be so busy that you don’t have time for anything important or time for anyone else. Don’t study and don’t learn anything new.

Defective Im going to yell back because Sally yelled at me. I am the best. I don’t need a team.

Im going to yell back because Sally yelled at me.

Effective We worked as a team and we were successful. I care about my grades so I studied and got an A on my exam.

We worked as a team and we were successful.