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Habits 2-3 | Reading Guide

 Read Habits 2 and 3 in Covey's book and answer the following questions. Please save the questions and the answers in a Microsoft Word document and upload them to Moodle. I expect your answers to be thorough, to cite from the text, and to present a deep understanding of the text.

 Habit 2: Begin With The End In Mind 

1. Using the first scenario in the chapter where you find yourself at your own funeral, what would you like each of the four speakers to say about you and your life? For example, what might they say about your character, the achievements you will be remembered for, the kind of son/daughter you were, etc.?

2. Which center do you most identify with and why? What is another center you identify with and why? 

3. Carefully read the research paper section of the syllabus. Think about the research project you are about to embark on in this class and apply the principle of mental creation. Write down the results you desire and what steps will lead to those results. (Your research project is explained in the syllabus.  You are going to write a research paper in which you analyze both the Covey book and your chosen book to see where they overlap and/or disagree.) 

 

Habit 3: Put First Things First & Paradigms of Independence

 

1. I love the first question Covey asks us in the Habit 3 chapter:  “What one thing could you do (that you aren’t doing now) that if you did on a regular basis, would make a tremendous positive difference in your personal life?” List this one thing and explain how it could make an impact in your life. 

2. Think back over your last semester.  List one example from your own personal day-to-day situation that fits into each Quadrant.

3. Effective people stay out of which Quadrants and why?

4. In the section entitled “What It Takes to Say ‘No,’” Covey says most people say lack of discipline is the culprit of our inability to say no. But he doesn’t buy the discipline answer.  What does he say the problem is?

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