Effective Habits

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Effective Habits Goals

• Monroe Clark Middle School

Ms. Duarte
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Expectations

• Follow Classroom Rules
• Ask Questions Participate
• Pay Attention

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Objectives

• After this lesson, you will be able to
• Define habit.
• Identify your productive and non-productive
  habits.
• Understand the importance of prioritizing.
• Differentiate between a short- and long-term
  goal.
• Apply the principals of goal setting to create
  your own short- and long-term goals.

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What are Habits?

• Types of habits
• Good habits
• Bad habits
• Neutral habits
• Can you think of examples of each type of habit?

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Activity Changing Habits

• Cross your arms
• Now, cross them the opposite way
• How does it feel?

• We can change our habits with practice

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Habit 1 Put First Things First

• Prioritize
• To put things in order of importance
• Why is prioritizing important?

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Habit 1 Put First Things First
TIME QUADRANTS URGENT NOT URGENT
IMPORTANT

• Activity Time Quadrants

NOT IMPORTANT
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Time Quadrants Habit Styles

• THE PROCRASTINATOR
• High in Urgent Important Quadrant
• Last minute studying for tomorrows exam
• Results
• Stress Anxiety
• Burnout
• So-so performance

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Time Quadrants Habit Styles

• THE YES-MAN
• High in Urgent Not Important Quadrant
• Text Messages Phone Calls
• Other peoples problems
• Results
• Always being a pleaser
• Lack of discipline
• Feel like others take advantage of you

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Time Quadrants Habit Styles

• THE SLACKER
• High in Not Urgent Not Important Quadrant
• Too much TV video games
• Excessive Relaxing
• Results
• Do not accomplish much
• Lack of responsibility

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Time Quadrants Habit Styles

• THE PRIORITIZER
• High in Not Urgent Important Quadrant
• Essay due in a week
• Planning setting goals
• Results
• Balance
• High Performance

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Balancing Out Your Quadrants

• What can you do to become more of a Prioritizer?
• Use your agenda
• Do fun activities after important things
• Plan for the week

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Habit 2 Begin with the End in Mind

• Student Planner, p. 6 7
• Long-Term Goals
• Short-Term Goals

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Long-Term Goals
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Specific Goals
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Habit 2 Begin with the End in Mind

• Activity Share your goals with a partner sitting
  next to you.

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What is one step you can take this week towards
your goal or balancing out your quadrants?
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Putting it into Action

• How will you know if you are working towards your
  goals?
• Setting weekly goals meeting them
• Making a check list of steps towards your goals
• Asking someone how youre doing
• Who can you ask for help in working towards your
  goals?
• Family member, teacher, friends, counselor

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Good luck!!

• Best of luck as you work towards you goals!
• Thanks for your participation.
• Stop by and say hi at the counseling center