The Seven Habits

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The Seven Habits of Highly Successful Students
Russell Conwell Educational Services
Center Temple University Kathleen L. Quinn,
M.Ed. Act 101 Program Director
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Habit 1 Be proactive.
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• Take charge of your learning experience.
• Use all the tools and resources available
• to you.
• Start now dont wait till its too late.
• Ask for what you need.
• Advocate for yourself.
• Talk to your advisor.
• Talk to your professors.
• Ask for help from your peers.

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Drive your education.
Dont let it drive you!
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Habit 2 Begin with the end in mind.
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Investigate career options now.
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• Career Counselor
• Professors
• People working in the field
• Campus career fairs
• Job listings
• Professional publications

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Is this course of study going to take me where I
want to go?
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Do I want to go where this course of study is
taking me?
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Clarify and redefine your goals as you advance
through your studies.
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Habit 3 Put first things first.
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• Identify goals and obligations
• Separate long term from short term goals.
• Set priorities and revisit them.
• Use a time management plan.

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First, be clear with yourself about your own
needs. Then consider what others expect of you.
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Set your priorities according to what you know
you most want to achieve!
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• Be realistic!
• Know what you can control.
• Know what you cant.
• Underwhelm yourself.

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Avoid procrastination!
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• Make the work relevant to you.
• Make your own performance standards reasonable.
• Make sure your fully understand the task.
• Help yourself calm performance fears
• and fear of the unknown.
• Chunk large tasks into a series of smaller
  ones.
• Appropriate time to a task
• and dont feel guilty about it.
• Give yourself awards at reasonable intervals.
• Make internal deadlines so youll end up
• with extra time.

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Habit 4 Dont Compete.
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Avoid adversarial relationships with professors
and peers.
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Seek teamwork and teambuilding opportunities.
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View grades as constructive feedback.
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See tests as opportunities to show the professor
what you know
and find out what you need to learn.
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Focus on repairing (not comparing) your
performance.
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Habit 5 Communicate well.
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Learn to be a better listener.
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• Be quiet.
• Maintain comfortable eye contact.
• Display openness.
• Send acknowledgements.
• Give back understanding.
• Pay attention to non-verbal cues.
• Listen for requests and intentions.

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Use empathy.
Try to put yourself in the other persons shoes.
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Be clear when telling others what you expect.
Make sure you understand your own needs first!
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Habit 6 Join a diverse learning community.
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• Seek real life learning experiences.
• Value differences and build upon them.
• Participate in campus life outside the classroom.

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• Volunteer.
• Take a course that requires
• service learning.
• Be an intern.
• Join a student organization.
• Be a research assistant.
• Attend campus
• and community cultural events.

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Get to know someone whose cultural background is
different than yours.
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Habit 7 Sharpen the saw.
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Take care of your health, both physically and
emotionally.
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Learn to relax, practice moderation, and balance
your life.
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Sleep, eat well, and give yourself time to enjoy
friends and family.
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You are your most important resource!
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If you would like more information on this topic,
contact Kathleen L. Quinn, M.Ed. Act 101
Program 208 B Vivacqua Hall Russell Conwell
Center Division of Student Affairs 215-204-7825
klq_at_temple.edu