The Seven Habits

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The Seven Habits of Highly Successful Students
Russell Conwell Center Math Science Upward Bound
To receive credit for this please print and
complete the last slide of this PowerPoint and
submit it to your coordinator
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Habit 1 Be proactive.

• Take charge of your learning experience.
• Use all the tools and resources available
• to you.
• Start now dont wait untill its too late.
• Ask for what you need.
• Advocate for yourself.
• Talk to youre Advisor/Counselor.
• Get a tutor.

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Habit 2 Begin with the end in mind.

• Investigate career options now!!
• Review
• Job listings
• Professional publications
• Consult with
• Guidance Counselor
• People working in the field

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Habit 3 Put first things first.

• Identify goals and obligations.
• Separate long term from short term goals.
• Set priorities and revisit them.
• Use a time management plan.
• First, be clear with yourself
• about your own needs.
• Then consider what others
• expect of you.

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Habit 4 Dont Compete.

• Avoid adversarial relationships
• with professors and peers.
• Seek teamwork and teambuilding
• opportunities.
• View grades as constructive feedback.
• See tests as opportunities to show
• the professor what you know and to find out
  what you need to learn.
• Focus on repairing (not comparing)
• your performance.

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Habit 5 Communicate well.

• Be quiet.
• Maintain comfortable eye contact.
• Display openness.
• Send acknowledgements.
• Give back understanding.
• Pay attention to non-verbal cues.
• Listen for requests and intentions.
• Make sure you understand your own needs first!

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Habit 6 Join a diverse learning community.

• Volunteer.
• Take a course that requires
• service learning.
• Be an intern.
• Join a student organization.
• Be a research assistant.
• Seek real life learning experiences.
• Value differences and build upon them.
• Get to know someone whose
• cultural background is different
• from yours.

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Habit 7 Sharpen the saw.
Take care of your health, both physically and
emotionally. Learn to relax, practice moderation,
and balance your life. Sleep, eat well, and
give yourself time to enjoy friends and
family. You are your most important resource!
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IN ORDER TO RECEIVE CREDIT FOR THIS WORKSHOP,
PLEASE COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING WORKSHEET AND TURN
IT INTO YOUR COORDINATOR
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Student Name________________________ Seven Habits
of Successful Student Work Sheet Please answer
questions in full sentences.

• Which seven habits do you currently practice?
  Which habits do you not practice?
• Pick one of the habits you selected above and
  explain how you put it into use.
• Of the habits that you do not currently practice,
  state which is the most difficult for you and
  why.
• Pick two of the study habits and describe how you
  use them in an everyday situation. For example,
  doing a project for school, participating on a
  team, working at your job, etc. Use a different
  situation for each habit.
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