Free Lance

The Interview 

Ever since i was in middle school i always wanted to be a senior because i heard of all the fun things they get to do. They had so many activities . When i was a junior i talked to my senior friends and i asked them if senior year was the best they said it was stressful and you have to do lots of things. So ever since they told me how senior year was going to be i stared to panic and i was wondering how am i going to make it through the year like for me junior year was so stressful because we had to do this mock interview for we can already have experience for when we actually apply for a job, i was stressing it i didn't know what kind of questions they were going to ask me or how was i going to answer them. When the day came to do my interview i was asking everyone even teachers to help me practice for my interview they said i did good but i had to be more confident and less nervous they also told me to shake their hand more firmly because i was so nervous i was shaking their hand weak. So when i went to the room and they told me to sit down and wait for them to call me up. I was so nervous i started asking my friends how was the interview because there time to do the interview was before mine. they had told me that it was easy and to not worry about it and that ill do fine. So when they called me up because it was my turn i did my interview and it wasn't so bad i actually responded confidently to all the questions they had. it was a relieved when my interview was done. 

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People 

Habits 1 : Be Proactive 

"Habits 1 is the key to unlocking all the other habits and that why it comes first it says, " I am the captain of my life. i can choose my attitude. I'm responsible for my own happiness or unhappiness. I am in the divers seats of my destiny, not just a passenger." 

• You can either make your life a happy life or a not so happy one because your actions are the once that make your happiness come to life and also the way you treat other people so you have to treat other people the way you want to be treated. This also states that you need to make your life successful and to make it positive with no negativity of any sort. Also that you have full control of your future no one else can control your future unless you give them that option. Many times your parents want to control your future because they think their helping you but you cant let them do that like they already lived their life now its time to live yours. Planning your future ahead of time is better than not knowing what to do when the times comes. You choose who you want to be and set goals that you'll know you will achieve later on in your life. Also you have to solve your own problems and you can also learn from those mistakes that you might have because no one is perfect we are just simply imperfect.

Habit 2 : Begin with the End in Mind 

" Control  your own destiny or someone else will." (Jack Welch) 

"When you know where you intend to end up , you know where you are now." (Covey)

• You have to control your own destiny because you dont want another person to make your future for you because you have your own mind and decisions. Many times people tend to do what their parents want and not what they want but there are others that have an option to be whatever they want but they dont take advantage of that. Also you need to be focused and finish what you already started like for example one of your goal.  So what ever you start you always have to finish it no matter what if you believe in yourself then you can accomplish anything you desire. When you were little they always asked you , " what do you want to be when you grow up." Every step that you take either is good or bad so think twice about everything you do. 

Habit 3: Put First Things First 
"Organize and execute around priorities."

• It means being clear about your priorities and acting on them. You always have to but you priorities first and anything else you have to put it aside and also when you start something you always have to finish it no matter the circumstances. Also it means that you have to live a more positive life and leave all the negativity aside. This statement also means that you have to plan your future ahead of time because when the time come you will not know what to do or you'll not even know where to start. Set goals that you will accomplish.

Habit 4: Think win-win 

"Think win-win or no deal."

• This means to always win and dont let anything distract you from succeeding in life and it also means that never get discourage about anything not even if the people around you dont agree with what your doing or even if they dont support you in any way you just have to continue and do your best with what you can. When you think your are going to give you just think to yourself you can do it and that would motivate you to do many things you thought you couldn't do. You should always think positive and leave any negativity that you might be thinking away get it out of your head because that negativity can really affect you in many ways. Thinking win-win can really benefit you in many ways, it can help you achieve a goal you have set for yourself. 

Habit 5 : Seek First to Understand, then to be Understood

"Diagnose before you prescribe."

• This means that you always have to communicate because that is the best skill you can ever learn. You spend most of the time reading and writing and also learning how to speak in the proper language. You have to listen to others in order for you to really understand what they are saying and for later on you can teach others what you learned. Also you have to really listen to the persons point of view not just let them speak and your no really listening to what there saying because you just want your point across. Most people just listen to reply for what there saying and not to really understand.

Habit 6: Synergize  

"The whole is greater than the sum of its parts(1+1=3)"

•  This means that you have to work together in order to get something done and this the habit of creative cooperation. It is teamwork because as a team you can accomplish more and you can also learn new things. Working with others can benefit you in many ways and this can also be a good skill to have because in the future you can have a job that needs that type of skill and that it shows that you work well with others. This also means you work best when their others around. 

Habit 7: Sharpen the saw 

the four dimensions of self-renewal: Physical, mental,spiritual, social/emotional

• This means that you are preserving and enhancing the greatest assets that you might have and making the best out of them and you can also improve them and making some new ones and you also have to set goals and work your hardest to accomplish those goals you set for yourself this can help you accomplish anything if you set your mind into it. 

Reflection: 

• I think that the 7 habits of highly effective people would help you so much with many things and also this can make you a better person and make you succeed in your life. I also learned so much this has made me become a better person and it also helped me with many things like reaching some goals that i put for myself. this really shows how to be better than you already are not only physically but emotionally as well.