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7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens. Mamoon Al-Azami. The Contents. What is the Concept of Habit in human development? Why Good Habit is vital for achievement? What are the Key Factors to build good habits? What are the 7 Habits to be Effective?
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7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens Mamoon Al-Azami
The Contents • What is the Concept of Habit in human development? • Why Good Habitis vital for achievement? • What are the Key Factors to build good habits? • What are the 7 Habits to be Effective? • How to Develop the these habits in Life?
What is the Concept of Habit in Human Development? • Doing things without being aware of it. • Activities that are intuitive / natural • Actions are GOOD orBAD and can move to good if there is IMAN & WILL • If Will controls Habits, success can be achieved easily • If Habit controls Will, failure can result easily, if habits are bad
Why Good Habit is Vital for Achievement? • Good Habits are Constructive • Bad Habits are Destructive • Character is a Combination of Habits • Bad Habits Make Bad Character • Good Habits Make Good Character • A Good Muslim has Good Habits leading to Good Character & Paradise
What are the Key Factors to Build Good Habits? • Thoughts lead to Words • Words lead to Actions • Actions lead to Habits • Habits lead to Character • Character leads to Destiny
What are the 7 habits to be Effective Teens? • Be Proactive(Take Responsibility for Your Life) • Begin with the End in Mind(Define Your Mission and Goals in Life) • Put First Things First(Prioritize and do the Most Important Things First) • Think Win-Win(Have an Attitude that Everyone can Win) • Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood(Listen to People Sincerely, then Speak) • Synergize(Plan/Work Together to Achieve More) • Sharpen the Saw(Renew Yourself Regularly)
Be Proactive(Take Responsibility for and Lead Your Life) • Don’t wait for someone to do good deeds • Do decide about what is right and do it • Don’t blame someone for bad in yourself • Do take responsibility to correct your life • Don’t react to something without thinking • Do reflect upon it and respond positively • Lead your Life fully and take Initiative
Begin with the End in Mind(Define Your Mission and Goals in Life) • Think through what Life Goals you want • TakeBoth Worlds in your Thinking process • Plan the Major Steps to achieve the Goals • AlignGoals and Steps to your abilities • Calculate Annual/Monthly Realistic Targets • MakeFirm Decision to implement your plan • Seek support of Allah for successful end
Put First Things First(Prioritise the Most Important Things First) • Identify most important matters in your life • Plan for dunya and akhirah, not just dunya • Understand what is Important vs. Urgent • Analyse what gives long term benefit to you • Dreams that you wish to achieve in life • Think of your feeling after a good result • Imagine your future with Rocking Chair test • Reflect on akhirah if Allah gave paradise
Think Win-Win(Have an Attitude that Everyone can Win) • Do you have to win by defeating others? • What if you can sharewin-win with others? • How do you feel if both sides can win? • What are the results of defeating others? • What factors are keys in positive mindset? • What kind of society created by win-win? • How to develop a win-win attitude in life?
Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood (Listen to People Sincerely)
How to Develop These Habits in Life? • Develop Strong Aqidah-Akhlaq-Aqal (AAA) • Use Head to understand, Heart to own and Hand to take Action (HHH) • Make Decision to change, Act to implement decision and make Dua to Succeed (DAD) • Set Targets, make detailed Plan to build good habits and remove bad ones • Pursue progress Relentlessly relying on Allah build good habits / character
7 Habits of Highly Defective Teens • React(Blame everyone except yourself) • Begin with No End in Mind(Have to plan or goal in life) • Put First Things Last(Neglect most important things in life) • Think Win-Lose(See a vicious contest to win and others lose) • Seek First to Talk, Then Pretend to Listen(Talk a lot, Listen little, don’t understand others) • Don’t Cooperate(Go it alone, no teamwork or partnership) • Wear Yourself Out(No time to relax, renew or improve)
Personal Exercise • Write down 10 good habits you have and produce a plan to make them better • Note down 5 bad habits you have and make a plan to remove them from life • Identify3 dreams that you have and make your plan to achieve it with dua