Sow a thought and you reap an act
Sow an act and you reap a habit
Sow a habit and you reap a character
Sow a character and you reap a destiny

Samuel Smiles

What are the things I can do, for myself, to ensure thAt I stay on focus?

Take responsibility for your life
Behaviour - past present future
Choice - make choices based on reasonable decisions, beliefs and values rather than moods or circumstances
Choose to be an agent of your own change rather than being a victim, react to immediate events or blame others
Take control of your own destiny

Define and set your own mission and goals rather than letting someone else do it for you

Create a Mental Vision and Purpose for every element of your life

Commit yourself to this ; again based in principles, values, relationships and purposes that matter to YOU most

Prioritise and do the most important things first

.... And don't stray from the path

This doesn't mean you don't change but that you choose the priorities based one need

Now you can think about the effects of things outside of yourself, but in a context of what is important to you.

Life as such is not a competition - win/ lose ( selfishness) or lose/ win ( martyrdom)

Think independently but with a focus on mutual benefit- WE not ME

Look for ways for conflict resolution

Share information, power, recognition, awards

This one is about LISTENING

Listen to understand and hear others rather than searching for a reply

Who is the focus really on

We want to communicate and build relationships in all the conversations we have : personal, school, work...

Be kind and be courageous- it's not always easy to really listen

Work together - not alone

Not MY way or YOUR way but a way that is better, that builds upon ME and creates a mutual WE

This is "Two heads are better an one"

Take some me time to reflect

4 areas
Physical
Social emotional
Mental
Spiritual

Don't forget tht being effective is hard work.... So build in some ME time

Renew yourself all the time
Look at your blues, beliefs, goals, behaviour and always come back to a developing better you.

Learn from your mistakes

Listen to yourself and then try to understand how others view this.


.... And above all like yourself, warts and all. We all make mistakes but we can all grow from these challenges


This is to not feeling sorry for yourself but looking at things cyclical.... We learn from everything that we do.

Make the elements of the 7 habits second nature