ArtsAutosBooksBusinessEducationEntertainmentFamilyFashionFoodGamesGenderHealthHolidaysHomeHubPagesPersonal FinancePetsPoliticsReligionSportsTechnologyTravel

7 Habits of Highly Effective Teenagers (Part 1)

Updated on August 11, 2020
Avyukth profile image

Avyukth is a passionate individual who believes in living life on his own terms.

Introduction

A teenager's life is not easy. One is neither a child nor a grown up at this age. We go through so many physical, mental and psychological changes. We are required to make life altering decisions. We struggle to find our place in this world and in society. All this can get really overwhelming.

So it is important to have a support system. A blueprint you can follow to make your life a little easier. ' 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens' by Sean Covey is a book that provides a clear blueprint.

Habits

Our future is a result of the things we do on a daily basis. We perform activities based on our habits. So habits play a vital role in our lives. Good habits can take us to great heights. At the same time, bad habits can destroy our lives. Hence, we need to pay attention to the things we do on a daily basis. It is important to consciously form habits that will serve us well. Read on to find out more about the first habit.

Source

Put first things first

Prioritization is a key word that every teenager must remember. You have to manage so many things like studies, social life, family, hobbies etc. It is easy to feel overwhelmed and confused. It often feels like 24 hours are not enough. So it is important to have clear priorities. This ensures that you don't compromise on things that are important to you.

Willpower

Willpower is the ability to do things even when you don't feel like doing them. In order to grow, one must learn to exercise this power. Willpower is just like a muscle. The more you exercise it, the stronger it becomes. It is required to adopt desirable behavior.

Will power is not just about doing things that are uncomfortable. It is also the ability to say no to bad/unimportant things. It requires you to refrain from doing things that you want to do. It is required to eliminate undesirable behavior.

Willpower is extremely important in prioritization. The reason we don't have time is that we keep saying yes to everything. It is important to identify what is important to us and strongly say no to the rest.

Example

You are preparing for a test and your friends call you to hang out. You must learn to say no to them. Exercise your won't power to resist that temptation.

The Einsenhower Matrix

Dwight Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States. He was an American army general too. He came up with a matrix on how to prioritize your activities. It is based on the factors of urgency and importance

Source

Urgent and important

These are activities that require your immediate attention. This could be preparing for a test which is on the next day. It could be helping out a close friend who really needs you. It could be completing an assignment which is due in two days.

These activities must not be postponed. We should not make it a habit to procrastinate. When you identify that something is urgent and important. just do it immediately.

Not urgent and Important

These are activities that matter but not at the moment. This could be studying for your exams which are approaching in a month or two. Starting a regular exercise regime is an activity that falls under this category. The family vacation that you all really need can also be classified under this.

It is important to start planning such activities. Remember that failing to plan is planning to fail. Something that is not planned never happens. One must not wait till these become urgent. A little planning will definitely go a long way in making you more successful.

Urgent and Not important

These are activities that require immediate action but are not very important. Most of the time this happens when someone asks you for a favour. They might need some help but not on something that's very crucial. Often this won't be something that requires to be done specifically by you.

In these cases you must learn to delegate.

Not urgent and not important

These activities are called time killers. This could be tasks like scrolling through social media feeds or watching television. I am not saying these must be fully eliminated. Stress busters are really important. But often, we spend more time on these than we should.

So it is important to identify these activities and eliminate them to the extent possible. This will give us more time for more important tasks.

© 2020 Avyukth Krishna

working

This website uses cookies

As a user in the EEA, your approval is needed on a few things. To provide a better website experience, hubpages.com uses cookies (and other similar technologies) and may collect, process, and share personal data. Please choose which areas of our service you consent to our doing so.

For more information on managing or withdrawing consents and how we handle data, visit our Privacy Policy at: https://corp.maven.io/privacy-policy

Show Details
Necessary
HubPages Device IDThis is used to identify particular browsers or devices when the access the service, and is used for security reasons.
LoginThis is necessary to sign in to the HubPages Service.
Google RecaptchaThis is used to prevent bots and spam. (Privacy Policy)
AkismetThis is used to detect comment spam. (Privacy Policy)
HubPages Google AnalyticsThis is used to provide data on traffic to our website, all personally identifyable data is anonymized. (Privacy Policy)
HubPages Traffic PixelThis is used to collect data on traffic to articles and other pages on our site. Unless you are signed in to a HubPages account, all personally identifiable information is anonymized.
Amazon Web ServicesThis is a cloud services platform that we used to host our service. (Privacy Policy)
CloudflareThis is a cloud CDN service that we use to efficiently deliver files required for our service to operate such as javascript, cascading style sheets, images, and videos. (Privacy Policy)
Google Hosted LibrariesJavascript software libraries such as jQuery are loaded at endpoints on the googleapis.com or gstatic.com domains, for performance and efficiency reasons. (Privacy Policy)
Features
Google Custom SearchThis is feature allows you to search the site. (Privacy Policy)
Google MapsSome articles have Google Maps embedded in them. (Privacy Policy)
Google ChartsThis is used to display charts and graphs on articles and the author center. (Privacy Policy)
Google AdSense Host APIThis service allows you to sign up for or associate a Google AdSense account with HubPages, so that you can earn money from ads on your articles. No data is shared unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy)
Google YouTubeSome articles have YouTube videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy)
VimeoSome articles have Vimeo videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy)
PaypalThis is used for a registered author who enrolls in the HubPages Earnings program and requests to be paid via PayPal. No data is shared with Paypal unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy)
Facebook LoginYou can use this to streamline signing up for, or signing in to your Hubpages account. No data is shared with Facebook unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy)
MavenThis supports the Maven widget and search functionality. (Privacy Policy)
Marketing
Google AdSenseThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Google DoubleClickGoogle provides ad serving technology and runs an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Index ExchangeThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
SovrnThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Facebook AdsThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Amazon Unified Ad MarketplaceThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
AppNexusThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
OpenxThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Rubicon ProjectThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
TripleLiftThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Say MediaWe partner with Say Media to deliver ad campaigns on our sites. (Privacy Policy)
Remarketing PixelsWe may use remarketing pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to advertise the HubPages Service to people that have visited our sites.
Conversion Tracking PixelsWe may use conversion tracking pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to identify when an advertisement has successfully resulted in the desired action, such as signing up for the HubPages Service or publishing an article on the HubPages Service.
Statistics
Author Google AnalyticsThis is used to provide traffic data and reports to the authors of articles on the HubPages Service. (Privacy Policy)
ComscoreComScore is a media measurement and analytics company providing marketing data and analytics to enterprises, media and advertising agencies, and publishers. Non-consent will result in ComScore only processing obfuscated personal data. (Privacy Policy)
Amazon Tracking PixelSome articles display amazon products as part of the Amazon Affiliate program, this pixel provides traffic statistics for those products (Privacy Policy)
ClickscoThis is a data management platform studying reader behavior (Privacy Policy)