Peter J. Jessen

"Goals Per Action" Success Consultant

peterjj@peterjessen-gpa.com · peterjjgpa@icloud.com · 9931 SW 61st Ave., Portland, OR 97219 · Tel: 503.977.3240 · Fax: 503.977.3239

Classes Based on Stephen Covey's, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Two class series — one for adults and one for teens — based on Stephen Covey and Sean Covey's books

Title

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, The Ultimate Teenage Success Guide, Sean Cove

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families: Building a Beautiful Family Culture in a Turbulent World, Stephen Covey

Audience

High School Youth

Adults (Teenagers Also Welcome)

Where

St. Luke Lutheran Church

St. Luke Lutheran Church

When

Sunday mornings, 9:45 am - 10:45 a.m.
May 7, 14, and 21, 2014.

Wednesday evenings,6:30 - 7:30 pm
May 14, 21, 28, and June 4, 2014

Texts

• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, The Ultimate Teenage Success Guide, Sean Covey

• Ben Franklin's LIST OF 13 for Achieving Personal and Professional Success

• What advice do you have for young people today? — (written for my 40th HS reunion "memories" book, September 1999)

• Summary points and questions for youth and adults

• Tools, Activities, and Ceremonies for Implementing the Healing Wisdom of Mary Pipher

• The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness: to "leave a LEGACY of greatness" and to "Find your voice and inspire others to find theirs," Stephen Covey

• Framework for the reading and the discussions

• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families: Building a Beautiful Family Culture in a Turbulent World, Stephen Covey

• Detailed outline: THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE FAMILIES: BUILDING A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY CULTURE IN A TURBULENT WORLD.
Like an airplane, "You're going to be 'off track' 90% of the time. So what?"

• Summary points and questions for youth and adults

• Marriage and the Construction of Reality, Peter L. Berger

• The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness: to "leave a LEGACY of greatness" and to "Find your voice and inspire others to find theirs," Stephen Covey

• Framework for the reading and the discussions

Habits

Habit 1 | Habit 2 | Habit 3 | Habit 4 | Habit 5 | Habit 6 | Habit 7
 

7 Habits

Part I: The Set Up
PART II: THE PRIVATE VICTORY
  • The Personal Bank Account: Starting with the Person in the Mirror
  • Question: How can I create?
  • Question: How can i become a principle-centered influence i my family?

HABIT 1: BE PROACTIVE

  • Question: What can I do when I've been handed a bad script?
  • Adult: Becoming an Agent of Change in Your Family
  • Teen: I am the force

HABIT 2: BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND

  • Question:
  • Adult: Developing a Family Mission Statement
  • Teen: Control Your Own Destiny or Someone Else Will

HABIT 3: PUT FIRST THING FIRST

  • Question:
  • Making Family a Priority in a Turbulent World
  • Teen: Will and Won't Power
PART III: THE PUBLIC VICTORY
  • The Relationship Bank Account; The Stuff That Life is Made Of

HABIT 4: THINK "WIN-WIN"

  • Question:
  • Adult: Moving from "Me" to "We"
  • Life in an All-You-Can-Eat Buffet

HABIT 5: SEEK FIRST TO UNDERTAND, THEN TO BE UNDERSTOOD

  • Question:
  • Adult: Solving Family Problems Through Empathic Communication
  • Teen: You have two ears and one mouth … Hel-lo!

HABIT 6: SYNERGIZE

  • Question:
  • Adult: Building Family Unity Through Celebrating Differences
  • The "High" Way
PART IV: RENEWAL

HABIT 7: SHARPEN THE SAW

  • Question:
  • Adult: Renewing the Family Spirit Through Traditions, From Survival…to Stability…to Success…to Significance
  • Teen: It's "Me" time; Keep Hope Alive! Kid, You'll Move Mountains
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