Name I.D. Class Period Date Habit 2 Worksheet Instructions: beginning on page 73 read about Habit 2 and answer the following questions. What is Habit 2? Complete this sentence: Control your own destiny or. Read page 7 What does begin with the end in mind mean? List the two things the book describes as the meaning of begin with the end in mind. Read page 7 List three personal examples of things you made or did that required beginning with the end in mind. List the two reasons given as the importance of beginning with the end in mind: 6. Read the example on page 77 describing someone who had an important decision to make about his friend, Jack. Answer these questions about the story: a. Was the person in the story reactive or proactive regarding his relationship with Jack and his lifestyle? b. How did the person begin with the end in mind? 1
c. What happened to Jack that made the person glad of the decision he made? 7. Read page 78. Complete the following sentences: a. The movies lie, especially when it comes to issues like. b. The movies don t show you the life-altering reality of contracting a disease like or, or becoming pregnant and having to deal with everything that brings with it. like or c. We are free to choose our paths, but we can t choose the that comes with them. 8. Read page 78. List three possible bad results of having sex before you are married. 9. Read the negative example on page 78 at the bottom of the page. How does the girl in this example describe her feelings about her past? 10. Read the positive example on page 79 and 80 about Krista. What did Krista achieve because she began with the end in mind? Read page 80 and answer the following. 1 Who said Control your own destiny or someone else will? 1 Complete the following sentences: a. If you decide to just go with the flow, you ll end up where the flow goes, which is usually, often leading to a big pile of and a life of. b. The road to anywhere is really a life to. c. Never assume that the herd must know where they are going, because they. 2
Read page 8 1 What is the best way to have an end in mind? 1 What is a personal mission statement? Read page 8 1 Complete Steven Strong s acronym for his personal mission statement: R= E= S= P= E= C= T= 16. Create your own acronym using a word that you believe describes yourself or your personal mission statement. See the example on page 82 of Steven Strong s acronym. Read page 8 17. Read the example at the top of page 8 How did writing a mission statement help the girl in the example to stick to her standards and not do something she was not ready for? 18. Complete these statements: a. A personal mission statement is like a tree with. (Gives stability.) b. While everything about you changes, a can be your deep-rooted tree that never moves. b. You can deal with change if you have an immovable to hang on to. 3
Name I.D. Class Period Date Mission Statement To help you develop your own mission statement, complete the following questions. Write the name of a person who made a positive difference in your life. List four qualities that person has that you would like to develop in your life. Imagine yourself in 20 years. You are surrounded by the most important people in your life. List five of these people by title, not name (for example, husband, wife, etc.). What do you want to be doing in 20 years? List five things you want to be doing (job, family, etc.). If you could spend one day in a great library studying anything you wanted, what would you study? 4
List 10 things you love to do. (Singing, drawing, etc.) 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Describe a time when you were deeply inspired or moved. 6. a. If you could spend an hour with any person who ever lived, who would it be? c. Why that person? d. What would you ask? 7. Five years from now your local paper does a story about you and they want to interview three people: a parent, a sibling, and a friend. What would you want them to say about you? a. Parent: b. Brother/sister: 5
c. Friend: 8. List something that you would like to represent you (a rose, a song, an animal). Why does it represent you? 9. Everyone has one or more talents. What are your talents? List at least five talents: (sports, music, people skills, etc. See textbook page 89 for some more examples) Read page 90. 10. There are four methods listed to use in writing a personal mission statement. What are they? 1 What are the two mistakes listed that teen make when trying to write their mission statement? 1 Write your own personal mission statement. Put a lot of thought into what you want your character to be, what your values are, who you want to become as an adult. The mission statement can be in any form. Some examples in the textbook are on pages 81, 82 and 9 6