Personal Motto

I am really intrigued by the personal motto and plan to encourage our family to develop personal mottoes during the next months.

This workshop has been very informative. All educators need to take this workshop, we all would do a better job by following the principles of the 7 habits.

7 Habits

I've enjoyed the past three days and I see a need to move from QI to QII as a priority. With help, I hope to become less of a firefighter and more of a planner.

Sharpening the Saw

I've enjoyed the 7 Habits training and I'm going to begin sharpening the saw.

Communication

The workshop may prove invaluable in my communications with my spouse. I am regularly told that I do not listen to her. I have begun some empathic listening strategies. We'll see.

Assistant Principal

I have really enjoyed the training, it has made me look at people and situations differently.
Thanks,
DeWon F

Seven Habits Training

I have enjoyed the workshop and I intend to utilize what I have learned.
War Eagle!!!!

principal

The 7 Habits is valuable well spent. I plan on expanding my knowledge throughout the year.

Principal

I've really enjoyed our training on the 7 Habits. Habit 5, regarding listening, is one that I can especially utilize during meetings with teachers, students, and parents.

Revisit

I do appreciate the opportunity to be a part of this learning with my Blount County friends. I took some earlier Covey courses quite a few years ago but this re-visit is coming at just the right time for me. The reflections are helping me to refocus my energies to use the Habits in my personal and professional life. This will also be a way for me to stay connected to Blount County even though I won't be seeing you as regularly in the future I look forward to blogging with you all!

Very good conference. I learned a lot. It will be very helpful in working with students and parents.

The workshop is great. Thanks for including me.

1st Post

I don't know about everyone else, but I am having fun with this class.

I'm new

So far, really great.

I am excited about attending the 7 Habits workshop and having the opportunity to visit with fellow Blount County Administrators. I have enjoyed the opportunity to examine all the different areas of my life and reflect on ways to improve and make each area more efficient and effective. For me, the difficuly part will be the follow-through, taking what I have learned and applying it in the weeks and months to come. Hopefully,this blogging activity will help to make me review, reflect, and realize the mission and roles that I have identified.A big thank you to Stoney for making this opportunity available and for the hours that he put in to get the PLU's approved.

Summer Blog Requirements

All of you are doing a wonderful job posting your ideas and comments. When you get this first post done, then you'll be good to go until August. The one post will count for the summer months and then we'll post once per month from August through May. It is great to share your application of the 7 Habits at any point, and the more you read and share, the more meaningful the learning community will become in terms of supporting each other in remembering and applying what we have learned. One post per month is only the minimum!

This training is very insightful and thought provoking......Thanks for making the PLU requirement easier for us.

Welcome to the 7 Habits Blog

It is so great to have all of you on this 7 Habits journey--and a journey it is! Covey has been very careful to clarify that his "habits" are never fully developed. It's not the 7 Habits of very neat people, very organized people, or very fit people--even though we would love to achieve these final outcomes. It's all about self-improvement in order to improve our relationships with others--both in our personal and professional lives. I hope that all of you will be able to find at least one area to explore and grow in during the coming school year. If we can all live these habits more effectively, then we will have better schools, better relationships, and better lives.

As part of our ACLD-approved PLUs for this year, you will be asked to visit this blog and post at least one response or reflection monthly. It shouldn't take long, but it will help fulfill the main purpose of the PLU--ongoing and sustained professional development. These postings and our monthly principal meetings will ensure that we are continuing the conversation and applying what we have learned in our face-to-face sessions.