{"id":3023,"date":"2019-03-19T16:09:53","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T16:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeclasses.fountainheadschools.org\/?p=3023"},"modified":"2019-03-19T16:09:53","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T16:09:53","slug":"habits-the-building-blocks-of-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeclasses.fountainheadschools.org\/?p=3023","title":{"rendered":"Habits: the building blocks of change"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cSow a thought, and you reap an action; sow and action, and you reap a habit; sow a habit, and you reap a character; sow a character, and you reap a destiny.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0 –\u00a0Ralph Waldo Emerson<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/i>\u2018’WE CAN\u2019T CHANGE THE FRUIT WITHOUT CHANGING THE ROOT\u2019’\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 – Stephen Covey<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

The most important aspect of nurturing a tree is to water the roots. Similarly, cultivating good habits is the most important aspect of nurturing one-self. If we want to excel in life, we need to track our habits. Stephen Covey\u2019s \u20187 habits of highly effective people\u2019 is a great guide to inculcating positive habits, thereby eliminating the negative ones. This is exactly what the <\/span>Life class<\/b> was all about; nurturing the roots of our character by incorporating positive and life changing habits.<\/span><\/p>\n

The life classes were very thought provoking and revealed various aspects of life that I need to work on. I just didn\u2019t realize when the life class journey culminated. It has really helped me to become self-confident.<\/span> The \u2018Death Activity\u2019 taught us the importance of time by focusing on the activity which has the highest priority. A quote by Mahatma Gandhi is along the same lines – \u201c <\/span>Live as if<\/b> you were to die tomorrow. Learn as <\/span>if<\/b> you were to <\/span>live<\/b> forever.<\/span>\u201c I learnt how to be more proactive by managing my schedule in a way that we always are mostly in the ideal quadrant i.e. the 2nd quadrant (not urgent and important). The Eisenhower Matrix, also referred to as the Urgent-Important Matrix, is practically helping me in prioritizing the tasks at hand. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t have to be smarter than the rest; we have to be more disciplined than the rest.\u201d -Warren Buffett<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Self discipline and self mastery is a prerequisite for building healthy relationships with others. Stephen Covey calls this the habit of \u2018personal management\u2019. This is about organising and implementing activities in line with the goals outlined in habit 2. Stephen Covey says that habit 2 (At the beginning of any activity, <\/span>keeping the end goal in mind<\/span>) comes first, while habit 3 (<\/span>Prioritization<\/span>) comes second. Let me share an example wherein I tried to incorporate these habits to manage my time. The end goal was clear to me(habit 2), however that wasn\u2019t enough to make it happen. Dreaming about it was never going to make it a reality because there is no substitute for hard work. I started maintaining a \u2018To do list\u2019 on a weekly basis outlining the activities and their priorities. The key point is that I learnt to <\/span>be <\/span>persistent and not give up when there are failures or setbacks.<\/span><\/p>\n

The philosophy of EBA (Emotional Bank Account) was something that I came across for the first time.I can clearly envision the power of this philosophy because it can improve one\u2019s relationship with others, which is a very difficult thing to do.<\/span><\/p>\n

The habit on which I need to work upon the most is \u2018Sharpen the saw\u2019 which is the habit of self renewal. Covey divides this habit into four components \u2013 the spiritual, mental, physical and the social\/emotional. It encompasses all the other habits and encourages and enables them to grow. We cannot achieve success in our lives if we are not nurturing the four parts.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a nutshell, a life class has the potency to change a person\u2019s approach towards life. It has helped me to become a better individual; a person who listens empathetically and who acts proactively. <\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cSow a thought, and you reap an action; sow and action, and you reap a habit; sow a habit, and you reap a character; sow a character, and you reap a destiny.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 –\u00a0Ralph Waldo Emerson \u00a0\u2018’WE CAN\u2019T CHANGE THE FRUIT WITHOUT CHANGING THE ROOT\u2019’\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":456,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-class"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeclasses.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeclasses.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeclasses.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeclasses.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/456"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeclasses.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3023"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lifeclasses.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3029,"href":"https:\/\/lifeclasses.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3023\/revisions\/3029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeclasses.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeclasses.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeclasses.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}