The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens: Guided Journal for Teens

By Sean Covey

A Guided Journal to Build Effective Habits and Transform Your Life

“If you follow this simple process, I promise that you will see positive changes in your relationships and find a higher level of personal satisfaction in your life.” ―Sean Covey, New York Times bestselling author

#1 New Release in Teen & Young Adult Psychology eBooks

You’re a busy teen in a stressful world. How do you manage your time and stay organized?

Learn to stay motivated with new high-performance habits. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens: Guided Journal offers journal prompts, worksheets, and exercises to help you accomplish all your short and long-term goals. 

Goal setting just got easier. When The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens was released as a card deck, a whole new approach to Stephen R. Covey’s time-tested principles was born. Now, this companion The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens: Guided Journal offers teens and young adults another way to turn inspiration into action. Its concise format is accessible and easy to stick with. Each habit is broken down into a weekly format inspiring both beginners and seasoned 7 Habits readers to get motivated, build confidence, and boost inspiration and personal growth.

Cultivate success, skill, and self-growth. Featuring thought-provoking prompts, worksheets, and self-development quotes that show you how to achieve your goals, this is the ultimate guided self-growth journal for teens and young adults.

Inside, find: 

•  Journaling prompts for self-discovery and for building confidence and self-esteem
•  Worksheets for strategic time management and deeper understanding of the 7 Habits 
•  Self-motivation tips, exercises, and challenges for optimal goal achievement

If you enjoyed other Sean Covey bestsellers like A Self-Guided Workbook for Highly Effective Teens or The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens 52 Cards for Motivation and Growth Every Week of the Year, you’ll love The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens: Guided Journal.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media
• Release date: Nov 22, 2022
• ISBN: 9781684811748

Sean Covey

Sean Covey is a business executive, author, speaker, and innovator. He is President of FranklinCovey Education and is devoted to transforming education throughout the world through a principle-centered leadership approach. Sean is a New York Times bestselling author and has written several books, including the Wall Street Journal #1 business bestseller The 4 Disciplines of Execution, The 6 Most Important Decisions You’ll Ever Make, The 7 Habits of Happy Kids, and The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, which has been translated into twenty languages and sold over 8 million copies worldwide. Sean and his wife, Rebecca, live with their children in the Rocky Mountains.

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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens Guided Journal

ISBN: (p)978-1-68481-173-1 (e)978-1-68481-174-8

BISAC category code YAN024050, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Health & Daily Living / Maturing

Table of Contents

A Note from the Editor

Introduction

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Habit 1

Be Proactive—The Habit of Choice

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8

Week 9

Week 10

Week 11

Week 12

Habit 2

Begin with the End in Mind—The Habit of Vision

Week 13

Week 14

Week 15

Week 16

Week 17

Habit 3

Put First Things First—The Habit of Prioritizing

Week 18

Week 19

Week 20

Week 21

Week 22

Week 23

The Stuff that Life Is Made Of

Week 24

Week 25

Week 26

Week 27

Week 28

Habit 4

Think Win-Win—The Habit of Mutual Benefit

Week 29

Week 30

Week 31

Week 32

Week 33

Week 34

Week 35

Week 36

Habit 5

Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood—The Habit of Mutual Understanding

Week 37

Week 38

Week 39

Week 40

Week 41

Habit 6

Synergize—The Habit of Creative Cooperation

Week 42

Week 43

Week 44

Week 45

Week 46

Habit 7

Sharpen the Saw—The Habit of Renewal

Week 47

Week 48

Week 49

Week 50

Week 51

Week 52

Bonus Week

There Is More!

About the Author

About the Editors

A Note from the Editor

I was seventeen when I read The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens. I should explain that I am not from a country known for being highly effective—though, in truth, highly effective people exist everywhere around the world. Before reading The 7 Habits and applying its principles to my life, everything seemed out of my control. There was a lot of violence in my homeland, Haiti, and I wasn’t sure what—or who—I wanted to become.

I had big dreams to build a better life than what I saw around me, and to say that The 7 Habits changed my life would be an understatement. The book reengineered my thinking, led me to understand that there were factors I could influence despite being in a situation that seemed utterly beyond my control, and taught me that I did have the power to change my circumstances. I used The 7 Habits to build a future brighter than anything I could have imagined.

Teens worldwide—from many countries and circumstances—have all gained wisdom from the lessons laid out by The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens. As I grew older and took control over my life, the book stayed with me, becoming dog-eared and worn with use. From it, I learned the skills I needed to leave home, get a college education in the United States, and build a successful and fulfilling life. I took the book with me when I relocated to South Florida and traveled to teach in Bolivia. I consulted it when I wrote my first books. Today, I still refer to The 7 Habits when planning new goals.

It seems fitting that all these years later, I find myself editing a journal based on those seven effective and timeless habits. Here, you’ll find the same basic principles included in The 7 Habits, along with guided journaling exercises and checklists to help you reach your goals in the most effective manner possible.

How to Use This Guided Journal

Keeping a journal can do wonders for your soul. A journal or diary can become your solace, your best friend, the only place where you can fully express yourself no matter how angry, happy, scared, love-crazed, insecure, or confused you feel.

Keeping a journal will strengthen your tool of self-awareness. Reading past entries and realizing how much you’ve grown is enlightening. This guided journal creates space for you to reflect and grow. At any time, you can look yourself in the mirror and say, Hey, I don’t like that about myself, and you can change a bad habit for a good one. With this guided journal, the wisdom and power of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens can transform you—one day, one week at a time, in a fun and stress-free way.

You can start this guided journal at any time of the year. But it will take a year to complete because it is divided into fifty-two weeks. Throughout its pages, you will find quotes, lessons, insights, challenges, and thought-provoking questions and activities. Each exercise begins with clear directions on how to proceed, and you are often directed to tackle the exercise step by step.

For some weeks, you may dedicate specific days to certain activities and prompts; for others, we encourage you to use the journal’s self-reflection resources daily.

Nothing in this guided journal is random—every activity has been deliberately chosen to help you realize things about yourself that you never knew or noticed.

Have fun and let