Monday - February 29, 2016 / Tuesday - March 1, 2016

Habit #5 is SEEK FIRST TO UNDERSTAND, THEN TO BE UNDERSTOOD.

Before responding today, let me go over the five poor listening styles.

Then ask yourself, "Which of the five poor listening styles do I have the biggest problem with -

1-spacing out?
2-pretend listening?
3-selective listening?
4-word listening?
5-self-centered listening (judging, advising, probing)

Which one did you choose? Why do you think you do that?

Now try to go one day without doing it.

Friday - February 26, 2016

It's riddle Friday.  As always, no blurting and no googling!

Two men are in a desert. They both have packs on. One is dead. The guy who is alive has his pack open, the guy who is dead has his pack closed. What is in the pack?

Wednesday - February 24, 2016 / Thursday - February 25,

SPORTS MARKETING CLASS

Read the article linked below (peruse the comments, too) and record your thoughts for today's bellwork.

Legislature will audit University of Utah athletics in wake of BYU rivalry suspension

FINANCIAL LITERACY CLASS

Read the article linked below (peruse the comments, too) and record your thoughts for today's bellwork.

Can Bernie Sanders deliver free college for all? Not so easily

COMP TECH CLASS

Read the article linked below and record your thoughts for today's bellwork.

Apple's Tim Cook vs the FBI

MARKETING CLASS

Read the article linked below and record your thoughts for today's bellwork. FOCUS YOUR THOUGHTS ON HOW YOU THINK THIS STANCE WILL IMPACT APPLE SALES.

Apple's Tim Cook vs the FBI

Monday - February 22, 2016 / Tuesday - February 23, 2016

Habit #4 is THINK WIN-WIN

You are NOT doing it right if you engage in any of the following "think win-LOSE" behaviors:

1. Using others emotionally or physically for your own selfish purposes
2. Trying to get ahead at the expense of another
3. Spreading rumors about someone else
4. Insisting on getting your way without concerning yourself with the feelings of others
5. Becoming jealous and envious when something good happens to someone close to you

Choose one of the below steps to becoming more of a WIN-WIN type of person and explain why you chose that step:

1. Pinpoint an area of your life where you most struggle with comparisons. Perhaps it's with clothes, physical features, friends, or talents. Work to let it go. Realize we all have strengths. Appreciate and respect those strengths in others without comparing or competing!
2. If you play sports, show sportsmanship. Compliment someone from the opposing team and mean it.
3. Form a study group ahead of a challenging test and work together to bring everyone's grade up.
4. The next time someone close to you succeeds, be genuinely happy for them instead of feeling jealous or threatened.
5. Think of a person you think is a model of WIN-WIN. What is it about this person that you admire?

Friday - February 12, 2016

RIDDLE FRIDAY!!!

Draw four straight lines connected end to end.  In other words, you cannot not lift your pen or pencil.  You must cross through the middle of each dot.  If you've seen this before, DO NOT talk.  If you haven't, DO NOT GOOGLE. Use your brains and think outside the box!

Feel free to use scrap paper for this.  If you are feeling bold, try using drawing tools in Google Docs.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

Wednesday - February 10, 2016 / Thursday - February 11, 2016

COMP  TECH CLASS

Read the article linked below. Record a few thoughts.

What a world with 5g will look like




MARKETING CLASS

Read the article linked below. Record a few thoughts.

Mountain Dew's Puppymonkeybaby Will Haunt Your Dreams

FINANCIAL LIT CLASS

Read the article linked below. Record a few thoughts.

Do Elite Colleges Lead to Higher Salaries? Only for Some Professions

SPORTS MARKETING CLASS

Name the four reigning MVPs who are signed to Under Armour. Is this a big deal for UA? Why or why not?

Monday - February 8, 2016 / Tuesday - February 9, 2016

Habit #3 is PUT FIRST THINGS FIRST.

This one is easily the hardest habit to live. It's all about prioritizing. Each week you have to decide which are the most important things for you to accomplish. Don't neglect any important area of your life (family, friends, academics, extra-curriculars, etc.). Plan to do the most important things in all of those areas. Once you knock those off, you can do some of the silly things we do to occupy ourselves.

Here are five of Covey's suggestions for you. Choose ONE of them. Copy and paste it into your bellringer document. Then explain why you chose that step.

Set a goal to use a planner for a month. Stick to your plan.

Identify your biggest time-waster (games, Netflix, social media?) Commit to cutting back.

Are you always being asked to volunteer, and you ALWAYS say yes? Next time, say no when it's the right thing to do.

Study a little each day for an upcoming test INSTEAD of waiting until the night before.

Think of something you've been needing to do for a long time, but have procrastinated. Get it done.

Friday - February 5, 2016

BR #118

A man came home from work everyday, got in the elevator at his building, rode to the 10th floor, then took the stairs up the remaining two floors to his apartment.  However, on rainy days he took the elevator all the way up to the 12th floor.  Explain.

Wednesday - February 3, 2016 / Thursday - February 4, 2016

NO BELLWORK TODAY