What is a paradigm?
A paradigm is a model, theory, or frame of reference.
Paradigms are how we see the world and the perception we have.
Describe a lose-lose situation.
If I don't get my way then no one does.
What is the name of the tool that you can use to help prioritize and manage your time?
Covey squares, time quadrants, Eisenhower's Time Management Matrix
You have a privs meeting and didn't get the privs that you wanted. What would be a reactive response? What would be a proactive response?
Proactive: seek to understand why they don't want to give it to you, make goals to improve on what they tell you.
Reactive: get angry, yell, tell your team they are the worst.
Name two ways you could sharpen your physical saw?
Exercise, eating healthy, sleeping
What is the goal with beginning with the end in mind?
Knowing what you want to accomplish in your life and letting that guide you.
Describe what it means to first seek to understand and then be understood.
Before you give your thoughts, listen to understand others.
Someone who never thinks ahead and doesn't ever want to work on anything lives in what time quadrant?
"The slacker"
Name three ways you can sharpen your mental saw.
School, reading books, working on puzzles.
Who/How can you synergize with someone here at Telos?
Treatment team, roommates.
What does putting first things first mean?
Working on and prioritizing the important tasks and then working on the other tasks.
What does synergize mean?
Everyone working together to accomplish something that you wouldn't be able to on your own. 1+1=3
Someone who puts off every task or assignment until the last minute lives in what quadrant?
"The procrastintor"
Service, spending time with friends/family, therapy.
How can you begin with the end in mind right now in your life while at Telos?
Personal mission statement, end goal of where you want to be when you finish your time here at Telos.
Describe what a win-win situation means.
Both sides get want they want, different than a compromise.
What does sharpen the saw mean?
Take time to refine yourself.
Someone who thinks ahead and works on tasks before they are due lives in what time quadrant?
"The prioritizer"
You just got a new roommate who always seems to be angry. How could you use "first seek to understand" in this situation?
Name three ways to sharpen your spiritual saw.
Meditation, being in nature, church services, listening to music.
Describe what a lose-win/win-lose situation means.
Being a doormat or not viewing others as a person but instead as an object.
Why is it a bad thing to find yourself in a lose-win situation?
It can build into a habit of others viewing you as a doormat.
Someone who is always working on tasks that aren't needed to be done lives in what time quadrant?
"The yes man"
You have math homework that you can't figure out. You have a roommate who is a whiz at math but currently isn't available because they have to clean their room. How could you find a win-win in this situation?
You help your roommate clean their room and then he helps you with your homework.
You want to go off campus and spend some time hanging out with friends. The RA on shift tells you that you can't go. How can you use first seek to understand in this situation?
Seek to understand their reasoning behind why say you can't go off campus. Listen first, talk second.