7 Habits to Buoyancy

 

                                                              

If there is one thing we would like to say to all fresher’s this year, it would be to take it slow. For someone who has just graduated, the result is a life of frantic insecurity, and, in the age of anxiety in which we live, mental illness gets greatest chance to attack us. For these young adults, life is not a playground, it’s a jungle. It is full of tough issues and life-changing decisions. And, that of a student’s parent isn’t any walk in the park either. Allow us to give you a compass to help you navigate the problems these young adults encounter daily. As a parent, it’s all well and good to tell kids how to live their lives, ‘young adults watch what parents do more than they listen to what they say’. How will a fresher deal with peer pressure? Motivation? Success or lack thereof? Through author Sean Covey, Let us duel on the 7 habits, shall we? 

1. By being proactive!

Being proactive is the key to unlocking other habits. As young adults, you need to take control and responsibility of your life. Proactive people understand that they are responsible for their own actions. 

2. Begin with the end in mind 

As young adults, you aren’t clear about where you want to end up in life, your values, goals, and what they stand for, you will wander, waste time, and be tossed to and fro by the opinions of others. You have to create a personal mission statement which will act as a road map. It will direct and guide your decision-making process. 

3. Put first things first 

This shall help you prioritize and manage your time so that you create a balanced focus between your personal and professional life. Prioritizing also means swotting to overcome fears and building yourself to be a strong soul. 

4. Think win-win!

You, fresher’s can learn to foster the belief that it is possible to create an atmosphere of win-win in every relationship. This habit encourages the idea that in any given discussion or situation both parties can arrive at a mutually agreed solution. This will help you celebrate the accomplishments of others instead of being threatened by them. 

5. Seek first to understand, then to be understood 

Most people lack the understanding of ‘listening’. One of the greatest frustrations in life is that many feel ‘not understood’. This habit will ensure you become an active-listener throughout important communications. 

6. Synergize your energies 

This happens when two or more people work together and create something that could not be done alone. This will ensure that you learn that it doesn’t have to be ‘your way’ or ‘my way’ but rather a better way, a higher way. This energy allows one to value differences and appreciate others better. 

7. Sharpen the saw 

As a young adult, you begin the process of emerging out of adolescence to enter a bright adulthood. When fresher’s ‘sharpens the saw’, they keep their personal self-sharpened to deal better with life. This means regularly renewing and strengthening the four key dimensions of life – body, brain, heart and soul. 

As long as the basic four dimensions of life are under control, adulting will definitely get a lot better. As freshers or young adults, life is a maze, the only way to get through is to take ‘one-step at a time’.