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The 16 Habits
May 8th, 2008 by bmiatke
1. Persisting - Sticking to the Job – seeing it through to the completion of the task. Looking for ways to solve the problems when you come up against them.
2. Managing Implusivity – Take your time and think before you act. Remain calm, thoughtful and deliberative.
3. Listening with Understanding and Empathy – Understanding others. Thinking about others thoughts and ideas.
4. Thinking Flexibly – Look at things in another way. Change your Perspective, change things around and think of other options.
5. Thinking about Thinking (Metacognition) – Know about your Knowing. Being aware of your thoughts, strategies, feelings and actions and their effects on others.
6. Striving for Accuracy – Check it aAgain. Always do your best and setting high standards. Always looking at how you can improve.
7. Questioning and Problem Posing – How do you know? Having a questioning attitude; knowing what data are needed and developing questioning strategies to produce those data. Finding problems to solve.
8. Applying Past Knowledge to New Situations – Use what you have already learnt and transferring that knowledge to the new situation.
9. Communicating with Precision and Clarity – Be clear. Strive for accuracy in communication in both written and oral forms. Avoid over generalisations, distortions, deletions and exaggerations.
10. Gather data through all senses – Use the natural pathways. Pay attention to the world around you. Gather data through all the senses – touch, taste, smell, hearing and sight.
11. Creating, Imaging and Innovating – Try things in a different way. Generating new and novel ideas, fluency and originality.
12. Responding with Wonderment and Awe - Having fun figuring it out. Finding the world wonderful and awesome.
13. Taking Responsible Risks – Venture Out. Be adventuresome; living on the edge of one’s competence. Try new things constantly.
14. Finding Humour – Laugh a little. Finding the whimsical, incongrous and unexpected. Being able to laugh at yourself.
15. Thinking Interdependently – Work Together! Being able to work and learn from others in reciprocal situations. Team Work!
16. Remaining Open to Continuous Learning – I have so much to learn! Being able to say to say that you dont know somethng
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