Hearing other's stories, or anecdotes, helped me to better understand some of the situations I was facing. Handling a new situation on your own can be very difficult, but learning from others or telling others about the problem can be the best to learn to handle the situation. I probably felt better reading the anecdotes because I'm not much of a people person (well... most of the time anyway) and I feel that I wouldn't have to expose myself (which is really something I should work toward being able to do... maybe). While reading some of the anecdotes, I felt as though I could really connect to a few of them.
After reading Habit 4, I gained a little more insight into the other side of deal-making. Before reading Habit 4, I truthfully looked more toward my benefit when making deals. In retrospect, if I were the person on the receiving end of a bad deal I probably wouldn't feel too good about the situation. The next time I make a deal with a person I will most certainly put myself into the other persons shoes to see how I would feel about the deal.
Perhaps just from the examples told in The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens I could say that the book is extraordinary. However, I would not give justice to the book if I did not say that the seven habits make the book more than simply extraordinary. I would definitely recommend this book to any and maybe all teens (even if you think you don't have any problems or actually don't).
I don't have any problems, Trevor.
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