Habit

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Habit 7

• By
• Abhijit Deshpande
• Ronnie Russell
• Val Weems

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Habit 7

• Sharpen The Saw
• Principles of
• Balanced Self Renewal

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• Take the Time
• to Sharpen the Saw !!!

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Why take the Time ?

• Habit 7 Surrounds all other Habits.
• Makes all others possible.
• Sharpening the saw improves efficiency in
  Production (P).
• Also preserves Production Capability (PC).

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Sharpening the saw involves

• Preserving and enhancing the greatest asset you
  have . YOU!
• Renewing the four dimensions of your nature.

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Sharpening basically means

• Exercising all Four Dimensions of our Nature.
• To achieve this WE MUST BE PROACTIVE !
• WE MUST FIND IT IN OURSELVES TO GET THE JOB DONE!

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Four Dimensions of Individuals Nature

• Physical - Exercise, Nutrition, Stress
  management.
• Social/Emotional - Service, Empathy, Synergy,
  Intrinsic Security.
• Spiritual - Value Clarification Commitment,
  Study Meditation.
• Mental - Reading, Visualizing,Planning Writing.

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The Physical Dimension

• The physical dimension involves caring
  effectively for our physical body eating right
  kinds of foods ,getting sufficient rest and
  relaxation,and exercising on a regular basis.
• Exercise is one of those high leverage
  activities that most of us dont do consistently
  because it isnt urgent.Hence,sooner or later we
  find ourselves dealing with health problems and
  crises that come as a natural result of our
  neglect.

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The Physical Dimension

• A good exercise program is one that you can do in
  your own home and one that will build your body
  in three areas
• Endurance
• Flexibility
• Strength

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The Physical Dimension

• Endurance comes from aerobic exercise,from
  cardiovascular efficiency-the ability of your
  heart to pump blood through your body.
• Flexibility comes through stretching.
• Strength comes from muscle resistance exercises
  like push-ups,pull-ups,and sit ups,and from
  working with weights.

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The Spiritual Dimension

• The spiritual dimension is your core,your
  center,your commitment to your value system.Its
  a very private area of life and a supremely
  important one.It draws upon the sources that
  inspire and uplift you to the timeless truths of
  all humanity.

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The Spiritual Dimension

• One can find renewal in daily prayerful
  meditation ,immersion in great literature or
  great music or may be with communication with the
  nature.
• Spiritual renewal takes investment of time.But
  its an activity we dont really have time to
  neglect.

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The Spiritual Dimension

• Religious leader David O.McKay taught,The
  greatest battles of life are fought out daily in
  the silent chambers of the soul.If you win the
  battles there,if you settle the issues that
  inwardly conflict,you will feel a sense of peace
  and you will find that public victories will
  follow naturally.

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The Mental Dimension

• Reading-Valuable to read broadly and to expose
  yourself to great minds and not watching so much
  TV.
• Visualizing-Imagining power of your mind to see
  the end from the beginning and to see the entire
  journey.
• Planning-Spend one hour a day organizing and
  planning Sharpening the saw in the Physical,
  Spiritual and mental dimensions.
• Writing-Keeping a journal of thoughts,
  experiences, insights, and learning's promotes
  mental clarity exactness, and context.

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The Social/Emotional Dimension

• Service-helping people in a meaningful way. When
  you see your self in a contributive and creative
  mode, making a difference.
• Empathy-Identification with and understanding of
  anothers feelings, and motives.
• Synergy-working together. Interaction of people
  so that their combined effect is greater than the
  sum of their individual effects.
• Intrinsic Security-comes from within. Accurate
  paradigms and correct principles comes from deep
  within our own mind and heart. The result of
  effective interdependent living.

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THE UPWARD SPIRAL
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Conclusion

• The 7th Habit Sharpening the Tool is preserving
  and enhancing the greatest asset you have YOU!
  
• Its renewing the 4 dimensions of your nature
• Physical, spiritual, mental, and social/emotional