Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw

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Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

• Choices 11
• Ms. Y. Vazquez
• Arleta High School

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What are the 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens?

• Habit 1 Be Proactive.
• Take responsibility for your life.
• Habit 2 Begin with the End in Mind.
• Define your mission and goals in life.
• Habit 3 Put First Things First.
• Prioritize, and do the most important things
  first.

• Habit 4 Think Win-Win.
• Have an everyone-can-win attitude.
• Habit 5 Seek First to Understand, Then to Be
  Understood.
• Listen to people sincerely.
• Habit 6 Synergize.
• Work together to achieve more.
• Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw.
• Renew yourself regularly.

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Saw Away

• Imagine that you go for a walk in the forest and
  you see a guy furiously sawing away at a tree.
• What are you doing?, you ask.
• Im sawing down a tree, comes the curt reply.
• How long have you been at it?
• Four hours so far, but I am really making
  progress. he says, as sweat drips off of his
  chin.
• Your saw looks really dull. you say. Why dont
  you take a break and sharpen it?
• I cant, you idiot, I am too busy sawing.

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Four Dimensions of Renewal

• Physical - Body
• Mental - Mind
• Social - Heart
• Spiritual - Soul

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Sharpen the Saw - Body

• Care for your body
• You are what you eat
• Use it or lose it
• All about how you feel
• Quit whenever you want
• The refusal skill

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Ruun Forrest Ruuuuun

• Think of the movie Forrest Gump. Its the story
  of a naive young man from Alabama with a good
  heart who keeps stumbling upon success despite
  himself. At one point in the movie, Forrest is
  frustrated and confused about his life. So what
  does he do? He starts running. After running
  back and forth from one coast to the other two
  and a half times, Forrest feels better and is
  finally able to sort his life out.

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Use it or Lose it.

• We all feel confused, depressed or apathetic at
  times.
• It is at these times where perhaps the best thing
  we can do for ourselves is do what Forrest did
  exercise ourselves better.

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Its About How You Feel,Not How You Look

• Be careful not to get too obsessed with
  appearances.
• Unfortunately, our society has become one that is
  hung up on looks.

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Real Life or Art?

• Many years ago, beauty queen and actress Michelle
  Pfeiffer was featured on the front of Esquire
  Magazine with the caption What Michelle Pfeiffer
  needsis absolutely nothing.
• She actually needed more help than meets they
  eye, as author Allen Litchfield revealed in
  Sharing Light in the Wilderness

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But another magazine, Harpers, offered proof in
its edition the following month that even the
beautiful people need a little help. Harpers
had obtained the photo retouchers bill for
Pfeiffers picture on the Esquire cover. They
charged 1,525 to render the following services
Clean up complexion, soften smile lines, trim
chin, soften line under earlobe, add hair, add
more forehead to create better line, and soften
neck muscles.
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Drugs and Your Body

• Up with Hope, Down with Dope!!
• I can quit whenever I wantthen why dont you?
• Drugs are expensive and they ruin your mind and
  body and possibly your entire future.

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Sharpen the Saw - Mind

• Care for your brain
• Sharpen your mind
• Find your niche
• School in way of education
• Post high school
• Mental barriers
• You gotta wanna

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Socrates(Hes great with kids)

• There was once a young man who came to Socrates,
  the wise Greek Philosopher, and said I want to
  know everything you know.
• If this is your desire, Socrates said, then
  follow me to the river. Full of curiosity, the
  young man followed Socrates to the nearby river.
  As they sat on the bank, Socrates said, Take a
  close look at the river and tell me what you
  see.
• I dont see anything, said the young man.
• Look closer, replied Socrates.
• As the man peered over the bank and leaned closer
  to the water, Socrates grabbed the mans head and
  shoved it under the water. The mans arms
  flailed wildly as he attempted to escape, but
  Socrates strong grip kept him submerged. About
  the time the man was about to drown, Socrates
  pulled him out of the river and laid him on the
  bank.

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Socrates

• Coughing, the man gasped, Are you crazy, old
  man? What are you trying to do, kill me?
• When I was holding you under the river, what did
  you want more than anything else? asked
  Socrates.
• I wanted to breathe! I wanted air! he replied.
• Dont ever make the mistake of thinking wisdom
  comes so easily, my young friend, said Socrates,
  When you want to learn as badly as you wanted
  air just now, come back to me again.
• SO WHATS THE MORAL OF THE STORY?
• Nothing comes in life easy. You have to pay the
  price! Write it down, underline it, memorize it.
• There is no such thing as a free lunch!

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Be a Smarty Pants

• Surveys indicate that the television is on in
  most homes thirty- five to forty hours per week.
  (But I thought Are You Smarter Than a Fifth
  Grader was educational)
• Reading good literature on a regular basis is a
  good way to renew your mind.
• Keeping a journal of our thoughts, experiences,
  and insights is also beneficial.

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Sharpen the Saw Heart

• Care for your heart
• Relationships
• Laugh or youll cry

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Take Care of your Heart

• This area of our lives is primarily developed in
  our relationships with others.
• We can help script others as principle-centered,
  value-based, independent, worthwhile individuals.
  

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Laughing and Crying (or both)

• Have you ever laughed so hard that you could
  barely breathe? How did you feel when you
  finally stopped laughing?
• Have you ever had a really bad day and you go
  home and just cry for a few minutes? How do you
  feel when you are done?
• Was there ever a time where you laughed so hard
  that you started crying?

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Sharpen the Saw - Soul

• Care for your soul
• Back to nature
• Teens best friend
• Spiritual diet
• Disturbing my sleep
• Fried frogs
• Get real

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Your Soul and Spirit

• The spiritual dimension is your core, your
  center, your commitment to your value system.
• Spiritual renewal is a Quadrant II investment of
  time that we really can't afford to neglect.
• A personal mission statement enables us to have
  an understanding of our purpose which we can
  review frequently.

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Balance

• Know your goals for the roles that you play in
  life (student, daughter, son, employee,
  boyfriend, girlfriend, best friend, etc.)
• Be sure to take time out for yourself and do
  something relaxing or that you enjoy.
• You must take time to rejuvenate if you want to
  be effective in all areas of your life.

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Keep Hope Alive
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Hope

• So be sure when you step
• Step with care and great tact
• And remember that lifes
• A great Balancing Act.
• And will you succeed?
• (98 and ¾ percent guaranteed)
• Kid, youll move mountains
• Dr. Seuss

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Self-Renewal

• The self-renewal process must include balanced
  renewal in all four dimensions of our lives.

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Synergy in Renewal

• Renewal in any dimension increases our ability to
  live at least one of the Seven Habits.
• Improvement in one habit synergistically
  increases our ability to live the rest.

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OBSTACLES

• What obstacles do you think that you will face or
  are facing that may hinder you from Sharpening
  Your Saw?

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7 Habits Review
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What are the 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens?

• Habit 1 Be Proactive.
• Take responsibility for your life.
• Habit 2 Begin with the End in Mind.
• Define your mission and goals in life.
• Habit 3 Put First Things First.
• Prioritize, and do the most important things
  first.

• Habit 4 Think Win-Win.
• Have an everyone-can-win attitude.
• Habit 5 Seek First to Understand, Then to Be
  Understood.
• Listen to people sincerely.
• Habit 6 Synergize.
• Work together to achieve more.
• Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw.
• Renew yourself regularly.

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The End
You cant make footprints in the sands of time
by sitting on your butt, And who wants to leave
butt prints in the sands of time?