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What is this person doing?

Habit 7: Sharpen the SawI take care of my

body by eating right, exercising, and getting sleep. I spend time with

family and friends. I learn in lots of ways and lots of places.

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Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw

-Sharpen the Saw is the habit of personal renewal.-For people to be truly effective they need to take time out to revitalize, retool, refresh, and rethink. Otherwise, burn out is experienced.-The four area of life that require sharpening are the physical, social/emotional, mental, and spiritual dimensions.

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Covey’s Analogy

Suppose you were to come upon someone in the woods working feverishly to saw down a tree.

"What are you doing?" you ask.

"Can't you see?" comes the impatient reply. "I'm sawing down this tree.“

"You look exhausted!" you exclaim. "How long have you been at it?“

"Over five hours," he returns, "and I'm beat! This is hard work.“

"Well why don't you take a break for a few minutes and sharpen that saw?" you inquire.  "I'm sure it would go a lot faster.“

"I don't have time to sharpen the saw," the man says emphatically. "I'm too busy sawing!"04/18/23 12:46 45th Grade

What Sharpening the Saw Isn’t

-Downtime-A Vacation-A Day off

-A Nap

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• We need and deserve these things, but they do not make us more productive.

• We are merely laying the saw down and returning to a dull saw when we do these things.

Sharpening the saw is active.

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The Physical Dimension

• The physical dimension involves

caring for your physical

body by:

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Improving your diet

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Having an exercise routine that includes flexibility, strength training, and

cardio

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Getting enough rest and relaxation

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The Spiritual Dimension

The spiritual dimension is your center, your commitment to your value

system

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Examples of activities for the spiritual dimension:

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Meditate

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Pray

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Journal

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Listen to spiritual music

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Worship

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nThe mental

dimension stresses the importance of keeping your mind sharp by reading, writing, organizing

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Sample activities for the mental dimension:

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Read

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Attend programs or

seminars

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Learn a new skill

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The Social/Emotional Dimension

The social/emotional dimension focuses on the principles of

personal leadership, empathetic communication and creative cooperation.

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Activitie

s in th

is

area could be:

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Joining a club

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Building/strengthening

relationships and fri

endships

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Laughing

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Going on a date

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Facebook or other

social networks

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Interesting

conversatio

ns

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Sharpening the Saw In the

Classroom

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For a student it might sound

something like this:

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I take care of my body by eating

right and exercising, and

getting sleep.

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I spend time with family and friends.

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I learn in lots of ways and lots of places, not just at school.

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I take time to find meaningful ways to help others.

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Sample Lesson• Habit Seven – Sharpen the Saw• Relaxation• Explain to students that the benefit of working hard all day is extra PAT (preferred activity time) at the end of the day… if behavior permits.

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