Here are some habit 7 ‘saw-sharpening ideas:
- Exercise
- Improve your diet
- Educate yourself (read, listen to audio programs, attend a seminar)
- Learn a new skill
- Join a club
- Meditate
- Write in your journal
- Have a deep conversation with someone
- Set some new goals or review/update your old goals
- Organize your home or office Go out on a date
- Clear out a bunch of little tasks that you have been putting off
As you renew yourself in each of the four areas, you create growth and change in your life. Sharpen the Saw keeps you fresh so you can continue to practice the other six habits. You increase your capacity to produce and handle the challenges around you. Without this renewal, the body becomes weak, the mind mechanical, the emotions raw, the spirit insensitive, and the person selfish.
Feeling good doesn't just happen. Living a life in balance means taking the necessary time to renew yourself. It's all up to you. You can renew yourself through relaxation. Or you can totally burn yourself out by overdoing everything. You can pamper yourself mentally and spiritually. Or you can go through life oblivious to your well-being.
HOW ARE YOU SHARPENING YOUR SAW?