Review Homework 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Sharpen The Saw Session #7

1. Think about a person who typically sees

things differently than you do. Consider ways in which those differences might be used as stepping-stones to third alternative solutions. 2. Make a list of people who irritate you. Do they represent different views that could lead to synergy if you had greater intrinsic security and valued the differences?

Review Homework (cont.)

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Identify a situation in which you would desire greater teamwork and synergy. What conditions would need to exist to support synergy. What can you do to create those conditions? The next time you have a disagreement or confrontation with someone, attempt to understand the concerns underlying that persons position. Address those concerns in a creative and mutually beneficial way (Think Win/Win).

Sharpen the Saw

Habit #7 Principles of Balanced Self Renewal

The 7 Habits
4PRIVATE VICTORY (Independence)
1) Be Proactive 2) Begin with the End in Mind 3) Put First Things First

Highly Defective People

Habit 7: Wear Yourself Out Be so busy with life that you never take time to renew or improve yourself. Never study. Dont learn anything new. Avoid exercise like the plague. And, for heavens sake, stay away from good books, nature, or anything else that may inspire you.

4PUBLIC VICTORY (Interdependence)

4) Think Win/Win 5) Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood 6) Synergize

4RENEWAL
7) Sharpen the Saw

Sharpen the Saw

4Cultivates all the Habits simultaneously 4It is the habit that makes all others possible. 4Is personal PC (production capability) 4It is the habit of preserving and enhancing

Four Dimensions of Renewal

PHYSICAL
Exercise, Nutrition, Stress Management

MENTAL
Reading, Visualizing, Planning, Writing

SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL
Service, Empathy, Synergy, Intrinsic Security

you, through renewing the four basic dimensions of your personality.

SPIRITUAL
Value Clarification & Commitment, Study & Meditation

Sharpen the Saw, basically means, sharpening all four dimensions by EXERCISING them regularly, consistently, in wise, balanced, moderate ways.

Physical Dimension
4 Involves caring EFFECTIVELY for our physical

body- eating the right kinds of foods, getting sufficient rest and relaxation, and exercising on a regular basis. 4 Greatest benefit is not fitness, it is what it does to your head and self-esteem. 4 Your goal should be at least 2 hrs/wk 4 Probably the greatest benefit you will experience from exercising will be the development of your Habit 1 muscles of proactivity. 4 You can make the time!

Four Basic Aspects of Physical Exercise

1. 2. 3.

Spiritual Dimension
4Your core, your center, your commitment to

Endurance (Aerobic Exercise)

4 The key goal

your value system

Flexibility-Stretching
4 Warm up and cool down

4Very private area of your life and an

Strength (Resistance Exercise)

4 Calisthenics, push-ups, pull-ups, sit-ups etc 4 No pain no gain

extremely important one.

4.

Skill Exercises
4 Golf, racquetball, tennis, surfing, skiing etc

4Leadership comes from values. Why your mission statement is important 4Gives balance to other dimensions 4Goal should be 1 hr./day

I find renewal in my daily prayerful meditation on the scriptures because they represent my value system. As I read and meditate, I feel renewed, strengthened, centered, and recommitted to serve.
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Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, while He sent the multitudes away. And when He had sent the multitudes away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. Now when evening came, He was alone there.
Matthew 14:22-24 (NKJV)

When the battle is here, peace comes

I have so much to do today, Ill need to spend another hour on my knees

Martin Luther

Mental Dimension
4 Reading
Set a goal to read a book per month Expose yourself to different literature to expose yourself to great minds, challenge your paradigms and expand your cultural awareness.

Emotional/Social Dimension
4 Focuses on Habits 4, 5, and 6 which are centered

4 Writing
Keep a journal of your thoughts, experiences, insights, and learnings. This promotes mental clarity, exactness, and context. Write your deeper thoughts, feelings, and ideas rather than shallow news paper reporting.

4 Plan and Organize

Exercise the visualizing, imagining power of your mind to see the end from the beginning and to see the entire journey, at least in principles, if not steps.

on the principles of interpersonal leadership, empathic communication, and creative cooperation. 4 Closely tied together because our emotional life is primarily, but not exclusively, developed out of and manifested in our relationships with others. 4 Personal/Intrinsic security comes as a result of effective interdependent living.

Seven Sources of Personal Security

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Personal Integrity
4 Your habits equal and/or express your values.

Rich Private Life

4 You can enjoy being alone.

Admire the Beauty in Nature Continue to Formally Educate Yourself Serve Others
4 Service is the rent we pay for the privilege of living on this earth. N. Eldon Tanner

Peace of mind comes when your life is in harmony with true principles and values and in no other way.
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Develop and Maintain Relationships with Your Extended Family. (Be a Member of the Tribe.) Commit to Sharpen the Saw One Hr/Day.

Sharpen the Saw in Business Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be.
Goethe
Also note the story of the Man of La Mancha
Although renewal in each dimension is important, it only becomes optimally effective as we deal with all four dimensions in a wise and balanced way. To neglect any area negatively impacts the rest.

I have found this to be true in organizations as well as in individual lives. In an organization, the physical dimension is expressed in economic terms. The mental or psychological dimension deals with the recognition, development, and use of talent. The social/emotional dimension has to do with human relations, with how people are treated. And the spiritual dimension deals with finding meaning through purpose or contribution and through organizational integrity. When an organization neglects any one or more of these areas, it negatively impacts the entire organization. The creative energies that could result in tremendous, positive synergy are instead used to fight against the organization and become restraining forces to growth and productivity.
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The Upward Spiral

4 To keep progressing, continue to learn,

commit, and do.

Learn

Thoughts?
Commit

Do

4 We must show diligence in the process of renewal

by educating and obeying our conscience.

Homework
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Homework (cont.)
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Make a list of activities that would help you keep in good physical shape, that would fit your life-style and that you could enjoy over time. Select one of the activities and list it as a goal in your personal role area for the coming week. At the end of the week evaluate your performance. If you didnt make your goal, was it because you subordinated it to a genuinely higher value? Or did you fail to act with integrity to your values?

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Make a similar list of renewing activities in your spiritual and mental dimensions. In your socialemotional area, list relationships you would like to improve or specific circumstances in which Public Victory would bring greater effectiveness. Select one item in each area to list as a goal for the week. Implement and evaluate. Commit to write down specific sharpen the saw activities in all four dimensions every week, to do them, and to evaluate your performance and results.

Debrief
What did you think of the book?