{"id":85,"date":"2020-10-30T11:12:01","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T11:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/34.125.46.169\/?page_id=85"},"modified":"2025-12-15T12:06:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T12:06:38","slug":"habit-7","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.franklincovey.de\/en\/habit-7\/","title":{"rendered":"habit-7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"block block-cta-hero \">\n\t<div class=\"uk-flex uk-justify-sb\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hero-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"linked\">Courses<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"separator\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.franklincovey.de\/en\/the-7-habits\/\" alt=\"The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People\u00ae\">The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People<sup>&reg;<\/sup><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw<span>&reg;<\/span><\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-courses\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uk-flex\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.franklincovey.de\/en\/habit-6\/\"><span class=\"cta-arrow reverse\"><\/span> Habit 6<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.franklincovey.de\/en\/habit-1\/\">Habit 1 <span class=\"cta-arrow\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"hero-image\">\n\t\t\t<img \n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.franklincovey.de\/wp-content\/themes\/franklincovey\/img\/blank.gif\"\n                \t\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/www.franklincovey.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/01\/hero-habit-7.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n                \t\t\t\twidth=\"430\" height=\"435\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"image-main lazy\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<span class=\"animated-line\"><\/span>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-intro-text headings-left\" data-id=\"block_624b6728076677ad388898c43ebf9a03\">\n        <div class=\"uk-flex uk-justify-sb\">\n        <div class=\"intro-headings\">\n            <h2>The Habit of Daily Self-Renewal\n<\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"intro-text\">\n                            <p>Sharpen the Saw means preserving and enhancing the greatest asset you have\u2014you. It means having a balanced program for self-renewal in the four areas of your life: physical, social\/emotional, mental, and spiritual.<\/p>\n<p>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. Not a pretty picture, is it?<\/p>\n<p>You can pamper yourself mentally and spiritually. Or you can go through life oblivious to your well-being. You can experience vibrant energy. Or you can procrastinate and miss out on the benefits of good health and exercise. You can revitalize yourself and face a new day in peace and harmony. Or you can wake up in the morning full of apathy because your get-up-and-go has got-up-and-gone. 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