A presentation on Habit seven Sharpen the Saw. Prepared by Tariq Kanhar

1. PRESENTER
TARIQUE HUSSAIN KANHAR
TOPIC HABIT 7

2. Principles of Balanced
Self-Renewal

4. Four Dimensions of Renewal
Physical
Social
Mental
Spiritual

5. The Physical Dimension

6. Exercise
We don’t exercise because it isn’t
urgent.
Do any activity which builds your
body in three areas
1.Endurance (Heart exercise)
2.Flexibility (Stretching)
3.Strength (Muscles)

8. Nutrition
What should be
eaten?

9. Stress Management
Sufficient rest
Sufficient relaxation

10. The Spiritual Dimension
Provides leadership
Highly related to Habit
2
Your core, your center,
& your commitment to
your principles

11. For Spiritual renewal you should
follow
Scripture (Religious books)
•Great Literature
•Great Music
•Communication with
nature

12. story of spiritual renewal by Arthur
Gordon called “the Turn of the
Tide.”
Four prescriptions from his
doctor
Open one prescription at
9:00, 12:00, 3:00, and 6:00.

13. First Prescription at 9:00: Listen
carefully.
Awareness of
interdependence of things

14. Second Prescription at 12:00 “Try
reaching back.”
Remembering memories of
happy times
Remembering these times
with exactness
He thus found a growing
warmth inside.

15. Prescription at 3:00 -
“Examine your motives.”
If one’s motives are
wrong, nothing can be
right.

16. Prescription at 6:00 - “Write your
worries on the sand.”

17. Religious leader David O.
McKay:
“The greatest battles of life are
fought out daily in the silent
chambers of the soul.”

19. Reading
“The person who doesn’t read is
no better off than the person
who can’t read.”
Read quality literature
Seek to understand

20. Writing...
To Communicate on
Deeper Level:
Thoughts
Feelings
Ideas

21. Things that “dull” the
mental saw:
Watching TV:
Narrows and closes the mind
Survey: TV takes 35 to 40 hours
a week
Wisdom: Proper use can
increase your knowledge

22. Planning:
Begin with the “End in
Mind.”
Mentally Organize
See the Entire Journey

23. Three dimensions Physical, Spiritual and
mental are called daily private victory.
• Spend an hour for them
Wars are won in general`s tent.

25. Focuses on Habits 4, 5, &
6
Principles of
Interpersonal Leadership
Empathic Communication
Creative Cooperation

26. Why?
Private Victory
Public Victory

27. Private Victory
Be Proactive
Begin with the “End In
Mind”
Put First Things First

28. Public Victory
Think Win/Win
Seek First to
Understand, Then to Be
Understood
Synergize

29. Success...
Master of emotion
Related to our
security

30. Intrinsic Security comes
from:
Within
Principles (Comes from own mind and heart)
Interdependent living
Service

31. Sources of Intrinsic
Security:
Work
Anonymous Service

32. According to Eldon
Tanner:
“Service is the rent we
pay for the privilege of
living on this earth.”

33. Scripting Others
We are a function of the social
mirror, scripted by others’:
Opinions
Perceptions
Paradigms

34. We can choose to reflect
back to others:
An undistorted vision of
themselves.
An affirmation of their
proactive nature.

35. We can help script people to
become individuals who are:
Principle-centered.
Value-based.
Independent.
Worthwhile.

37. •Balanced renewal must be in all
four dimensions.
•To neglect one area negatively
impacts the rest.

38. •Renewal in any dimension
increases your ability to live at
least one of the Seven habits.
•Even though the habits are
sequential, improvement in one
habit synergetic ally increases
your ability to live the rest.

39. •Renewal empowers us to move
on an upward spiral of growth &
change, of continuous
improvement.
•Conscious self-awareness
•Learn, commit, do, learn, ...

40. The End