short essay

The 7th Habit : Sharpen the Saw

Stephen Covey 's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People ' is a very good reference to improving one 's personal life especially in the quest to being effective and achieving the desired results in any undertaking The 7 habits consist of : 1 . Be proactive 2 . Begin with an end in mind 3 . Put first things first 4 . Think win-win 5 . Seek first to understand , then be understood 6 . Synergize 7 . Sharpen the Saw (Covey , 2004 . I was enlightened by these strategies and despite not perfectly applying them I

have made some attempts to practice some of the habits that Stephen Covey proposed . One of the most important and relevant of them is the 7th habit , Sharpen the saw (Covey , 2004

I believe that the 7th habit is the most important of all the habits of being an effective person . The mind , the body and the spirit have to be constantly nourished to be able to cope with the life 's challenges . I understand that change is constant in every day that passes , there is something new , something different that affects my life . I will have to make a conscious effort to continuously strive to grow mentally spiritually and physically

Mentally , I have to keep abreast with current trends in science and technology . What I have learned in the past will need to be updated . I should not stop at what is being provided in school . I should find knowledge in every experience I encounter even...