{"id":1049,"date":"2020-09-25T15:25:12","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T19:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/?p=1049"},"modified":"2020-09-25T15:35:31","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T19:35:31","slug":"good-habits-you-wont-want-to-break-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/25\/good-habits-you-wont-want-to-break-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Habits You Won\u2019t Want to Break"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/book.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1019\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/book-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-size=\"360x240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/book-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/book-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/book.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <\/a>Stephen Covey\u2019s <i>the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People\u00ae<\/i> \u2013 Habit #7<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #488ba6;\"><b>In this issue of our newsletter, we finish our series on Stephen Covey\u2019s seven habits with Habit #7: Sharpen the Saw\u00ae.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">At face value, this seems logical\u2014after all, you can get more done with a sharp saw than a dull one. But that\u2019s not what Covey is talking about. Rather, \u201cSharpen the Saw\u201d involves making a commitment to improving ourselves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span style=\"color: #658c64;\"><b>SO HOW DO YOU SHARPEN YOUR SAW? <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Make time for personal and professional development to balance yourself mentally, socially, physically, and spiritually.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s2\" style=\"color: #488ba6;\"><b>LEARN: <\/b><\/span>Read, listen to podcasts, sign up for webinars, etc.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s2\"><b><span style=\"color: #488ba6;\">CONNECT:<\/span> <\/b><\/span>Even during these times of limited social contact, try to make meaningful connections with other people.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span style=\"color: #488ba6;\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>FUEL YOURSELF PHYSICALLY:<\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>You can be a more productive person if you pay more attention to eating well, getting enough rest, and exercising.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s2\" style=\"color: #488ba6;\"><b>FEED YOUR SPIRIT:<\/b><\/span> Several ways you might do this include praying, enjoying nature, listening to or making music, or by meditating.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p7\"><b><span style=\"color: #658c64;\">HOW CAN THIS HELP YOU PROFESSIONALLY?<\/span> <\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Self-improvement\/self-development enables you to refocus on your \u201cwhy.\u201d It can help you step away from the busyness of business and let you think about whether what you\u2019re doing aligns with your business\u2019s goals and objectives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">While it may seem challenging to carve out time for self-improvement, consider the advantages for you personally and your business. Whether 15 minutes every other day, an hour every other week, or a chunk of time during your business\u2019s slow season, find opportunities to \u201csharpen your saw\u201d!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen Covey\u2019s the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People\u00ae \u2013 Habit #7 In this issue of our newsletter, we finish our series on Stephen Covey\u2019s seven habits with Habit #7: Sharpen the Saw\u00ae. At face value, this seems logical\u2014after all, you can get more done with a sharp saw than a dull one. But that\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1049"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1059,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1049\/revisions\/1059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}