Habit 7 ensures you take steps to energize your whole self. In Stephen Covey's The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People, Stephen discusses the importance of finding balance in the four areas of your life: physical, social/emotional, mental, and spiritual. With balance in these areas, you will be able to find the resilience needed to handle stressful situations and challenging relationships. 

"There's no other way you could spend an hour that would begin to compare with the Daily Private Victory. It will affect every decision, every relationship. It will greatly improve the quality, the effectiveness, of every other hour of the day."*

  --Stephen R. Covey

Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw. Consistently recharge your batteries in all four dimensions: physical, mental, spiritual, and social/emotional.*

The Daily Private Victory is a practice where you spend time every day renewing and reflecting to build resilience. The goal is to restore your body, mind, heart, and spirit.*

Sean Covey, in his book The 7 Habits on the Go: Timeless Wisdom for a Rapidly Changing World, provides beneficial activities to build resilience in the following areas: 

• Strengthen Your Body
• Renew Your Spirit
• Sharpen Your Mind
• Develop Your Heart
• Take Time for Yourself
• Tame Your Technology

Life can feel complicated, hectic, and overwhelming at times. It might feel like there needs to be more time to practice self-care. However, it is critical to make that time for yourself. 

Congratulations! You have completed the seventh habit. We hope you have found this information valuable to creating the personal and professional life you envision. 

Got time for more? Here are more resources available to you through SumTotal from Steven Covey:

• Course - Stephen Covey's The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People
• Book - An Effective Life: Inspirational Philosophy From Dr. Covey's Life
• Book - A Time Conscious Life: Inspirational Philosophy from Dr. Covey's Life
• Book - The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People, Snapshots Edition

*Covey, Sean, and Stephen R. Covey. "Sharpen the Saw." The 7 Habits on the Go: Timeless Wisdom for a Rapidly Changing World, Mango Publishing Group, Coral Gables, 2020.