In this case, what matters is not only the daily care for our body, our mind, our relationships with others, and our conscience. What matters is that we do this in a balanced way. This means giving equal attention to all four spheres of our activity and not neglecting one at the expense of another. The reason is that every neglected dimension becomes fertile ground for negative forces and energies.<\/p>\n
In short, effectiveness happens when self-renewal is practiced daily and in balance. Then our \u201csaw\u201d will be sharp, and it will take far less time to cut down the tree.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cThat which we persist in doing becomes easier \u2013 not that the nature of the task has changed, but that our ability to do it has increased.\u201d
The effect of daily investment of time and effort in our physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being is synergistic. This means that the effort invested in one direction strengthens us in another. For example, physical exercise helps us maintain better vitality and endurance in mental and emotional challenges. Or investing in our inner victories helps our outer victories happen more easily, more naturally, and more spontaneously.<\/p>\n
At the heart of inner self-renewal stands our conscience \u2013 it is the inner compass that tells us whether the direction in which we are developing is the right one. If it is the right direction, and the efforts we make to move toward it are daily, tireless, and balanced, the reward is a fulfilled life.<\/p>\n
There can be no other reward.<\/p>\n
*Translation from Bulgarian<\/p>\n
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This is the seventh and final habit of highly effective people from Stephen Covey\u2019s book of the same title \u2013 Sharpen the Saw. At its core lies the principle of creative self-renewal, expressed in our capacity to take care of ourselves so that we may continue to grow and develop. In other words, if we […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":139685,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[648],"tags":[653,650],"class_list":["post-150882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emotional-intelligence","tag-how-changes-happen","tag-stephen-covey"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t