The 7 Habits® Sharpen the Saw®:

®: Taking a break

The
Tre a s u re
Chest
Sunday Monday
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“It’s beautiful,” Dalila breathed as they

stood looking at the gold treasure chest.
“Careful,” Antonio cautioned as Michael
lifted the lid and they peered inside. 7 8
“It’s empty!” They exclaimed together.
“All that work for nothing!” Michael
said glumly.
“I don’t know, Michael,” Dalila began. “Finding a treasure would
have been great, but we did have fun figuring out the clues.”
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“We learned stuff too—we looked at life from different
perspectives, faced our fears, became better friends . . . ”
Antonio listed.
“I guess so . . .” Michael murmured, still not convinced. “So,
now what?”
“After all this hard work we deserve a 2 1 Father’s Day
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break,” Antonio said, turning to leave.
“I’m going to go write about our
adventure in my journal.”
“I think I’ll take a nap,”
Dalila yawned.
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“I can’t believe
it’s empty,” Michael
sighed as he took one
more look inside the
chest. “Hey,
The

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wait . . . is Sharpening the saw is about resting and
that a spot for relaxing! Working hard is important, but
the . . .? Antonio! if you work all the time you’ll get cranky
Dalila! Guys? Hey HABITS® and will probably get sick. Take care of
yourself by taking a break.
. . . where did you go?”
When was the last time you sharpened
the saw?

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