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closer we align ourselves with correct principles, the better our judgment will be about
how the world operates and the more accurate our paradigms -- our maps of the territory
-- will be.

I believe that as we grow and develop on this upward spiral, we must show diligence in
the process of renewal by educating and obeying our conscience. An increasingly
educated conscience will propel us along the path of personal freedom, security, wisdom,
and power.

Moving along the upward spiral requires us to learn, commit, and do on increasingly
higher planes. We deceive ourselves if we think that any one of these is sufficient. To
keep progressing, we must learn, commit, and do -- learn, commit, and do -- and learn,
commit, and do again.

Application Suggestions:

1. Make a list of activities that would help you keep in good physical shape, that would
fit your life-style and that you could enjoy over time.

2. Select one of the activities and list it as a goal in your personal role area for the coming
week. At the end of the week evaluate your performance. If you didn't make your goal,
was it because you subordinated it to a genuinely higher value? Or did you fail to act
with integrity to your values.

3. Make a similar list of renewing activities in your spiritual and mental dimensions. In
your social-emotional area, list relationships you would like to improve or specific
circumstances in which Public Victory would bring greater effectiveness. Select one item
in each area to list as a goal for the week. Implement and evaluate.

4. Commit to write down specific "sharpen the saw" activities in all four dimensions
every week, to do them, and to evaluate your performance and results.

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