It essential to sharpen the saw while sawing the tree. The same way human needs to sharpen the four dimension of their life. The four dimensions are physical, mental, spiritual and social/emotional. This is the place where the previous habits are flourished.
Physical dimension sharpening improves the proactives habit as the personal victory always an intial step. Morning routine with physical dimension strenthening is essential to improve the proactiveness oneself. Spiritual dimension provides the necessary gateway for discovering and remembering ones vision which accounts for the habit 2. Mental dimension sharpening gives the needed strength to management the priority works, focusing on the QUadrant II, which is important and urgent.
While the initial three dimension enhances the habit 1, 2 and 3. The social/emotional dimension strengths the interdependence habits. Working on all the dimension helps to synergies all the habits. Balancing this four dimension is important as they impact the habits. The sharpening spiral is an excellent spiral for self improving all we have to do is study, plan and execute.