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A Sketchplanations illustration of two figures in a forest, one beside a cut log and one scratching his head beside a saw partway through a tree. The title is Sharpen the Saw. The caption says there is no time to stop and sharpen because there is so much to cut. The drawing credits Stephen Covey's principle and bears the Sketchplanations name.

Sharpen the Saw

By Jono Hey / Sketchplanations.

After Jono Hey / Sketchplanations

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Appears in Where Does Software Engineering Go From Here? (Part 2)

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SHARPEN THE SAW

“There’s no time to stop and sharpen — I’ve got so much to cut!”

From Stephen Covey.

An existing illustration by Jono Hey / Sketchplanations, reproduced unchanged. Source.