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From: "Walter \\"Jingles\\"White" <[log in to unmask]>
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"Andrew A. Small" wrote:
> One day an expert in time management was speaking to a group of business
> students and, to drive home a point, used an illustration those students
> will never forget. As he stood in front of the group of high powered
> overachievers he said, "Okay, time for a quiz." Then he pulled out a one
> gallon, wide mouthed Mason jar and set it on the table in front of him.
> Then he produced about a dozen fist sized rocks and carefully placed them,
> one at a time, into the jar. When the jar was filled to the top and no more
> rocks would fit inside, he asked, "Is this jar full?"
>
> Everyone in the class said, "Yes."
>
> Then he said, "Really?" He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket
> of gravel. Then he dumped some gravel in and shook the jar causing pieces
> of gravel to work themselves down into the space between the big rocks.
>
> Then he asked the group once more, "Is the jar full?"
>
> By this time the class was on to him."Probably not," one of them answered.
> "Good!" he replied. He reached under the table and brought out a bucket of
> sand. He started dumping the sand in the jar and it went into all of the
> spaces left between the rocks and the gravel.
> Once more he asked the question, "Is this jar full?"
>
> "No!" the class shouted. Once again he said, "Good." Then he
> grabbed a pitcher of water and began to pour it in until the jar was filled
> to the brim. Then he looked at the class and asked, "What is the point of
> this illustration?"
>
> One eager beaver raised his hand and said, "The point is, no matter how full
> your schedule is, if you try really hard you can always fit some more things
> in it."
>
> The speaker replied, "that's not the point. The truth this illustration
> teaches us is: If you don't put the big rocks in first, you'll never get
> them in at all."
>
> "What are the 'big rocks' in your life? Your children; your
> loved ones; your education; your dreams; a worthy cause; teaching or
> mentoring others; doing things that you love; time for yourself; your
> health; your significant other. Remember to put these BIG ROCKS in first or
> you'll never get them in at all. If you sweat the little stuff (the gravel,
> the sand) then you'll fill your life with little things you worry about that
> don't really matter,and you'll never have the real quality time you need to
> spend on the big, important stuff - the big rocks."
>
> So, tonight, or in the morning, when you are reflecting on this short
> story, ask yourself this question: What are the 'big rocks' in my life?
>
> Then, put those in your jar first.
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