Time Management

I received an email message from a friend and thought of my life.  I then thought of all of you and wanted to share it. Here it goes…

One day, an expert in Time Management was speaking to a group of business students.  To drive home a point, he 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.  He produced about one dozen fists 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.  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.”  “No,” the speaker replied, “that is 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? Is it your religion or faith; Your significant other; 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?”

“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’ll 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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