Saturday 28 January 2017

[ ::: ♥Keep_Mailing♥ ::: ]™ THE BIG ROCK IN YOUR LIFE

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 over achievers 
he said, Okay, time for a quiz.

Then he pulled out a one-gallon, 
wide mouth 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. 
No, 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? 
Time with your loved ones? 
faith, education, your dreams? 
A worthy cause? 
Teaching or mentoring others?
 
Remember to put these BIG ROCKS
 in first or you'll never get them in at all.

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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