"::Donut::" <Chocolate@Sugar.Glazed> wrote in news:160420080530571111%
Chocolate@Sugar.Glazed:
> Is the Jar Full?
>
> One day, an expert in time management was speaking to a group of
> business students, and 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. 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 the 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,
> using 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
> the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel. Once more he asked
> the question, "Is the 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 student 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!"
>
> "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?
> 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.... Christ [your faith]."
>
> "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 to 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 them in your jar first."
>
>
> Donut
>
Noted LOL.
Mercury.
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