Hmmmm,

Looks like Stephen Covey strikes again.  Everyone that works for the Regional Center where I work has gone through the Covey program and this was one of the examples he used on his video tapes.  Actually, this is a good program although they do get a little carried away sometimes with their regimen.


>
> PRIORITIES
> 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"
> and he pulled out a one-gallon, mason jar and set it on the table in
front
> of him. He also 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 yelled, "Yes."
>
> The time management expert replied, "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 spaces between the big rocks. He then 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, your
> faith, your 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.
> *Author Unknown
>
> Regards,
>
> Peggy Landt
>
> Web Page: http://www.jps.net/peggyl
>
> "A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in
human
> history--with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila."
> --Mitch Ratliffe, "Technology Review"
>
>


Bill Hyatt
"The shortest distance between two points is.....
 usually not accessible"


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