Is Covey's organization affiliated with the Mormons (LDS church)? I've
always wondered.

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> From: Bill Hyatt <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Big Rocks
> Date: Monday, March 20, 2000 4:26 PM
>
> 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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