Actually - I thought all Mom's already knew this. Taught in Momology 101 -
How to do it all!!



>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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