Big Rocks, Small Rocks

by Shannon Hicks
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| January 1, 2016

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What’s in Your Jar? Revisitng our Priorities

American author, businessman and renowned speaker Stephen Covey penned the analogy of prioritizing our lives as one would place big and small rocks into a jar. Sound odd? Perhaps, yet this simple and profound principle can transform the way you manage all the things we collectively call ‘life’.

During a seminar on time management Covey stopped and said “Okay, it’s time for a quiz.” He reached under the table and pulled out a wide mouthed gallon jar and set it next to a plate of small and large rocks. “How many of these rocks do you think we can get in the jar?”.
Time management often becomes a challenge of seeing how much we can cram into our day, yet this approach often leaves us unfulfilled, frustrated and failing to meet our primary professional and personal objectives…

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