~ Time Management ~

We each have all the time there is, - but how we make use of our time can be a problem.  Which are the important things?

by Betty Chypre

  Did you hear the story about the professor who put a large jar on the desk and took several rocks and carefully placed them inside the jar? When the rocks came all the way to the top of the jar, he asked the class, “Can I get anything more in the jar?” They said, "No."

  Then he took a handful of pebbles and carefully dropped them between the rocks in the jar and asked the class: “Will anything more fit in the jar?” Again, they said "No".

  Then he took a handful of sand and sprinkled it between the rocks and the pebbles. “Can I get anything more into the jar?” “No.” “Is it full now?" he asked. They agreed It was full.

  At that point he poured a full cup of water into the jar, and a little more. “It’s still not full” he said as he slowly poured some salt into the water and rocked the jar gently to help it dissolve.

  The point is: Put the big rocks in the jar first .  If you make time for big projects and just let the smaller ones flow around them, the most important things will get done.

   Balancing priorities and time management are easier if you have rocks in your head.