Today we explore the big rocks theory.  I explain what this is and how we create our more efficient day to achieve our most important priorities.  

 

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Welcome to Everyday Happiness where we create lasting happiness, in about 2 minutes a day,  through my signature method of Intentional Margins® (creating harmony between your to-dos and your priorities), happiness science, and musings about life. 

 

I'm your host Katie Jefcoat, and Stephen Covey introduced us to this concept of “big rocks” decades ago.  It’s not new.  You may have even heard of it.  I’ll explain the concept.  It’s simple.  

 

Imagine an empty glass jar sitting on a table.  Next to it you have three things.  Sand, pebbles and rocks.  Your job is to fill the glass jar with all of the items on the table.  The jar represents your time.  The sand represents your tiny tasks, busy work, non-urgent tasks.  The pebbles represent non-urgent, but important tasks.  And the rocks represent your important and urgent tasks, the things that move the needle forward toward your goals.  

 

If you fill the jar with sand first, you cannot fit all of the pebbles and rocks into the jar. 

 

If you fill the jar with pebbles first, you cannot fit all of the sand and rocks into the jar.  

 

Only when you fill the jar with your rocks first can you then add your pebbles followed by the sand to fit everything into the jar. 

 

The lesson is that we must start our days or have time allotted to those big rocks.  The things that matter most.  Some days it might be three, some days, just one thing.   Especially if you are a morning person, those big rocks must come first.  Whatever your primary project is, do that first.  

 

Now, in order to prioritize what matters most, you need to decide what matters most.  That’s up to you.    When you know what is important, you can ignore what is not.  Clarity comes from identifying what is important to you in this season of life.  In this stage.  This week.  Or even, this day.  

 

Ask yourself, what is important to me in this season of life in my work domain and in my personal domain and go after it friends.  Your priorities, your Intentional Margins, those things that light your hair on fire, that feed your soul, that when you look back at the day or the week, you feel a sense of fulfilled happiness.  Those Intentional Margins deserve your time.  

 

Time is passing us by, every minute and we get to live our best lives and prioritize what matters most right now.  I’m cheering you on. 

 

Until next time, remember, kindness is contagious. 

 

 

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