Doing the follow up 8 weeks and loving it.

Come across the big rocks story and really loved it but when applying to my own vision I sought of get stuck, do not understand what the rocks are meant to be?

Are the the elements of SOGR such as Vision, gratitude, faith and purpose/determination and impressing? Which I am doing very well at but the meaning of the rocks?

Can someone please enlighten me?

Thankyou in advance.

Okay, Shane, I'll bite first! To me the small rocks represent the little things you need to still pay attention to and act on in addition to the large rocks. If you focus strictly on putting your big rocks into the jar you will miss out on all those valuable smaller rocks that could be fit into your jar, which in turn will make your jar much more 'fulfilled'. Get it?

Peace on you all,

Susan

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Originally posted by Shane:
Doing the follow up 8 weeks and loving it.

Come across the big rocks story and really loved it but when applying to my own vision I sought of get stuck, do not understand what the rocks are meant to be?

Are the the elements of SOGR such as Vision, gratitude, faith and purpose/determination and impressing? Which I am doing very well at but the meaning of the rocks?

Can someone please enlighten me?

Thankyou in advance.

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Shane, the rocks -- big or small -- are the things you want to fit into your SCHEDULE.

Big rocks for most of us would be, for example, specific tasks (perhaps related to your big vision), time with family, time with friends, time to exercise, time to have fun, work, spiritual activities and so on.

For example, my meditation/prayer time is a big rock so it's on the daily list every morning. (Goes into the jar first.)

The point is that if we just let all the little stuff fill up our time, we'll let the truly IMPORTANT stuff slide.

Another way of looking at is this: There are things that are IMPORTANT and there are things that are URGENT. Sometimes something will be both. But it's important to notice which it is.

For example, if your baby is crying, that's urgent and it's likely important, too. That means it needs to be attended to right at the moment.

But say you're sitting having a cup of coffee and chatting with a dear friend you haven't seen in a while. The phone rings and keeps ringing.

Now that ringing might be urgent -- you may even feel an urge to answer it. But is it important? Is it as important as spending time with someone you care about?

If you see on your caller ID that it's your child calling, yes, it's probably important as well as urgent, so you answer.

If it's a telemarketing call, it's neither urgent nor important.

When you have a bunch of things to do and a specific amount of time that has to be allocated, it's good to ask yourself if each item is important or merely urgent or both. Then you can decide what PRIORITY to give it.

All too often, we waste our time doing the stuff that really doesn't matter in the long run -- or doesn't matter enough. And then we wonder why we don't seem to have time to do the stuff that DOES matter.

As always, it's all in how you choose to look at it.

Many blessings, and, of course--
EXPECT Success!
Rebecca

Thank you, Rebecca, for the clarity on the rocks. Hmm sounds like a nice drink! I look forward to the changes that may come out of this new learning for me. Wow, what a journey.

In Gratitude,

Susan