The Big Rock of Life

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The Big

Rock

Of Our

Life!!!Put First Thing First

Stephen R. Covey


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Stephen R. Covey, author ofthe top-selling motivational

book "The 7 Habits of HighlyEffective People," died on

Monday (July 16, 2012) at anIdaho hospital from injuries

he suffered in a bicycle

accident in April. He was 79.Covey, who would have

turned 80 in October, wasfounder of a Salt Lake City-based business that evolved

into FranklinCovey, amultimillion-dollar corporateconsulting, training andpublication enterprise.


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Considered a pioneer in the self-help genre aimed at helping readers becomemore productive in their lives, author Stephen R. Covey had an enormous

impact on both the corporate world and the personal lives of millions.


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"In his final hours, he was surrounded by his loving wife and each

one of his children and their spouses, just as he always wanted"


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"Our family, all nine kids and our spouses and my mom, were able to gathertogether again to be with him for the last few hours of his life, which iswhat he always wanted," Sean Covey said in an email to The Tribune.


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"We are deeply saddened by the passing of Stephen R. Covey. Hisseminal work, "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People," will forever be

one of the most influential books in the field of self-improvement."- Carolyn K. Reidy, president and CEO of Simon & Schuster, Inc.


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Stephen Covey's "Big Rocks"(First Things First)

The following idea comes from Stephen

Covey. It continues to be a reminderto me of how to focus on the mostimportant priorities of our lives.


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In the middle of a seminar on timemanagement, recalls Covey in his book

First Things First, the lecturer said,

"Okay, it's time for a quiz."


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Reaching under the table, he pulled out a wide mouthed gallon jar and setit on the table next to a platter covered with fist-sized rocks. "How manyof these rocks do you think we can get in the jar?" he asked the audience.


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"Okay, let's find out."

He put one rock inthe jar, then another,then anotheruntil

no more rocks would

fit. Then he asked,"Is the jar full?"

After the students made their guesses, the seminar leader said,

Everybody could see that not onemore of the rocks would fit,

so they said, "Yes."


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"Not so fast," he cautioned. From under the table he lifted out a bucket of gravel,dumped it in the jar, and shook it. The gravel slid into all the little spaces left by

the big rocks. Grinning, the seminar leader asked once more, "Is the jar full?"

A little wiser by now, the students

responded, "Probably not."


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"Good," the teacher said. Then he reached under the table to bring up abucket of sand. He started dumping the sand in the jar. While the students

watched, the sand filled in the little spaces left by the rocks and gravel.Once more he looked at the class and said, "Now, is the jar full?"

"No," everyone shouted back.


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"Good!" said the seminar leader, who then grabbed a pitcher of water andbegan to pour it into the jar. He got something like a quart of water intothat jar before he said, "Ladies and gentlemen, the jar is now full. Can

anybody tell me the lesson you can learn from this? What's my point?"


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An eager participant spoke up: "Well, there are gaps in your schedule. Andif you really work at it, you can always fit more into your life."

"No," the leader said. "That's not the point. The point is this: if I hadn't putthose big rocks in first, I would never have gotten them in."


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In both our business and personal lives, we have big rocks, gravel,sand and water. The natural tendency seems to favor the latter

three elements, leaving little space for the big rocks. In an effortto respond to the urgent, the important is sometimes set aside.

h h b k l l d


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What are the 'big rocks' in your life? A large project? Spendingtime with your family? Your health? Your finances? Your faith?

Your personal development? Your dreams?

M k li f bi k Th k l h


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Make a list of your big rocks. Then make a plan to ensure that yourbig rocks are put first. Block out the time in your schedule for

those activities. Amazingly, the other stuff still gets done.

P i di ll fl t h ' d i A tti bi k


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Periodically reflect on how you're doing. Are you putting your big rocksfirst, or does gravel, sand and water dominate your life? If the bigrocks aren't getting in, what will have to happen so that they do?

Wh ' l i th k d d


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When you're planning your month, your week or your day, and evenwhen you're making specific decisions during the day, refer back

to your list of big rocks. Then, put those in your jar first.

"R b t l d t t d i ll t t l


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"Remember, to learn and not to do is really not to learn.To know and not to do is really not to know."

This is a presentation dedicated to pay tribute to Stephen Covey(1932 2012)


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This is a presentation dedicated to pay tribute to Stephen Covey(1932 - 2012),author of the best-selling book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. Abig Thank You to you. You are our invisible mentor, though we never met, you

helped us and many friends in the world to be more effective people andchanged our lives for the better. We will miss you. Rest In Peace.

Thank You Very Much

Sompong Yusoontorn

The Big Rock of Life

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