Got this from a friend. See if it applies to LBCs.
Subject: Is this the way it works???
>
> One day, an expert in time management was speaking to a group of business
> students and, to drive home a point, used an illustration those students
> would never forget. As he stood in front of the group of high-powered
> overachievers he said, "Okay, time for a quiz" and he pulled out a
one-gallon
> Mason jar and set it on the table in front of him. He also produced about
a
> dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully placed them, one at a time, into the
> jar. When the jar was filled to the top and no more rocks would fit
inside,
> he asked, "Is this jar full?" Everyone in the class yelled, "Yes." The
time
> management expert replied, "Really?" He reached under the table and
pulled
> out a bucket of gravel. He dumped some gravel in and shook the jar causing
> pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the spaces between the big
> rocks. He then asked the group once more, "Is the jar full?" By this time
> the class was on to him. "Probably not," one of them answered. "Good!" he
> replied. He reached under the table and brought out a bucket of sand. He
> started dumping the sand into the jar and it went into all of the spaces
left
> between the rocks and the gravel. Once more he asked the question, "Is
this
> jar full?" "No!" the class shouted. Once again he said, "Good." Then he
> grabbed a pitcher of water and began to pour it in until the jar was
filled
> to the brim. Then he looked at the class and asked, "What is the point of
> this illustration?" One eager beaver raised his hand and said, "The point
> is, no matter how full your schedule is, if you really try hard, you can
> always fit some more things in it!" "No," the speaker replied, "that's
not
> the point. The truth this illustration teaches us is: If you don't put the
> big rocks in first, you'll never get them in at all. What are the 'big'
rocks
> in life --time with your loved ones, your faith, your education, your
dreams,
> a worthy cause, teaching or mentoring others?"
> Remember to put these BIG ROCKS in first or you'll never get them in at
all.
> "So, tonight, or in the morning, when you are reflecting on this short
story,
> ask yourself this question: What are the 'big rocks' in my life? Then,
put
> those in your jar first.
>
> Just thought I'd pass this on.
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