THE ROCKS FIRST STORY

 I read this sometime ago. It was a motivational book. Unfortunately I am unable to recollect the name of the author or the title of the book.

But what was conveyed was a great lesson.

The ROCKS FIRST story

Take a glass jar and place it on a table along with some sand and rocks.

In the first instance pour all the sand into the jar

 It becomes nearly full. Then put the rocks into the jar. You'll find it can accommodate only a couple of rocks.

In the second instance, put all the rocks in the jar. Follow it up by pouring the sand on top of that. The sand flows into the spaces between the rocks. You'll find a fair quantity of sand in the jar and only some is left.

It means, in the first instance, all the sand is consumed, but very few rocks. In the second instance, all the rocks and a good quantity of sand are consumed.

The moral is, the rocks are the most important things in your life - your health, your relationships, your learnings etc. The sand is the less important or trivial things in life.

If you come to the rocks after dealing with the sand, you will only deal with a few important things. The bulk of the important things will not be dealt with. 

However, if you turn it around and first deal with the rocks, the important things, then you will get a lot done and will have time to deal with as much sand as you have space for.

The lesson is, prioritise and don't waste your time over minor things.