- Rocks: First fill your glass jar first with rocks. These are your most important tasks. that will take you towards achieving your goals. These are your highest priority projects and deadlines with the greatest value, often important, but not urgent tasks that move you toward your goals.
- Pebbles: After that fill in the space between the rocks with pebbles. These are tasks that are urgent, and important, but contribute less to important goals. Without proper planning, these tasks are often unexpected, and left unmanaged, can quickly fill your day. Reducing these tasks will give you more time to work toward your goals.
- Sand: Then add sand to fill your jar. Schedule urgent, but not important tasks, only after important tasks. These are routine or maintenance tasks that do not directly contribute to your goals.
- Water: Finally, pour water into your jar. These trivial time-wasters are neither important nor urgent and take you away from working toward high return activities and your goals.
- Commit to this approach to planning your days and you will see as time goes on that you are able to achieve more in less time. Each day will be organized and become more productive and profitable. You will also notice yourself spending less time on activities that are of little to no value. .And because you have a clear vision for dealing with competing priorities, the level of stress in your life will diminish, which in turn will allow you to become even more focused and
