11 Thank you for the reminder

It was a long time ago I heard this one… well they say that you learn by repeating, maybe one day I will remeber this one. Let see which are my rocks in my life nowdays?

posted at 05:48 pm on June 23, 2002 by Sasha Vincic

12 Brilliant

Wow, I can already feel this system revoloutionising the way I sue my time. It has the one ingredient that all truly great systems have – simplicity!

posted at 06:51 pm on June 23, 2002 by Michael Ward

13 Oops

Erm, that’s use my time, not sue it :D

posted at 06:52 pm on June 23, 2002 by Michael Ward

14 The Origin

Just so everyone knows, the true origin of this is Aesop’s Fables (or Tales, depending on your country of origin). The story is of a raven and a jar or something. Anyways, the course is taught by Steve Long. A nobody really, but very good at practical applications which really hit home. Most of it is simply common sense after all.

posted at 07:31 pm on June 23, 2002 by Jeremy C. Wright

15 Yucky Pickles

Wonderful theory, great explanation, better implementation. But pickles just don’t do it for me: green, warty, and smelly. Now pancakes I can handle. Thanks for the article, very well written. :)

posted at 08:08 pm on June 23, 2002 by Andrew

16 Hmmm...

Yes, but where are our PHP CMS?! All this talk of TMS and little of CMS is starting to make me PMS…

posted at 09:49 pm on June 23, 2002 by

17 Old story...

I heard this years ago, posed as a story about 1st year university students sitting in a lecture hall. The Prof. brings in the jar, does as we all read with rocks, pebbles, sand, water. Each step of the way he asks the students if the jar is full, to which at least a few respond “yes”.

In the end, he asks what the message is. One student takes a stab and says “You can always fit a little more in” – the prof responds “No… if you don’t put the big rocks first, you can’t fit them in at all. What are your big rocks?”

It was supposed to be a lesson not only about planning your day, but your life.

… Just the way I heard it.

posted at 11:08 pm on June 23, 2002 by

18 7 habits

this is the same concept I saw illustrated during a “work required” seminar of the 7 habits program by Steven Covey… although it was just large rocks and small pebbles… no pickles

posted at 01:03 am on June 24, 2002 by mike

19 KISS

I like it! Keeping it simple means you will use it.
Very handy… thanks.

posted at 04:57 am on June 24, 2002 by David Crowther

20 Good to see an old theory come back

I am so glad to see something so classic being embraced again. In 1998-99 when I was travelling around the country and speaking I brought out this theory (which I actually heard from a minister on Sunday morning) and started introducing this concept, to albeit, a smaller audience.

It works! And I encourage everyone to give it a try.

posted at 06:19 am on June 24, 2002 by ron