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To: Guardian who wrote (15388)	7/22/2000 11:48:59 AM
From: Barney	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 62558

Subject: Time Management 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 will never forget. As he stood in front of the group of high powered overachievers he said, "Okay, time for a quiz." Then he pulled out a one-gallon, wide-mouthed Mason jar and set it on the table in front of him. Then he 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 said, "Yes." Then he said, "Really?" He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel. Then he dumped some gravel in and shook the jar causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the space between the big rocks. Then he 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 in 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 try really 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 your life? Your children; Your loved ones; Your education; Your dreams; A worthy cause; Teaching or mentoring others; Doing things that you love; Time for yourself; Your health; Your significant other? Remember to put these BIG ROCKS in first or you'll never get them in at all." "If you sweat the little stuff (the gravel, the sand) then you'll fill your life with little things you worry about that don't really matter, and you'll never have the real quality time you need to spend on the big, important stuff (the big rocks)." 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.

To: Guardian who wrote (15388)	7/22/2000 9:18:23 PM
From: Mike 2.0	Respond to of 62558

Praise the Lord and Pass the Cherrios... (Spelling edit...we'll see if SI's duplicate post bug still exists..) Interesting story highlighted on today's SI Homepage. Last paragraph re the software developer was good for a chuckle...I mean...adding the Bible along with a WWTBAM game? Talk about an electronic Jehovah's Witness visit! Cheerios Maker Apologizes for Software Jul 22 1:03pm ET DETROIT (Reuters) - General Mills Inc. has apologized for including a free software version of the Bible in more than 12 million boxes of Cheerios, Chex and other brands of breakfast cereal, the Detroit Free Press reported (on) Saturday. The $10 million promotion, which included offering a Protestant version of the Bible on a CD-ROM containing games and dictionaries, was scheduled to kick off on Monday and run through August, the newspaper said. ``While inclusion of the Bible may be seen as added value by some, it is the company's policy not to advance any particular set of religious beliefs. Inclusion of this material does not conform to our policy, and we apologize for this lapse,'' the company said in a statement. The newspaper did not say whether the Minneapolis-based General Mills intended to recall any of the boxes containing the CD-ROMs, some of which were presumably en route to stores. Company officials were not immediately available for comment. The Detroit Free Press quoted the company as saying the Bible was included on the CD-ROM ``without our knowledge or consent.'' But it also published e-mails that appeared to show the cereal-maker knew it was included. ``The fact that there are Bibles and other reference materials on the CD-ROMs should be a great bonus to consumers,'' General Mills spokeswoman Liv Lane wrote in an e-mail on Monday. ``But the media could easily spin it another way.'' The cereal boxes make no mention the Bible is available on the CD-ROM. Only after computer users select ``Home Reference'' from a variety of menu choices would they discover it. The founder of the software maker that helped create the CD-ROM also told the newspaper that General Mills knew the Bible was included. Wisconsin's Rhinosoft Interactive founder Gregory Swann said free software of ``Who Wants to be a Millionaire'' in boxes of General Mills cereals on store shelves now was also to have contained the Bible. But Disney Interactive, which licensed the software version of the popular game show, demanded it be deleted, the newspaper reported.