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Success at making changes: Start with the big rocks
You might have seen this demonstration in a seminar; I still get a kick out of it every time:
There is a jar full of sand and various-sized rocks. Your task if to figure out how to put several larger rocks in the jar without throwing away its content.
The larger rocks represent your latest important projects
The ones that should improve your health, your profit, your relationships, your business direction, or your life. Of course, the more important they are, the more they tend to:
- Require sustained creative effort
- Bring up fear of failure or rejection
- Take time
- Generate internal resistance
Besides, most of you is telling the part of your brain that cooked up the project that you have no extra time and are in overwhelm already; your jar is full!
How to get the large rocks in the jar
Put them in first!!!
The smaller rocks and then the sand, will find their way and settle themselves in whatever small openings they find, and you will be amazed at how much more the jar could hold.
An embarrassing example
I normally never bother with New Year’s resolutions, but this year I made the highly predictable one, pledging that I will exercise on a daily basis. I let my gym membership lapse 4 months ago and have been sitting in front of my computer ever since (or so it feels like). Needless to say, my body is feeling the new lifestyle and will start showing it pretty soon if I don’t “shape up”, pun intended.
My record so far:
Day 1: Good start
Day 2: Already off the wagon, which is embarrassing for someone who teaches other people how to make changes successfully. Here’s what happened:
I felt mentally productive and decided to delay my workout, which I was sure I would do later since I was looking forward to it. Later became later still, which became never. Inertia had set in.
Day 3: I learned my lesson and worked out before turning on the computer.
When to deal with priorities
It may not always be first thing in the day; your past behavior will tell you when you need to deal with your high priorities. Just make sure you’re honest with yourself about it.
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