To Do List and Time Management Priority

To Do Lists, Time Management?!

What in your most important thing to do list today?

Picture of daily to do list time management

A professor gave a lesson on time management. Making to do lists

In this lesson were small rocks, medium rocks, large rocks, sand and water.

He Had a vessels / jar.. Or he called it his to do list for time management.

To do lists are always too full?

The professor speaking on making to do list started putting large rocks into the Jar till it couldn't handle any more.  "Is the jar full?"  Students replied yes.

Then he took the medium rocks filled them to the top.  "Is the jar/ to do list full?"  Students replied yes.

Then he took the small rocks and filled it to the top.  "is the jar/to do list full?"  Students replied yes.

Then he took the sand filling space between rocks and asked:  Is the jar/to do list full?"  Students hands shot up and replied yes!

Then he took a pitcher of water filling the jar to the top. "is the jar/ to do list full?"  Students said yes.

He replied with a question about to do lists.  "Whats the lesson from here?"

A student shot up his hand saying.... "there's always more room in to do lists to be more productive!"  The professor said "no."

If I did not put in the large rocks first they would not have fit at all.

To Do list Time management lesson:!

In your to do lists and time management.  Always accomplish your most important to do list things first.  Take care of small tasks later.  (Remember devil is in the details)

Thanks for reading!

Turtle

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