Imagine a scenario, where you achieve ALL your dreams… then imagine another scenario where you achieve, say, a great part of your dreams… I have had a problem, always chasing a dream, then halfway there, I see another thing I would like to achieve, and then I start chasing that dream, or thing in my life. So, it is obvious that I need some structure on my dream chasing! As Kung Futze said:”A man chasing two rabbits, catches none!”. So, as I have felt that exact saying on myself quite a bit lately, I have decided to find a solution. Finding out what dreams I want to chase right now, which ones should be put off till later, and which ones to focus on right now!

So, I am going to make a list of Goals, I NEED to achieve in my life. Just jot up anything that comes to mind, I am not going to do that here, but will wait till I get home, and can sit quietly and do it. I have some of those dreams jotted down in my moleskin already. But how do I find out which dreams are more important than others, and how can I arrange those in groups?

When prioritizing my goals, I will put them into categories, after priority, hereby identifying which ones are more important and which ones to get started on first. The most important Goals/ Actions in my life i am going to name “BIG ROCKS”, those are the ones that are REALLY meaningful (to me). Then the lower priorities are going to be named SMALL ROCKS, SAND and (maybe WATER). The reason for those metaphors are the story about the old man and the big rocks…(I am going to replicate this as good as I can… (This story may vary, but you probably heard it quite a few times, if you have been going to a lot of weddings ;))

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A wise old man once wanted to teach his disciples an important learning. He emptied a bag full of rocks onto the ground in front of him. He then took all those rocks and put them into a container placed in front of him. The container was filled to the edge with the rocks, and the wise man asked his disciples:” Is this container full now?”

All the disciples nodded their heads eagerly, excited about what the old man’s point might be. But then the wise man took another bag, and emptied the content of smaller rocks, into the container. The small rocks fell in between all the larger rocks. He let the small rocks settle and looked at his disciples with a smile on his lip. Then he asked:” Is the container full NOW?”

All the disciples laughed and nodded their heads, “Yes NOW the container was full!” But then the wise man took another bag, and poured sand in between the large and smaller rocks. Then, after all the sand had settled between the rocks and stones, he asked again:”is the container filled now?”

His disciples was laughing out loud, and yelled;” Yes, the container IS filled now, and we DID get the point!”. Oh, did you?” the wise man said, as he poured water into the container…

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This story is about many things, but the most important to me is the symbolism of big rocks, stones, sand and water.

The big rocks are the large important things in life, the stones are smaller but still important things. the sand is smaller issues in life, but also an important stabilizer for the rocks and stones. In the end the water is further assisting the sand to settle, and is therefore important to sand, stones and rocks.

If you want to see my Goals, Objectives and Procedures CLICK HERE!

By identifying the BIG and often Dificult actions I have to get done, to reach my full potential in life, I have sorted those, and made a very simple version of Steven WORKSHEET from “7 habits of the highly effective people” and made an overview on what goals to work with every day and week. with a very clear vision on what goals, and how to get there, I believe I will be able to reach my Goals faster!

See my WORKSHEETS CLICK HERE!