Built on Rock

Analogies to help you improve your focus

The first analogy comes from the greatest book ever read and ever written.
It comes from Matthew 7:24.

There were two builders.
There was a wise builder and the foolish builder.
The wise builder built his house upon the rock.
The foolish builder built his house on Sand.
When the water rose and the flood came, the house on the rock stood firm but the house on the sand collapsed.

The Second analogy comes from a professor who took a jar and filled it with rocks.
He asked his class if the jar was full and the class said yes.
He reached into his desk, pulled out of small box filled with pebbles and poured them into the jar shook it around a bit until the pebbles filled in all the gaps between the rocks.
He asked is the jar now full?
The class said yes.
He reached down and grabbed a bag of sand and poured it in to fill in the spaces and finally poured in water.
The glass jar is now full.

If we put the water into the jar first and then try to put in a rock, pebbles or sand the jar will overflow and make a mess.

So here's my take on these two analogies.

First you need to build your house on rock.
What that means is that the rocks represent quarterly planning.
Every quarter you need to determine what's truly important.
What are your goals for the next 90 days and write those down.

Next we put in the pebbles.
Pebbles represent our weekly calendar.
We make appointments every week and we honor those appointments.
We need to make appointments with ourselves to work on our rocks.

The third thing is the sand.
Sand represents your daily to-do list.
These are the important things that you prioritize what are you going to work on first.
We need to work on our rocks and put those on our to-do list.

Finally, water represents distractions.
These are the reactionary fires that show up at your door.
They can consume your day.

If you build your house on sand, your house will collapse.
But if you build your house on rock, when the water comes at your door, it will stand strong.

I encourage you to do your quarterly planning.
It takes practice.

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