Mateo realized he had been living in what Covey calls “Quadrant I” (urgent and important) and “Quadrant III” (urgent but not important). He needed to spend more time in “Quadrant II” — activities that are important but not urgent: planning, relationship building, self-renewal.
One weekend, his elderly mentor, Lucia, invited him to her garden. She placed a large empty glass jar on a table, along with a pile of big rocks, a bucket of gravel, and a container of fine sand. primero lo primero stephen covey pdf
But the rocks — which represented Mateo’s true priorities: preparing a key presentation, spending time with his family, exercising, and strategic planning — no longer fit. They sat on top of the sand and gravel, unstable and incomplete. Mateo realized he had been living in what