My top 3 rocks are quite simple and probably something most other people can connect to.

1 – Be a good father to my son (18 months old). I think this time with him is so precious and hard to compensate for later. We have so much fun together but it’s hard to balance with all the other demands on life (work, cooking, cleaning, shopping, marriage, friendship, my own activities)

2 – Be a good husband. In many way this is a bigger challenge since it’s so easy to let life’s pressures get you down and then take some of that out on your spouse/partner. It’s time to put my wife at her correct priority (one of my two biggest rocks) and act like the man she deserves to have.

3 – Find the way to doing more of the work I love. I’m lucky enough to have the chance to train people in communication and presenting, which I really love to do. That said, it’s tough to find the way into something that’s relatively new to me, coming from English speaking. I’d like to set this as a large rock as it’s important for my happiness & goals, our family security, providing a positive role model for my son and helping people in general.

There are not specific little rocks that get in the way so much as getting intimidated by how big the three rocks above are. It’s much easier to turn away and do something different that’s easy and fun. In that sense, my small rocks are time wasting activities like games, random browsing or taking care of small tasks that don’t make much difference in the grand scheme but serve as a psychological boost that “I did something”,(e.g. clearing the inbox etc.)

Do you find any rocks are a challenge for you?

Hi Pete,

Thanks for following my blog. What would are your top 3 big rocks that you want to focus on? And what is a little rock that gets in the way? I’d love to get your ideas on this.

Thank you 🙂