{"id":496,"date":"2020-10-30T11:12:01","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T11:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/34.125.46.169\/?page_id=496"},"modified":"2025-12-15T10:19:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T10:19:10","slug":"choice-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.franklincovey.de\/en\/the-5-choices\/choice-3\/","title":{"rendered":"choice-3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"block block-cta-hero \">\n\t<div class=\"uk-flex uk-justify-sb\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hero-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"linked\">Courses<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"separator\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.franklincovey.de\/en\/the-5-choices\/\" alt=\"The 5 Choices to Extraordinary Productivity\u00ae\">The 5 Choices to Extraordinary Productivity<sup>&reg;<\/sup><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Choice 3: Schedule the Big Rocks, Don\u2019t Sort Gravel<span>&reg;<\/span><\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-courses\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uk-flex\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.franklincovey.de\/en\/the-5-choices\/choice-2\/\"><span class=\"cta-arrow reverse\"><\/span> Choice 2<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.franklincovey.de\/en\/the-5-choices\/choice-4\/\">Choice 4 <span class=\"cta-arrow\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"hero-image\">\n\t\t\t<img \n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.franklincovey.de\/wp-content\/themes\/franklincovey\/img\/blank.gif\"\n                \t\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/www.franklincovey.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/04\/MRK22109712_Hero_435-x-430_v1.0.0.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n                \t\t\t\twidth=\"430\" height=\"435\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"image-main lazy\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<span class=\"animated-line\"><\/span>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-intro-text headings-left\" data-id=\"block_73964ee385e36270cdce2d26655753ef\">\n        <div class=\"uk-flex uk-justify-sb\">\n        <div class=\"intro-headings\">\n            <h2>The big rocks vs. the gravel.\n<\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"intro-text\">\n                            <p>It\u2019s one thing to recognize what is important, but another to actually accomplish it. 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