人生的大石頭
[ 2006-07-31 09:39 ]
什么是人生的大石頭？一天，一位時間管理的專家為他的學生們做了一個現場演示，給在場的每個人留下了深刻的印象……
One day, an expert in time management was speaking to a group of students
and, to drive home a point, used an illustration those students will never
forget.
As he stood in front of the group of overachievers he said, "OK, time for a
quiz." He pulled out a one-gallon, wide-mouth jar and set it on the table in
front of him. He also produced about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully
placed them, one at a time, into the jar. When the jar was filled to the top and
no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, "Is this jar full?"
Everyone in the class yelled, "Yes." The time management expert replied,
"Really?" He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel. He
dumped some gravel in and shook the jar, causing pieces of gravel to work
themselves down into the spaces between the big rocks. He then asked the group
once more, "Is this jar full?"
By this time the class was on to him. "Probably not," one of them answered.
"Good!" he replied. He reached under the table and brought out a bucket of sand.
He started dumping the sand in the jar and it went into all of the spaces left
between the rocks and the gravel. Once more he asked the question, "Is this jar
full?"
"No!" the class shouted. Once again he said, "Good." Then he grabbed a
pitcher of water and began to pour it in until the jar was filled to the brim.
Then he looked at the class and asked, "What is the point of this illustration?"
One eager student raised his hand and said, "The point is, no matter how full
your schedule is, if you try really hard you can always fit some more things in
it!"
"No," the speaker replied, "that's not the point. The truth this illustration
teaches us is if you don't put the big rocks in first, you'll never get them in
at all. What are the 'big rocks' in your life? Time with your loved ones, your
education, your dreams, a worthy cause, teaching or mentoring others? Remember
to put these big rocks in first or you'll never get them in at
all.
（來源：洋腔洋調美語網 英語點津姍姍編輯）
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