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. 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? "Is This Jar Full??
Everyone In The Class Yelled, "Yes. "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? "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? "Is This Jar Full??
"No! "The Class Shouted. Once Again He Said, "Good. "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! 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. Remember To Put These Big Rocks In First Or You'll Never Get Them In At All..
A day, time administration expert is a flock of student lecture. His spot was done demonstrate, left the impression that effaces hard all one's life to students.
Stand in those high intelligence quotient before the student of tall record of formal schooling, he says: "We will do a little test " , the jar that takes out an one gallon is put on the desk before him. Subsequently, he takes out the rock that piles fist size, put carefully into vitreous bottle together. Till opening of block tower above, also do not put again fell, he asks: "Is bottle full? "Is bottle full??
All students answer: "Full! " . Time supervises expert rhetorical question: "True? " he stretchs his hand from a pail of gravel is taken out below the desk, fell a few go in, and wall of knock glass bottle makes below gravel cram the clearance of block. "Is bottle full now? " he asks the 2nd times.