point 1 heusedanillustration.
Ashestoodinfrontofthegrouphesaid"Okaytimeforaquiz."Hethenpulledoutawide-mouth
jarandsetitonthetable.Thenhe 2 placedaboutadozenfist-sizedrocksonebyoneintothejar.
Whenthejarwasfilledtothe 3 andnomorerockswouldfitinsideheasked"Isthisjar 4 ?"
Everyoneintheclasssaid"Yes."
"Really?"Thenhe 5 underthetableandpulledoutabucketofgravel(沙砾石子)dumpedsome
inand 6 thejarcausingpiecesofgraveltoworkthemselvesdownintothespace 7 thebigrocks.
Thenheaskedthegroupthesamequestion."Probablynot."Oneofthemanswered."Good!"hereplied.
Hereachedunderthetableand 8 abucketofsand.Hestarteddumpingthesandinthejarandit
wentintoallthe 9 leftbetweentherocksandthegravel. 10 heaskedthequestion."No!"theclass
shouted."Good!"Thenhegrabbedacanofwaterandbegantopouritin 11 thejarwasfilledtothe
brim.
Thentheexpertintime-managementlookedattheclassandasked"Whatisthe 12 ofthis
illustration?"Itissuchaseeminglyeasyquestionthatone 13 studentraisedhishandandsaid"Itis
howeverfullyourscheduleisifyoutryreallyhardyoucanalways 14 somemorethingsinit."
"No"thespeakerreplied"Thetruthitteachesusisthatyouwill 15 gettheminatallifyoudon'tput
thebigrocksinfirst. 16 thebigrocksinyourlifearedothingsthaty
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