【經(jīng)典晨讀美文】人生巨石(1/3)
來源:滬江聽寫酷
2014-02-28 04:00
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One day, an expert in time management was speaking to a group of students and, to drive a point home, 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.
一天,一位時間管理方面的專家為學生做演講。他現(xiàn)場做的演示給學生們留下了都難以磨滅的印象。
站在那些能力超強的學生前面,他說道:“我們來做個小測驗吧?!庇谑潜隳贸隽艘粋€1加侖的廣口瓶放在面前的桌上。隨后,他取出一堆拳頭大小的石塊,仔細地一塊塊放進廣口瓶。直到石塊高出瓶口,再也放不下了,他問道:“瓶子滿了嗎?”
所有學生喊道:“滿了!”。時間管理專家反問:“真的?”他伸手從桌下拿出一桶礫石,倒了一些進去,并敲擊廣口瓶壁,使礫石填滿石塊的間隙。