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تاريخ التسجيل : 26/02/2011
 |  موضوع: what is most important in their lives.  الأحد أبريل 24, 2011 1:33 am | |
| Story 1: The RocksA time management specialist was asked to give a presentation on her specialty. She decided to do a demonstration. First she asked her assistants to bring a big bucket and put it on the table in front of the audience. Then she asked for large, grapefruit-sized rocks and filled the bucket with them."Is the bucket full," she asked?"Yes!" said the crowd, but she asked for more to put in anyway. This time her assistants brought in pebbles. She poured the pebbles in the bucket and it held a surprising number in the space between the big rocks."Now is the bucket full?" she asked."Yes!" "No!" "Yes!" "No!" said various persons in the crowd. Some people were uncertain; some were getting suspicious. The time management specialist asked for more. This time the assistants brought her sand. She poured sand in the bucket and it filled the spaces between the pebbles."Now is the bucket full?" she asked."No!" they answered. By now, everyone was suspicious. So she asked for water and poured in quite a lot. Now no one could think of anything else that could fit in that bucket."What does this process demonstrate?" asked the time management specialist.One member of the audience spoke up: "No matter how busy you are, you can always fit in one more thing.""I can see how you might think that was my point, but it is not," said the specialist. "I was trying to show you that if you don't put the big rocks in first, you'll never get them in at all!"Suggested theme: Set your priorities, and do the most important things first.We've used this story as an inspirational piece with project teams and students about to tackle something large. We've also used it to encourage curriculum planners to look at the big picture before being overcome by the details. An additional way we've used this story is to help workshop participants think about the balance they must achieve between life and work, and to help them focus first on what is most important in their lives.  | |
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تاريخ التسجيل : 24/02/2011
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