The Professor & The Bucket
A philosophy professor & his student are in a warehouse. A large bucket, & several boxes of stones & sand are in front of them
The professor picks up a box that contains large rocks, each one about 4-inches in diameter, and pours them in the bucket..
A philosophy professor & his student are in a warehouse. A large bucket, & several boxes of stones & sand are in front of them
The professor picks up a box that contains large rocks, each one about 4-inches in diameter, and pours them in the bucket..
The stones reach the top of the bucket, and he asks the student if it is full.
“It is,” the student replies.
The prof takes another box containing stones about one inch in diameter, and pours them over the rocks in the bucket
The smaller stones fill the spaces btw the rocks...
“It is,” the student replies.
The prof takes another box containing stones about one inch in diameter, and pours them over the rocks in the bucket
The smaller stones fill the spaces btw the rocks...
Again, he asks the student if the bucket is full.
The student looks & says, “It is.”
The prof then pours in the contents of a third box, this one containing small pebbles. Again, the student looks in the bucket and agrees that it is full.
Finally....
The student looks & says, “It is.”
The prof then pours in the contents of a third box, this one containing small pebbles. Again, the student looks in the bucket and agrees that it is full.
Finally....
The prof pours a box of sand on top of the rocks, stones, and pebbles—and once more, for the 4th time, the student has to agree that the bucket is full
“Do the most important things first,” the professor advises the student, “and each lesser thing in order of its priority...
“Do the most important things first,” the professor advises the student, “and each lesser thing in order of its priority...
"In this way, you will be able to fill up your life four times, instead of just once.
If you do the unimportant things first, you’ll be filling your bucket (life) with sand . . . and there won’t be room for anything else.”
If you do the unimportant things first, you’ll be filling your bucket (life) with sand . . . and there won’t be room for anything else.”
