生命中最重要的东西 

        一个学生急忙举起了她的手，回答：“要点是：不管你的日程安排得多紧，如果认真努力地想办法，你总是能够在其中安插更多的事情。”

        "Good answer, but no," the speaker replied, "that's not my 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? In my life they are my children... my wife... my loved ones... my education... my dreams... charities and worthy causes... teaching or mentoring others... doing things that I love... time for myself... my health... Remember to put these BIG ROCKS in first or you'll never get them in at all."

        专家说：“答案不错，不过，这不是我想说的要点。这个演示教给了我们一个事实：如果你不是先放大石块，它们就永远就没有机会被放进去。你生活中的“大石块” 是什么呢？在我的生活中，那就是我的孩子、妻子、所爱的人、教学方法、梦想、对他人仁慈、有价值的事业、教导他人、做我喜欢做的事、我自己独处的时光、我的健康，等等。要记住，必须先放“大石块”，否则它们永远就没有机会被进去。”

        If you sweat the little stuff then you'll fill your life with little things to worry about that don't really matter, and you'll never have the real quality time you need to spend on the big, important stuff (the big rocks).

         如果你奔忙于琐事，那么，这些无关紧要的小事就会填满你的生活，让你成天操心，你就永远没办法腾出真正的“黄金时光”来处理你的大事和要事（即“大石块”）。