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Human life in a modern world is full of responsibilities and liabilities, sometimes even 7/24 a week would not be enough to cope with the livelihood activities. Then a man may require to arrange a schedule based on the priorities. Priority setting is often a most challenging task when the relationships are viewed from different aspects of life. A learned philosopher has devised a simple rule " A big jar and the 2 cups of coffee RULE" which seems to help people on setting priority one after other. The explanation of the rule has been demonstrated in a philosophy classroom by a professor as follows; A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty big jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was. The professor then picked up a box of small stones and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The