In a competitive and fast-paced modem society, busy business executives are so engrossing in their work (1) that they hardly know what the word "leisure" means. The higher an executive’s position is on the business ladder, the more hours he spends on his work. With a view to gaining (2) greater corporate standing or a big pay rise, he, as a rule, far (3) exceeds over the 40-hour working week. The additional stress (4) and tension as well as the shortage of suitable rest and recreation very often have a disastrous effect on his health. Few such executives realize that unless they learn how to relax, they will soon run of stream (5) before they get to the top of the executive ladder. A noted American authority on leisure has said that "The key to relaxation to busy executives is to avoid the types of activities that are part and parcel of their daily work and to devote themselves totally to have recreational (6) pursuits for at least a part of each day, even it is only for half an (7) hour. Those jobs require a great deal of contact with others can (8) engage in activities that are quiet and peaceful-far from the (9) madding crowd, far from client and business associates." (10)