Being an expert at something really pays off. Just how good are top performers compared to everybody else? Research shows in high complexity jobs like professional and sales roles, the top 10 percent produce 80 percent more than average and 700 percent more than the bottom 10 percent. But as I'm sure you're aware, becoming the best ain't easy. As Bobby Knight once said, "Everybody has the will to win; few people have the will to prepare to win."

　　想要成為某方面的專家，那確實(shí)需要花費(fèi)一番功夫。要比別人好多少才能稱的上專家?一組數(shù)據(jù)來(lái)告訴你，在調(diào)查了不同行業(yè)的專家到銷售人員，位于該行業(yè)頂尖的10%貢獻(xiàn)了80%的行業(yè)成果，是該行業(yè)底層10%貢獻(xiàn)的7倍還多。但你們也一定清楚，想要做到并不容易，就像Bobby Knight (籃球教練)所說(shuō)：“每個(gè)都渴望成功，但只有少數(shù)人會(huì)為此做出準(zhǔn)備�！�

　　And one of the reasons why it's hard to become great is because a lot of what you've been told about how to learn, study, or train is wrong, wrong, and dead wrong. So it's time to learn how to get better at gettin' better. Whether you want to be a great public speaker, study for exams, or improve your free throws, we're going to learn what methods research and experts recommend for becoming an expert at anything.

　　阻礙你成功的不利因素很多，其中就有看似引導(dǎo)你成功的學(xué)習(xí)訓(xùn)練方法，實(shí)則帶你誤入歧途。該是學(xué)習(xí)正確方法的時(shí)候啦，不論你是想提升演講水平，或是應(yīng)試能力，亦或是更加準(zhǔn)確的投球率，以下方法均可適用。

　　Predictor of expertise

　　專業(yè)度預(yù)測(cè)

　　I'm going to ask you one question. And this question will probably predict just how good you'll end up being at whatever it is you're passionate about. Ready?" How long are you going to be doing this?" Yeah, doing something for a long time probably correlates with being decent at it but that's not the point. Committing in advance to being in it for the long haul made all the difference. Even when practicing the same amount, those who made a long-term commitment did 400 percent better than the short-termers.

　　問(wèn)你個(gè)問(wèn)題，來(lái)判斷你感興趣事情將會(huì)取得專業(yè)程度�！盀榱诉_(dá)到專業(yè)你能堅(jiān)持多久?”能夠長(zhǎng)時(shí)間堅(jiān)持做一件事，說(shuō)明你非常適合做這件事，但這并不是重點(diǎn)。如果你以一個(gè)長(zhǎng)期目標(biāo)為導(dǎo)向，則會(huì)讓你更上一層樓。

　　From The Talent Code：With the same amount of practice, the long-term-commitment group outperformed the short-term-commitment group by 400 percent. The long-term-commitment group, with a mere twenty minutes of weekly practice, progressed faster than the short-termers who practiced for an hour and a half. When long-term commitment combined with high levels of practice, skills skyrocketed.

　　節(jié)選《一萬(wàn)個(gè)小時(shí)》：訓(xùn)練同樣的時(shí)間，長(zhǎng)期目標(biāo)小組的成績(jī)4倍于短期小組。不僅如此，每周訓(xùn)練20分鐘的長(zhǎng)期目標(biāo)小組比每周訓(xùn)練90分鐘的短期目標(biāo)小組的進(jìn)步還要大。當(dāng)長(zhǎng)期目標(biāo)小組配合高強(qiáng)度的訓(xùn)練，其成效如同坐上火箭，銳不可當(dāng)。