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    20 October

    Outliers

    上周参加某次社交活动的时候,一哥们给我推荐了一本书《Outliers》,是The New Yorker的一位记者Malcolm Gladwell写的,我大概了解了一下,据说曾得到很多牛人推荐,我也在这儿推荐一下,看过的同学就不要拍我了。

    这本书里举了很多例子,有名人的,也有一个群体的,为了阐明一个道理:成功人士其实都是凡人,他们的成功通常是“10000小时原则”和周围环境因素共同影响的结果。

    所谓“10000小时原则”就是说在人们通常在一件事情上反复练习一万小时,就能具备专家的水平。看了这句话,通常会出现两种反应。有一种人(比如英语水平不高但是GRE能考很高分的人)会想:好,那我就花它10000个小时啃啃这个硬骨头;另一种人(比如我)算了算:一周工作50小时的话,要200周也就是四年的时间,算了,不干了。

    比如一个男生想成为约会高手,假设他每天午饭和晚饭都能找到人和他吃饭约会,每顿饭吃2小时,这样他也需要10000/4=2500天,大概七年的时间。也就是说一个男生从上大一18岁开始每天午饭和晚饭都约会的话,他一定能在25岁的时候开一个约会培训班。假设这个男生还每天花4小时健身,4小时编程,4小时炒股票。那么七年后站在我们面前的将会是一个肌肉多金全民情敌的开复。瞧,大一的孩子们,人生充满希望!

    写到这儿妈妈来电话,说她最近睡不着觉。我想她在睡觉这件事情上投入了肯定超过10000小时的时间了,还没有掌握好,实在值得好好研究。

    《Outliers》中有一章讲数学的,其中提到说汉语的数数方式使得中国人能够用2秒的缓存记下7个数字,而用英语记就不行。还有汉语的数字让人们便于口算,所以中国人天生就在数学上占尽优势。不过文章中也提到了用广东话能一次记10个数字,不过作者后来应该不太好意思比较大陆和香港的数学水平了。

    推荐我看这本书的是个美国哥们,他回家又看了一遍数数那章,特兴奋跟我说,我发现你的名字的意思是七!我很囧地想,幸亏不是二或者三……

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    Ting Yangwrote:
    哈哈哈!!你的文章好风趣~我喜欢~~~
    24 Oct.
    lisha Zhouwrote:
    “个肌肉多金全民情敌的开复" 看到的哥们们,努力吧,这是universal准则啊 :P
    22 Oct.
    Vic SHENwrote:
    忍不住笑出来了看到最后一段....
    21 Oct.
    qi luwrote:
    To Huo: 被叫阿三也不好……
    To Xiaoming: 哎~~好久不见啦!
    20 Oct.
    HUOwrote:
    “二”我明白,不好;
    “三”碍着谁了……
    20 Oct.
    Yimingwrote:
    ''我想她在睡觉这件事情上投入了肯定超过10000小时的时间了,还没有掌握好,实在值得好好研究。''
    :D
    20 Oct.

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