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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，那確實需要花費一番功夫。要比別人好多少才能稱的上專家?一組資料來告訴你，在調查了不同行業的專家到銷售人員，位於該行業頂尖的10%貢獻了80%的行業成果，是該行業底層10%貢獻的7倍還多。但你們也一定清楚，想要做到最好並不容易，就像Bobby Knight (著名籃球教練)所說：“每個都渴望成功，但只有少數人會為此做出準備。”
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，其中就有看似引導你成功的學習訓練方法，實則帶你誤入歧途。該是學習正確方法的時候啦，不論你是想提升演講水平，或是應試能力，亦或是更加準確的投球率，以下方法均可適用。
Predictor of expertise
專業度預測
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.
問你個問題，來判斷你感興趣事情將會取得專業程度。“為了達到專業你能堅持多久?”能夠長時間堅持做一件事，說明你非常適合做這件事，但這並不是重點。如果你以一個長期目標為導向，則會讓你更上一層樓。
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.
節選《一萬個小時》：訓練同樣的時間，長期目標小組的成績4倍於短期小組。不僅如此，每週訓練20分鐘的長期目標小組比每週訓練90分鐘的短期目標小組的進步還要大。當長期目標小組配合高強度的訓練，其成效如同坐上火箭，銳不可當。
