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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:自助论·摘录 119

塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《自助论》· Self-Help · 领导

Daguesseau, one of the great Chancellors of France, by carefully working up his odd bits of time, wrote a bulky and able volume in the successive intervals of waiting for dinner, and Madame de Genlis composed several of her charming volumes while waiting for the princess to whom she gave her daily lessons. Elihu Burritt attributed his first success in self-improvement, not to genius, which he disclaimed, but simply to the careful employment of those invaluable fragments of time, called “odd moments.” While working and earning his living as a blacksmith, he mastered some eighteen ancient and modern languages, and twenty-two European dialects.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/935
定位:Excerpt 119 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

法国大法官达格索善于利用零碎时间,在等吃饭的间隙里写成了一部卷帙浩繁的著作;德·让利斯夫人每天给公主上课,在等待公主的间隙写成了好几卷迷人的作品。埃利胡·伯里特把自我提升的初步成功归功于对“零碎时刻”的精心利用,而不是天才(他否认自己是天才)。他当铁匠谋生,却掌握了十八种古今语言和二十二种欧洲方言。核心是:零碎时间看似不起眼,积累起来足以完成大事。做法是:识别每天等待、通勤、排队的碎片时间,提前准备好可随时进行的小任务,比如背单词、听书、构思段落,并坚持利用。

上下文

同出《自助》,斯迈尔斯用这些例子说明“零碎时间”的巨大价值。

今日一问

你每天有哪些“等吃饭”的零碎时间?你打算用其中哪一段来开始一件一直想做的事?

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