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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:自助论·摘录 222
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《自助论》· Self-Help · 领导
John Howard, the philanthropist, was another illustrious dunce, learning next to nothing during the seven years that he was at school. Stephenson, as a youth, was distinguished chiefly for his skill at putting and wrestling, and attention to his work. The brilliant Sir Humphry Davy was no cleverer than other boys: his teacher, Dr. Cardew, once said of him, “While he was with me I could not discern the faculties by which he was so much distinguished.” Indeed, Davy himself in after life considered it fortunate that he had been left to “enjoy so much idleness” at school. Watt was a dull scholar, notwithstanding the stories told about his precocity; but he was, what was better, patient and perseverant, and it was by such qualities, and by his carefully cultivated inventiveness, that he was enabled to perfect his steam-engine.
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很多后来有大成就的人,小时候在学校里并不显得聪明。霍华德七年没学到什么,史蒂芬森年轻时擅长摔跤和放羊,戴维的老师看不出他有什么出众才能,瓦特也被认为迟钝。但瓦特靠的是耐心和坚持,以及有意识地培养创造力,才完善了蒸汽机。这说明,早年学业不出色不代表未来不行;真正关键的是肯下笨功夫、能持续改进。所以,如果你或孩子现在成绩平平,不必急着否定自己,而要把注意力放在培养耐心、坚持和动手创造上,这些品质比一时的聪明更能决定长远结果。
上下文
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯在《自助》中举多位名人早年“迟钝”的例子,说明成功不靠天赋早显。
今日一问
你或孩子是否因一时成绩不突出而焦虑?能否把焦点转向培养耐心和坚持?
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