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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯：自助论·摘录 42
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《自助论》· Self-Help · 领导
Watt was one of the most industrious of men; and the story of his life proves, what all experience confirms, that it is not the man of the greatest natural vigour and capacity who achieves the highest results, but he who employs his powers with the greatest industry and the most carefully disciplined skill—the skill that comes by labour, application, and experience. Many men in his time knew far more than Watt, but none laboured so assiduously as he did to turn all that he did know to useful practical purposes. He was, above all things, most persevering in the pursuit of facts. He cultivated carefully that habit of active attention on which all the higher working qualities of the mind mainly depend. Indeed, Mr. Edgeworth entertained the opinion, that the difference of intellect in men depends more upon the early cultivation of this _habit of attention_, than upon any great disparity between the powers of one individual and another.
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定位：Excerpt 42 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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瓦特并不是天赋最高的人，却是最勤奋、最专注的一个。他一生证明：成就最大的往往不是才华最出众者，而是肯下苦功、把知识用在实处的人。他特别重视培养“主动注意”的习惯——即全神贯注于眼前问题的能力。这种习惯靠后天训练，而非天生。埃奇沃斯先生甚至认为，人与人智力的差异，主要取决于早期是否养成专注的习惯，而非天赋本身的高低。所以，与其羡慕别人聪明，不如从小事开始训练自己集中注意力，把知道的东西真正用起来。
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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《自助》一书，19世纪英国励志经典，强调勤奋与品格对成功的决定作用。
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今天你打算如何训练自己在一件事上保持十分钟的专注？
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