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保罗·格雷厄姆《《如何努力工作》》· How to Work Hard · 成长 · 行动 · 领导 · 人性
Sounds a bit extreme, you think. And yet Bill Gates sounds even more extreme. Not one day off in ten years? These two had about as much natural ability as anyone could have, and yet they also worked about as hard as anyone could work. You need both. That seems so obvious, and yet in practice we find it slightly hard to grasp. There's a faint xor between talent and hard work. It comes partly from popular culture, where it seems to run very deep, and partly from the fact that the outliers are so rare. If great talent and great drive are both rare, then people with both are rare squared. Most people you meet who have a lot of one will have less of the other. But you'll need both if you want to be an outlier yourself.
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定位:Essay, additional excerpt 2 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
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听起来有点极端,但比尔·盖茨更极端:十年没有一天休息?这两个人的天赋几乎无人能及,但他们也努力到几乎无人能及。你需要两者兼有。这似乎显而易见,但实践中我们有点难以把握。天赋和努力之间存在一种微弱的异或关系。部分来自流行文化,似乎根深蒂固;部分因为极端人物太罕见。如果伟大天赋和强大驱动力都罕见,那么两者兼有就罕见平方。你遇到的大多数人,一方面强另一方面就弱。但如果你想成为极端人物,你两者都需要。
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保罗·格雷厄姆在《如何努力》中讨论天赋与努力的关系,反驳二者对立的流行观念。
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你是否因为觉得自己有天赋就放松了努力,或者因为努力就忽视了培养天赋?
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