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保罗·格雷厄姆《《正确的那种固执》》· The Right Kind of Stubborn · 领导 · 行动

You don't have to consider complicated tradeoffs; you just dig in your heels. It even works, up to a point. The fact that obstinacy works for simple problems is an important clue. Persistence and obstinacy aren't opposites. The relationship between them is more like the relationship between the two kinds of respiration we can do: aerobic respiration, and the anaerobic respiration we inherited from our most distant ancestors. Anaerobic respiration is a more primitive process, but it has its uses. When you leap suddenly away from a threat, that's what you're using. The optimal amount of obstinacy is not zero. It can be good if your initial reaction to a setback is an unthinking "I won't give up," because this helps prevent panic. But unthinking only gets you so far.

出处: https://paulgraham.com/persistence.html
定位:Essay, additional excerpt 4 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

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固执不需要考虑复杂的权衡,你只要咬紧牙关就行。它在简单问题上甚至有效。这提示我们:坚持和固执不是对立的,它们的关系更像有氧呼吸和无氧呼吸。无氧呼吸更原始,但也有用,比如你突然逃离危险时用的就是它。固执的最佳量不是零。如果面对挫折的第一反应是不假思索的“我不放弃”,这有助于防止恐慌。但不假思索只能帮你到这儿。

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格雷厄姆在《正确的那种固执》中用呼吸的比喻说明固执的有限作用。

今日一问

你什么时候该用“无氧”的固执,什么时候该用“有氧”的坚持?

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