when you are first learning or perfecting a skill, whether it be baking, archery, or public speaking, it is easy to get stuck in the cycle of analysis paralysis. you want to learn as much as you possibly can before you actually do the task, but you end up wasting time preparing yourself instead of just trying to do it.
当你第一次学习或完善一项技能时，无论是烘焙、射箭还是公开演讲，都很容易陷入分析瘫痪的怪圈。你想在真正完成任务之前尽可能多地学习，但你最终会浪费时间为自己做准备，而不是试着去做。
dāng nǐ dì yī cì xué xí huò wán shàn yī xiàng jì néng shí ，wú lùn shì hōng bèi 、shè jiàn hái shì gōng kāi yǎn jiǎng ，dōu hěn róng yì xiàn rù fèn xī tān huàn de guài quān 。nǐ xiǎng zài zhēn zhèng wán chéng rèn wù zhī qián jìn kě néng duō dì xué xí ，dàn nǐ zuì zhōng huì làng fèi shí jiān wéi zì jǐ zuò zhǔn bèi ，ér bú shì shì zhe qù zuò 。
major league baseball pitchers don't throw a perfect game every time they play, so why do you expect to be perfect all the time?
美国职业棒球大联盟的投手们并不是每次都投出完美的球，所以你为什么期望自己总是完美呢?
měi guó zhí yè bàng qiú dà lián méng de tóu shǒu men bìng bú shì měi cì dōu tóu chū wán měi de qiú ，suǒ yǐ nǐ wéi shí me qī wàng zì jǐ zǒng shì wán měi ne ?
jonathan fields recently wrote an excellent piece on how the key to getting better at something is to make more bad stuff.
乔纳森·菲尔兹(jonathan fields)最近写了一篇很棒的文章，论述了如何在某件事上变得更好的关键是制造更多的坏东西。
qiáo nà sēn ·fēi ěr zī (jonathan fields)zuì jìn xiě le yī piān hěn bàng de wén zhāng ，lùn shù le rú hé zài mǒu jiàn shì shàng biàn dé gèng hǎo de guān jiàn shì zhì zào gèng duō de huài dōng xī 。
that is a powerful message. in a world filled with perfectionists who don't want to share what they've created with anyone unless they think it is perfect, the best way to get better is actually with hands-on practice. and the best way to practice is by trying over and over again until you stop failing miserably.
这是一个强有力的信息。在一个充满完美主义者的世界里，他们不愿意与任何人分享他们所创造的东西，除非他们认为它是完美的。最好的练习方法就是一遍又一遍地尝试，直到你不再悲惨地失败。
zhè shì yī gè qiáng yǒu lì de xìn xī 。zài yī gè chōng mǎn wán měi zhǔ yì zhě de shì jiè lǐ ，tā men bú yuàn yì yǔ rèn hé rén fèn xiǎng tā men suǒ chuàng zào de dōng xī ，chú fēi tā men rèn wéi tā shì wán měi de 。zuì hǎo de liàn xí fāng fǎ jiù shì yī biàn yòu yī biàn dì cháng shì ，zhí dào nǐ bú zài bēi cǎn dì shī bài 。
jonathan uses the example of building a guitar, but wanting the first one to be perfect.
乔纳森以制造吉他为例，但他希望第一把吉他是完美的。
qiáo nà sēn yǐ zhì zào jí tā wéi lì ，dàn tā xī wàng dì yī bǎ jí tā shì wán měi de 。
'go and make a really bad guitar.' stop waiting around, go buy a kit and do it. today.
“去做一把非常糟糕的吉他。“别再等了，去买一套工具来做吧。今天。
“qù zuò yī bǎ fēi cháng zāo gāo de jí tā 。“bié zài děng le ，qù mǎi yī tào gōng jù lái zuò ba 。jīn tiān 。
the first one...will be bad. maybe really bad. but you'll learn more making one bad guitar than you will waiting to do something and then taking a course that teaches you how to do it right. you'll understand a lot more about the "why" behind good and bad building, and that'll put you in a radically different position to do it better moving forward.
第一个……会坏。可能非常糟糕。但你会学到更多的是做一把坏吉他，而不是等着做某件事，然后上一门教你如何做对的课程。你会对好建筑和坏建筑背后的“为什么”有更多的了解，这将使你处于一个完全不同的位置，以便更好地向前推进。
dì yī gè ……huì huài 。kě néng fēi cháng zāo gāo 。dàn nǐ huì xué dào gèng duō de shì zuò yī bǎ huài jí tā ，ér bú shì děng zhe zuò mǒu jiàn shì ，rán hòu shàng yī mén jiāo nǐ rú hé zuò duì de kè chéng 。nǐ huì duì hǎo jiàn zhù hé huài jiàn zhù bèi hòu de “wéi shí me ”yǒu gèng duō de le jiě ，zhè jiāng shǐ nǐ chù yú yī gè wán quán bú tóng de wèi zhì ，yǐ biàn gèng hǎo dì xiàng qián tuī jìn 。
- jonathan fields
——乔纳森字段
——qiáo nà sēn zì duàn
there are no shortcuts
没有捷径可走
méi yǒu jié jìng kě zǒu
when we asked whether or not there are shortcuts to becoming an expert, many of the responses revolved around a single theme:
当我们被问及成为专家是否有捷径时，很多人的回答都围绕着一个主题:
dāng wǒ men bèi wèn jí chéng wéi zhuān jiā shì fǒu yǒu jié jìng shí ，hěn duō rén de huí dá dōu wéi rào zhe yī gè zhǔ tí :
the quickest path to expertise is to take direct action, get a lot of experience, and work your ass off.
获得专业知识的最快途径是采取直接行动，积累大量经验，努力工作。
huò dé zhuān yè zhī shí de zuì kuài tú jìng shì cǎi qǔ zhí jiē háng dòng ，jī lèi dà liàng jīng yàn ，nǔ lì gōng zuò 。
there may be some mental or physical tricks that you can use to save a little bit of time, but major shortcuts just don’t exist to becoming an expert.
也许有一些心理或身体上的技巧可以帮你节省一点时间，但成为专家并不存在什么捷径。
yě xǔ yǒu yī xiē xīn lǐ huò shēn tǐ shàng de jì qiǎo kě yǐ bāng nǐ jiē shěng yī diǎn shí jiān ，dàn chéng wéi zhuān jiā bìng bú cún zài shí me jié jìng 。
there's a lot of emphasis on trying to accelerate the path to success by spending a ton of time studying the methods of those have succeeded before us in the hope that we’ll be able to avoid many of the mistakes they made.
很多人强调要花大量的时间研究前人成功的方法，从而加快成功之路，希望我们能够避免他们犯的许多错误。
hěn duō rén qiáng diào yào huā dà liàng de shí jiān yán jiū qián rén chéng gōng de fāng fǎ ，cóng ér jiā kuài chéng gōng zhī lù ，xī wàng wǒ men néng gòu bì miǎn tā men fàn de xǔ duō cuò wù 。
- jonathan fields
——乔纳森字段
——qiáo nà sēn zì duàn
there is no system to game, way to cheat, or 30 steps to success that you can use to become the best at something. practice and focus are the key.
没有游戏系统，没有欺骗的方法，也没有成功的30个步骤，你可以用来成为某件事的高手。练习和专注是关键。
méi yǒu yóu xì xì tǒng ，méi yǒu qī piàn de fāng fǎ ，yě méi yǒu chéng gōng de 30gè bù zhòu ，nǐ kě yǐ yòng lái chéng wéi mǒu jiàn shì de gāo shǒu 。liàn xí hé zhuān zhù shì guān jiàn 。
yes, you should learn necessary things such as the safety procedures before you do something dangerous like rock climbing or strenuous like running a marathon, but just get out there. go for a climb. go for a run.
是的，在你做一些危险的事情之前，比如攀岩或者跑马拉松，你应该学习一些必要的东西，比如安全程序。去爬山。去跑步。
shì de ，zài nǐ zuò yī xiē wēi xiǎn de shì qíng zhī qián ，bǐ rú pān yán huò zhě pǎo mǎ lā sōng ，nǐ yīng gāi xué xí yī xiē bì yào de dōng xī ，bǐ rú ān quán chéng xù 。qù pá shān 。qù pǎo bù 。
learn from what you did, not what you read.
从你所做的中学到东西，而不是从你所读到的。
cóng nǐ suǒ zuò de zhōng xué dào dōng xī ，ér bú shì cóng nǐ suǒ dú dào de 。
end the analysis paralysis
结束分析瘫痪
jié shù fèn xī tān huàn
by spending too much time with your nose in a book, reading how-to articles online, or watching video tutorials you will hurt the speed of your learning by not putting yourself out there, trying to do great work, failing, and then getting better.
如果你花太多的时间埋头读书，在线阅读指导文章，或者观看视频教程，你就会因为不把自己投入其中，努力做好工作，失败，然后变得更好而损害你的学习速度。
rú guǒ nǐ huā tài duō de shí jiān mái tóu dú shū ，zài xiàn yuè dú zhǐ dǎo wén zhāng ，huò zhě guān kàn shì pín jiāo chéng ，nǐ jiù huì yīn wéi bú bǎ zì jǐ tóu rù qí zhōng ，nǔ lì zuò hǎo gōng zuò ，shī bài ，rán hòu biàn dé gèng hǎo ér sǔn hài nǐ de xué xí sù dù 。
so, learn, what you can, but at the same time, get your head out of the classroom and start making more bad stuff.
所以，学你能学的，但同时，把你的头从教室里拿出来，开始做更多的坏事。
suǒ yǐ ，xué nǐ néng xué de ，dàn tóng shí ，bǎ nǐ de tóu cóng jiāo shì lǐ ná chū lái ，kāi shǐ zuò gèng duō de huài shì 。
- jonathan fields
——乔纳森字段
——qiáo nà sēn zì duàn
don't worry about how bad you do the first time. you learned to walk as a child by continually falling on your face trying to take your first steps. life is the same way.
不要担心第一次做得有多糟。当你还是个孩子的时候，为了迈出第一步，你不断地扑倒在地，学着走路。生活也是如此。
bú yào dān xīn dì yī cì zuò dé yǒu duō zāo 。dāng nǐ hái shì gè hái zǐ de shí hòu ，wéi le mài chū dì yī bù ，nǐ bú duàn dì pū dǎo zài dì ，xué zhe zǒu lù 。shēng huó yě shì rú cǐ 。
be so determined that no matter what happens the first time you try to do something you will try again. keep yourself from focusing too much on the failure. decide at the start that you just need to reach completion once in whatever way you can. then do it again, and again, until you are satisfied with the results.
下定决心，无论你第一次尝试做什么，你都会再试一次。不要让自己过于关注失败。从一开始就决定，你只需要以任何你能做到的方式完成一次。然后不断重复，直到你对结果满意为止。
xià dìng jué xīn ，wú lùn nǐ dì yī cì cháng shì zuò shí me ，nǐ dōu huì zài shì yī cì 。bú yào ràng zì jǐ guò yú guān zhù shī bài 。cóng yī kāi shǐ jiù jué dìng ，nǐ zhī xū yào yǐ rèn hé nǐ néng zuò dào de fāng shì wán chéng yī cì 。rán hòu bú duàn zhòng fù ，zhí dào nǐ duì jié guǒ mǎn yì wéi zhǐ 。
there's no greater accelerant along the path to genius than a flaming trail of crap.
在通往天才的道路上，没有什么比一条燃烧的垃圾之路更能加速前进了。
zài tōng wǎng tiān cái de dào lù shàng ，méi yǒu shí me bǐ yī tiáo rán shāo de lā jī zhī lù gèng néng jiā sù qián jìn le 。
- jonathan fields
——乔纳森字段
——qiáo nà sēn zì duàn
what is one thing you have been putting off doing for far too long?
有一件事你拖延太久了?
yǒu yī jiàn shì nǐ tuō yán tài jiǔ le ?
is there something you are too afraid to start working towards because you don't want to fail?
你是否因为害怕失败而不敢开始努力?
nǐ shì fǒu yīn wéi hài pà shī bài ér bú gǎn kāi shǐ nǔ lì ?
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