一万小时定律：要想成为一个领域的世界级专家，你就需要花大约一万个小时来练习。
没有其他的办法，如果你想成功，那就必须得花这些时间。
那么，你应该把这一万个小时花在哪里呢？
这个问题很重要，因为一万个小时是很长的一段时间。
如果你每天练习4小时，每周练习6天，那么你需要8年的时间才能达到一万个小时。
你要付出这么多的时间，你就必须选好方向，选择最合适的方向。
如果你能回答出下面这三个问题，你就能找到你的方向了。
1.你过去都把时间花在了哪里？
演奏音乐？
攀岩？
还是写文章？
因为你已经花了一部分时间了，那么你只需要把一万个小时中剩下的那部分时间用上去就可以了。
区别是现在你是有意识地、特意把时间用在某个领域上，效果也会更好。
2.你最感兴趣的是什么？
事实上，兴趣就是一万个小时天才理论的秘密，因为很多人都在达到这个数量级之前就放弃了。
只有一小部分人可以坚持一万个小时，而他们就成了世界级的高手。
为了让自己能坚持一万个小时，做自己感兴趣的事是非常重要的。
它可以帮助你渡过难关，战胜无聊。
3.你所处的时代赋予了你什么？
你出生的那个时代给你带来了什么机会？
现在的社会环境又给你创造了什么机遇？
你需要对自己选择的方向有信心，要相信最终这些小的点都会连成线。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 万 | wàn | ten thousand / a great number |
| 小时 | xiǎo shí | hour |
| 定律 | dìng lǜ | scientific law / (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation |
| 要 | yào | will; shall; about to / need to; should / if |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 成为 | chéng wéi | to become; to turn into |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 领域 | lǐng yù | domain; sphere; field; territory; area |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 世界 | shì jiè | world |
| 级 | jí | level / grade / rank |
| 专家 | zhuān jiā | expert; specialist |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 就 | jiù | in that case; then |
| 需要 | xū yào | to need; to want; to demand; to require |
| 花 | huā | to spend (money, time) |
| 大约 | dà yuē | approximately |
| 来 | lái | (between two verbs) in order to |
| 练习 | liàn xí | to practice |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | to not have |
| 其他 | qí tā | other / (sth or sb) else / the rest |
| 办法 | bàn fǎ | way of handling sth; means; measure; (practical) solution to a problem |
| 如果 | rú guǒ | if; in case; in the event that |
| 成功 | chéng gōng | to succeed |
| 那 | nà | then (in that case) |
| 必须 | bì xū | to have to / must / compulsory / necessarily |
| 得 | děi | to have to / to need to |
| 这些 | zhè xiē | these |
| 时间 | shí jiān | time |
| 那么 | nà me | then; in that case |
| 应该 | yīng gāi | ought to; should; must |
| 把 | bǎ | (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 哪里 | nǎ lǐ | where? / somewhere / anywhere / wherever / nowhere (negative answer to question) |
| 呢 | ne | (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech |
| 问题 | wèn tí | question / problem / issue / topic |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 重要 | zhòng yào | important; significant; major |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 长 | cháng | long |
| 段 | duàn | classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 周 | zhōu | week |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 才 | cái | then and only then |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 达到 | dá dào | to reach; to achieve; to attain |
| 付出 | fù chū | to pay; to expend; to invest (energy or time) |
| 这么 | zhè me | so much / this much / how much? |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 选 | xuǎn | to choose / to pick / to select / to elect |
| 好 | hǎo | (verb complement indicating completion) |
| 方向 | fāng xiàng | direction; orientation |
| 选择 | xuǎn zé | to select; to pick |
| 最 | zuì | (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est |
| 合适 | hé shì | suitable; fitting; appropriate |
| 回答 | huí dá | to reply; to answer / reply; answer |
| 出 | chū | (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) |
| 下面 | xià miàn | the following |
| 三 | sān | three / 3 |
| 找到 | zhǎo dào | to find |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 过去 | guò qù | (in the) past; former; previous |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 演奏 | yǎn zòu | to perform on a musical instrument |
| 音乐 | yīn yuè | music |
| 攀岩 | pān yán | rock climbing |
| 还是 | hái shi | or |
| 写 | xiě | to write |
| 文章 | wén zhāng | article / essay / literary works / writings / hidden meaning |
| 已经 | yǐ jīng | already |
| 部分 | bù fen | part; portion; piece |
| 只 | zhǐ | only; merely; just |
| 中 | zhōng | within; among; in |
| 剩下 | shèng xià | to remain; to be left over |
| 用 | yòng | to use; to make use of; to employ / (coverb) with; using |
| 上去 | shàng qù | to go up |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 区别 | qū bié | difference |
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently |
| 有意识 | yǒu yì shí | conscious |
| 地 | de | -ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 特意 | tè yì | specially / intentionally |
| 某 | mǒu | some / a certain / sb or sth indefinite / such-and-such |
| 上 | shàng | (noun suffix) on; above |
| 效果 | xiào guǒ | result / effect / efficacy / (theater) sound or visual effects |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 更 | gèng | more / even more / further / still / still more |
| 感 | gǎn | to feel |
| 兴趣 | xìng qù | interest (desire to know about sth) / interest; hobby |
| 什么 | shén me | what? |
| 事实 | shì shí | fact |
| 天才 | tiān cái | talent / gift / genius |
| 理论 | lǐ lùn | theory |
| 秘密 | mì mì | a secret |
| 很多 | hěn duō | many; a lot of |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 数量 | shù liàng | amount; quantity / (math.) scalar quantity |
| 之前 | zhī qián | before / prior to |
| 放弃 | fàng qì | to renounce; to abandon; to give up |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 小 | xiǎo | small / tiny / few |
| 坚持 | jiān chí | to persevere with / to persist in / to insist on |
| 而 | ér | and so / (indicates causal relation) |
| 他们 | tā men | they; them |
| 成 | chéng | to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right |
| 高手 | gāo shǒu | expert / past master / dab hand |
| 为了 | wèi le | for; for the purpose of; in order to |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 做 | zuò | to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) |
| 事 | shì | matter / thing / item / affair |
| 非常 | fēi cháng | very; really |
| 它 | tā | it |
| 帮助 | bāng zhù | to help; to assist |
| 渡过 | dù guò | to cross over / to pass through |
| 难关 | nán guān | difficulty / crisis |
| 战胜 | zhàn shèng | to prevail over / to defeat / to surmount |
| 无聊 | wú liáo | bored / boring / senseless |
| 所 | suǒ | particle introducing a relative clause or passive |
| 处 | chǔ | to reside / to live / to dwell / to be in / to be situated at / to stay / to be in a position of |
| 时代 | shí dài | age / era / epoch / period (in one's life) |
| 赋予 | fù yǔ | to assign / to entrust (a task) / to give / to bestow |
| 出生 | chū shēng | to be born |
| 给 | gěi | to / for / for the benefit of / to do sth (for sb) |
| 带来 | dài lái | to bring / (fig.) to bring about; to produce |
| 机会 | jī huì | opportunity / chance / occasion |
| 社会 | shè huì | society |
| 环境 | huán jìng | environment / circumstances / surroundings |
| 又 | yòu | (once) again |
| 创造 | chuàng zào | to create / to bring about / to produce / to set (a record) |
| 机遇 | jī yù | opportunity; favorable turn of events; stroke of luck |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 信心 | xìn xīn | confidence / faith (in sb or sth) |
| 相信 | xiāng xìn | to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true |
| 最终 | zuì zhōng | final; ultimate |
| 点 | diǎn | point; dot; spot; speck / dot stroke in Chinese characters / (math.) decimal point / point in time or space / (after a number) o'clock |
| 连 | lián | to link / to join / to connect |
| 线 | xiàn | thread / string / wire / line / (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city) |