一本跟天才无关的书
2009-12-14
翻开书，先读目录。
书一共有11个章节，薄薄的一页。
每个章节名下面有短短的一个句子作注，拿在手里把玩，感觉是很眉清目秀的样子。
读得很快，中间跳过了很多冗长的举例求证部分。长长的段落时时地跳出一些传奇的名字，显赫的公司。 倒是其中关于莫扎特的探讨很惊喜：感觉如同穿过花花世界里那么多高谈阔论，热泪盈眶的音乐评论家；像太平公主初次揭下薛绍面具一样，走进莫扎特的小阁楼。更加喜欢这个世俗的，为了薪酬而努力作曲的莫扎特。
与我期待的相反，这并不是一本非常实用且热情磅礴的励志书。写了很多关于内心的坚持和磨砺。"Instead of pursuing the perfection of life, E.C. chose to pursue the perfection of work"。记忆中是这样的。
缺乏提供结构科学清晰的实践方法。在我看来，最实在的章节是：
Seven Applying the Principles in Our Lives
Eight Applying the Principles in Our Organizations.
关于个人的实践，作者提到：
一，知道自己要去哪儿
二，直接练习
三，在工作中实践
四，知识加深
不是不老生常谈的，但是作者在第二点直接练习中提出了很有趣的三种练习模式，分别是：音乐模式、下棋模式和体育模式。
甲，音乐模式
这个模式的意思是，performer知道将要演奏的乐章，关键在于你能多有效的演奏出来。
乙，下棋模式
一些偶然出现却有很大比重的任务。需要提前假设任务情景，并提出解决模式。最成功的应用是哈佛出的案例分析。
丙，体育模式
在这个模式中，主要是把一整个project看作value chain。从基础做起，优化value chain上的每一个环节。比如篮球员的体能训练，网球里被不停重复训练的发球动作。
在第四点里，比较有新意的地方在于，深化知识并不等于单纯地积聚信息；而是build a mental model - a picture of how your domain functions as a system.
嗯，好吧。这是一篇很好的论文，旁征博引并论述严密。列出的很多例子和管理经验都可以是同学们面试时候的吹水法宝。可以说，忽悠之王么？
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国外一个读者的书摘：
1. It’s designed to improve performance. “The essence of deliberate practice is continually stretching an individual just beyond his or her current abilities. That may sound obvious, but most of us don’t do it in the activities we think of as practice.”
2. It’s repeated a lot. “High repetition is the most important difference between deliberate practice of a task and performing the task for real, when it counts.”
3. Feedback on results is continuously available. “You may think that your rehearsal of a job interview was flawless, but your opinion isn’t what counts.”
4. It’s highly demanding mentally. “Deliberate practice is above all an effort of focus and concentration. That is what makes it ‘deliberate,’ as distinct from the mindless playing of scales or hitting of tennis balls that most people engage in.”
5. It’s hard. “Doing things we know how to do well is enjoyable, and that’s exactly the opposite of what deliberate practice demands.”
6. It requires (good) goals. “The best performers set goals that are not about the outcome but rather about the process of reaching the outcome.”
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