4岁就会弹奏小提琴，童年时代写出多部名曲，只用一根弦也能弹完一首曲子，
瞬间记住几百个随机数字，开平方比计算器还快，一秒内说出某个日子是周几，
入行1年就获得世界跳高冠军，同时和26人下　 盲棋，14岁即成为世界象棋大师
所有人都以为“杰出”源于“天赋”，
“天才”却说：我的成就源于“正确的练习”！
著名心理学家艾利克森在“专业特长科学”领域潜心几十年，研究了一系列行业或领域中的专家级人物：国际象棋大师、顶尖小提琴家、运动明星、记忆高手、拼字冠军、杰出医生等。
他发现，不论在什么行业或领域，提高技能与能力的最有效方法全都遵循一系列普遍原则，他将这种通用方法命名为“刻意练习”。
对于在任何行业或领域中希望提升自己的每个人，刻意练习是黄金标准，是迄今为止发现的最强大的学习方法。

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