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But he didn't start out an outlier. He started out just a little bit better.
但他并不是一開始就是一個出類拔萃的人，他起初只不過比他人稍強一點罷了。
The second implication of the hockey example is that the systems we set up to determine who gets ahead aren't particularly efficient.
年齡相關性造成的另一個令人沮喪的結果就是，我們力圖挑選最卓越者的體制并不是很有效。
We think that starting all-star leagues and gifted programs as early as possible
我們盡早設立明星聯隊以及天才培訓計劃的初衷，是建立最好的體制，
is the best way of ensuring that no talent slips through the cracks.
避免天才從我們眼皮底下流失。
But take a look again at that roster for the Czech Republic junior soccer team.
伹我們再看看捷克共和國足球隊的名單，
There are no players born in July, October, November, or December, and only one each from August and September.
便會發現這里沒有7月、10月、11月或者12月出生的球員，只有兩名球員分別出生在8月和9月。
Those born in the last half of the year have all been discouraged, or overlooked, or pushed out of the sport.
下半年出生的球員寥寥無幾，不是被人們視而不見，就是游離在球場之外。
The talent of essentially half of the Czech athletic population has been squandered.
捷克運動人口中的一半天才已經被浪費。
So what do you do if you're an athletic young Czech with a misfortune to have been born in the last part of the year?
所以，如果你是一個年輕的捷克人，你喜歡運動，但很不幸，你出生在下半年，那么，你會怎么辦？
You can't play soccer.
你當然不會選擇足球。
The deck is stacked against you.
這種運動的出牌方式不適合你，
So maybe you could play the other sport the Czechs are obsessed with- hockey.
所以你應該選擇另外一項捷克人喜歡的運動——曲棍球。
But wait, I think you know what's coming.
但是且慢（我想你已經猜到了其中的幾分原因）!
The 2007 Czech junior hockey team that finished fifth at the world championships
這是2007年排在世界第五位的捷克靑少年曲棍球隊名單。
had three players born in January, five born in February, three born in March, and only two born after August 31.
一月份出生的有三名運動員。二月有五名，三月的有三名，而只有兩名是八月三十一號以后出生的。
Those born in the last quarter of the year might as well give up on hockey as well.
對于出生在一年最后一個季度的人來說，他同樣可以放棄曲棍球運動。
Do you see the consequences of the way we have chosen to think about success?
我們列舉了這么多關于成功的事例，你從中看出一些門道了嗎？
Because we so profoundly personalize success,
由于我們過于把成功放在個人身上，
we miss opportunities to lift others onto the top rung.
使得其他人喪失了出人頭地的機遇。
We make rules that frustrate achievement.
我們制定的很多規則阻礙了一些人可能獲得的成就，
We prematurely write off people as failures.
我們早早就斷定某些人難成大器。
We are much to in awe of those who succeed and far too dismissive of those who fail.
我們對那些成功者心存敬畏，對那些失敗者卻不屑一顧：
And most of all, we become much too passive.
我們大部分人因此變得逆來順受。
We overlook just how large a role we all play,
我們在判斷誰能成大事誰不行的時候，
and by "we" I mean society,
我在這里所說的“我們”，指的是社會。
in determining who makes it and who doesn't.
常常忽略了我們能扮演的角色到底有多重要，
