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They were not perfectionists. They were committed to excellence-extremely ambitious,
他們都不是完美主義者 他們都追求卓越 非常有雄心
understanding that there's no other way to succeed.
都明白要成功沒有別的方法
John Updike, highly creative author, says "perfectionism is the enemy of creativity."
約翰·厄普代克 一位非常有創(chuàng)造力的作家說過 “完美主義是創(chuàng)造力的敵人”
And we'll talk about another author who has very good advice for us
我們會談到另一個作家 他對于我們?nèi)绾慰朔@種完美主義
of how to overcome this perfectionism, Samuel Coleridge. The 80/20 rule.
有非常好的建議 他叫塞繆爾·柯勒律治 80/20規(guī)則
This rule-understanding this rule as it applies to time management changed my Harvard experience.
這條規(guī)則 了解這條規(guī)則并將其應用在時間管理上改變了我在哈佛的學習經(jīng)歷
So what is the Pareto principle? Pareto was an Italian economist about 100 years ago.
那帕累托法則是什么呢？帕累托是100年前的意大利經(jīng)濟學家
And he came up with this principle which he named the Pareto principle.
他得出了這樣的法則并將其命名為帕累托法則
And the principle says that in most societies, 20 percent of the people own about 80 percent of the wealth.
這法則表示 在大多數(shù)社會中 百分之二十的人擁有百分之八十的財富
They applied this principle to organizations as well, where
他們也將這條法則應用于商業(yè)組織
20 percent of your clients generate 80 percent of your income.
那就是你百分之二十的客戶 給你帶來了百分之八十的收入
And this has been applied to many areas in economics. And more recently, to time management.
這也被用于經(jīng)濟學的許多領域 而到最近 被用于時間管理方面
For example, in 20 percent of our time, we can get 80 percent of our work done.
比如說 在我們百分之二十的時間里 我們可以完成百分之八十的工作
And when I understood this, it changed my approach toward my academics.
而當我明白這一點的時候 它改變了我對學術的態(tài)度
Why? Because I realized that well I didn't need to read 100 percent of the material.
為什么？因為我意識到我不必將那些材料完全讀完
Again, don't quote me on this.
再說一遍 這點別學我
I didn't need to make sure that every t's crossed and every i's dotted when I handed in the paper.
我交論文前不必確認每一個t都寫好了 也不必確認每一個i上面都點了點
