Chapter 1 The Power of Purposeful Practice 2/2

Vocabulary

nutshell

This is naive practice in a nutshell.
(put something) in a nut shell 簡(jiǎn)而言之
造句：To put it in a nutshell, they broke up.

baby step

Purposeful practice is all about putting a bunch of baby steps together to reach a longer-term goal.
小進(jìn)步
e.g. Change has come in baby steps.
造句：Learning English should focus on making baby steps.

pep

He gave himself an excited pep talk.
pep 精力，活力；熱情
pep talk 鼓舞士氣的講話，激勵(lì)性講話
pep up sb/sth, pep sb/sth up 使更加充滿活力
pep pill: a pill containing a drug that gives you more energy or makes you happy for a short time.
e.g. A walk in the fresh air will pep you up.
造句：
The coach gave a pep talk to the athletes before the competition.
The government took measures to pep up the economy.

blurt

Once he blurted out, "Absolutely right! I'm certain!".
blurt sth out 脫口而出，不假思索地說
造句:
He blurted out everything, though he promised to keep the secret.
“You're wrong!”, he blurted.

hit

He eventually hit upon the idea of using both three-digit groups and four-digit groups.
hit upon an idea 突然有了主意
[syn] come up with
造句：He hit upon an idea of cooking the whole chicken.

At this point she hit a wall that she just couldn't get past.
hit a wall: (informal) to reach the point when you are most physically tired when doing a sport.
造句：Sun Yang hit a wall when he participated the final 800-meter freestyle competition in FINA World Championships 2017.

感想

機(jī)械的完成任務(wù)而沒有思考是不行的，有思考才有輸入，這樣才能把別人的東西變成自己的。有時(shí)候覺得自己過的渾渾噩噩的，就是因?yàn)闆]有明確的目標(biāo)，有了目標(biāo)，就要進(jìn)一步的指定計(jì)劃，時(shí)不時(shí)的給自己一些獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)，學(xué)習(xí)新的東西其實(shí)就是跳出舒適圈。其實(shí)這是一個(gè)很難的過程，因?yàn)槟悴恢劳庾邥?huì)發(fā)生什么，不過一旦有了收獲，就要給自己一些獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)或者暗示，推著自己再往前走一步，讓自己的舒適圈再大一些。

Purposeful practice: Get outside your comfort zone but do it in a focused way, with clear goals, a plan for reaching those goals, and a way to monitor your progress, and figure out a way to maintain your motivation.

Summary

The author compares naive practice and purposeful practice. Naive practice is just repeating the practice without a clear aim. Purposeful practice has well-defined and specific goals. It requires being focused, having meaningful positive feedback and stepping outside your comfort zone. However, purposeful practice still has limitation. People could not directly copy others experience. Everyone needs to tailor their own approach.