今天要分享的是關於“毅力”這個老生常談話題。
在今時今日，很多人會質疑堅持的重要性，一些人固執認為智商決定成績好壞，今天要分享的這個ted視頻無異於一個強心劑。
主講人通過結合自己的教學經驗、心理學知識以及科學研究的數據，強有力地說明了最成功的人也許不是最聰明的人，但是最成功的人一定是最有毅力的人。
主講人Angela Lee Duckworth原本是諮詢公司的高管，後來辭職去教七年級學生數學，她發現IQ並不是區別優生與差生最重要的因素，毅力才是。
通過視頻我們可以積累以下有用表達，覺得有用的趕緊收藏加點贊～
Acquired expressions 今日表達
- What struck me was that IQ was not the only difference between my best and my worst students.
想要表達某件事讓你感到驚訝的時候，就可以用上這個表達
What struck me was/is that...- Some of my strongest performers did not have stratospheric IQ scores.
我們在說表現最好的學生的時候，第一時間會想到the best students，或者用好一點的詞the outperformed students，今天可以get到一個地道的表達strongest performers
- And that got me thinking.
“這引起了我的思考”，這句話體現了平時不起眼的小詞例如get、have在英語中的重要性
- ...and I was firmly convinced that every one of my students could learn the material if they worked hard and long enough.
“對...【堅信不疑】”可以用上這個表達 I was firmly convinced that
- In all those very different contexts, one characteristic emerged as a significant predictor of success.
emerge“凸顯、顯現出來”，這個詞的畫面感非常強
- What do I do to teach kids a solid work ethic?
solid一詞表示“穩固、穩健的”，solid work ethic意指真正的職業道德
- Our data show very clearly that there are many talented individuals who simply do not follow through on their commitments.
我們都知道許諾言是make a commitment，那麼這裡do not follow through on their commitments是說才華橫溢的孩子大多“無法堅持兌現諾言”，缺乏耐心。
- In fact, in our data, grit is usually unrelated or even inversely related to measures of talent.
be unrelated to與...無關
inversely related to 與...背道而馳
- And that's where I'm going to end my remarks
“我要就此打住”，演講或對話快結束的時候，可以用上這句話that's where I'm going to end my remarks。
- ...to start over again with lessons learned
“從這些失敗中汲取經驗重新再來”。lessons除了指課程，還有另一個很常見的意思“教訓”
Inspiration from it 靈感啟發
- In all those very different contexts, one characteristic emerged as a significant predictor of success. And it wasn't social intelligence. It wasn't good looks, physical health, and it wasn't IQ. It was grit. Grit is passion and perseverance for very long-term goals. Grit is having stamina. Grit is sticking with your future, day in, day out, not just for the week, not just for the month, but for years, and working really hard to make that future a reality. Grit is living life like it's a marathon, not a sprint.
現代社會節奏太快，我們容易被浮華外在矇蔽雙眼，認為成功靠的就是外貌、智商、情商，但是，要知道人生是一場馬拉松，並非一次短跑，最終取得勝利的往往是那些最堅毅的人們。
- So far, the best idea I've heard about building grit in kids is something called "growth mindset." This is an idea developed at Stanford University by Carol Dweck, and it is the belief that the ability to learn is not fixed, that it can change with your effort. Dr. Dweck has shown that when kids read and learn about the brain and how it changes and grows in response to challenge, they're much more likely to persevere when they fail, because they don't believe that failure is a permanent condition.
主講人提到培養堅韌品質最有效的方法叫“成長型思維模式”，這是由斯坦福大學卡洛杜威克提出的一個觀點， 他相信人的學習能力是可變的，它隨著你的努力程度而變化。他的觀點認為，當孩子們在閱讀和學習了有關大腦的知識，並且瞭解大腦在面對挑戰時發生的變化和成長過程，孩子們在失敗之後更容易堅持下去， 因為他們堅持不會一直失敗下去。
也就是說，瞭解大腦運作機制以及大腦的應對機制更有利於我們堅持。
我們離成功有多遠？我們和成功人士差別在哪？兩個字：堅持。
最後引用主講人的一句話分享給大家：
We need to be gritty about getting our kids grittier.
只有自己變得更有毅力，才能讓我們的孩子變得更有毅力。
感興趣的可以自己去看：《Grit：the power of passion and perseverance》
