Peak Chap.1 2/2

Chapter 1 The Power of Purposeful Practice 2/2

Vocabulary

nutshell

This is naive practice in a nutshell.
(put something) in a nut shell 简而言之
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.
小进步
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；热情
pep talk 鼓舞士气的讲话，激励性讲话
pep up sb/sth, pep sb/sth up 使更加充满活力
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 脱口而出，不假思索地说
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

机械的完成任务而没有思考是不行的，有思考才有输入，这样才能把别人的东西变成自己的。有时候觉得自己过的浑浑噩噩的，就是因为没有明确的目标，有了目标，就要进一步的指定计划，时不时的给自己一些奖励，学习新的东西其实就是跳出舒适圈。其实这是一个很难的过程，因为你不知道往外走会发生什么，不过一旦有了收获，就要给自己一些奖励或者暗示，推着自己再往前走一步，让自己的舒适圈再大一些。

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.