Know|Know your strength CH1

今天的内容一直在强调天赋的重要性,作者的意思是只有做你有天赋的事情,才能做的出色,否则你再怎么努力也没法做到顶尖。这个和PEAK《刻意练习》的观点大相径庭,让我有些难以接受。因为以前我也觉得没有做好什么事是因为天赋,但《刻意练习》说到,只要找对练习的方法,进行练习-反馈-练习这样的正向循环,没有什么是练不好的。
所以我只能理解要做到世界上5%这样的顶尖,天分才必须吧。不过今天文章中关于巴菲特的故事很喜欢:不碰不懂的东西,保持耐心。这也是这几年交了投资的学费才领悟到的。
Expressions
1. It's easy to grasp, but hard to apply.
2.carve ?out:

He loves what he does and genuinely believes that his reputation as the world’s greatest investor is due to his ability to carve out a role that plays to his particular strengths.”
to develop a career or position for yourself by working hard
3.懂除了用understand,还可以用形象的paint an accurate picture of
【Know|Know your strength CH1】“Remember, he didn’t invest in either Microsoft or the Internet because he didn’t feel he could paint an accurate picture of where high-tech was going to be in twenty years.)”

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