有志者事竟成? 丹尼尔计划 The Dan Plan

丹尼,美国奥勒冈州人,出身中上,他在家排行老幺。老爸是个精算师,哥哥师承父业,也干这一行。姐姐是个医生,还经常跑马拉松。老丹从来就不是个省 油的灯,12岁年就开始反叛,比如说坚决不受洗。“我就是一个满脑子都是好奇的人”,丹尼说。然后一个人去斐济,亲眼目睹军事政变,机枪扫射。。。一人骑 自行车游泰国,柬埔寨。。。

2009年六月的一天,老丹而立了。哥们感慨之余,又出了一新招:我要当一个职业高尔夫球员! 那时的已是一位能受点费的商业摄影师了。原先计划去读个研究生,为此省衣节食存了10万美刀,刚好用着了。老爸一听就来气,“一 万小时,你都可以当医生了!”本来是,“找到新工作前别辞职”,“别用自己的前途去赌。”人生箴言该怎样跟他讲呢?算了,啥也没讲,没用。

他哥说,“他吗,整一个理想主义者。他有这馊主意一点不奇怪。等着吧,过些日子他就腻了,然后放弃。”

老丹的想法终于得到支持的人。最重要的人是佛大的埃里森博士,是丹尼把艾博给骨歌出来地。他把丹尼列入自己的研究对象了,老丹经常去佛大发发言。还有丹尼还把另一个教练Christopher Smith给讲服了。史教练还给他从耐克那弄了点鞋,衣服和球具。史教练一开始还以为他闹着玩的。

总之, 他计划从2010年4月5号开始, 每周有计划地训练30小时以上, 到2016年10月, 一共10000小时, 看看他能不能成为一个职业高尔夫球员。

丹尼计划-The Dan Plan

设想要点(Hypothesis):一个身体条件一般的人,有目的地训练10000小时,可以把高尔夫球打到较高的水平。较高的水平具体是:赢一项业余赛,拿到PGA巡回赛资格。

有点像做研究,而作东西都得立项(Project),目的,时间,结果都会列出。)详细翻译花时间,我就大概了。

WHAT IS THE DAN PLAN?

It’s a project in transformation. An experiment in potential and possibilities. Through 10,000 hours of “deliberate practice,” Dan, who currently has minimal golf experience, plans on becoming a professional golfer. But the plan isn’t really about golf: through this process, Dan hopes to prove to himself and others that it’s never too late to start a new pursuit in life.

他大概说,这个实验要证明是潜力和可能性。只要丹尼做到一万小时“有针对性地训练”,即使这位仁兄目前只有点点高球经验,他能够成为一个专业选手。这不单是高尔夫,丹某要证明的是,在人生追求上,没啥太晚没戏的事!

WHO IS DAN?

DanDan McLaughlin is an average man by most standards. When The Dan Plan began, he was a 30-year-old commercial photographer with no previous experience as a competitive athlete, nor was he in particularly good physical condition. Dan is slightly under average height and weight, had never played a full 18 holes of golf, and had only been to a driving range a handful of times. He was not even sure if he was a left-or right-handed golfer. Dan currently resides in Portland, Oregon.

丹尼何人?

凡夫也。而立之年,之前干过专业摄影,没正儿八经参加过体育大赛,身体素质一般,高矮肥瘦稍低于平均线。没下过场,练习场倒去过十次八次。自己还不太清楚是左撇还是右撇。计划前住在奥勒冈州,现已搬到佛州。

THE THEORY

Talent has little to do with success. According to research conducted by Dr. K. Anders Ericsson, Professor of Psychology at Florida State University, “Elite performers engage in ‘deliberate practice’–an effortful activity designed to improve target performance.” Dr. Ericsson’s studies, made popular through Malcolm Gladwell’s book Outliers and Geoff Colvin’s Talent is Overrated, have found that in order to excel in a field, roughly 10,000 hours of “stretching yourself beyond what you can currently do” is required. “I think you’re the right astronaut for this mission,” Dr. Ericsson said about The Dan Plan.

立论

成功勿论天份。根据埃里森博士(佛罗里达州大心理学教授)的研究,“能出成绩夺标者会参与‘有针对性的训练’- 指一系列为完成制订目标而设计而要努力的行为。”埃博在某出版社的研究报告中称,大概需要一万小时‘比你目前能做出还要更折腾’,您就可以在您的行业里称雄了。“非您莫属,乃我计划中的宇航员啊”,埃博对丹尼说。

诸君若有兴趣,可直接上丹尼的网站。所有的详情,精美图片,录像,博文都有。加上一捐款页: http://thedanplan.com/theplan.php

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