How to Build a Career You Love | Bill Gurley | TED · TED
Bill Gurley分享如何通过终身的专注学习来打造热爱的职业。他通过研究高成就者，指出持续学习是职业卓越的关键。适合练习职场与成长相关技能。
I'm going to start with a story, a good story, a true story.
我打算从一个故事开始讲起——一个精彩的故事，一个真实的故事。
In 1983, my friend Danny was 25 years old.
1983年，我的朋友丹尼25岁。
A few years earlier, he had graduated from Trinity College with a poli sci degree.
几年前，他从三一学院毕业，获得了政治学学位。
He bounced around for a while but fell into a really cool job in sales.
他尝试过很多不同的工作，最终找到了一份非常不错的销售职位。
He sold those doohickeys they attach to clothes in the department store so you can't steal them.
他在百货商店里出售那些用于衣服上的小装置（其实就是防止衣服被偷的防盗配件）。
He was good at it.
他很擅长这件事。
He was making a lot of money.
他赚了很多钱。
But as a poli sci student, he’d always planned to take the next step: law school.
但作为一名政治学专业的学生，他一直计划着迈出下一步——进入法学院学习。
So the night before the LSATs [he was] out for dinner with his uncle Richard a place called Elios on the Upper East Side.
就在 LSAT 考试前那个晚上，他和他的叔叔理查德一起在上东区的 Elios 餐厅吃了晚餐。
And Uncle Richard can tell something's not right.
理查德叔叔也感觉到了有些不对劲。
"Danny, what's eating you?"
丹尼，你怎么了？
"Ah, I have to take the LSAT tomorrow, and I don't really want to."
啊，我明天必须参加LSAT考试，但我其实并不想参加。
Uncle Richard probed.
理查德叔叔开始追问起来。
"So why are you?"
那么，你为什么（会这样）呢？
I'll get back to Danny and Uncle Richard in a minute, but let me tell you why I'm here.
我稍后会再继续谈论丹尼和理查德叔叔的事情，但首先让我告诉你们我为什么来到这里。
I spent the past six years studying what drives career excellence.
在过去的六年里，我一直在研究究竟是什么因素推动了个人在职业生涯中的卓越表现。
A co-writer, a researcher and I combed through over 100 biographies.
我和一位共同撰写论文的作者以及一位研究人员一起，仔细查阅了100多部传记。
We talked to some of the leading academicians in the field,
我们与该领域的一些顶尖学者进行了交流。
looked at their research, and we even did our own survey with Wharton -- we turned that into a book.
我们研究了他们的研究成果，甚至还与沃顿商学院合作进行了自己的调查，并将这些调查结果整理成了一本书。
What did we find?
我们发现了什么？
There were many common traits, but one thing stood out above everything else: continuous and obsessive learning.
虽然他们有许多共同的特点，但有一点尤为突出——那就是持续不断的、近乎强迫性的学习态度。
They were all lifetime students.
他们都是终身学习者（即一生都在不断学习的人）。
They knew the history of their field.
他们了解自己所在领域的历史。
They understand the nuance of their field -- the thing that separates great from good.
他们深刻理解自己所在领域的细微差别——那些能够将优秀作品与普通作品区分开来的关键因素。
They know the edge of their field.
他们非常熟悉自己所在领域的专业知识。
That's where innovation lies.
创新就在那里。
And they study throughout their entire career, beginning, middle and end.
他们在整个职业生涯中都在持续学习，无论是职业生涯的开始阶段、中期还是结束阶段。
I'd like to think they thought about their craft as an artisan with an artisan mindset.
我愿意相信，他们将自己视为拥有工匠精神的手艺人，并且始终将手工艺视为自己的核心事业。
And I've come to believe these artisans exist in every field.
我逐渐相信，这样的工匠存在于每一个领域中。
Here's a fun example.
下面是一个有趣的例子。
In 2015, at the annual chess competition in Iceland they did something fun: they held a history trivia contest.
2015年，在冰岛举办的年度国际象棋比赛中，他们举办了一场有趣的活动——一场关于历史知识的问答比赛。
Guess who won?
猜猜谁赢了？
Magnus Carlsen, the world champion.
马格努斯·卡尔森，世界冠军。
See, he's not just great at chess.
你看，他不仅在国际象棋方面非常出色。
He knew the history.
他了解那段历史。
But if you study Magnus Carlsen, you'd know this to be true.
但如果你研究过马格努斯·卡尔森（Magnus Carlsen），你就会知道这是事实。
It’s very low likelihood that he got to a place in his career where he says, "Oh, boy,
他极不可能在职业生涯中达到这样一个阶段：会对自己说：“哦，天哪……
to be even better at chess, I need to study the history, I'm going to go do it."
为了在国际象棋方面表现得更好，我需要研究相关的历史知识。我现在就去学习。
It was a different mechanism.
这是一种不同的机制。
And this is my key point, the key takeaway, right here at the beginning.
这就是我的核心观点，也是最重要的收获——就在这里，文章的开头部分。