The word involution is popular recently. Regarding children's involution, the phrase "winning at the starting line" is definitely adding fuel to the fire, which has driven the anxiety of countless parents.
Some parents actually disapprove from the heart, but they are afraid that their children will lose at the starting line, which will affect their lifelong development. Moreover, without the support of theory and practice, even they can't convince themselves, and of course they dare not take risks with their children.
The Boundaries of Growth, written by David Epstein, can be regarded as a book, which can alleviate these involution slightly and let the children lie flat properly. If parents can spare some time to read this book when giving birth to a child, maybe the child's life will be easier.
This book is suitable not only for parents, but also for each of us. Let's see clearly that the road to success is nothing but twists and turns, and sometimes it's just running in the wilderness. We can run in any direction until we find the right one.
Bill Gates called it "a good book to debunk the myth of specialization".
In this book, Epstein reveals to us through numerous successful cases that "spiritual freedom and personal experiments are the source of strength" in all fields, while the method of "winning at the starting line" is completely overestimated.
Epstein is the best-selling author of the 1 issue in The New York Times. His previous works were appreciated by former US President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
The truth to be expounded in this book is actually easy to sum up, but the author must tell the readers through real evidence. Through many examples, it is no exaggeration to say that this is the life story of many celebrities and their successful history in various industries.
The author spent a lot of time and thought to collect these data. Readers will also be shocked by huge examples. It's not hard to find that the author quoted the standard of example from all walks of life in the book, just as he wanted to tell us in his article. Broadening the scope of study and exploration is by no means a waste of time.
Tell me what I think is very rewarding in the book.
First, the extreme theory of winning at the starting line is only a summary of a few phenomena, which is not only one-sided but also exaggerated.
In some rules-friendly environments, you can make progress by starting technical exercises as soon as possible. But in an unfriendly or ambiguous environment, experience will intensify mistakes.
For example, the earlier you start training in the field of chess, the more likely you are to have the advantage of becoming a master, but this advantage can easily be replaced by computers. In those industries where the rules are not so strict, computers can't beat humans and perform poorly.
A large number of specialized and precise exercises will only cultivate stiff masters, and their advantages will be easily lost when they encounter subtle changes.
The more excellent scientists are, the more capable people in various industries are, and the wider the fields they are good at. Their Excellence is not only due to their own industry experience, but also because of the insight brought by extensive dabbling.
Two, from several angles, the discussion of scientific indicators, cross-border is not casual, perhaps paving the way for success.
Regardless of abstract thinking and conceptual reasoning, or creativity, interdisciplinary learning may have better and greater achievements.
The more background content learners learn, the better their creativity will develop, and these advantages will emerge over time.
Unfortunately, in higher education, the more emphasis on specialization and subdivision will affect the development of thinking.
Everyone ignores the education of conceptualization and transferable knowledge.
Compared with those who first recognize what kind of problems they are facing, and then look for corresponding countermeasures, and those who jump directly into the steps they already know by heart, the former seems to make slow progress, take a long time to get the answer, and are often marked with failure, but it is the former that lengthens the timeline and finally wins.
Third, "persistence is victory" is not necessarily correct.
We all know Van Gogh, the Dutch impressionist painter, and his famous paintings Sunflower and Starry Sky. What I don't know is that Van Gogh has been spinning around in various occupations. He used to be a clerk, a business agent and a mining missionary. His paintings handed down from generation to generation were only works of a few years before his death.
Haruki Murakami ran a bar in Tokyo before becoming a writer.
In addition to inventing the electric light, Edison had countless insignificant inventions, and even many patents were rejected.
There are many celebrities we are familiar with. Before they succeeded, they were not experts in this field, but after countless circuitous attempts, they finally succeeded.
Everyone has his own uniqueness, and the road to success is certainly different. This book can at least make us realize the importance of jumping out of the original thinking and the breadth of the industry.
For a team, the concept of width is embodied in the example of cross-checking given by the author. If we have to give the data reasons first, many problems will not be found and blamed in time, which will cause huge losses.
David and Epstein said at the end of The Boundaries of Growth that he didn't want to deny specialization. There is nothing wrong with in-depth study, but the degree and content of specialization are different.
The Boundaries of Growth shows another possibility of success, and a different road is not necessarily impossible. We don't have to deny the success of specialization and its achievements just because we read this book, but at least this book opens another possibility for us to see and broaden the growth boundary.
This brings some confidence and comfort to people who are generally impatient and anxious at present, and regains the motivation to go on the road.