We all want to get the feeling of eating an opponent, the feeling of getting ahead, the feeling of winning.

我們都想獲得吃掉對手的感覺，獲得領先的感覺，獲得勝利的感覺。

But in this video, I'm going to talk about my perspective on how focusing on winning most of the time actually is not optimal for winning.

但在這部影片中，我將談談我的觀點，即大部分時間專注於獲勝其實並不是獲勝的最佳方式。

And in the end of the video, I'm going to talk about the few times it's reasonable to focus on winning.

在影片的最後，我將討論什麼時候專注於獲勝是合理的。

First of all, everybody wants to win; every athlete, every team in every competition, all of them wants to win.

首先，每個人都想贏，每個運動員、每支參賽隊伍都想贏。

So it can't be the main factor that differentiates winners from losers, and James clear talk about this too.

它不可能是區分贏家和輸家的主要因素，詹姆斯也清楚地談到了這一點。

He had this great question:

他提出了一個很好的問題：

"If you were a basketball coach and you ignored goal to win a championship and focused only on what your team does at practice each day, would you still get result?"

「如果你是一名籃球教練，你忽略了奪冠的目標，只關注球隊每天的訓練情況。還會有結果嗎？ 」

"I think you would," he said.

「我想會的。」他說。

And I agree. If you played sports, you probably heard the saying, "The results will take care of itself."

我同意他的觀點。如果你參加過體育運動，你可能聽過這樣一句話：「最終的結果會自然而然地跟隨而來。」

The three-time Super Bowl winner, Bill Walsh, said something similar.

三屆超級杯冠軍得主Bill Walsh也說過類似的話。

"The score takes care of itself. " It takes care of itself.

「最終的結果會自然而然地跟隨而來。」

In other words, focusing on winning doesn't matter because it will take care of itself.

換句話說，專注於獲勝並不重要，因為最終的結果會自然而然地跟隨而來。

Focusing on winning is not included in the equation.

專注於獲勝並不包括在等式中。

The only thing that matters is that your focus on taking the act that will get you the results.

唯一重要的是你專注於採取會為你帶來結果的行動。

Winning is for short term and learning is for long term.

勝利是短期的，學習是長期的。

To give you an example of this, we'll talk about my experience with Brazilian jiu-jitsu, which is a fight sport.

為了給你一個例子，我們將談談我對巴西柔術的體驗，這是一項格鬥運動。

This concept can be applied to all other areas.

這個概念可以應用於所有其他領域。

The guy that focuses on winning is probably gonna win more, but that's only in the short term.

專注於勝利的人可能會贏得更多，但這只是短期的。

To learn something new, to learn a new technique, you will have to first put yourself in situations where you're able to apply that technique, where you're able to learn that technique.

為了學習新東西，學習一項新技術，你必須先把自己置於能夠應用該技術、能夠學習該技術的情境中。

And by doing this, you're risking putting yourself in situations where you will lose and you will fail.

這樣做，你就有可能把自己置於失敗的境地。

And if you're the guy that focuses on winning, you're not going to want to do this.

如果你是一個專注於勝利的人，你就不會想這樣做。

So you're not going to be able to learn new things and new techniques.

你不可能學到新東西和新技術。

Second of all, the guy that focuses on winning is going to rely more on his strength than his technique.

其次，專注於獲勝的人更依賴於力量而非技術。

A lot of the times in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, you're going to be put in situations where you can either use more strength to submit someone or you can use better technique.

在巴西柔術中，很多時候你會遇到這樣的情況：要麼你可以用更大的力量讓別人屈服，要麼你可以用更好的技術讓別人屈服。

And if you're new, using more strength, probably gonna be a higher percentage for you to finish or submit your opponent.

如果你是新手，使用更多的力量，可能會有更高的比例讓你終結或降服對手。

And because your focus is on winning, we're going to use strength.

因為你的重點是贏，要用力量取勝。

What you don't realize is that in the long term, the guy that focused on better technique, his submission rate is going to be way higher than yours because he has better technique and he hasn't even applied his full strength yet.

你沒有意識到的是，從長遠來看，那個專注於更好技術的人，他的降服率會比你高得多，因為他有更好的技術，而且他還沒有使出全力。

Another concept that comes in when we talk about focusing on winning versus focusing on learning is the concept of external reward versus internal reward.

當我們談到關注勝利與關注學習時，另一個概念就是外部獎勵與內部獎勵的概念。

As I've said earlier, the guy that focused on winning is probably going to win more in the short term.

正如我之前所說，專注於獲勝的人可能會在短期內贏得更多。

In other words, he's gonna get more external rewards.

換句話說，他會得到更多的外部獎勵。

And he's going to think back to how he got this reward, his got this reward by not putting himself in situations where he could lose.

他會回想他是如何得到這個獎勵的，他的獎勵就是不把自己置於可能失敗的境地。

And he got this reward by applying more strength than technique.

而他獲得這一獎勵，靠的是力量而非技術。

So he's going to continue to do those actions by winning and by getting external reward.

所以他將繼續通過獲勝和獲得外部獎勵來完成這些行為。

Ironically, he is going to reinforce bad actions and ultimately bad habits.

諷刺的是，他將強化不良行為，最終養成壞習慣。

To become the guy that focuses more on learning, you have to realize that if you manage to put yourself in situations where you were able to apply new techniques and learn, you actually won even though you might have lost that round.

要成為更注重學習的人，你必須認識到，如果你能設法讓自己處於能夠應用新技術和學習新知識的環境中，那麼即使你可能輸掉了那一局，你實際上也贏了。

Even though externally, it didn't look like you gained something.

儘管從外表上看，你並沒有收穫什麼。

You have to realize that you've won.

你必須意識到，你已經贏了。

You have to internally reward yourself.

你必須在內心獎勵自己。

Lastly, let's talk about when I think it's reasonable to actually focus on winning.

最後，讓我們來談談我認為什麼時候才應該真正把重點放在贏上。

First, I think it's very reasonable to do it now and then just to feel what it's like, feel what it is like to use 100% your strength and speed,

首先，我認為時不時去做一下，感受一下是什麼樣子，感受一下使用100%的力量和速度是什麼樣子，是非常合理的，

feel what it is like to let your subconscious take care of your techniques while your conscious is 100% focused on winning.

感受一下讓你的潛意識負責你的技巧，而你的意識則 100% 專注於獲勝是什麼感覺。

The second time I think it's reasonable to focus on winning is in important competition.

我認為專注於獲勝是合理的第二個情況是在重要的比賽中。

Note that I'm saying important competition and not all competition.

請注意，我說的是重要的競賽，而不是所有的。

And to give you an example of this, I participated in a Brazilian jiu-jitsu to competition and my focus at that time was on winning.

舉個例子，我參加過一次巴西的比賽，當時我的注意力都集中在獲勝上。

As a consequence of that, I went down a weight class and I won.

所以我降了一個量級，但我贏了。

But looking back at it now, I would have changed my focus to learning.

但現在回想起來，我會把注意力轉移到學習上。

By focusing on learning, I wouldn't have gone down a weight class.

如果我專注於學習，我就不會降一個量級。

I would have competed at a heavier and more competitive weight class, even though my chance of winning would have gone down.

我會參加更重、更具競爭力的量級比賽，儘管獲勝的機會會減少。

The reason I would have changed my focus to learning is because of that competition was really not that important.

我之所以將注意力轉向學習，是因為那場比賽其實沒那麼重要。

And my future competitions are going to be more important.

我今後的比賽會更加重要。

And I would argue that the experience that I would have gotten from competing in a heavier, more competitive weight class would have been of a lot more value than competing at an easier weight class even though I've won.

我認為，即使我贏了，我從參加更重、更具競爭力的體重級別比賽中獲得的經驗也比參加更輕鬆的體重級別比賽更有價值。