Gladwell is a highly known journalist who wrote a couple of other books and he is also the one who has the first to introduce the 10,000 hour rule.

格拉德威爾是一位知名度很高的記者，還寫過其他幾本書，他也是第一個提出 "一萬小時定律 "的人。

And what the rule really says is that if you put 10,000 hours in something, a skill or a niche, you will become great in this.

這條規則的真正含義是，如果你在某件事情、某項技能或某個細分領域投入 10,000 個小時，你就會成為其中的佼佼者。

Most people think that successful people, the outliers, become great by a series of big events or that they just had the great hit.

大多數人認為，成功人士，即離群者，都是通過一系列重大事件或他們剛剛獲得的巨大成功而變得偉大的。

But the opposite is true.

但事實恰恰相反。

What people really make outliers is work.

真正讓人們感到異常的是工作。

Putting in the work makes all the difference. 10,000 hours is the magic number that makes an ordinary person great.

付出就會有收穫。10,000 小時是一個神奇的數字，它能讓一個平凡的人變得偉大。

Outliers reach their incredible status by a combination of born ability, opportunity and an utterly arbitrary advantage.

離群者之所以能達到令人難以置信的地位，是因為他們擁有與生俱來的能力、機遇和完全隨心所欲的優勢。

This is what people see at the surface.

這就是人們看到的表面現象。

And this seems to be true, but what people never see is the hard work behind the scenes.

這似乎是事實，但人們從未看到的是幕後的辛勤工作。

The grinding to make an average ability into a worthy skill.

磨練，讓普通能力成為有價值的技能。

The hours of studying to recognize the opportunity and then when they have reached that point, the hours upon hours of just executing the work.

他們要花費大量的時間學習如何識別機會，當他們達到這個境界時，又要花大量的時間去完成工作。

And then you can say they have been lucky.

然後你就可以說他們很幸運了。

And maybe they sometimes are a little bit, but I think we can all agree that they made their own luck.

也許他們有時是有點，但我想我們都同意，他們的運氣是自己創造的。

To be very clear, to become successful, you first need to practice a skill to develop from average to great.

說白了，要想獲得成功，首先需要練就一技之長，才能從平凡發展到卓越。

Therefore it's handy to pick your best skill, because that saves time.

是以，選擇自己最擅長的技能很方便，因為這樣可以節省時間。

So pick your one strength, but let it also be the skill that you like the most.

所以，請選擇你的強項，但同時也讓它成為你最喜歡的技能。

Because if you have to put so many hours in it, well, you could say that you won't be happy if you do something you don't like, right?

因為如果你必須投入這麼多時間，那麼你可以說，如果你做了自己不喜歡的事情，你就不會快樂，對嗎？

And then you will recognize your chance and then you need to put in your 10,000 hours.

然後你就會認識到自己的機會，然後你就需要投入一萬小時。

And if you do it this way, you are bound to be successful.

如果這樣做，你一定會成功。

So please, come off that chair and start putting in the work.

所以，請從椅子上站起來，開始工作吧。

Because 10,000 hours is five years practicing for eight hours a day.

因為 10,000 小時相當於每天練習八小時，一練就是五年。

How much is five years if you're set for a lifetime?

如果你準備一輩子，五年又算得了什麼呢？

Thanks for your attention, and as always, get your ass into action.

感謝您的關注，請一如既往地行動起來。