The difference between devices which are possible to fail
and the devices which are impossible to fail
is that
when an impossible-to-fail device has failed,
you don’t know how to fix it.
—
2012.06.05 Tuesday ACHK
The difference between devices which are possible to fail
and the devices which are impossible to fail
is that
when an impossible-to-fail device has failed,
you don’t know how to fix it.
—
2012.06.05 Tuesday ACHK
Second best 5
The enemy of the “best” is the “good.”
Decisions are easier when it’s a question of “good” or “bad.” We can easily see how some ways we could spend our time are wasteful, mind-numbing, even destructive. But for most of us, the issue is not between “good” or “bad,” but between the “good” and the “best.” So often, the enemy of the best is the good.
— First Things First
— by Stephen R. Covey
The greatest enemy of “the best” is “the second best”.
— Me@2010.11.14
2012.06.05 Tuesday ACHK
這段改編自 2010 年 6 月 2 日的對話。
我不是叫你完全放棄。
假設「閱讀理解」部分佔了 14 分。我不是叫你,完全放棄那 14 分。我的意思是,你要有心理準備,你大概沒有可能,完全奪取那 14 分。甚至,那 14 分中,你將會失去大部分。
在這個「回到現實」的心理基礎上,才從長計議「如何盡量遠離零分」,你的策略會符合實際一點。
如果一道題目是「有道理」的,你只要根據那個「道理」作答,完全拿到那 14 分的機會就很大。比喻說,上司叫你去香港的旺角區,買一部電腦。你只要去香港的旺角區,買一部電腦,就已經完成任務。
如果一道題目是「沒有道理」的,你就不能明顯地按「道理」作答,完全拿到那 14 分的機會就很小。但是,你是有方法減低損失的。你就先看看,題目「沒有道理」之餘,會不會是「有系統地」沒有道理,每次也以同一類方法「沒有道理」。換句話說,題目雖然要求你答一些「沒有道理」的東西,但是,你大概知道,那類題目所要求的「沒有道理」東西是那一種。你只要答那類題目,所喜歡的那一種,就可以拿到一定的分數。
比喻說,上司叫你去香港的旺角區,買一部電腦。但是,根據你以往與他的相處,他每次叫你去旺角區時,其實是都想你去銅鑼灣區。那樣,你只要去香港的銅鑼灣區,買一部電腦,就可以完成任務。
— Me@2012.06.05
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