如果将一般大众和成功人士相比，你会发现成功人士之所以取得今天的成就，是因为他们有更多的知识。但是每天学习的时间是有限的，你可以提高学习知识的效率。你是否想学习一门新的语言?了解房地产，或者学习如何创业，那些可以学得更快的人总是在生活中有一优势。

　　这里有5个方法能帮助你更快学习：

　　1. Method beats hours

　　1.方法比时间更重要

　　When it comes to learning something new, the method will always beat the number of hours you put into something. This isn’t to say that the number of hours isn’t important, but you should choose which method will give you the best results.

　　当谈到学习新知识时，方法比投入的时间更重要。这不是说的投入的时间不重要，但同时你应该选择哪种学习方法会给你最好的成果。

　　For example, let’s say two people were driving from Boston to New York City. It doesn’t matter how skilled or committed the first driver is. If he’s driving a beat-up pickup truck and the second driver has a Ferrari, the first driver will lose.

　　例如，假设有两人开车从波士顿到纽约。如果第一个他开着破旧的皮卡而第二个司机开着法拉利，那么不论第一个司机的技术如何娴熟，他都无法更快到达。

　　Your method is the vehicle that will become the engine of where you want to go. With anything you want to learn, there will be dozens of available methods to follow, and “experts” to learn from. This means that you want to spend a lot of time understanding who you’re learning from, what credibility they have, and how it fits with your learning style.

　　你的方法便是车辆，是你达成目标的工具。对任何你想学习的东西，就会有许多可选择的方法，可以向很多“专家”学习。这意味着你要花很多时间了解你应该向谁学习，他们的可靠性有多高，以及这种学习方式与你的学习风格是否符合。

　　2. Apply the 80/20 rule

　　2. 适用80/20规则

　　You’ve probably heard of Pareto’s Law.

　　你可能已经听说过帕累托法则。

　　It is a concept developed by Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto which explains that 80% of your desired outputs will come from only 20% of your inputs.

　　这个概念由意大利经济学家Vilfredo Pareto提出，他解释说，你想要输出的80%的内容基本来源于20%的输入。

　　While the exact ratio varies from situation to situation, you’ll find that:

　　虽然确切的比例因情况而异，但你会发现：

　　20% of people in your life will lead to 80% of your happiness

　　你生活中百分之20的人带给你百分之80的欢乐。

　　20% of your customers will drive 80% of your sales

　　百分之20的客户给你带来百分之八十的生意。

　　20% of your learning methods will lead to 80% of your results

　　百分之20的学习方法给你带来百分之80的结果。

　　When it comes to learning, it feels like there’s so much we don’t know, so it’s easy to jump around everywhere. This will only lead to wasted time. What you want to do is focus on the one or two things that will drive the needle for what you want to achieve and double down on them.

　　当谈到学习，我们感觉有很多不知道的事情，所以很容易分散注意力。但这只会导致浪费时间。你想要做的是集中在一个或两个的事情上，这样会更有效地完成目标并有可能加倍。

　　For example, if you’re learning Spanish to travel this summer, instead of learning how to write or read, you should learn how to speak Spanish. Or instead of trying to please a dissatisfied customer that’s only paying you $37/month, you should add 10 times more value to a customer that’s paying you $1,000/month.

　　例如，如果你为了今年夏天旅行而学习西班牙语，那就不是要学习如何写或阅读，你应该学习如何讲西班牙语。或者，相比试图让一个只支付你37美元/月的客户满意，你应该为愿意支付你1000美元/月的客户增加10倍的付出。

　　3. Learn by doing

　　3.在实践中学习

　　Immersion is by far the best way to learn anything. And as research shows, it turns out that humans retain:

　　浸入式是迄今为止最好的学习方式。研究表明，事实证明这符合人类的习惯:

　　5% of what they learn when they’ve learned from a lecture.

　　通过听讲座，可以学到5%。

　　10% of what they learn when they’ve learned from reading.

　　通过阅读学习，可以学到10%。

　　20% of what they learn from audio-visual.

　　通过听觉，可以学到20%。

　　30% of what they learn when they see a demonstration

　　通过看实例，可以学到30%。

　　50% of what they learn when engaged in a group discussion.

　　通过小组讨论，可以学到50%。

　　75% of what they learn when they practice what they learned.

　　通过实践练习，可以学到75%。

　　90% of what they learn when they use it immediately.

　　通过实际应用，可以学到90%。

　　Think back to how you learned to play basketball, ride a bicycle, or swim. Instead of watching tutorial videos or reading a textbook on how to do something, the way to learn faster is to get into the trenches and gain experience through making mistakes.

　　回想一下你怎么学会打篮球，骑自行车或者游泳。更快的学习方法是进入实践和通过犯错误取得经验，而不是通过看教程视频或者阅读一本教科书来学习。

　　4. Find a coach

　　4.找一个指导老师

　　From business titans to professional athletes, the people performing at the highest levels all have one thing in common: they have a coach.

　　从商业巨头职业运动员，各行业最高层的人都有一个共同点:他们有一个指导老师。

　　According to best-selling author Seth Godin, there are five reasons you might quit in anything you do:

　　据畅销书作者Seth Godin的说法，有五个原因可能使你放弃任何你做的事：

　　You run out of time (and quit)

　　你没有时间(然后放弃)。

　　You run out of money (and quit)

　　你没有金钱(然后放弃)。

　　You get scared (and quit)

　　你害怕这件事(然后放弃)。

　　You’re not serious about it (and quit)

　　你不认为这件事重要(然后放弃)。

　　You lose interest (and quit)

　　你对这件事不感兴趣(然后放弃)。

　　Having a coach allows you to see the blind spots that you couldn’t see before, and guide you through the tough times that inevitably come when you’re learning anything new.

　　请一个指导老师可以让你看到你以前看不到的盲点，并指导你度过学习期间不可避免的艰难时期。

　　A coach doesn’t have to cost $1 million a year, or even $1,000. If you’re trying to learn a language, you could have a language coach you work with. If you’re trying to learn an instrument, it could be finding a private teacher to help you.

　　一个教练不需要花费100万美元一年，甚至1000美元。如果你想学习一门语言,你可以请一个语言教练和你一起学习。如果你想学习一种乐器，也可以找到一个私人教师来帮助你。

　　The point is, you’re not going at it alone. And having someone that’s keeping you accountable can take you miles further than doing everything yourself.

　　关键是你不会孤单，并且有人监督的话你可以坚持更长时间。

　　5. Process over performance

　　5.过程胜于结果

　　Doing the work is often the hardest thing for most people. A common mistake people make when they’re learning something new is to focus on performance over process. It’s hard to see any consistent results until you’ve put in a significant amount of work upfront.

　　做这项工作对大多数人来说通常是最困难的事情。一个常见的错误是当学习新的东西是专注于效果而忽视过程。除非你投入大量的前期工作，否则很难很快看到效果。

　　For writers, this is sitting down and writing 500 words a day — no matter how bad it may turn out. For athletes, this is waking up every morning and training — no matter how groggy and sore you feel. For language learners, it’s forcing yourself to speak the language every day — no matter how many mistakes you make or how uncomfortable you may feel.

　　对作家来说，坐下来每天写500字，不管结果如何。对于运动员来说，无论身体多么无力或疼痛每个上午都坚持训练。对语言学习者来说，强迫自己每天开口说语言，不管你犯了多少错或者你感到有多么不舒服。

（编辑：何莹莹）