summary
These chapters show us how the principles of deliberate practice can be applied in the job and our everyday life, no matter what kind of job or hobby it is. Provided that you have applied the principles appropriately, you can make progress.
Once you reach a plateau, challenge yourself in different ways to get beyond the plateau. It’s your motivation but not the willpower that stop you moving forward.
Just maintain your motivation: make good plans, develop habits, minimize the influence of the things that distract you,join groups. And the skill itself can become part of the motivation as you will have pleasure, pride, identity changes. Last but not the least, create a belief that you can succeed. You can also weaken the reasons that stop you keep going: general physical maintenance（enough sleep，keep healthy）, limit the length of practicesessions to about 1 hour, set things up.
感悟
有时候做不好不要光怪自己没有自制力，willpower也是会削弱的，得找到办法让坚持变得容易，而不要以为意志力可以做到一切，人生毕竟不是热血番。或许你只要一点willpower去养成一个习惯，比如十二点前睡觉，慢慢地会发现它越来越简单。
不要总抱怨工作太忙，想学习总会有方法，在工作中练习就是一举两得。在练习技能的同时创建和完善心理表征，建立一个正反馈。万事开头难，进入状态后，养成习惯后，惯性也可以让你继续下去。不要停。
字词
As a rule of thumb,I think that anyone who hopes to improve skill in a particular area should devote an hour or more each day to practice that can be done with full concentration.
rule of thumb
A rule of thumbis aprinciplewith broad application that is not intended to be strictly accurate or reliable for every situation. It is an easily learned and easily applied procedure for approximately calculating or recalling some value, or for making some determination. It is based not on theory but on practical experience. 拇指法则，又叫经验法则
>There is a useful rule of thumb to help with that.
“IT WAS 1968, AND THE VIETNAM WAR was in full swing”
in full swing
• having reached a very lively level
• 在热烈进行中；处于兴盛阶段:
»When we arrived the party was already in full swing.
仿:The NBA season is in full swing.
“……they go to work as full-fledged physicians with the assumption that……”
full-fledged 合格的
He is a full-fledged doctor after three years' training.
face value
◙ noun [U, sing.]
• the value of a stamp, coin, ticket, etc. that is shown on the front of it
• (邮票、钱币、票等的)票面价值,面值
【IDIOMS】
take sth at face 'value
• to believe that sth is what it appears to be, without questioning it 相信表面:
»Taken at face value, the figures look very encouraging.
»You shouldn't take anything she says at face value.
accomplished
◙adj.
• very good at a particular thing; having a lot of skills
• 才华高的；技艺高超的；熟练的:
»an accomplished artist / actor / chef
技艺高超的艺术家/演员/厨师
»She was an elegant and accomplished woman.
她是位优雅的才女。
be accomplished in sth. 专于某事
