有人认为，成功人士之所以成功是因为他有过人的智慧，但研究表明，成功人士有很多也只是平凡人。塔尔博士引用了这个研究结果，并认为，成功人士大多都拥有积极的心态。





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Initially when they studied these kids, the assumption was these must be super kids, extraordinary kids, one in a hundred, one in a thousand, not really replicable, therefore. However what they found -- when they continue to study those people who work, those people who succeeded despite the unfavorable circumstances -- what they found was these were not super kids. In fact, these were ordinary kids with ordinary characteristics that led to extraordinary results.
当他们一开始研究这些孩子的时候，他们认为这些孩子一定是神童，百里挑一甚至千里挑一，因此是不可模仿的。然而，当他们继续研究那些成功的人，那些虽然环境恶劣但仍然成功了的人时，他们发现这些人并不是什么神童。实际上，这些孩子都是平凡的孩子，他们性格普通，但成就非凡。