????許多見(jiàn)證了這個(gè)實(shí)驗(yàn)的人將伯尼的話謹(jǐn)記于心,。一家著名國(guó)際商業(yè)雜志的編輯掙扎數(shù)年，想要抽出時(shí)間來(lái)從事她真正的愛(ài)好——寫(xiě)小說(shuō),。受此觸動(dòng),，她開(kāi)始認(rèn)真地撰寫(xiě)她的全新長(zhǎng)篇小說(shuō)。一位心理學(xué)教授本打算花一年時(shí)間來(lái)為他的研究“收集更多信息”,，后來(lái)他放棄計(jì)劃,，開(kāi)展了一系列研討活動(dòng)，很快便完成了這項(xiàng)工作,。一位電腦繪圖研究員曾斷斷續(xù)續(xù)地參與到一個(gè)音樂(lè)技術(shù)項(xiàng)目中,，他從說(shuō)：“等到有一天……”變成了說(shuō)：“今天?！彼珜?xiě)了一份倡議書(shū),，遇到了一家為音樂(lè)創(chuàng)意籌資的國(guó)際發(fā)展基金會(huì)。

????有時(shí)候,，盡管有了投身于其中的決心,，一項(xiàng)其他的重要任務(wù)卻可能會(huì)讓你止步，尤其是在開(kāi)始階段,。邁出第一步會(huì)很困難,。作家要面對(duì)空白的稿紙，教師要面對(duì)第一天開(kāi)學(xué),，商務(wù)人員要面對(duì)新項(xiàng)目的啟動(dòng),。

????暢銷(xiāo)書(shū)作家安妮?拉莫特在著名作品《一點(diǎn)一點(diǎn)來(lái)》（Bird By Bird）中講述了一個(gè)童年故事，極好地描述了這一觀點(diǎn),。她10歲的哥哥要寫(xiě)一篇關(guān)于鳥(niǎo)類的報(bào)告交給學(xué)校,，卻在截止日的前一天晚上還沒(méi)開(kāi)始動(dòng)筆?！拔覀?cè)诓ɡ锬撬沟募彝バ∧疚堇锒燃?。他坐在廚房的餐桌邊，周?chē)鷿M是活頁(yè)紙,、鉛筆和還沒(méi)打開(kāi)過(guò)的鳥(niǎo)類書(shū)籍,。面對(duì)這一龐大的任務(wù),，他不知所措，都快要哭出來(lái)了,。這時(shí),，我的父親坐到他旁邊，用胳膊摟住他的肩膀說(shuō)：‘一點(diǎn)一點(diǎn)來(lái),，孩子,。一點(diǎn)一點(diǎn)來(lái)就好?！?/p>

????當(dāng)面對(duì)讓人望而生畏的任務(wù)時(shí),，我們都能想起這個(gè)短語(yǔ)“一點(diǎn)一點(diǎn)來(lái)”，有時(shí)候?qū)嶋H上還會(huì)大聲說(shuō)出來(lái),。這五個(gè)字提醒我們,，不論知行差距有多大，我們都能一點(diǎn)一點(diǎn)地縮小這個(gè)差距,。

????換句話說(shuō)，要想實(shí)現(xiàn)創(chuàng)造性的突破,，你只需邁出第一步,，而不要顧慮途中可能出現(xiàn)的任何小挫折。首次嘗試就成功不太可能,，不過(guò)即使失敗也沒(méi)關(guān)系,。正因?yàn)楹茈y立刻做到“最好”，所以才要快速且不斷地改進(jìn),。這種不斷嘗試的混亂開(kāi)局可能會(huì)讓人感到不適,，但實(shí)踐會(huì)讓我們大多數(shù)人學(xué)得更快，這幾乎是成功的先決條件,。否則,，想要做到最好的渴望可能反而會(huì)阻礙你變得更好。（財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)）

????以上內(nèi)容改編摘錄自《創(chuàng)造性的信心：釋放我們的創(chuàng)造潛力》（Creative confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All）,。作者：湯姆?凱利和大衛(wèi)?凱利,。湯姆?凱利和大衛(wèi)?凱利2013年版權(quán)所有。本書(shū)由皇冠出版集團(tuán)旗下的皇冠出版社出版,?；使诔霭婕瘓F(tuán)是企鵝蘭登書(shū)屋公司下蘭登書(shū)屋有限責(zé)任公司的分支機(jī)構(gòu)。

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????Many who have witnessed Bernie's exercise took his message to heart. An editor for a prestigious international business journal who had struggled for years to find time for her true passion -- writing fiction -- was spurred to begin work in earnest on her new novel. A psychology professor planning to spend a year "gathering more information" on his research topic scrapped that plan and initiated a series of workshops to quickly prototype the final version of his work. And a computer graphics researcher who has been dabbling on and off with a music technology project switched from saying "one day ..." to saying "today." He wrote a proposal and met with an international development foundation that funds music initiatives.

????Sometimes, despite the determination to jump in, the enormity of an important task can stop you in your tracks, especially at the beginning. Getting started can be hard. The writer faces the blank page; the teacher, the first day of school; businesspeople, the launch of a new project.

????Bestselling writer Anne Lamott famously captures this idea in a childhood story from her popular book, Bird By Bird. Her 10-year-old brother had been assigned a school report about birds and hadn't started on it until the night before it was due. "We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books on birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead. Then my father sat down beside him, put his arm around my brother's shoulder, and said, 'Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.'"

????We both summon that phrase "bird by bird" when confronted by an intimidating task, sometimes actually saying it out loud. Those three words remind us that, no matter how large the chasm, we can narrow the knowing-doing gap one step at a time.

????In other words, to ultimately reach a creative breakthrough, you just need to start, regardless of small failures that may occur along the way. It's unlikely that your first try at anything will be a success. But that's okay. It's hard to be "best" right away, so commit to rapid and continuous improvements. The messiness of such trial and error may seem uncomfortable at first, but action allows most of us to learn at a faster rate; it's almost a prerequisite for success. Otherwise, the desire to be best can get in the way of getting better.

????The following adapted excerpt comes from the book Creative confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All by Tom Kelley and David Kelley. Copyright 2013 by David Kelley and Tom Kelley. Published by Crown Business, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House LLC, a Penguin Random House Company.