將勤補拙，不只是蠢人用的策略同場加映：其實我會考幾多分？

培根曾經講過：知識就是力量。（Knowledge is power.)

國安法壓港，現實一點想，若有透過互聯網維生的能力，或許可以做一個digital nomad，也不用像許多沒有BNO的人一樣，擔心如何移民。

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其實對「知識就是力量。」這句老掉牙的話，我自小就有感受。（當然長大了才接觸到「知識就是力量，法國是煙肉。」這個經典meme。）

童稚討論：「你IQ幾多？」

適齡上學後，同學之間總會談論一件事，你有沒有去做IQ Test啊？

我自己也有問過爸爸媽媽，我曾經有做過智力測試嗎？媽媽說，沒有啊，很重要嗎？ IQ測試標準嗎？

我聽後總覺得有些惘然若失，我有些同學做了IQ Test， IQ分數是13X，是資優的呢！

但我卻沒有做過，不知道自己的IQ多少。

IQ真的重要嗎？又或者說，我們需要那麼concerned自己IQ高不高嗎？

不知道從何時開始，我刻意不理自己天生聰慧與否。因為我明白，天生聰明與否，是不能改變的。There’s nothing more stupid than to try to control and dwell on the uncontrollables.

能做的就是不管自己聰明還是愚鈍，反正就是要出盡全力，以「將勤補拙」的心態去學習。

如果我天生聰慧，我以將勤補拙勤奮個人的努力精神去努力，我就能做到最好。

但若果是愚笨，也不能改變什麼，我以「將勤補拙」的精神努力，未必能做到出類拔萃，但起碼也不會差凡人太遠。

會考到了，我沒有拿到30分的佳績，取得優先進入大學的資格，我中英拿了兩個5*（當時已是最高分數），4個B和2個C的成績，那兩個C是我覺得特別難的化學和物理。

我想也許我就是溝通和語文方面天資比較聰慧，而其他方面的天分就平平無奇吧。

Work as if you were mediocre

但無論如何，每一科，尤其是我擅長的科，我也一直用「將勤補拙」的精神努力，不管我不會因為我語文天份好，我就努力少一些；數學天份差就努力，多一些。

因為我知道，就算天份高，後天懶散，也做不了最傑出的人，只會是庸才。

所以就算我知道我語文天分或許比別人高，there’s not a day that passes by when I do not work hard to hone my craft. 我從沒一天放輕鬆，不學習語文；我沒有一天放鬆不寫作。

I work as if I were mediocre. I refuse to be outworked.

因為我知道最傑出的人，都是比誰都要努力的。

我不知道這種refuse to be outworked的心態，可否讓我成為最傑出的人，但我知道比誰都要努力，是成為最傑出的人的necessary but not sufficient condition。

努力不能保證你會成功；但它是成功的最低門檻。

和大家分享我早上常常開Youtube聽的一段鼓勵性講辭：

The key with me is, no one will outwork me. No one. I love and respect you guys, you motherf*ckers won’t outwork me. All starts with this. Two hands, putting in the work. You cannot erase the work ethic part. There is no getting around. Ain’t no elevator to the top, you got to take the stairs. The elevator don’t go to the top man. Not in the world of success. You gotta take the stairs. Y’all gotta start getting gritty man. I hate it when I see young people wasting their time, wasting all this technology they got, just sitting around in this world that’s been created for you, and everything is instant. But if you could combine your technology with your parents and your grand parents work ethic, you could be rich man. Just ask yourself this week, do people know you for your work ethic? Are people like, man you work hard? Are people actually commenting about you showing up early and staying late? Cause if they’re not, you’re just blending in with everybody else’s work ethic. At the end of the day, talent will not win the game. It is work ethic that will win the game. You gotta get gritty man. You gotta develop some dog in you. You got to get messed up sometimes. You gotta get dirty, you gotta get your feelings hurt, you gotta get disappointed, you gotta get told no, but in order to get the life of convenience, you gotta have a very uncomfortable life. You got to get comfortable being uncomfortable. And you’re always gonna have haters, and haters are like, “Well, damn man, how much sh*t are you gonna do? Like you do a lot of sh*t.” I say yes. It’s my ambition. Of course. You gotta work everyday Doesn’t end. And when sh*t goes bad and it goes sideways, or you coming through this injury, or people are writing you off, it should drive you. If you gonna get it, you gonna have to have that dog. You got an opportunity, so here’s the deal, when you have an opportunity, why would you give 80%, 70%? Why wouldn’t you always give 120%? From today on, you play whatever your best game is, you play that level every single time. Every time you practice you don’t care what the circumstance is, what the situation is, every single time, you giving 120%. It doesn’t mean you’re gonna score every time, but you can always give 120% effort.