向猴子学习

While browsing YouTube diligently working, I stumbled upon a video showing how to open a banana like a monkey. I like bananas, and who doesn’t like monkeys, so I gave it a watch. Turns out, I’ve been opening bananas the wrong way my entire life.

在努力浏览YouTube的过程中，我偶然发现了一段视频 ，该视频展示了如何像猴子一样打开香蕉 。 我喜欢香蕉，不喜欢猴子的人，所以给了它一块手表。 原来，我一生都在用错误的方式打开香蕉。

Basically, for those of you who haven’t seen it, it shows how a typical person opens a banana using the stem. As we all know sometimes this method works just fine and sometimes the stem is tough and we have to struggle a bit to peel it, smashing the top of our banana in the meantime.

基本上，对于那些还没看过的人，它显示了一个典型的人如何使用茎打开香蕉。 众所周知，这种方法有时效果很好，而有时茎却很坚硬，我们必须付出一些努力才能将其去皮，同时砸碎香蕉的顶部。

A monkey, meanwhile, simply pinches the other end of the banana, which causes a split in the banana peel, and then smoothly peels the banana. It works amazingly well.

同时，猴子会简单地捏住香蕉的另一端，这会导致香蕉皮破裂，然后平滑地剥去香蕉皮。 它的运作异常出色。

What’s the point? The point is, this morning I thought I knew all there was to know about peeling bananas. I would never have expected that there was a better, more efficient technique I could be using. I was very confident that my method was the best one out there.

重点是什么？ 关键是，今天早上，我以为我知道去皮香蕉的所有知识。 我永远都没有想到我会使用更好，更有效的技术。 我非常有信心，我的方法是目前最好的方法。

How many times do we take that approach with our design or development skills? We assume we know all we need to know about a topic, so instead of continually experimenting and reanalyzing our techniques, we plod along confident that our current method of work is the best. Even if there is a better way, we certainly wouldn’t find it by reading that book or that blog.

我们多少次采用这种方法来设计或开发技能？ 我们假设我们了解某个主题所需的全部知识，因此，我们不必不断尝试和重新分析我们的技术，而是自信地认为我们当前的工作方法是最好的。 即使有更好的办法，我们肯定不会通过阅读这本书或博客找到它。

Meanwhile, there’s a better way out there. It might be only a minor improvement, or it might be something that completely alters the way we work. We won’t know it though, unless we continue to question our knowledge and show a consistent desire to improve. Sometimes, no matter how much we think we know, we can learn from even the most unlikely sources.

同时，还有更好的方法。 这可能只是很小的改进，或者可能完全改变我们的工作方式。 但是，除非我们继续质疑我们的知识并表现出不断提高的愿望，否则我们不会知道。 有时，无论我们认为知道多少，我们都可以向最不可能的来源学习。

翻译自: https://timkadlec.com/2009/07/learning-from-monkeys/