Most successful people are unorthodox（非正统的） persons whose minds wonder outside traditional ways of thinking. Instead of trying to refine old formulas, they invent new ones.
大多数成功人士都是非正统的人，他们的思维与传统的思维方式不一样。他们不是试图改进旧的惯例，而是发明新的惯例。
When Jean-Claude Killy made the French national ski team in the early 1960s, he was prepared to work harder than anyone else to be the best.
上 世纪60年代初，让-克洛德•基利(Jean-Claude Killy)进入法国国家滑雪队(French national ski team)时，为了成为最好的运动员，他比任何人都要努力。
At the crack of dawn（黎明，破晓）, he would run up the slopes（斜坡） with his skis on, an unbelievably backbreaking（adj.非常辛劳的；费力的） activity. In the evening, he would do weight lifting(举重) and running. But the other team members were working as hard and long as he was.
在黎明时分，他会穿着滑雪板登上斜坡，这是一项令人难以置信的令人疲惫的活动。晚上，他会举重和跑步。但是其他队员和他一样努力，一样长。
He realized instinctively（adv.本能地） that simply training harder would never be enough. Killy then began challenging the basic theories of racing technique.
他本能地意识到，仅仅刻苦训练是远远不够的。于是基利开始质疑赛车技术的基本理论。
Each week, he would try something different to see if he could find a better, faster way down the mountain.
每个星期，他都会尝试不同的方法，看看是否能找到更好更快的下山方法。
His experiments resulted in a new style that was almost exactly opposite the accepted technique of the time. It involved skiing with his legs apart for better balance and sitting back on the skis when he came to a turn.
他的实验产生了一种与当时的技术几乎完全相反的新风格。为了更好地保持平衡，他在滑雪时双腿分开，在转弯时向后坐。
He also used ski poles in an unorthodox way--to propel(vt.推进；驱使；激励；驱策) himself as he skied. The explosive new style helped cut Killy's racing time dramatically.
他还以一种非正统的方式使用滑雪杖——在滑雪时推动自己。这种爆炸性的新风格极大地缩短了基利的比赛时间。
In 1966 and 1967, he captured virtually(adv.事实上，几乎；实质上) every major skiing trophy.(n.奖品；战利品；纪念品.)The next year, he won three gold medals in the Winter Olympics, a record in ski racing that has never been topped.
在1966年和1967年，他几乎赢得了每一个重要的滑雪奖杯。第二年，他在冬奥会上赢得了三枚金牌，创下了滑雪比赛的最高纪录。
Killy learned an important secret shared by many creative people: innovations don't require genius, just a willingness(n.乐意；心甘情愿；自动自发) to question the way things have always been done.
基利学到了一个许多有创造力的人都知道的重要秘密:创新不需要天才，只要愿意质疑一直以来的做事方式就行了。
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