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The Coup, the Poet and the Secret to Winning Wimbledon

2023/7/7
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Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

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旁白: 基普林的诗歌《如果》作为其对儿子的教诲,阐述了在逆境中保持冷静和正直的重要性。诗歌中体现的成功与失败的应对方法,被引用在温布尔登中心球场的入口处,旨在提醒运动员无论输赢都要保持风度。然而,在生活中,单纯地将成功与失败视为相同则并不适用。 詹姆逊突袭事件中,詹姆逊医生展现了诗歌中所赞扬的一些品质,但他未能根据当时的具体情况做出正确的判断,最终导致了灾难性的后果。这说明,在生活中,面对失败,需要反思并吸取教训,而不是简单地一笑而过。 1993年温布尔登女子决赛中,诺沃特娜在领先的情况下因关键时刻失误而痛失冠军,这体现了在高水平体育竞技中,心理素质的重要性。诺沃特娜在之后的比赛中吸取教训,最终在1997年温布尔登决赛中获胜,这说明,从失败中学习并改进是取得成功的关键。 Tim Harford: 本期节目探讨了基普林诗歌《如果》中关于成功与失败的观点,以及其在詹姆逊突袭和温布尔登网球比赛中的体现。詹姆逊突袭是一场以失败告终的南非政变,詹姆逊医生未能根据当时的具体情况做出正确的判断,最终导致了灾难性的后果。这说明,在生活中,面对失败,需要反思并吸取教训,而不是简单地一笑而过。 1993年温布尔登女子决赛中,诺沃特娜在领先的情况下因关键时刻失误而痛失冠军,这体现了在高水平体育竞技中,心理素质的重要性。诺沃特娜在之后的比赛中吸取教训,最终在1997年温布尔登决赛中获胜,这说明,从失败中学习并改进是取得成功的关键。 节目还分析了基普林诗歌中某些诗句的适用性,指出在体育比赛中,一些诗句的建议非常有效,但在生活中则未必适用。

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Rudyard Kipling's poem 'If' is inspired by Dr. Leander Starr Jameson, a charismatic doctor known for his courage and mental fortitude, despite his involvement in the disastrous Jameson Raid.

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“If you can make one heap of all your winnings and risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss..."

Those words - from Rudyard Kipling's poem "If" - were based on charismatic nineteenth century doctor, Leander Starr Jameson. In Britain, Jameson was worshipped as a plucky hero: a bastion of courage and mental fortitude. Ironically, he was also responsible for the Jameson Raid, a South African coup that was an unmitigated disaster.

Kipling's champion might have spearheaded a fiasco - but could the poem "If" hold clues for triumph in another arena?

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