2017.7.19
Habit 4: Think Win/Win 2/2
Words
2017.7.19
1. bring somebody/something to their knees
During the five years I lived in Great Britain, I saw that country brought twice to its knees because the train conductors were maliciously obedient in following all the rules and procedures written on paper.
a. to defeat a country or group of people in a war:
The bombing was supposed to bring the country to its knees.
b. to have such a bad effect on an organization, activity etc that it cannot continue SYN cripple:
例：The recession has brought many companies to their knees.
造句：His maliciously interruption brought the party to its knees.
2.maliciously
malicious deliberately behaving in a way that is likely to upset, hurt, or cause problems for someone:
例：Someone had been spreading malicious rumours about him. | There was a malicious smile on her face. |
3. strung out
We didn't have to get emotionally strung out, trying to supervise her every move and coming up with punishements or rewards on the spot if she didn't do things the way we thought she would.
very tired, nervous, and worried
造句： He usually get strung out when he is working on maths problems.
4.psych up
It was a psych-up cheerleading session, complete with high school bancs and a great deal of forenzied screaming.
psych somebody up phrasal verb informal (see also psych)
if you psych yourself up or if someone psychs you up, you get mentally prepared before doing something so that you feel confident
psych yourself up (for something)
例：We both knew we had to psych ourselves up for the race.
造句：Before get on the stage to perform, he psych herself up.
5.cream
They'd stand behind the chash register and cream all the business during the slow times.
cream
to mix foods together until they become a thick soft mixture:
Cream the butter and sugar together
熟词生意，根据上下文应该是把所有的活都混在一起。
Thoughts
今天书中提到的一个Win/Win management training的例子让我印象很深刻。因为我大学毕业刚工作的时候也进行过这种毕业生培训。
一个银行集团为了让刚毕业的大学生能尽快上手工作，每年都花大笔资金给这些毕业生进行为期6个月的培训。可是效果并不是很好。
当作者对他们的培训计划改变了以后，不仅培训费减少了，培训时间也从6个月减少到了5周，但是这些新人的水平反而比之前培训后的高。这到底是如何做到的？
因为作者明确了这个Agreement里的五个因素：desired results,guide,resources,accountability and consequences.和之前delegation里提到过的五要素一样。他们对这个培训设计了明确的目标，目标达成接着就可以成为经理助理。
这种培训方式只关注最后的结果，而不管实际的过程。这种方式是Learner-controlled instruction，而不是传统的system-controlled。这种情况下培训者会充分的发挥主动学习的能力，尽快达到目标。想起Eric经常和我们说的：越主动，越有收获。
我想到了自己刚毕业时的培训，也是6个月，我们的培训就是system-controlled，完全由培训部安排好，目标很模糊，或者根本就没有吧，我完全记不起来。考核的标准也没有，好像是培训完一部分做一套小题（大家都是互相抄）。但是这个培训对我即将工作的岗位有什么作用，完全不知道，根本没有任何针对性。典型的看起来很美的培训。当然还是有作用，大家的关系特别好，像是同学一样亲切，这在工作以后是很难有的。
