1. The importance of this trait to success was shown in an experiment begun in the 1960s by Walter Mischel at a preschool on the Stanford University campus.
    有一个实验说明了这一特性对成功的重要意义。实验是20世纪60年代由沃尔特·米歇尔在斯坦福大学校园内的一所幼儿园里做的。

2. Studies of Olympic athletes, world-class musicians and chess masters show that their common trait is the ability to motivate themselves to pursue harsh training routines.
    对奥运选手、世界级的音乐家和国际象棋大师的研究表明，他们的共同特点就是具有促使自己坚持艰苦的日常训练的能力。