为什么人们会在生活中失败(一)
正文翻译
Why do people fail in life?
为什么人们会在生活中失败？
Why do people fail in life?
为什么人们会在生活中失败？
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Hector Quintanilla, Founder at BeBusinessSmart.com (2019-present)
“I work too many hours. I deserve more,” Luigi demanded.
“Our customers don’t care how hard you work, Luigi. All they care is about what they get in exchange for their money,” explained Mario.
“I don’t care about the customers. All I care is about me!” responded Luigi angrily.
“Luigi, calm down. Please understand that we must deliver our promise to our customers if we want to get paid. It’s not the time you work, it’s the value delivered with the time you worked.”
“That takes extra effort. I don’t like it, Mario! I’m not willing to give that extra effort if they don’t pay for my time.”
There are two kinds of people in the world: givers and takers.
It is in our human nature to take. Taking is easier than giving. It’s natural and requires no effort.
Giving, on the other hand, can be hard. Giving demands extra effort, time and resources to benefit others.
“我工作时间太长了。我应该得到更多，”路易吉要求道。
“我们的客户不在乎你工作有多努力，路易吉。他们只在乎他们的钱能换来什么，”马里奥解释道。
“我不在乎顾客。我只在乎我自己！”路易吉愤怒地回答。
“路易吉，冷静下来。请理解，如果我们想获得报酬，我们必须兑现对客户的承诺。这不是你工作的时间决定的，而是你工作的时间带来的价值。”
“那需要额外的努力。我不喜欢，马里奥！如果他们不为我的时间买单，我不愿意付出额外的努力。”
世界上有两种人：给予者和接受者。
这是我们的人性。索取比给予容易。这是自然的，不需要努力。
另一方面，给予可能很难。给予需要付出额外的努力、时间和资源来造福他人。
“I work too many hours. I deserve more,” Luigi demanded.
“Our customers don’t care how hard you work, Luigi. All they care is about what they get in exchange for their money,” explained Mario.
“I don’t care about the customers. All I care is about me!” responded Luigi angrily.
“Luigi, calm down. Please understand that we must deliver our promise to our customers if we want to get paid. It’s not the time you work, it’s the value delivered with the time you worked.”
“That takes extra effort. I don’t like it, Mario! I’m not willing to give that extra effort if they don’t pay for my time.”
There are two kinds of people in the world: givers and takers.
It is in our human nature to take. Taking is easier than giving. It’s natural and requires no effort.
Giving, on the other hand, can be hard. Giving demands extra effort, time and resources to benefit others.
“我工作时间太长了。我应该得到更多，”路易吉要求道。
“我们的客户不在乎你工作有多努力，路易吉。他们只在乎他们的钱能换来什么，”马里奥解释道。
“我不在乎顾客。我只在乎我自己！”路易吉愤怒地回答。
“路易吉，冷静下来。请理解，如果我们想获得报酬，我们必须兑现对客户的承诺。这不是你工作的时间决定的，而是你工作的时间带来的价值。”
“那需要额外的努力。我不喜欢，马里奥！如果他们不为我的时间买单，我不愿意付出额外的努力。”
世界上有两种人：给予者和接受者。
这是我们的人性。索取比给予容易。这是自然的，不需要努力。
另一方面，给予可能很难。给予需要付出额外的努力、时间和资源来造福他人。
Now, to answer your question, why do people fail in life?
Self-centered people struggle to understand that to become valuable in life we must give — not take.
Nobody likes working around takers. We avoid takers. The world is full of takers, We enjoy being around givers. Whenever we receive, we’re more likely to happily give back or pay.
In our jobs and in life, the more value we give to others, the more we get paid or appreciated. Success in life is a result of the value we deliver, not of what we feel we deserve.
Selfish people (takers) frequently measure what they give, so they’re instinctively limiting the value they give to the world — this will eventually lead them to failure.
If Luigi’s actions are intended to benefit him, he’s not really giving, he’s manipulating. Giving takes courage and risk.
It takes time to become valuable.
Stop chasing success — instead invest your time and effort in becoming a person of value.
现在，回答你的问题，为什么人们会在生活中失败？
以自我为中心的人很难理解，要想在生活中变得有价值，我们必须付出，而不是索取。
没有人喜欢和索取者一起工作。我们避免成为索取者。这个世界充满了索取者，我们喜欢和给予者在一起。无论何时我们收到，我们都更有可能快乐地回报或支付。
在我们的工作和生活中，我们给予他人的价值越大，我们得到的报酬或感激就越多。生活中的成功是我们提供的价值的结果，而不是我们认为我们应得的。
自私的人（索取者）经常衡量他们给予的东西，因此他们本能地限制他们给予世界的价值——这最终会导致他们失败。
如果路易吉的行为是为了让他受益，那么他不是在真正给予，而是在操纵，给予需要勇气和冒险。
变得有价值需要时间。
停止追逐成功——而是投入时间和精力成为一个有价值的人。
Self-centered people struggle to understand that to become valuable in life we must give — not take.
Nobody likes working around takers. We avoid takers. The world is full of takers, We enjoy being around givers. Whenever we receive, we’re more likely to happily give back or pay.
In our jobs and in life, the more value we give to others, the more we get paid or appreciated. Success in life is a result of the value we deliver, not of what we feel we deserve.
Selfish people (takers) frequently measure what they give, so they’re instinctively limiting the value they give to the world — this will eventually lead them to failure.
If Luigi’s actions are intended to benefit him, he’s not really giving, he’s manipulating. Giving takes courage and risk.
It takes time to become valuable.
Stop chasing success — instead invest your time and effort in becoming a person of value.
现在，回答你的问题，为什么人们会在生活中失败？
以自我为中心的人很难理解，要想在生活中变得有价值，我们必须付出，而不是索取。
没有人喜欢和索取者一起工作。我们避免成为索取者。这个世界充满了索取者，我们喜欢和给予者在一起。无论何时我们收到，我们都更有可能快乐地回报或支付。
在我们的工作和生活中，我们给予他人的价值越大，我们得到的报酬或感激就越多。生活中的成功是我们提供的价值的结果，而不是我们认为我们应得的。
自私的人（索取者）经常衡量他们给予的东西，因此他们本能地限制他们给予世界的价值——这最终会导致他们失败。
如果路易吉的行为是为了让他受益，那么他不是在真正给予，而是在操纵，给予需要勇气和冒险。
变得有价值需要时间。
停止追逐成功——而是投入时间和精力成为一个有价值的人。
Anubhav Jain, Written 3 books on Life, living and motivation.
Anubhav Jain，写了3本关于生命，生活和动机的书。
Anubhav Jain，写了3本关于生命，生活和动机的书。
Once I participated in a poem recitation competition in school.
This was my first time and there was no one to guide me. (Thank you ma'am)
I thoroughly memorized the poem at home.
I was the first one to recite.
I spoke each and every word correctly without any fumbles or breaks.
And then after I got down, I sat patiently and watched other participants.
After a few performances, I could feel the immense difference.
Other participants were using their hands and facial expressions to convey their emotions.
They were trying to look at all directions wherever audiences were sitting.
Their tone was stronger than mine.
Slowly I understood that I was nowhere in the competition.
But the most important achievement was that now I knew how to recite a poem or perform anything at stage.
有一次我在学校参加了诗歌朗诵比赛。
这是我第一次，没有人指导我。（谢谢你，女士）
我在家里把这首诗背得滚瓜烂熟。
我是第一个背诵的人。
我说的每一个字都是正确的，没有任何失误或中断。
然后在我下来后，我耐心地坐下来观察其他参与者。
几场表演之后，我感觉到了巨大的不同。
其他参与者则用手和面部表情来表达自己的情绪。
无论观众坐在哪里，他们都努力朝各个方向看。
他们的语气比我的强。
慢慢地，我明白了我在比赛中一无所获。
但最重要的成就是，现在我知道了如何在舞台上背诵诗歌或表演任何东西。
This was my first time and there was no one to guide me. (Thank you ma'am)
I thoroughly memorized the poem at home.
I was the first one to recite.
I spoke each and every word correctly without any fumbles or breaks.
And then after I got down, I sat patiently and watched other participants.
After a few performances, I could feel the immense difference.
Other participants were using their hands and facial expressions to convey their emotions.
They were trying to look at all directions wherever audiences were sitting.
Their tone was stronger than mine.
Slowly I understood that I was nowhere in the competition.
But the most important achievement was that now I knew how to recite a poem or perform anything at stage.
有一次我在学校参加了诗歌朗诵比赛。
这是我第一次，没有人指导我。（谢谢你，女士）
我在家里把这首诗背得滚瓜烂熟。
我是第一个背诵的人。
我说的每一个字都是正确的，没有任何失误或中断。
然后在我下来后，我耐心地坐下来观察其他参与者。
几场表演之后，我感觉到了巨大的不同。
其他参与者则用手和面部表情来表达自己的情绪。
无论观众坐在哪里，他们都努力朝各个方向看。
他们的语气比我的强。
慢慢地，我明白了我在比赛中一无所获。
但最重要的成就是，现在我知道了如何在舞台上背诵诗歌或表演任何东西。
After the competition was over, some of my classmates sitting in audiences made fun of me.
I showed them my participation certificate and said I am happy that at least I tried today for the first time.
I was happy that day because I left my comfort zone and stepped ahead and also learnt so many lessons.
(And that was my first certificate)
Next month there was a play scheduled on the same stage.
Our English teacher conducted it and I was among one of the participants.
It was not a competition just a portray of one of the chapters of our book.
We practised several times.
Finally on the day we were waiting in the hall.
Surprisingly the hall got full.
Someone told me that students from all the sections were called to watch it.
I could just remember my previous mistakes and learnings.
比赛结束后，坐在观众席上的一些同学取笑我。
我给他们看了我的参赛证书，并说我很高兴，今天我至少第一次尝试了。
那天我很开心，因为我离开了舒适区，走在了前面，也学到了很多东西。
（这是我的第一份证书）
下个月在同一个舞台上安排了一场戏。
我们的英语老师主持了这次活动，我也是参与者之一。
这不是一场比赛，只是对我们书中一章的描绘。
我们练习了好几次。
终于有一天，我们在大厅里等着。
令人惊讶的是，大厅里挤满了人。
有人告诉我，所有部门的学生都被叫来观看。
我只记得我以前的错误和学到的东西。
I showed them my participation certificate and said I am happy that at least I tried today for the first time.
I was happy that day because I left my comfort zone and stepped ahead and also learnt so many lessons.
(And that was my first certificate)
Next month there was a play scheduled on the same stage.
Our English teacher conducted it and I was among one of the participants.
It was not a competition just a portray of one of the chapters of our book.
We practised several times.
Finally on the day we were waiting in the hall.
Surprisingly the hall got full.
Someone told me that students from all the sections were called to watch it.
I could just remember my previous mistakes and learnings.
比赛结束后，坐在观众席上的一些同学取笑我。
我给他们看了我的参赛证书，并说我很高兴，今天我至少第一次尝试了。
那天我很开心，因为我离开了舒适区，走在了前面，也学到了很多东西。
（这是我的第一份证书）
下个月在同一个舞台上安排了一场戏。
我们的英语老师主持了这次活动，我也是参与者之一。
这不是一场比赛，只是对我们书中一章的描绘。
我们练习了好几次。
终于有一天，我们在大厅里等着。
令人惊讶的是，大厅里挤满了人。
有人告诉我，所有部门的学生都被叫来观看。
我只记得我以前的错误和学到的东西。
And then the play started
This time my tone was stronger, I used body language to express myself.
I was staring at audiences.
And then there was a scene of my character’s death.
I fell down genuinely. (and hurt myself)
There was a loud applause in the hall at that scene.
After the play was over many students including the ones who made fun of me earlier and my English teacher congratulated me for the performance.
Why do people fail in life?
Because they have guts to try.
Because they decide to break their comfort zone.
Because when they try, they don't have deep knowledge of how to perform well.
To learn many important lessons from a single failure.
To gain confidence to actually perform and try further and not just build castles in mind.
然后戏剧开始了
这一次我的语气更强烈了，我用肢体语言来表达自己。
我盯着观众看。
然后是我的角色死亡的一幕。
我真的摔倒了。（伤了我自己）
那一幕在大厅里响起了热烈的掌声。
演出结束后，许多学生，包括之前取笑我的学生和我的英语老师都祝贺我的表演。
为什么人们会在生活中失败？
因为他们有勇气去尝试。
因为他们决定打破自己的舒适区。
因为当他们尝试时，他们对如何表现良好没有深入的了解。
从失败中吸取许多重要的教训。
为了获得信心，去真正的表演和尝试，而不仅仅是在脑海中建造城堡。
This time my tone was stronger, I used body language to express myself.
I was staring at audiences.
And then there was a scene of my character’s death.
I fell down genuinely. (and hurt myself)
There was a loud applause in the hall at that scene.
After the play was over many students including the ones who made fun of me earlier and my English teacher congratulated me for the performance.
Why do people fail in life?
Because they have guts to try.
Because they decide to break their comfort zone.
Because when they try, they don't have deep knowledge of how to perform well.
To learn many important lessons from a single failure.
To gain confidence to actually perform and try further and not just build castles in mind.
然后戏剧开始了
这一次我的语气更强烈了，我用肢体语言来表达自己。
我盯着观众看。
然后是我的角色死亡的一幕。
我真的摔倒了。（伤了我自己）
那一幕在大厅里响起了热烈的掌声。
演出结束后，许多学生，包括之前取笑我的学生和我的英语老师都祝贺我的表演。
为什么人们会在生活中失败？
因为他们有勇气去尝试。
因为他们决定打破自己的舒适区。
因为当他们尝试时，他们对如何表现良好没有深入的了解。
从失败中吸取许多重要的教训。
为了获得信心，去真正的表演和尝试，而不仅仅是在脑海中建造城堡。
Nagaraja Koodli, former Assistant Controller of Mines (1962-2003)
Nagaraja Koodli，前矿业总监助理(1962-2003)
Nagaraja Koodli，前矿业总监助理(1962-2003)
there can ce many kinds of failures.:
failure in exminations.
failuure to win a medal in sports.
failure in job interview.
failed marriage.
failure in life?
reason : did not do well enough?
有很多种失败：
考试失败。
在体育运动中未能获得奖牌。
面试失败。
婚姻失败。
生活中失败
原因：做得不够好
failure in exminations.
failuure to win a medal in sports.
failure in job interview.
failed marriage.
failure in life?
reason : did not do well enough?
有很多种失败：
考试失败。
在体育运动中未能获得奖牌。
面试失败。
婚姻失败。
生活中失败
原因：做得不够好
William Hartanto
Wishful thinking:
Be realistic with your goals. I am guilty of wishful thinking most of the time.
“If only this and that happens, then I would have done better”; or “I could be the world champion at this field despite being 20 years behind my competitors and 1 meter shorter.”
Do not fucking buy into Do what you love, live your dreams blah blah bullshit.
For you who wants to live in real life, competing against real people, winning real things instead of just upvotes in Quora, GET REAL.
Understand that when a professional in the field says that most people are earning less than minimum wage, that would be your future, statistically speaking and probability-wise.
YOU WILL BE AVERAGE IF AND ONLY IF, YOU DEDICATE YOUR WHOLE LIFE TO A SINGLE PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE.
Why? Because everyone else in your field will do exactly the same thing too. They will dedicate their entire life to the pursuit of excellence. And if you work, really really really hard, you will achieve the grand height of being average!
That’s reality.
Success begins with realistically understanding what you can achieve and what you cannot. If you start with wishful thinking, you will fail.
一厢情愿：
你的目标要现实。大多数时候，我为自己的一厢情愿感到内疚。
“如果这样那样的话，我会做得更好”；或者“我可以成为这个领域的世界冠军，尽管我比竞争对手落后20年，比对手矮1米。”
别他妈相信做你喜欢的事，实现你的梦想，胡说八道。
你想活在现实生活中，与真实的人竞争，赢得真实的东西而不是仅仅在Quora获得人们的点赞，现实一点吧。
要明白，当该领域的专业人士说大多数人的收入低于最低工资时，从统计角度和概率角度来看，这就是你的未来。
当且仅当你将一生奉献给追求卓越的单一目标时，你才会成为普通人。
为什么？因为你所在领域的其他人也会做同样的事情。他们将毕生致力于追求卓越。如果你真的努力工作，你会达到平庸的高度！
这就是现实。
成功始于现实地理解你能实现什么和你不能实现什么。如果你从一厢情愿开始，你就会失败。
Wishful thinking:
Be realistic with your goals. I am guilty of wishful thinking most of the time.
“If only this and that happens, then I would have done better”; or “I could be the world champion at this field despite being 20 years behind my competitors and 1 meter shorter.”
Do not fucking buy into Do what you love, live your dreams blah blah bullshit.
For you who wants to live in real life, competing against real people, winning real things instead of just upvotes in Quora, GET REAL.
Understand that when a professional in the field says that most people are earning less than minimum wage, that would be your future, statistically speaking and probability-wise.
YOU WILL BE AVERAGE IF AND ONLY IF, YOU DEDICATE YOUR WHOLE LIFE TO A SINGLE PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE.
Why? Because everyone else in your field will do exactly the same thing too. They will dedicate their entire life to the pursuit of excellence. And if you work, really really really hard, you will achieve the grand height of being average!
That’s reality.
Success begins with realistically understanding what you can achieve and what you cannot. If you start with wishful thinking, you will fail.
一厢情愿：
你的目标要现实。大多数时候，我为自己的一厢情愿感到内疚。
“如果这样那样的话，我会做得更好”；或者“我可以成为这个领域的世界冠军，尽管我比竞争对手落后20年，比对手矮1米。”
别他妈相信做你喜欢的事，实现你的梦想，胡说八道。
你想活在现实生活中，与真实的人竞争，赢得真实的东西而不是仅仅在Quora获得人们的点赞，现实一点吧。
要明白，当该领域的专业人士说大多数人的收入低于最低工资时，从统计角度和概率角度来看，这就是你的未来。
当且仅当你将一生奉献给追求卓越的单一目标时，你才会成为普通人。
为什么？因为你所在领域的其他人也会做同样的事情。他们将毕生致力于追求卓越。如果你真的努力工作，你会达到平庸的高度！
这就是现实。
成功始于现实地理解你能实现什么和你不能实现什么。如果你从一厢情愿开始，你就会失败。
winner takes all industries - AVOID
If your goal is to make money, don’t go into the field where the average will not make much money - including being an actor . singer, athletes or writer. That is a winner takes all industry. You either become millionaire or ends up broke, and the odds is against you because unless you are the “best” in the field, you are worthless. Will people choose to spend $0.99 on best song on itunes which they can listen forever, or pay you $10 to listen to you sing once on the street?
To the people who said “chase your dream, you only live once”. Ask them “will you support me financially when I inevitably becomes the 99.99% of the failure statistics in this industry?”. If the answer is “no”, then fuck them.
要避免进入赢家通吃行业
如果你的目标是赚钱，不要进入平均收入不高的领域——包括当演员、歌手、运动员或作家。这是一个赢家通吃的行业。你要么成为百万富翁，要么最终身无分文，这对你不利，因为除非你是这个领域的“最佳”，否则你一文不值。人们会选择花0.99美元在itunes上买一首他们可以永远听的最好的歌曲，还是花10美元在街上听你唱一次？
那些说“你只活一次，要追逐梦想”的人。问他们：“当我不可避免地成为这个行业99.99%的失败统计数字时，你会在经济上支持我吗？”。如果答案是“不”，那就去他们的。
If your goal is to make money, don’t go into the field where the average will not make much money - including being an actor . singer, athletes or writer. That is a winner takes all industry. You either become millionaire or ends up broke, and the odds is against you because unless you are the “best” in the field, you are worthless. Will people choose to spend $0.99 on best song on itunes which they can listen forever, or pay you $10 to listen to you sing once on the street?
To the people who said “chase your dream, you only live once”. Ask them “will you support me financially when I inevitably becomes the 99.99% of the failure statistics in this industry?”. If the answer is “no”, then fuck them.
要避免进入赢家通吃行业
如果你的目标是赚钱，不要进入平均收入不高的领域——包括当演员、歌手、运动员或作家。这是一个赢家通吃的行业。你要么成为百万富翁，要么最终身无分文，这对你不利，因为除非你是这个领域的“最佳”，否则你一文不值。人们会选择花0.99美元在itunes上买一首他们可以永远听的最好的歌曲，还是花10美元在街上听你唱一次？
那些说“你只活一次，要追逐梦想”的人。问他们：“当我不可避免地成为这个行业99.99%的失败统计数字时，你会在经济上支持我吗？”。如果答案是“不”，那就去他们的。
local monopolies industries - CHOOSE
The 2nd best doctor will have a job in different hospital. The 100th best doctor will have a job in different city. Same with accountant, architects, teachers (so far anyway, MOOC may change that) , bus driver, etc. They have what economists call local monopoly. Yes they are not as good as the best, but the best can only serve limited number of people. So best doctors get best hospital, best teachers get best university, but they won’t get 100% of the customers (patients, students).
Those who mock you for having “an average life” are either assholes who got lucky with their high risk ventures, or kids who grew up listening to bullshit like “do what you love, live the life of your dream”.
It’s your life. Don’t go broke chasing your dream.
Unique Snowflake Syndrome and Talent mindset:
When someone is better than you, 99% of the time, they would have worked for much harder, for much longer, with methods that are much more effective and efficient for them than you had. That’s it. Period.
And I said better. I don’t include “richer” in this statistics. I will explain later why wealth is not bound by the law of averages.
选择当地垄断行业。
第二好的医生将在不同的医院工作。第100名最佳医生将在不同的城市工作。会计、建筑师、教师（到目前为止，公开课可能会改变这一点）、公交车司机等也一样。他们拥有经济学家所说的地方垄断。是的，它们不如最好的，但最好的只能为有限的人服务。所以最好的医生去到最好的医院，最好的老师去到最好的大学，但他们不会得到100%的顾客（病人、学生）。
那些嘲笑你拥有“普通生活”的人要么是那些在高风险的冒险中幸运的混蛋，要么是那些从小听“做你喜欢的事，过你梦想的生活”之类废话长大的孩子。
这是你的生活。不要为了追逐梦想而破产。
独特的雪花综合症和天才心态：
当有人比你更好时，99%的时间里，他们会更加努力地工作，时间更长，使用比你更有效的方法。就这样，仅次而已
我说更好。我在这个统计中没有包括“更富有”。我稍后会解释为什么财富不受平均法则的约束。
The 2nd best doctor will have a job in different hospital. The 100th best doctor will have a job in different city. Same with accountant, architects, teachers (so far anyway, MOOC may change that) , bus driver, etc. They have what economists call local monopoly. Yes they are not as good as the best, but the best can only serve limited number of people. So best doctors get best hospital, best teachers get best university, but they won’t get 100% of the customers (patients, students).
Those who mock you for having “an average life” are either assholes who got lucky with their high risk ventures, or kids who grew up listening to bullshit like “do what you love, live the life of your dream”.
It’s your life. Don’t go broke chasing your dream.
Unique Snowflake Syndrome and Talent mindset:
When someone is better than you, 99% of the time, they would have worked for much harder, for much longer, with methods that are much more effective and efficient for them than you had. That’s it. Period.
And I said better. I don’t include “richer” in this statistics. I will explain later why wealth is not bound by the law of averages.
选择当地垄断行业。
第二好的医生将在不同的医院工作。第100名最佳医生将在不同的城市工作。会计、建筑师、教师（到目前为止，公开课可能会改变这一点）、公交车司机等也一样。他们拥有经济学家所说的地方垄断。是的，它们不如最好的，但最好的只能为有限的人服务。所以最好的医生去到最好的医院，最好的老师去到最好的大学，但他们不会得到100%的顾客（病人、学生）。
那些嘲笑你拥有“普通生活”的人要么是那些在高风险的冒险中幸运的混蛋，要么是那些从小听“做你喜欢的事，过你梦想的生活”之类废话长大的孩子。
这是你的生活。不要为了追逐梦想而破产。
独特的雪花综合症和天才心态：
当有人比你更好时，99%的时间里，他们会更加努力地工作，时间更长，使用比你更有效的方法。就这样，仅次而已
我说更好。我在这个统计中没有包括“更富有”。我稍后会解释为什么财富不受平均法则的约束。
NO EXCUSES.
Don’t start saying “Oh, I am just not a social person” or “I am just not number oriented” or “I just don’t have the (sigh) TALENT”.
Fuck talent.
If you are not 7 feet (2.1 meter) tall, you are not likely to be an NBA star. If you are not born with fast twitch fiber, you will not be the next Usain Bolt.
But unless your dream is to be the next NBA stars or Olympic gold medalist (in which case… read the FIRST POINT: WISHFUL THINKING above), you are not born with the ability to the best in your field.
You are NOT SPECIAL. What one person can do, another can imitate (except for the 1% genetic difference between human, you can’t change your gender, you can’t change your height, you can change a lot of your physical attributes); but in matter of the brain, most the neuroplasticity of the brain ensures that neurons that fire together wire together. You use it, or you lose it.
不要找借口。
不要开始说“哦，我我不是个爱交际的人”或“我只是不懂数字”或“我只是没有（叹气）天赋”。
去他妈的天才。
如果你没有7英尺(2.1米)高，你不太可能成为一名NBA明星。如果你没有天生的快收缩纤维，你就不会是下一个尤塞恩·博尔特。
但是，除非你的梦想是成为下一个NBA球星或奥运会金牌得主（在这种情况下……请阅读上面的第一点：一厢情愿），否则你并非生来就有能力在你的领域做到最好。
你并不特别。一个人可以做什么，另一个人就可以模仿（除了人类之间1%的基因差异，你不能改变你的性别，你不能改变你的身高，你可以改变你的许多身体属性）；但就大脑而言，大脑的大部分神经可塑性确保了神经元之间的联系。你要么使用它，要么失去它。
Don’t start saying “Oh, I am just not a social person” or “I am just not number oriented” or “I just don’t have the (sigh) TALENT”.
Fuck talent.
If you are not 7 feet (2.1 meter) tall, you are not likely to be an NBA star. If you are not born with fast twitch fiber, you will not be the next Usain Bolt.
But unless your dream is to be the next NBA stars or Olympic gold medalist (in which case… read the FIRST POINT: WISHFUL THINKING above), you are not born with the ability to the best in your field.
You are NOT SPECIAL. What one person can do, another can imitate (except for the 1% genetic difference between human, you can’t change your gender, you can’t change your height, you can change a lot of your physical attributes); but in matter of the brain, most the neuroplasticity of the brain ensures that neurons that fire together wire together. You use it, or you lose it.
不要找借口。
不要开始说“哦，我我不是个爱交际的人”或“我只是不懂数字”或“我只是没有（叹气）天赋”。
去他妈的天才。
如果你没有7英尺(2.1米)高，你不太可能成为一名NBA明星。如果你没有天生的快收缩纤维，你就不会是下一个尤塞恩·博尔特。
但是，除非你的梦想是成为下一个NBA球星或奥运会金牌得主（在这种情况下……请阅读上面的第一点：一厢情愿），否则你并非生来就有能力在你的领域做到最好。
你并不特别。一个人可以做什么，另一个人就可以模仿（除了人类之间1%的基因差异，你不能改变你的性别，你不能改变你的身高，你可以改变你的许多身体属性）；但就大脑而言，大脑的大部分神经可塑性确保了神经元之间的联系。你要么使用它，要么失去它。
Human are constrained by the law of reversion to mean. No matter how fast you are, you won’t run faster than the train. You won’t be taller than a building. You won’t be stronger than a truck.
No matter how smart someone is, 95% of people are within 2 standard deviation to mean.
You are BOUND to be average. Everyone is, except for the 2.1% at the top and 2.1% at the bottom. You are not a freaking unique snowflake. No one is.
So stop thinking that you are special, or that someone else is special. If they are, they are the lucky 2.1%. SO WHAT? you don’t have to beat them to be successful (unless you’re dumb enough to ignore my first advice above and compete in winner takes all industries).
You just have to be better than yourself of yesterday!
人类受到回归平均法则的约束。不管你跑得多快，你都不会跑得比火车快。你不会比一栋楼还高。你不会比卡车还强壮。
不管一个人有多聪明，95%的人的平均值都在2个标准差以内。
你一定是普通人。每个人都是这样，除了顶层的2.1%和底层的2.1%。你不是那片奇怪的独一无二的雪花，没有人是。
所以不要认为你是特别的，或者别人是特别的。如果是的话，他们是幸运的2.1%。那又怎么样？你不必打败他们就能成功（除非你愚蠢到无视我上面的第一条建议，在赢家通吃的行业里竞争）。
你只需要比昨天的自己更好！
No matter how smart someone is, 95% of people are within 2 standard deviation to mean.
You are BOUND to be average. Everyone is, except for the 2.1% at the top and 2.1% at the bottom. You are not a freaking unique snowflake. No one is.
So stop thinking that you are special, or that someone else is special. If they are, they are the lucky 2.1%. SO WHAT? you don’t have to beat them to be successful (unless you’re dumb enough to ignore my first advice above and compete in winner takes all industries).
You just have to be better than yourself of yesterday!
人类受到回归平均法则的约束。不管你跑得多快，你都不会跑得比火车快。你不会比一栋楼还高。你不会比卡车还强壮。
不管一个人有多聪明，95%的人的平均值都在2个标准差以内。
你一定是普通人。每个人都是这样，除了顶层的2.1%和底层的2.1%。你不是那片奇怪的独一无二的雪花，没有人是。
所以不要认为你是特别的，或者别人是特别的。如果是的话，他们是幸运的2.1%。那又怎么样？你不必打败他们就能成功（除非你愚蠢到无视我上面的第一条建议，在赢家通吃的行业里竞争）。
你只需要比昨天的自己更好！
Methods before effort
If you are not doing as well as other people, the best method is just copy what they do and see if that works better for you. Ask them how. Hire teachers to show you. If you want to succeed, you need to know what works for most people. If getting better does not require money to hire coaches and shamelessness to beg for help, everyone would be better.
Research shows that you can spend a lifetime playing chess and does not improve at all, but if you study past grandmasters’ games, you are more likely to improve.
Improvement requires deliberate practice. “playing” does not count. Best violinists tend to play harder songs, and their coaches pick up more errors and fix them. Average violinists tend to play simpler songs, they don’t like to fail, and no one fixed their errors on harder songs.
Merely playing chess does not make you better at it. Imitating the best at chess (and then at higher level, trying to understand why they make that choice) is the fastest method to improve… at least according to the scientific study conducted on chess players.
先方法后努力
如果你的表现不如其他人，最好的方法就是模仿他们的表现，看看这是否对你更有效。问他们怎么做，请老师教你。如果你想成功，你需要知道什么对大多数人有效。如果变好不需要花钱雇教练，不需要无耻地乞求帮助，每个人都会变得更好。
研究表明，你可以花一辈子时间下棋，但根本没有提高，但如果你研究过去的大师赛，你更有可能提高。
改进需要深思熟虑的练习。“玩”不算数。最好的小提琴手往往演奏更难的歌曲，他们的教练会发现更多错误并加以纠正。一般的小提琴手倾向于演奏简单的歌曲，他们不喜欢失败，也没有人在较难的歌曲上纠正他们的错误。
仅仅下棋并不能让你更擅长。至少根据对国际象棋棋手进行的科学研究，模仿最好的棋手（然后在更高的水平上，试图理解他们为什么做出这样的选择）是提高水平的最快方法。
If you are not doing as well as other people, the best method is just copy what they do and see if that works better for you. Ask them how. Hire teachers to show you. If you want to succeed, you need to know what works for most people. If getting better does not require money to hire coaches and shamelessness to beg for help, everyone would be better.
Research shows that you can spend a lifetime playing chess and does not improve at all, but if you study past grandmasters’ games, you are more likely to improve.
Improvement requires deliberate practice. “playing” does not count. Best violinists tend to play harder songs, and their coaches pick up more errors and fix them. Average violinists tend to play simpler songs, they don’t like to fail, and no one fixed their errors on harder songs.
Merely playing chess does not make you better at it. Imitating the best at chess (and then at higher level, trying to understand why they make that choice) is the fastest method to improve… at least according to the scientific study conducted on chess players.
先方法后努力
如果你的表现不如其他人，最好的方法就是模仿他们的表现，看看这是否对你更有效。问他们怎么做，请老师教你。如果你想成功，你需要知道什么对大多数人有效。如果变好不需要花钱雇教练，不需要无耻地乞求帮助，每个人都会变得更好。
研究表明，你可以花一辈子时间下棋，但根本没有提高，但如果你研究过去的大师赛，你更有可能提高。
改进需要深思熟虑的练习。“玩”不算数。最好的小提琴手往往演奏更难的歌曲，他们的教练会发现更多错误并加以纠正。一般的小提琴手倾向于演奏简单的歌曲，他们不喜欢失败，也没有人在较难的歌曲上纠正他们的错误。
仅仅下棋并不能让你更擅长。至少根据对国际象棋棋手进行的科学研究，模仿最好的棋手（然后在更高的水平上，试图理解他们为什么做出这样的选择）是提高水平的最快方法。
So METHOD BEFORE EFFORT. Doing a million of time of what do not work is worthless. Doing a thousand time of what work instead.
Another example I like to use is bodybuilding. People who are never interested in that subject would think that all you need to build muscles is to lift weights. That’s not true.
If all you need is lift weight, then bricklayers would be the biggest person on the planet. They would have lifted more weight for the entire life than bodybuilders.
But bodybuilding is not about the total weight. It is about understanding the concept of muscle hypertrophy: the only way to force your muscle to grow bigger is by breaking it down with excessive weight (but not too much to do permanent damage) and then rebuilding it with protein and rest.
IF YOU ARE NOT IMPROVING AT ALL, THAT’S PROBABLY BECAUSE YOU ARE USING THE WRONG METHOD OF TRAINING!
所以，先方法后努力。做一百万次没有用的事是毫无价值的，做了一千次的工作而已。
我喜欢用的另一个例子是健美。对这门学科不感兴趣的人会认为，锻炼肌肉所需要的就是举重，那不是真的。
如果你只需要举重，那么砖匠将是地球上最强大的人。他们会比健美运动员举重次数更多。
但健美不是总重量的问题。这是关于理解肌肉变大的概念：迫使你的肌肉变大的唯一方法是用过多的重量将其分解（但不能造成永久性损伤），然后用蛋白质和休息来重建它。
如果你根本没有进步，那可能是因为你使用了错误的训练方法！
Another example I like to use is bodybuilding. People who are never interested in that subject would think that all you need to build muscles is to lift weights. That’s not true.
If all you need is lift weight, then bricklayers would be the biggest person on the planet. They would have lifted more weight for the entire life than bodybuilders.
But bodybuilding is not about the total weight. It is about understanding the concept of muscle hypertrophy: the only way to force your muscle to grow bigger is by breaking it down with excessive weight (but not too much to do permanent damage) and then rebuilding it with protein and rest.
IF YOU ARE NOT IMPROVING AT ALL, THAT’S PROBABLY BECAUSE YOU ARE USING THE WRONG METHOD OF TRAINING!
所以，先方法后努力。做一百万次没有用的事是毫无价值的，做了一千次的工作而已。
我喜欢用的另一个例子是健美。对这门学科不感兴趣的人会认为，锻炼肌肉所需要的就是举重，那不是真的。
如果你只需要举重，那么砖匠将是地球上最强大的人。他们会比健美运动员举重次数更多。
但健美不是总重量的问题。这是关于理解肌肉变大的概念：迫使你的肌肉变大的唯一方法是用过多的重量将其分解（但不能造成永久性损伤），然后用蛋白质和休息来重建它。
如果你根本没有进步，那可能是因为你使用了错误的训练方法！
Why money is not bound by law of averages
When it comes to money, there is no limit.
"It's easy to make a lot of money, if that's all you want to do is make a lot of money” -Citizen Kane
That’s bullshit. Making money is difficult. What you need is more than merely being good. It requires you to be very lucky.
I saw first hand successful entrepreneurs who achieved great success, tried to repeat their success formula, and found that despite doing exactly the same thing, they failed miserably on their second try.
Why? Because in the world of business, the market changes. The opportunity which was there before, is no longer there. Barriers of entry are changing and shifting, competitors, suppliers and customers are changing. The world is moving and you can’t repeat the same thing twice unless you got really lucky.
In this world, winners take all, and you’re only as good as how bad your competitors are.
But lets’ go back to why it does not follow law of average: because of leverage.
为什么金钱不受平均定律的约束
说到钱，没有限制。
“赚大钱很容易，如果你只想赚大钱的话”——《公民凯恩》
胡说，赚钱很难。你需要的不仅仅是善良。这需要你非常幸运。
我亲眼看到成功的企业家取得了巨大的成功，他们试图重复他们的成功公式，发现尽管做了完全相同的事情，但他们在第二次尝试中惨败。
为什么？因为在商业世界里，市场在变化。以前的机会已经不存在了。进入壁垒在不断变化，竞争对手、供应商和客户也在变化。世界在移动，你不能重复同样的事情两次，除非你真的很幸运。
在这个世界上，胜利者占据一切，你的好坏取决于你的竞争对手有多糟糕。
但让我们回到为什么它不遵循平均定律：因为杠杆作用。
When it comes to money, there is no limit.
"It's easy to make a lot of money, if that's all you want to do is make a lot of money” -Citizen Kane
That’s bullshit. Making money is difficult. What you need is more than merely being good. It requires you to be very lucky.
I saw first hand successful entrepreneurs who achieved great success, tried to repeat their success formula, and found that despite doing exactly the same thing, they failed miserably on their second try.
Why? Because in the world of business, the market changes. The opportunity which was there before, is no longer there. Barriers of entry are changing and shifting, competitors, suppliers and customers are changing. The world is moving and you can’t repeat the same thing twice unless you got really lucky.
In this world, winners take all, and you’re only as good as how bad your competitors are.
But lets’ go back to why it does not follow law of average: because of leverage.
为什么金钱不受平均定律的约束
说到钱，没有限制。
“赚大钱很容易，如果你只想赚大钱的话”——《公民凯恩》
胡说，赚钱很难。你需要的不仅仅是善良。这需要你非常幸运。
我亲眼看到成功的企业家取得了巨大的成功，他们试图重复他们的成功公式，发现尽管做了完全相同的事情，但他们在第二次尝试中惨败。
为什么？因为在商业世界里，市场在变化。以前的机会已经不存在了。进入壁垒在不断变化，竞争对手、供应商和客户也在变化。世界在移动，你不能重复同样的事情两次，除非你真的很幸运。
在这个世界上，胜利者占据一切，你的好坏取决于你的竞争对手有多糟糕。
但让我们回到为什么它不遵循平均定律：因为杠杆作用。
In the winners take all industry, leverage is the reason why Kanye West is worth hundreds of millions , and Joe Bloe is singing once a week for $200 in local pub. By using recording media and internet, Kanye only needs to sing once and his song can be sold a million times and played a billion times more.
A doctor on the other hand, must make different diagnosis for different patient. He could not diagnose once and make money for the rest of his life. The best doctor in the world is limited by his time. World’s best surgeons would make millions of dollar a year. But he has to earn it with his own labour each and every time.
Kanye has leverage of technology, the doctor does not. Remember that the money that Kanye take is the reason why we don’t want to compete against Kanye.
Bill Gates has the leverage of OPT and OPM (Other people’s time and Other people’s money). 70% of Microsoft is owned by other people, who paid to buy the shares. It is run by 60,000+ employees who worked many hours per year to make Bill and other shareholders richer. Gates have leverage of other people’s time and money. But he also has to be the best, or his competitors will destroy Microsoft.
在赢家通吃的行业中，坎耶·维斯特(Kanye West)身价数亿美元的原因就在于他运用杠杆，而Joe Bloe每周在当地酒吧以200美元的价格演唱一次。通过使用录音媒体和互联网，坎耶·维斯特(Kanye West)只需要唱一次，他的歌曲就可以卖出100万次，播放10亿次。
另一方面，医生必须对不同的病人做出不同的诊断。他无法诊断一次并在余生中赚钱。世界上最好的医生受到时间的限制。世界上最好的外科医生每年能赚数百万美元。但他每次都得用自己的劳动来挣钱。
坎耶利用杠杆作用，而医生没有。记住，Kanye拿走的钱是我们不想与Kanye竞争的原因。
比尔·盖茨利用OPT和OPM（他人的时间和金钱）。微软70%的股份由其他人持有，这些人花钱购买了这些股份。该公司由60000多名员工运营，他们每年工作数小时，以使比尔和其他股东更富有。盖茨可以利用他人的时间和金钱。但他也必须是最好的，否则他的竞争对手将摧毁微软。
A doctor on the other hand, must make different diagnosis for different patient. He could not diagnose once and make money for the rest of his life. The best doctor in the world is limited by his time. World’s best surgeons would make millions of dollar a year. But he has to earn it with his own labour each and every time.
Kanye has leverage of technology, the doctor does not. Remember that the money that Kanye take is the reason why we don’t want to compete against Kanye.
Bill Gates has the leverage of OPT and OPM (Other people’s time and Other people’s money). 70% of Microsoft is owned by other people, who paid to buy the shares. It is run by 60,000+ employees who worked many hours per year to make Bill and other shareholders richer. Gates have leverage of other people’s time and money. But he also has to be the best, or his competitors will destroy Microsoft.
在赢家通吃的行业中，坎耶·维斯特(Kanye West)身价数亿美元的原因就在于他运用杠杆，而Joe Bloe每周在当地酒吧以200美元的价格演唱一次。通过使用录音媒体和互联网，坎耶·维斯特(Kanye West)只需要唱一次，他的歌曲就可以卖出100万次，播放10亿次。
另一方面，医生必须对不同的病人做出不同的诊断。他无法诊断一次并在余生中赚钱。世界上最好的医生受到时间的限制。世界上最好的外科医生每年能赚数百万美元。但他每次都得用自己的劳动来挣钱。
坎耶利用杠杆作用，而医生没有。记住，Kanye拿走的钱是我们不想与Kanye竞争的原因。
比尔·盖茨利用OPT和OPM（他人的时间和金钱）。微软70%的股份由其他人持有，这些人花钱购买了这些股份。该公司由60000多名员工运营，他们每年工作数小时，以使比尔和其他股东更富有。盖茨可以利用他人的时间和金钱。但他也必须是最好的，否则他的竞争对手将摧毁微软。
Conclusions:
Why do you lose? You are competing in the wrong industry where you either have to be the best, or the industry is too poor to support average people. We can also replace industry with country here. Average North American earns 20x average African. You can both be bus drivers of identical skills and live a totally different lives due to where you were working.
Why do you lose? You think you are special. You think someone else is special. You are refusing to accept that we are all mostly identical except in our effort, time and dedication, and methods.
Why do you lose? You use the wrong methods of practice. You don’t know the right methods and you can’t hire coaches who can show you the right methods and provide feedback loop. You are too proud to grovel and beg for help from your better colleagues to learn their methods. Getting better is not cheap or easy.
Why do some people have unlimited wealth? Because they are the best in the world, or the luckiest, to be able to win in an industry where winners takes all. Those are the lucky few, for every Tom Cruise, there are millions of failed actors. For every J.K Rowling , there are a millions of failed writers.
Don’t get fooled by survivor bias and get conned by snake oil salesman who will sell you “21 steps to wealth”. But here are the steps to be awesomely average: 1. Choose the right industry and country where the average workers are doing well. 2. Work your ass off. You are not special. You have to earn every single step on your way to be average. 3. Learn the correct methods to improve. 4. Don’t envy the winners take all champions. They are just distractions.
结论：
你为什么输了？你在一个错误的行业竞争，要么你必须成为最好的，要么这个行业太穷，无法养活普通人。我们也可以用国家来代替工业。北美平均收入是非洲平均收入的20倍。你们两个都可以是技能相同的公交车司机，但由于工作地点的不同，你们的生活也可能完全不同。
你为什么输了？你觉得自己很特别。你觉得别人很特别。你们拒绝接受除了努力、时间、奉献和方法之外，我们基本上是相同的认知。
你为什么输了？你使用了错误的练习方法。你不知道正确的方法，你也不能雇佣能向你展示正确方法并提供反馈的教练。你太骄傲了，不会放下身段向更好的同事寻求帮助，学习他们的方法。变得更好既不便宜也不容易。
为什么有些人拥有无限的财富？因为他们是世界上最好的，或者说是最幸运的，能够在一个赢家通吃的行业中获胜。这些都是少数幸运儿，每出一个汤姆·克鲁斯都有数百万失败的演员。每一位J·K·罗琳都有数百万失败的作家。
不要被幸存者偏见所愚弄，也不要被卖给你“21步致富”的骗子骗了。但以下是达到惊人平均水平的步骤：1。选择合适的行业和国家，那里的普通工人表现良好。2.努力工作。你并不特别。要想成为一名普通人，你必须在每一步都有所收获。3.学习正确的改进方法。4.不要嫉妒胜利者拿下所有冠军。它们只是让你分心。
Why do you lose? You are competing in the wrong industry where you either have to be the best, or the industry is too poor to support average people. We can also replace industry with country here. Average North American earns 20x average African. You can both be bus drivers of identical skills and live a totally different lives due to where you were working.
Why do you lose? You think you are special. You think someone else is special. You are refusing to accept that we are all mostly identical except in our effort, time and dedication, and methods.
Why do you lose? You use the wrong methods of practice. You don’t know the right methods and you can’t hire coaches who can show you the right methods and provide feedback loop. You are too proud to grovel and beg for help from your better colleagues to learn their methods. Getting better is not cheap or easy.
Why do some people have unlimited wealth? Because they are the best in the world, or the luckiest, to be able to win in an industry where winners takes all. Those are the lucky few, for every Tom Cruise, there are millions of failed actors. For every J.K Rowling , there are a millions of failed writers.
Don’t get fooled by survivor bias and get conned by snake oil salesman who will sell you “21 steps to wealth”. But here are the steps to be awesomely average: 1. Choose the right industry and country where the average workers are doing well. 2. Work your ass off. You are not special. You have to earn every single step on your way to be average. 3. Learn the correct methods to improve. 4. Don’t envy the winners take all champions. They are just distractions.
结论：
你为什么输了？你在一个错误的行业竞争，要么你必须成为最好的，要么这个行业太穷，无法养活普通人。我们也可以用国家来代替工业。北美平均收入是非洲平均收入的20倍。你们两个都可以是技能相同的公交车司机，但由于工作地点的不同，你们的生活也可能完全不同。
你为什么输了？你觉得自己很特别。你觉得别人很特别。你们拒绝接受除了努力、时间、奉献和方法之外，我们基本上是相同的认知。
你为什么输了？你使用了错误的练习方法。你不知道正确的方法，你也不能雇佣能向你展示正确方法并提供反馈的教练。你太骄傲了，不会放下身段向更好的同事寻求帮助，学习他们的方法。变得更好既不便宜也不容易。
为什么有些人拥有无限的财富？因为他们是世界上最好的，或者说是最幸运的，能够在一个赢家通吃的行业中获胜。这些都是少数幸运儿，每出一个汤姆·克鲁斯都有数百万失败的演员。每一位J·K·罗琳都有数百万失败的作家。
不要被幸存者偏见所愚弄，也不要被卖给你“21步致富”的骗子骗了。但以下是达到惊人平均水平的步骤：1。选择合适的行业和国家，那里的普通工人表现良好。2.努力工作。你并不特别。要想成为一名普通人，你必须在每一步都有所收获。3.学习正确的改进方法。4.不要嫉妒胜利者拿下所有冠军。它们只是让你分心。
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