The only productive way to answer “what should I do now?” is to first tackle the question of “who should I become?”
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《连线》杂志创始主编

凯文·凯利 ,男,人们经常亲昵地称他为 (KK),《连线》(Wired)杂志创始主编。在创办《连线》之前,是《全球概览》杂志(The Whole Earth Catalog,乔布斯最喜欢的杂志)的编辑和出版人。1984年,KK发起了第一届黑客大会(Hackers Conference)。他的文章还出现在《纽约时报》、《经济学人》、《时代》、《科学》等重量级媒体和杂志上。

What you do on your bad days matters more than what you do on your good days.

你在低谷时做的事情比在好日子时做的更重要。

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You are as big as the things that make you angry.

你跟那些惹怒你的事物一样大。

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The consistency of your endeavors (exercise, companionship, work) is more important than the quantity. Nothing beats small things done every day, which is way more important than what you do occassionally.

你的努力(锻炼、陪伴、工作)的一致性远比数量重要。没有什么可以击败每天坚持做的小事,这比偶然做的事情重要得多。

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Three things you need: The ability to not give up something till it works, the ability to give up something that does not work, and the trust in other people to help you distinguish between the two.

你必须具备的三种能力:在确认一件事情能运作之前永不言弃的能力,在确认一件事情无法工作下去时放弃他的能力,以及信任能帮助你区分二者的人。

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The advantage of a ridiculously ambitious goal is that it sets the bar very high so even in failure it may be a success measured by the ordinary.

设定一个野心得荒谬的目标的好处是,上限足够高,这样即使最后失败了,以通常的标准来衡量也可以算某种程度上的成功。

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A great way to understand yourself is to seriously reflect on everything you find irritating in others.

了解自己的一个好办法是,仔细地分析自己做的会惹怒其他人的每一件事情。

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90%of everything is crap. If you think you don’t like opera, romance novels, TikTok, country music, vegan food, NFTs, keep trying to see if you can find the 10% that is not crap.

所有东西的90%都是垃圾。如果你觉得自己不喜欢歌剧,浪漫小说,抖音,乡村音乐,素食,NFTs,那你可以试试看自己能否找出不是垃圾的10%。

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You will be judged on how well you treat those who can do nothing for you.

你如何对待那些对你无能为力的人,将成为评价你的标准。

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You cant reason someone out of a notion that they didn’t reason themselves into.

你无法说服一个人接受一个他自己也无法说服他自己的理念。

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Your best job will be one that you were unqualified for because it stretches you. In fact only apply to jobs you are unqualified for.

最好的工作是你需要被拉伸才能合格的工作。其实最好只申请你的能力尚不合格的工作。

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The only productive way to answer “what should I do now?” is to first tackle the question of “who should I become?”

”我现在该做什么?”的唯一有效回答是,先找出“我想成为什么人?”的答案。

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If you repeated what you did today 365 more times will you be where you want to be next year?

如果你重复今天你做的事情365天,那一年后你会成为你想成为的人吗?

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Our descendants will achieve thins that will amaze us, yet a portion of what they will create could have been made with today’s materials and tools if we had had the imagination. Think bigger.

我们的后代将创造令我们惊叹的成就,但其实只要我们的足够的想象力,他们会创造的部分东西,用今天的材料和工具就已经能实现了。所以,要想得更大一点。

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For a great payoff be especially curious about the things you are not interested in.

为了丰厚的回报,请对你完全不感兴趣的事物保持好奇。

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Every breakthrough is at first laughable and ridiculous. In fact if it did not start out laughable and ridiculous, it is not a breakthrough.

所有的突破在一开始都是看起来很可笑和荒谬的。事实上如果它在一开始看起来不够可笑和荒谬的话,它也称不上是一种突破。

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Rather than steering your life to avoid surprises, aim directly for them.

与其让你的人生规避“出人意料”,还不如直接瞄着它们而去。

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The chief prevention against getting old is to remain astonished.

防止变老的最佳实践是保持惊讶。

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