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• That thing that made you weird as a kid could make you great as an adult — if you don’t lose it.
遇到一件事，如果这让你觉得自己像孩子一样笨拙，那这件事可能会让让你像成年人一样长大，但前提是你不放弃。
• If you have any doubt at all about being able to carry a load in one trip, do yourself a huge favor and make two trips.
如果你质疑自己是否能承受一次旅行中需要面对的事儿，那就进行两次旅行。（不仅限于旅行）
• What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. At your funeral people will not recall what you did; they will only remember how you made them feel.
在实现目标的过程中，对你自身的改变重于实现目标本身。你的葬礼上，人们不会回忆你的成就，而是会回忆你本人。
• Recipe for success: under-promise and over-deliver.
成功秘诀，少承诺，多交付。
• It’s not an apology if it comes with an excuse. It is not a compliment if it comes with a request.
道歉不需要带着借口，赞美也不应当和请求同来。
• Jesus, Superman, and Mother Teresa never made art. Only imperfect beings can make art because art begins in what is broken.
耶稣，超人，特蕾莎修女不是艺术，只有有缺陷的东西才能成为艺术，因为艺术就是从毁灭开始的。
• If someone is trying to convince you it’s not a pyramid scheme, it’s a pyramid scheme.
如果有人试图说服你“这不是传销骗局”时，那这一定是个传销骗局。
• Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand. For the rest of your life you’ll use this knot more times than you would ever believe.
学习一下如何打个称人结，记得在黑暗环境下使用单手练习。你后半辈子会用这个打结的机会远超过你的想象
• If something fails where you thought it would fail, that is not a failure.
如果事情在你预料的地方失败，那么它就不是个失败。
• Be governed not by the tyranny of the urgent but by the elevation of the important.
不要用事物的紧急程度，而是依据他们的重要程度来进行管理控制。
• Leave a gate behind you the way you first found it.
走过一扇门之后，让它保持在你初次见到这扇门的状态。
• The greatest rewards come from working on something that nobody has a name for. If you possibly can, work where there are no words for what you do.
做先前没有人为此而出名的工作的回报是最高的，可能的话，去从事那些别人无话可说的工作
• A balcony or porch needs to be at least 6 feet (2m) deep or it won’t be used.
门厅/门楼/阳台至少要有两米的进深，否则就是没啥用的。
• Don’t create things to make money; make money so you can create things. The reward for good work is more work.
不要为了挣钱而创造；赚钱，然后用转到的钱去创造。一份好工作的回报是超过工作本身的。
• In all things — except love — start with the exit strategy. Prepare for the ending. Almost anything is easier to get into than out of.
所有的东西——除了爱之外，都应当有一个脱身计划。提前为退出做准备，几乎世间万事的入门都比退出难。
• Train employees well enough they could get another job, but treat them well enough so they never want to.
员工培训要达到让他们能以此找到下一份工作的水平，员工待遇要达到让他们永远不想离开的水平。
• Don’t aim to have others like you; aim to have them respect you.
不要以让他人喜欢你为目标，要以让他们尊重（敬仰）你为目标
• The foundation of maturity: Just because it’s not your fault doesn’t mean it’s not your responsibility.
成熟的基础是，不是你的错并不意味这不是你的责任。
• A multitude of bad ideas is necessary for one good idea.
一个好点子是从一大堆坏点子中诞生的
• Being wise means having more questions than answers.
智慧意味着提问比回答多
• Compliment people behind their back. It’ll come back to you.
在别人背后赞美他，这会带给你回报的。
• Most overnight successes — in fact any significant successes — take at least 5 years. Budget your life accordingly.
一夜成名——确切说一切显而易见的成功，都需要至少5年（准备和积累）。好好规划你的人生。
• You are only as young as the last time you changed your mind.
当你停止改变想法的时候，你就老了。
• Assume anyone asking for your account information for any reason is guilty of scamming you, unless proven innocent. The way to prove innocence is to call them back, or login to your account using numbers or a website that you provide, not them. Don’t release any identifying information while they are contacting you via phone, message or email. You must control the channel.
假设所有跟你要账号信息的人都是潜在的诈骗犯，除非能确定他们是无辜的。确认是否无辜的方法就是用你提供而不是他们提供的号码打回去/登录。不要在电话、邮件、电邮等一切渠道中泄露身份信息。
（这条我觉得毫无意义）
• Sustained outrage makes you stupid.
时常愤怒导致日常愚蠢
• Be strict with yourself and forgiving of others. The reverse is hell for everyone.
宽于待人，严于律己，反其道而行之对所有人有害。
• Your best response to an insult is “You’re probably right.” Often they are.
对于冒犯，最好的回复是“也许你说得对”，而且他们很多时候说的的确是对的。
• The worst evils in history have always been committed by those who truly believed they were combating evil. Beware of combating evil.
纵观历史，最严重的恶行往往是那些真心相信自己在对抗邪恶的人犯下的，
• If you can avoid seeking approval of others, your power is limitless.
当你不再寻求他人的认可的时候，你就拥有了无限的可能。（这句话在中文里没有很明确的对应，最贴切的描述是“你就天下无敌了”）
• When a child asks an endless string of “why?” questions, the smartest reply is, “I don’t know, what do you think?”
当孩子问出一连串的“为什么”的时候，最明智的回答是，“我不知道，你觉得呢”
• To be wealthy, accumulate all those things that money can’t buy.
想要富有，就要善于积累那些钱财买不到的东西。
• Be the change you wish to see.
要主动遵从自己内心的期待改造自己。
• When brainstorming, improvising, jamming with others, you’ll go much further and deeper if you build upon each contribution with a playful “yes — and” example instead of a deflating “no — but” reply.
在头脑风暴、团队出谋划策的时候，如果在回复别人的时候，使用轻快的语气说“是的——然后”，要比令人泄气的“不行——不过”能有更好的效果。
• Work to become, not to acquire.
为了成为什么而工作，而不是得到什么
• Don’t loan money to a friend unless you are ready to make it a gift.
别借钱给朋友，否则就当送了。
• On the way to a grand goal, celebrate the smallest victories as if each one were the final goal. No matter where it ends you are victorious.
在通向大目标的路上，每一个微小的胜利都应当庆祝，这样无论在哪里停下来，你都得到了胜利。
• Calm is contagious.
镇定的情绪会感染
• Even a foolish person can still be right about most things. Most conventional wisdom is true.
愚蠢的人在大多数事情上也是正确的，老话说的没错。
• Always cut away from yourself.
切东西时，刀片向着远离自己的方向。
• Show me your calendar and I will tell you your priorities. Tell me who your friends are, and I’ll tell you where you’re going.
给我看你的日程安排，我就能看出你处理事物的优先级；给我介绍你的朋友，我就能看出你的未来。
• When hitchhiking, look like the person you want to pick you up.
当徒步旅行搭便车时，想想如果是自己，喜欢顺便载什么样的人，去变成那个人。
• Contemplating the weaknesses of others is easy; contemplating the weaknesses in yourself is hard, but it pays a much higher reward.
琢磨别人的弱点很容易，针对自己的弱点很难，但是回报是很大的。
• Worth repeating: measure twice, cut once.
测量时要多测一次，切割时要干净利索一刀就位。
• Your passion in life should fit you exactly; but your purpose in life should exceed you. Work for something much larger than yourself.
生命中的热情应当和你本人的水平匹配，但是你的目标应该超越自己的水平，大幅度超越。
• If you can't tell what you desperately need, it's probably sleep.
如果你说不清你到底需要啥，那你应该去睡觉了，也许是说你已经不清醒了~
• When playing Monopoly, spend all you have to buy, barter, or trade for the Orange properties. Don’t bother with Utilities.
玩强手棋时，尽可能多收橙色地块，别去碰公共事业部分。
• If you borrow something, try to return it in better shape than you received it. Clean it, sharpen it, fill it up.
如果你跟人借东西，记得归还时让这东西的状态好过你借的时候。清洗，打磨，加油，etc
• Even in the tropics it gets colder at night than you think. Pack warmly.
即使在热带，晚上的气温也比你想象中低，打包行李时多带点
• To quiet a crowd or a drunk, just whisper.
让一群喧闹的人或者喝醉的人安静下来，只小声说话。
• Writing down one thing you are grateful for each day is the cheapest possible therapy ever.
最便宜的心理咨询治疗手段是每天把你感恩的事物写下来。
• When someone tells you something is wrong, they’re usually right. When someone tells you how to fix it, they’re usually wrong.
如果有人对你说“这东西有问题”，他们通常是对的；如果他们又提出了解决方案，那么他们通常是错的。
• If you think you saw a mouse, you did. And, if there is one, there are more.
你看见一只老鼠，说明在附近还有很多。
• Money is overrated. Truly new things rarely need an abundance of money. If that was so, billionaires would have a monopoly on inventing new things, and they don’t. Instead almost all breakthroughs are made by those who lack money, because they are forced to rely on their passion, persistence and ingenuity to figure out new ways. Being poor is an advantage in innovation.
金钱被高估了。全新的事物不是大量金钱堆出来的，如果能堆出来的话，那些亿万富翁就会垄断一切发明，但是他们没有。与之相反，突破性的成果绝大部分是那些缺钱的人做到的，因为他们只能依靠自己的激情、耐心和才能。贫穷促进了创新。
• Ignore what others may be thinking of you, because they aren’t.
不要考虑别人会怎么看你，他们不会去想着你。
• Avoid hitting the snooze button. That’s just training you to oversleep.
别按闹钟上的“再睡一分钟”，这只会让你养成睡过的习惯。
• Always say less than necessary.
少说几句总是没坏处的
• You are given the gift of life in order to discover what your gift in life is. You will complete your mission when you figure out what your mission is. This is not a paradox. This is the way.
（这句全是双关）。
为了探索你人生的价值（第二个gift，一般被翻译成天赋，但是前后文读下来我决定翻成意义），你被赋予了生命（gift of life）。当你明白你的人生到底追求着什么的时候，你就完成了这个使命。这不是悖论，生命的意义尽在于此。
• Don't treat people as bad as they are. Treat them as good as you are.
不要用对你不友好的人的方式对待他们，善待他们。
• It is much easier to change how you think by changing your behavior, than it is to change your behavior by changing how you think. Act out the change you seek.
改变自己的所作所为从而引导自己的观点产生变化比改变自己观点然后引导自己所作所为的变化要容易。想要什么，从自己入手
• You can eat any dessert you want if you take only 3 bites.
只要你能控制住少吃一点，你可以吃所有的餐后甜点。
• Each time you reach out to people, bring them a blessing; then they’ll be happy to see you when you bring them a problem.
每次遇到别人的时候，给他们一个美好的祝福。这样即使你遇到他们是有事相求，他们也会很乐意见到你。
• Bad things can happen fast, but almost all good things happen slowly.
坏事来得快，好事来得慢。
• Don’t worry how or where you begin. As long as you keep moving, your success will be far from where you start.
不要担心何处或者如何开始，只要你不断前进，你的成功就始于足下。
• When you confront a stuck bolt or screw: righty tighty, lefty loosey.
遇上卡住的螺栓，记住，顺时针拧紧，逆时针放松
• If you meet a jerk, overlook them. If you meet jerks everywhere everyday, look deeper into yourself.
遇到一个混蛋，无视他就好；如果每天无时无刻遇到混蛋，反思自己。
• Dance with your hips.
跳舞时用胯带动身体。
• We are not bodies that temporarily have souls. We are souls that temporarily have bodies.
我们不是短暂拥有灵魂的躯壳，而是临时占据这个躯壳的不朽灵魂
• You can reduce the annoyance of someone’s stupid belief by increasing your understanding of why they believe it.
当你愈发深入了解周围愚人的观点，他们的愚蠢想法给你带来的困扰就愈发减少。
• If your goal does not have a schedule, it is a dream.
如果你没有为你的目标准备一个日程表的话，那么它就只是你的白日梦而已。
• All the greatest gains in life — in wealth, relationships, or knowledge —come from the magic of compounding interest — amplifying small steady gains. All you need for abundance is to keep adding 1% more than you subtract on a regular basis.
生活中所有的所得，包括财富、家庭、知识，都是调和兴趣所在的魔法——比如叠加微小的收获。你所要做的，就是比你日常不断放弃的，多坚持1%。
• The greatest breakthroughs are missed because they look like hard work.
伟大的突破性成就很容易伪装成“艰苦而苦难的工作”而从人们眼前滑过。
• People can’t remember more than 3 points from a speech.
在公开讲话中，人们最多记住三个事项。
• I have never met a person I admired who did not read more books than I did.
那些我所敬仰的人，都比我读书多。
• The greatest teacher is called “doing”.
绝知此事要躬行
• Finite games are played to win or lose. Infinite games are played to keep the game going. Seek out infinite games because they yield infinite rewards.
只要有限的运作就能赢下或者输掉一次尝试；但是要保持尝试，需要无限次的运作。尝试无限次的运作中，因为从中你可以收获无限的回报。
• Everything is hard before it is easy. The day before something is a breakthrough, it’s a stupid idea.
万事都是从难到易，一件事情有重大突破之前，就是个愚蠢的点子。
• A problem that can be solved with money is not really a problem.
能用钱解决的问题都不是问题。
• When you are stuck, sleep on it. Let your subconscious work for you.
实在卡住了就好好睡一觉，你的潜意识没准能帮你个大忙
• Your work will be endless, but your time is finite. You cannot limit the work so you must limit your time. Hours are the only thing you can manage.
工作是做不完的，但你的时间是有限的。你没法限制要做的事的数量，所以必须有效的管理安排自己的时间。这也是你唯一应该管理的。
• To succeed, get other people to pay you; to become wealthy, help other people to succeed.
想要成功，让别人给你付钱；想要富有，帮助别人成功。
• Children totally accept — and crave — family rules. “In our family we have a rule for X” is the only excuse a parent needs for setting a family policy. In fact, “I have a rule for X” is the only excuse you need for your own personal policies.
子女会认可并且渴望接受家庭规章。“咱们家里的规矩是”是父母在定规矩时唯一的理由。实际上，对你个人而言，你只需要“我有个规矩”
• All guns are loaded.
按照“已经上膛”来对待每一把枪
• Many backward steps are made by standing still.
逆水行舟，不进则退。
• This is the best time ever to make something. None of the greatest, coolest creations 20 years from now have been invented yet. You are not late.
现在正是创造的好时机，未来20年间最伟大最酷炫的发明到现在还没出现，你还没有错过这一切。
• No rain, no rainbow.
不经历风雨，怎能见彩虹。
• Every person you meet knows an amazing lot about something you know virtually nothing about. Your job is to discover what it is, and it won’t be obvious.
你结识的每一个人都在某些你不熟悉的领域上有自己的见解，你要做的就是发现他们擅长什么，这并不容易做到。
• You don’t marry a person, you marry a family.
你不是和一个人结婚，而是和他/她的家庭。
• Always give credit, take blame.
多赞美别人，多承担指责。
• Be frugal in all things, except in your passions splurge.
可以在任何事情上节俭，但唯独激情要尽情挥洒。
• When making something, always get a few extras — extra material, extra parts, extra space, extra finishes. The extras serve as backups for mistakes, reduce stress, and fill your inventory for the future. They are the cheapest insurance.
做东西时多弄几个，包括零件、空间、材料、成品，等等。这些可以在出篓子时当备份，减小压力，存着以备不时之需。这些是最便宜的保险。
• Something does not need to be perfect to be wonderful. Especially weddings.
不必事事追求完美，特别是婚礼。
• Don’t let your email inbox become your to-do list.
不要让你的电子邮件收件箱成为待办事项列表。
• The best way to untangle a knotty tangle is not to “untie” the knots, but to keep pulling the loops apart wider and wider. Just make the mess as big, loose and open as possible. As you open up the knots they will unravel themselves. Works on cords, strings, hoses, yarns, or electronic cables.
解开一个绳结的方法不是尝试“解开结”，而是不断拉扯绳环，让绳环尽可能放松。松到足够大的时候，绳结自己就会松开。在各种线缆上都好使。
• Be a good ancestor. Do something a future generation will thank you for. A simple thing is to plant a tree.
想成为一个好的先祖，就去做一些后代会感谢你的事情，比如种一棵树。
• To combat an adversary, become their friend.
打败一个对手的方法是成为他的朋友。
• Take one simple thing — almost anything — but take it extremely seriously, as if it was the only thing in the world, or maybe the entire world is in it — and by taking it seriously you’ll light up the sky.
从小事做起——任何事情都可以——但是尽你最大的努力，就当这是世界上最重要的事。这样会照亮你的人生。
• History teaches us that in 100 years from now some of the assumptions you believed will turn out to be wrong. A good question to ask yourself today is “What might I be wrong about?”
历史告诉我们，未来一百年是我们的观点甚至信念被大幅改变的一百年，所以，今天就问自己一个好问题，“我可能会在什么地方犯错”
• Be nice to your children because they are going to choose your nursing home.
对你的孩子好一些，他们是给你挑养老院的人。
• Advice like these are not laws. They are like hats. If one doesn’t fit, try another.
意见和建议不是法律，他们就像帽子一样，一个不合适，换一个就是了。