Happiness
幸福

1. You don’t have to love your job. Jobs are a way to make money. Many people live fine lives in okay jobs by using the money they make on things they care about.
1.你不必熱愛你的工作。工作是賺錢的一種方式。許多人把賺到的錢花在自己關心的事情上，從事還不錯的工作，過著美好的生活。

2. Sturgeon’s law states that 90% of everything is crap. If you dislike poetry, or fine art, or anything, it’s possible you’ve only ever seen the crap. Go looking!
2 。史特金定律指出，90％ 的事物都是垃圾。如果你不喜歡詩歌、美術或任何東西，那麼你可能只見過垃圾。去尋找吧！

3. People don’t realize how much they hate commuting. A nice house farther from work is not worth the fraction of your life you are giving to boredom and fatigue.
3 .人們沒有意識到他們有多討厭通勤。一所遠離工作地點的漂亮房子不值得你將生命中的一小部分時間浪費在無聊和疲勞上。

4. There’s some evidence that introverts and extroverts both benefit from being pushed to be more extroverted. Consider this the next time you aren’t sure if you feel like going out.
4 .有證據表明，內向的人和外向的人都從變得更加外向中受益。下次當您不確定是否想出門時，請考慮這一點。

Success
成功

5. History remembers those who got to market first. Getting your creation out into the world is more important than getting it perfect.
5 。歷史會記得那些最先進入市場的人。讓你的創作走向世界比讓它變得完美更重要。

6. Are you on the fence about breaking up or leaving your job? You should probably go ahead and do it. People, on average, end up happier when they take the plunge.
6 .您是否猶豫著是否要分手或辭職？你應該繼續做下去。平均而言，當人們勇敢嘗試時，他們會變得更快樂。

7. Done is better than perfect.
7 。完成比完美更重要。

8. Discipline is superior to motivation. The former can be trained, the latter is fleeting. You won’t be able to accomplish great things if you’re only relying on motivation.
8.紀律優於動力。前者是可以訓練的，而後者則是短暫的。如果你只依靠動力，你將無法完成偉大的事情。

9. You can improve your communication skills with practice much more effectively than you can improve your intelligence with practice. If you’re not that smart but can communicate ideas clearly, you have a great advantage over everybody who can’t communicate clearly.
9.透過練習可以提升你的溝通技巧，比透過練習提升你的智力更有效。如果你不是那麼聰明，但可以清楚地表達想法，那麼你比那些不能清楚表達的人有很大優勢。

10. You do not live in a video game. There are no pop-up warnings if you’re about to do something foolish, or if you’ve been going in the wrong direction for too long. You have to create your own warnings.
10. 你不是活在電子遊戲中。如果您即將要做一些愚蠢的事情，或者您在錯誤的方向上前進太久，則不會彈出警告。您必須建立自己的警告。

11. If you listen to successful people talk about their methods, remember that all the people who used the same methods and failed did not make videos about it.
11 。如果您聽成功人士談論他們的方法，請記住，所有使用相同方法但失敗的人並沒有製作相關影片。

12. The best advice is personal and comes from somebody who knows you well. Take broad-spectrum advice like this as needed, but the best way to get help is to ask honest friends who love you.
12. 最好的建議是個人化的並且來自熟悉你的人。根據需要採取這樣的廣泛建議，但獲得幫助的最佳方法是向愛你的誠實的朋友尋求幫助。

13. Make accomplishing things as easy as possible. Find the easiest way to start exercising. Find the easiest way to start writing. People make things harder than they have to be and get frustrated when they can’t succeed. Try not to.
13.讓完成事情變得盡可能簡單。找到開始運動的最簡單的方法。找到開始寫作的最簡單的方法。人們把事情弄得比本來的困難得多，而當他們無法成功時就會感到沮喪。盡量不要。

14. Cultivate a reputation for being dependable. Good reputations are valuable because they’re rare (easily destroyed and hard to rebuild). You don’t have to brew the most amazing coffee if your customers know the coffee will always be hot.
14. 建立值得信賴的聲譽。良好的聲譽之所以有價值，是因為它們很稀有（容易摧毀而難以重建）。如果您的顧客知道咖啡一直都是熱的，那麼您不必煮出最美味的咖啡。

15. How you spend every day is how you spend your life.
15 。你怎樣度過每一天，就怎樣度過你的一生。

Relationships
關係

16. In relationships look for somebody you can enjoy just hanging out near. Long-term relationships are mostly spent just chilling.
16. 在戀愛關係中，尋找一個你可以享受在身邊相處的人。長期的關係大部分時間都只是在放鬆。

17. Don’t complain about your partner to coworkers or online. The benefits are negligible and the cost is destroying a bit of your soul.
17. 不要向同事或在網路上抱怨你的伴侶。其好處微乎其微，而代價卻是摧毀你的靈魂。

18. After a breakup, cease all contact as soon as practical. The potential for drama is endless, and the potential for a good friendship is negligible. Wait a year before trying to be friends again.
18. 分手後，盡快斷絕一切聯繫。戲劇的潛力是無窮的，而建立良好友誼的潛力卻微不足道。等待一年再嘗試重新做朋友。

19. When dating, de-emphasizing your quirks will lead to 90% of people thinking you’re kind of alright. Emphasizing your quirks will lead to 10% of people thinking you’re fascinating and fun. Those are the people interested in dating you. Aim for them.
19 。約會時，淡化你的怪癖會讓 90% 的人認為你還不錯。強調你的怪癖會讓 10% 的人認為你很迷人、有趣。這些人對與你約會感興趣。瞄準他們。

20. There are two red flags to avoid almost all dangerous people: 1. The perpetually aggrieved ; 2. The angry.
20. 幾乎所有危險人物都有兩個危險訊號需要避開：1. 永遠心懷委屈的人； 2. 憤怒。

21. Those who generate anxiety in you and promise that they have the solution are grifters. See: politicians, marketers, new masculinity gurus, etc. Avoid these.
21. 那些讓你焦慮並承諾有解決方案的人是騙子。參見：政客、行銷人員、新男性大師等。

Body
身體

22. The 20-20-20 rule: Every 20 minutes of screenwork, look at a spot 20 feet away for 20 seconds. This will reduce eye strain and is easy to remember (or program reminders for).
22、20-20-20 法則：每看20分鐘螢幕，看向20英尺外的某個地方20秒。這將減少眼睛疲勞並且容易記住（或程序提醒）。

23. Exercise is the most important lifestyle intervention you can do. Even the bare minimum (15 minutes a week) has a huge impact. Start small.
23 。運動是您可以採取的最重要的生活方式乾預措施。即使是最基本的要求（每週 15 分鐘）也會產生巨大的影響。從小事做起。

24. Phones have gotten heavier in the last decade and they’re actually pretty hard on your wrists! Use a computer when it’s an alternative or try to at least prop up your phone.
24. 過去十年來，手機變得越來越重，而且對手腕的負擔確實很大！在有其他選擇時，請使用電腦，或至少嘗試支撐您的手機。

Productivity
生產力

25. Learn keyboard shortcuts. They’re easy to learn and you’ll get tasks done faster and easier.
25. 學習鍵盤快速鍵。它們易於學習，您可以更快、更輕鬆地完成任務。

26. Keep your desk and workspace bare. Treat every object as an imposition upon your attention, because it is. A workspace is not a place for storing things. It is a place for accomplishing things.
26. 保持辦公桌和工作區整潔。將每個物體視為需要你注意的事情，因為它確實如此。工作空間不是存放物品的地方。它是一個完成事情的地方。

27. Reward yourself after completing challenges, even badly.
27. 完成挑戰後獎勵自己，即使挑戰很糟糕。

Rationality
理性

28. Noticing biases in others is easy, noticing biases in yourself is hard. However, it has a much higher pay-off.
28 。注意到別人的偏見很容易，注意到自己的偏見很難。然而，它的回報卻更高。

29. Explaining problems is good. Often in the process of laying out a problem, a solution will present itself.
29 。解釋問題是好事。通常在提出問題的過程中，解決方案就會出現。

30. Selfish people should listen to advice to be more selfless, selfless people should listen to advice to be more selfish. This applies to many things. Whenever you receive advice, consider its opposite as well. You might be filtering out the advice you need most.
30 。自私的人應該聽勸告變得更無私，無私的人應該聽勸告變得更自私。這適用於很多事情。每當你收到建議時，也要考慮它的反面。您可能會過濾掉最需要的建議。

Compassion

31.Call your parents when you think of them, tell your friends when you love them.

32. Compliment people more. Many people have trouble thinking of themselves as smart, or pretty, or kind, unless told by someone else. You can help them out.

33. Don’t punish people for trying. You teach them to not try with you. Punishing includes whining that it took them so long, that they did it badly, or that others have done it better.

34.Don't punish people for admitting they were wrong, you make it harder for them to improve.

35. In general, you will look for excuses to not be kind to people. Resist these.

Possessions

36. Things you use for a significant fraction of your life (bed: 1/3rd, office-chair: 1/4th) are worth investing in.

37. “Where is the good knife?” If you’re looking for your good X, you have bad Xs. Throw those out.

38. If your work is done on a computer, get a second monitor. Less time navigating between windows means more time for thinking.

39. Establish clear rules about when to throw out old junk. Once clear rules are established, junk will probably cease to be a problem. This is because any rule would be superior to our implicit rules (“keep this broken stereo for five years in case I learn how to fix it”).

40. When buying things, time and money trade-off against each other. If you’re low on money, take more time to find deals. If you’re low on time, stop looking for great deals and just buy things quickly online.

Self

41. Deficiencies do not make you special. The older you get, the more your inability to cook will be a red flag for people.

42. If you’re under 90, try things.

43. Things that aren’t your fault can still be your responsibility.

44. Defining yourself by your suffering is an effective way to keep suffering forever (ex. incels, trauma).

45. Keep your identity small. “I’m not the kind of person who does things like that” is not an explanation, it’s a trap. It prevents nerds from working out and men from dancing.

46. Don’t confuse ‘doing a thing because I like it’ with ‘doing a thing because I want to be seen as the sort of person who does such things’.

47. Remember that you are dying.

48. Personal epiphanies feel great, but they fade within weeks. Upon having an epiphany, make a plan and start actually changing behavior.

Others

49. In choosing between living with 0-1 people vs 2 or more people, remember that ascertaining responsibility will no longer be instantaneous with more than one roommate (“whose dishes are these?”).

50. When you ask people, “What’s your favorite book / movie / band?” and they stumble, ask them instead what book / movie / band they’re currently enjoying most. They’ll almost always have one and be able to talk about it.