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. 你不必热爱你的工作。工作是一种赚钱的方式。许多人把赚到的钱花在自己关心的事情上，从事着一份还不错的工作，过着美好的生活。
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.斯特金定律指出，90% 的东西都是垃圾。如果你不喜欢诗歌、美术或任何东西，那么你可能只见过垃圾。去寻找吧！
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.人们没有意识到他们有多么讨厌通勤。远离工作地点的漂亮房子不值得你把生命中的一小部分时间花在无聊和疲劳上。
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.有证据表明，内向者和外向者都从被鼓励变得更加外向中受益。下次你不确定是否想出去时，可以考虑这一点。
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.历史会记住那些率先进入市场的人。将你的创意推向世界比让它完美更重要。
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.你是否在犹豫是否分手或辞职？你应该直接这么做。一般来说，人们在大胆尝试后会更快乐。
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. 纪律优于动力。纪律可以训练，而动力转瞬即逝。如果只依赖动力，你将无法成就大事。
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. 通过练习，你可以提高你的沟通技巧，这比通过练习提高你的智力更有效。如果你不那么聪明，但能清楚地表达想法，那么你就比那些不能清楚表达的人有很大优势。
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. 你不是生活在电子游戏中。如果你即将做出愚蠢的行为，或者你已经在错误的方向上前进了太久，游戏不会弹出警告。你必须自己创建警告。
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 、如果你听成功人士谈论他们的方法，请记住，并不是所有使用相同方法而失败的人都制作了相关视频。
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. 最好的建议是个人化的，来自了解你的人。根据需要听取像这样的广泛建议，但获得帮助的最佳方式是向爱你的诚实朋友寻求帮助。
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. 让完成任务变得尽可能简单。找到最简单的方法开始锻炼。找到最简单的方法开始写作。人们总是把事情弄得比本来应该的还要困难，当他们无法成功时就会感到沮丧。尽量不要这样。
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. 培养值得信赖的声誉。良好的声誉之所以有价值，是因为它们很罕见（容易被摧毁，难以重建）。如果你的顾客知道咖啡总是热的，你就不必煮出最美味的咖啡。
15. How you spend every day is how you spend your life.
15 、你怎样度过每一天，就怎样度过你的一生。
Relationships
关系
16. In relationships look for somebody you can enjoy just hanging out near. Long-term relationships are mostly spent just chilling.
16. 在恋爱中，要找一个可以让你享受相处时光的人。长期的恋爱关系大多只是在放松。
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. 不要向同事或在网上抱怨你的伴侣。这样做的好处微乎其微，代价是摧毁你的灵魂。
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. 分手后，尽快断绝一切联系。分手后，闹剧的可能性无穷无尽，而建立良好友谊的可能性微乎其微。等一年再尝试做朋友。
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.约会时，淡化你的怪癖会让 90% 的人觉得你还不错。强调你的怪癖会让 10% 的人觉得你很迷人、很有趣。这些人对和你约会很感兴趣。瞄准他们。
20. There are two red flags to avoid almost all dangerous people: 1. The perpetually aggrieved ; 2. The angry.
20. 几乎所有危险的人都有两种危险信号，应尽量避开：1. 永远心怀委屈的人；2. 愤怒的人。
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. 那些让你焦虑并承诺能解决问题的人都是骗子。比如：政客、营销人员、新男性大师等。避开这些人。
Body
身体
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 规则：每看 20 分钟屏幕，看 20 英尺外的某个地方 20 秒。这可以减少眼睛疲劳，而且很容易记住（或设置提醒程序）。
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.锻炼是你能做的最重要的生活方式干预。即使是最低限度（每周 15 分钟）也会产生巨大影响。从小事做起。
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. 过去十年，手机变得越来越重，而且对手腕的负担也相当大！如果可以选择，请使用电脑，或者至少尝试支撑一下手机。
Productivity
生产率
25. Learn keyboard shortcuts. They’re easy to learn and you’ll get tasks done faster and easier.
25. 学习键盘快捷键。它们很容易学习，可以让你更快、更轻松地完成任务。
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. 保持办公桌和工作区整洁。把每件物品都视为需要你注意的负担，因为它确实如此。工作区不是存放物品的地方。它是完成任务的地方。
27. Reward yourself after completing challenges, even badly.
27. 完成挑战后奖励自己，即使挑战很糟糕。
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.发现他人的偏见很容易，发现自己的偏见却很难。然而，它的回报却更高。
29. Explaining problems is good. Often in the process of laying out a problem, a solution will present itself.
29 、解释问题是件好事。通常在提出问题的过程中，解决方案就会自然而然地出现。
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.自私的人应该听取建议，变得更加无私，无私的人应该听取建议，变得更加自私。这适用于很多事情。每当你收到建议时，也要考虑它的反面。你可能会过滤掉你最需要的建议。
Compassion
同情
31.Call your parents when you think of them, tell your friends when you love them.
31.当你想念你的父母时，就给他们打电话；当你爱他们时，就告诉你的朋友。
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.
32. 多赞美别人。很多人很难认为自己聪明、漂亮或善良，除非别人这样说。你可以帮助他们。
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.
33. 不要因为别人尝试而惩罚他们。你教他们不要和你一起尝试。惩罚包括抱怨他们花了太长时间，他们做得不好，或者别人做得更好。
34.Don't punish people for admitting they were wrong, you make it harder for them to improve.
34.不要因为人们承认自己错了而惩罚他们，这会让他们更难进步。
35. In general, you will look for excuses to not be kind to people. Resist these.
35. 通常，你会找借口不善待他人。抵制这些借口。
Possessions
财产
36. Things you use for a significant fraction of your life (bed: 1/3rd, office-chair: 1/4th) are worth investing in.
36.那些在你一生中大部分时间都会用到的东西（床：1/3，办公椅：1/4）是值得投资的。
37. “Where is the good knife?” If you’re looking for your good X, you have bad Xs. Throw those out.
37.“好刀在哪儿？”如果你在寻找好刀，你就会遇到坏刀。把它们扔掉。
38. If your work is done on a computer, get a second monitor. Less time navigating between windows means more time for thinking.
38. 如果你的工作是在电脑上完成的，那就买第二台显示器。在窗口之间切换的时间越少，思考的时间就越多。
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”).
39. 制定明确的规则，规定何时扔掉旧垃圾。一旦制定了明确的规则，垃圾可能就不再是问题了。这是因为任何规则都比我们的隐含规则要好（“把这个坏了的音响留着五年，等我学会怎么修它”）。
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.
40. 买东西时，时间和金钱是相互权衡的。如果你钱不够，就多花点时间找便宜货。如果你时间不够，就别再找便宜货了，直接在网上快速买东西就行。
Self
自己
41. Deficiencies do not make you special. The older you get, the more your inability to cook will be a red flag for people.
41. 缺陷并不会让你变得特别。年纪越大，你不会做饭就越会成为别人的警告。
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.