Happiness
幸福感
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. 你不必热爱自己的工作。工作只是赚钱的一种方式。许多人在一般的工作中生活得很好，他们用挣来的钱去做自己关心的事情。
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!
斯特金定律指出，90%的事物都是垃圾。如果你不喜欢诗歌、精美艺术或其他任何东西，可能只是因为你见过的都是垃圾。去探索一下吧！
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.
人们往往没有意识到自己有多讨厌通勤。离工作远一点的好房子并不值得你为无聊和疲惫浪费那么一小部分生命。
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.
有证据表明，内向者和外向者都能从被鼓励变得更外向中获益。下次你不确定是否想出门时，可以想一想这一点。
Success
成功的结果
5. History remembers those who got to market first. Getting your creation out into the world is more important than getting it perfect.
历史会铭记那些率先进入市场的人。将你的创意推向世界，比追求完美更为重要。
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. 你是否在犹豫要分手还是离职？你不妨果断地去做。通常来说，人们在做出决定后会感到更快乐。
7. Done is better than perfect.
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.
纪律胜于动机。前者可以训练，而后者则是短暂的。仅仅依靠动机，你无法实现伟大的成就。
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. 你可以通过练习更有效地提升沟通技巧，而不是通过练习提升智力。如果你可能不够聪明，但能够清晰地传达想法，那你将比那些无法清楚表达的人拥有更大的优势。
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. 你并不是生活在视频游戏里。如果你快要做愚蠢的事情，或者你已经走错方向很久，就不会有弹出警告。你需要自己设定警告。
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.
如果你听成功人士谈论他们的方法，请记住，所有使用相同方法但失败的人并没有制作视频。
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.
最好的建议是个性化的，来自于了解你的人。这样的广泛建议可以视情况采纳，但获得帮助的最佳方式是向那些真诚且爱你的朋友请教。
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.
让实现目标变得尽可能简单。找到最简单的锻炼方式和写作方式。人们常常把事情搞得比实际困难，导致无法成功时感到沮丧。尽量避免这种情况。
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.
培养可靠的声誉。优秀的声誉非常珍贵，因为它们稀少（容易毁坏且难以重建）。只要顾客知道咖啡总是热的，你就不需要冲泡出最美味的咖啡。
15. How you spend every day is how you spend your life.
你如何度过每天，就决定了你如何度过一生。
Relationships
人际关系
16. In relationships look for somebody you can enjoy just hanging out near. Long-term relationships are mostly spent just chilling.
在人际关系中，找一个你可以愉快地相处的人。长期关系大多数时间都是在轻松地度过。
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.
不要在同事面前或网上抱怨你的伴侣。这样做的好处微不足道，而带来的代价则是削弱你的一部分灵魂。
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. 在分手后，尽早断绝所有联系。产生戏剧性冲突的可能性无穷，而建立良好友谊的机会非常小。建议等一年后再尝试恢复朋友关系。
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.
在约会时，尽量淡化你的个性特征可以让 90%的人觉得你还不错，而强调这些特征则可能让 10%的人觉得你非常迷人和有趣。正是这些人对与你约会感兴趣。目标锁定他们。
20. There are two red flags to avoid almost all dangerous people: 1. The perpetually aggrieved ; 2. The angry.
20. 有两个红旗可以帮助你避开几乎所有危险的人：1. 永远感到委屈的人；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. 让你感到焦虑并声称有解决办法的人都是骗子。比如：政治家、市场营销人员、新男性主义导师等，尽量远离他们。
Body
身体部位
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).
20-20-20 规则：每 20 分钟盯着屏幕后，视线转移到 20 英尺远的地方，持续 20 秒。这可以减轻眼睛疲劳，并且容易记住（或设置提醒）。
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.
运动是最重要的生活方式干预，即使每周只有 15 分钟的最低限度也能产生巨大的影响。可以从小做起。
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.
在过去十年里，手机变得更重，对手腕的压力也更大！如果有替代方案，尽量使用电脑，或者至少把手机支撑起来。
Productivity
效率提升
25. Learn keyboard shortcuts. They’re easy to learn and you’ll get tasks done faster and easier.
学习键盘快捷键非常简单，这样可以让你更快速、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.
保持你的桌子和工作空间干净整洁。把每个物品都视为对你注意力的干扰，因为它确实是。工作空间不是用来存放物品的，而是用来完成工作的。
27. Reward yourself after completing challenges, even badly.
完成挑战后，即使结果不尽如人意，也要好好奖励自己。
Rationality
理智
28. Noticing biases in others is easy, noticing biases in yourself is hard. However, it has a much higher pay-off.
发现他人的偏见很简单，而发现自己的偏见却非常困难。然而，这样做的收益更大。
29. Explaining problems is good. Often in the process of laying out a problem, a solution will present itself.
解释问题是有益的。在阐明问题的过程中，解决方案往往会自然而然地浮现出来。
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.
自私的人应该听取建议，变得更加无私；无私的人也应该接受建议，学会适当的自私。这适用于很多方面。每当你收到建议时，也要考虑相反的意见。你可能会过滤掉那些最需要的建议。
Compassion
同情心
31.Call your parents when you think of them, tell your friends when you love them.
想起父母时就给他们打个电话，爱时记得告诉朋友。
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.
多多赞美他人。很多人很难认为自己聪明、美丽或善良，只有在别人告诉他们时才会相信。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.
不要因为人们的尝试而惩罚他们，这样会让他们不再愿意尝试。惩罚的方式包括抱怨他们耗时太长、做得不好，或者是觉得其他人做得更好。
34.Don't punish people for admitting they were wrong, you make it harder for them to improve.
不要惩罚承认自己错误的人，这样会让他们更难以改善。
35. In general, you will look for excuses to not be kind to people. Resist these.
你通常会寻找借口来对别人不友善，请抵制这种想法。
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. 你生活中大部分时间使用的物品（床：三分之一，办公椅：四分之一）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. “好的刀在哪里？”如果你在寻找好的 X，说明你有坏的 X。把那些扔掉。
38. If your work is done on a computer, get a second monitor. Less time navigating between windows means more time for thinking.
如果你的工作是在电脑上进行的，建议使用第二个显示器。减少在窗口之间切换的时间可以让你有更多的思考时间。
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. 制定明确的规则来处理旧杂物。一旦规则清晰，杂物的问题就可能不再显现。这是因为任何明确的规则都比我们隐性的规则（比如“把这个坏掉的音响留五年，以防我学会修理”）要有效得多。
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. 购买物品时，时间和金钱是相互权衡的。如果金钱有限，就花更多时间寻找优惠。如果时间紧迫，就不要再寻找特价，直接在网上快速购买。
Self
自身
41. Deficiencies do not make you special. The older you get, the more your inability to cook will be a red flag for people.
缺陷并不会使你与众不同。随着年龄的增长，你烹饪能力的不足将成为人们的一个警示信号。
42. If you’re under 90, try things.
如果你还不到 90 岁，可以尝试做一些事情。
43. Things that aren’t your fault can still be your responsibility.
43. 虽然不是你的错，但你仍然需要承担责任。
44. Defining yourself by your suffering is an effective way to keep suffering forever (ex. incels, trauma).
通过痛苦来定义自己，会让痛苦无尽无休（例如：逆社交人群、创伤）。
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.
45. 保持你的身份简单。“我不是那种会做那种事的人”并不是解释，而是一种陷阱。它让书呆子无法锻炼，让男人无法跳舞。
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’.
不要把“因为我喜欢做某件事”与“因为我想让别人觉得我就是那种做这种事的人”混为一谈。
47. Remember that you are dying.
47. 记住，你正在走向死亡。
48. Personal epiphanies feel great, but they fade within weeks. Upon having an epiphany, make a plan and start actually changing behavior.
48. 个人的顿悟让人感觉很美好，但往往在几周内就会消失。在获得顿悟后，制定一个计划并开始真正改变自己的行为。
Others
其他人
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?”).
在选择与 0-1 人居住还是与 2 人或更多人居住时，请记住，和多个室友一起居住时，确定责任将变得不再那么迅速（“这些盘子是谁的？”）。
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.
50. 当你问别人：“你最喜欢的书、电影或乐队是什么？”如果他们犹豫，可以问他们目前最喜欢的书、电影或乐队是什么。他们通常都会有一个，并且能畅谈起来。