About 99% of the time, the right time is right now.
99%的时间里，正确的时间都是现在。
No one is as impressed with your possessions as you are.
没有人像你一样对你的财产印象深刻。
Don’t ever work for someone you don’t want to become.
永远不要为你不想成为的人工作。
Cultivate 12 people who love you, because they are worth more than 12 million people who like you.
培养 12 个爱你的人，他们比 1200 万喜欢你的人更有价值。
Don’t keep making the same mistakes; try to make new mistakes.
不要一直犯同样的错误；试着犯新的错误。
If you stop to listen to a musician or street performer for more than a minute, you owe them a dollar.
如果你停下来听音乐家或街头表演者超过一分钟，你就欠他们一美元。
Anything you say before the word “but” does not count.
“但是"出口前说的任何话都不算数。
When you forgive others, they may not notice, but you will heal. Forgiveness is not something we do for others; it is a gift to ourselves.
你原谅别人，对方可能不会注意到，但你会痊愈。宽恕不是为了他人，是给自己的礼物。
Courtesy costs nothing. Lower the toilet seat after use. Let the people in the elevator exit before you enter. Return shopping carts to their designated areas. When you borrow something, return it better shape (filled up, cleaned) than when you got it.
礼貌不费钱。马桶用完要放好。电梯里先出后劲。购物车推回指定区域。还车时记得加满油。
Whenever there is an argument between two sides, find the third side.
双方发生争执时，找个第三方。
Efficiency is highly overrated; Goofing off is highly underrated. Regularly scheduled sabbaths, sabbaticals, vacations, breaks, aimless walks and time off are essential for top performance of any kind. The best work ethic requires a good rest ethic.
效率被严重高估了；偷懒被严重低估了。定期安排休息，对于任何形式的最佳表现都至关重要。最佳的职业道德需要良好的休息道德。
When you lead, your real job is to create more leaders, not more followers.
领导的工作是创造更多领导者，而不是更多追随者。
Criticize in private, praise in public.
私下批评，公开表扬。
Life lessons will be presented to you in the order they are needed. Everything you need to master the lesson is within you. Once you have truly learned a lesson, you will be presented with the next one. If you are alive, that means you still have lessons to learn.
人生课业将按需呈现。掌握课程所需的一切都源于内心。一旦你真正学到了一课，下一课就会呈现给你。如果你还活着，那意味着你还在上课学习。
It is the duty of a student to get everything out of a teacher, and the duty of a teacher to get everything out of a student.
学生有责任从老师那里得到一切，老师有责任从学生那里得到一切（含义没搞懂）。
If winning becomes too important in a game, change the rules to make it more fun. Changing rules can become the new game.
如果游戏中获胜变得太重要，那就改变规则，让它更有趣。改变规则可以成就新游戏。
Ask funders for money, and they’ll give you advice; but ask for advice and they’ll give you money.
向资助者要钱，他们会给你建议；但是征求建议，他们会给你钱。
Productivity is often a distraction. Don’t aim for better ways to get through your tasks as quickly as possible, rather aim for better tasks that you never want to stop doing.
提高效率往往会分散注意力。不要想更好的方法尽快完成任务，去追寻你永远不想停下来的工作。
Immediately pay what you owe to vendors, workers, contractors. They will go out of their way to work with you first next time.
立即支付欠供应商、工人、承包商的款，下次他们会不遗余力地先和你合作。
The biggest lie we tell ourselves is “I Don’t need to write this down because I will remember it.”
我们告诉自己的最大谎言是"不需要写下来，我会记得。”
Your growth as a conscious being is measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations you are willing to have.
作为一个有意识的人，你的成长由你愿意进行的不舒服对话衡量。
Speak confidently as if you are right, but listen carefully as if you are wrong.
表达要自信，就像你是说对的；倾听要仔细，就像你是错的
Handy measure: the distance between your fingertips of your outstretched arms at shoulder level is your height.
随手测量：肩膀水平伸直，两手指尖的距离就是你的身高（不要自大？）。
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 occasionally.
努力的一致性（锻炼、陪伴、工作）比数量更重要。每天坚持做的小事比偶然干的大事重要。
Making art is not selfish; it’s for the rest of us. If you don’t do your thing, you are cheating us.
创作不是为了自己，而是为了大家。你不做事，就是在欺骗大家。
Never ask a woman if she is pregnant. Let her tell you if she is.
永远不要问女人是否怀孕了，让她自己告诉你。
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.
你需要三样能力：坚持直至成功的能力，放弃注定失败的能力，以及助你区分两者的人的信任。
When public speaking, pause frequently. Pause before you say something in a new way, pause after you have said something you believe is important, and pause as a relief to let listeners absorb details
公众演讲时要经常停顿。以新方式说某件事之前要停顿；说了重要事情之后要停顿；想让听众吸收细节也要停顿。
There is no such thing as being “on time.” You are either late or you are early. Your choice.
“准时"是不存在的。要么迟到，要么早到，这是你的选择。
Ask anyone you admire: Their lucky breaks happened on a detour from their main goal. So embrace detours. Life is not a straight line for anyone.
问问你崇拜的任何人：他们的幸运时刻都发生在偏离主要目标的弯路上。拥抱弯路吧，生活对任何人都不是一条直线。
The best way to get a correct answer on the internet is to post an obviously wrong answer and wait for someone to correct you.
在互联网上获得正确答案的最好方法是发布一个明显错误的答案，然后等待有人纠正你。
You’ll get 10x better results by elevating good behavior rather than punishing bad behavior, especially in children and animals.
提升好行为而不是惩罚坏行为，你会得到 10 倍好结果。这在儿童和动物中尤其有效。
Spend as much time crafting the subject line of an email as the message itself because the subject line is often the only thing people read.
拟邮件标题的时间要和内容一样多，通常人们只看标题。
Don’t wait for the storm to pass; dance in the rain.
学会在雨中跳舞，而不是等待风暴过去。
When checking references for a job applicant, employers may be reluctant or prohibited from saying anything negative, so leave or send a message that says, “Get back to me if you highly recommend this applicant as super great.” If they don’t reply take that as a negative.
雇主检查求职者的推荐信时，可能不愿意或被禁止说任何负面的话。所以发邀请信时留下信息：“如果你强烈推荐这个求职者非常棒，请回复我。“如果他们不回复，就 pass 求职者。
Use a password manager: Safer, easier, better.
使用密码管理器：更安全、更容易、更好。
Half the skill of being educated is learning what you can ignore.
接受教育的一半技能是学习你可以忽略的东西。
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.
高目标的好处在于，即使失败了，也能评估一个普通人的能力。
A great way to understand yourself is to seriously reflect on everything you find irritating in others.
了解自己的一个好方法是，认真反思你在别人身上发现的令你恼火的一切。
Keep all your things visible in a hotel room, not in drawers, and all gathered into one spot. That way you’ll never leave anything behind. If you need to have something like a charger off to the side, place a couple of other large items next to it, because you are less likely to leave 3 items behind than just one.
住酒店时，把所有东西集中放置显眼地方，这样你就不会拉下任何东西。如果充电器落单了，在它旁边放几个大件，因为你不太可能留下 3 件东西。
Denying or deflecting a compliment is rude. Accept it with thanks, even if you believe it is not deserved.
别粗鲁地拒绝或转移赞美。带着感谢接受它，即使你认为不配。
Always read the plaque next to the monument.
记得阅读纪念碑旁边的牌匾。
When you have some success, the feeling of being an imposter can be real. Who am I fooling? But when you create things that only you — with your unique talents and experience — can do, then you are absolutely not an imposter. You are the ordained. It is your duty to work on things that only you can do.
当你取得一些成功时，成为冒名顶替者的感觉可能是真实的。我在愚弄谁呢？但当你创造出只有你——凭借你独特的天赋和经验——才能做的事情时，你绝对不是冒名顶替者。你是注定的。你有责任去做只有你能做的事情。
What you do on your bad days matters more than what you do on your good days.
逆境中做什么比顺境里做什么更重要。
Make stuff that is good for people to have.
创造对人们有益的东西。
When you open paint, even a tiny bit, it will always find its way to your clothes no matter how careful you are. Dress accordingly.
打开油漆桶时，即使是一点点，它总会沾上衣服，不管你有多小心。衣服一定要穿对。
To keep young kids behaving on a car road trip, have a bag of their favorite candy and throw a piece out the window each time they misbehave.
为了让小孩子在汽车公路旅行中表现良好，带一袋他们最喜欢的糖果，每次他们不听话就扔一块出去。
You cannot get smart people to work extremely hard just for money.
你不能让聪明人仅仅为了钱而拼命工作。
When you don’t know how much to pay someone for a particular task, ask them “what would be fair” and their answer usually is.
当你不知道为某项特定任务付多少钱时，直接问对方"公平价是多少？"，他们的回答通常就是公平价。
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.
90%的东西都是垃圾。如果你认为你不喜欢歌剧、浪漫小说、TikTok、乡村音乐、素食、NFTs，努力看看你是否能找到剩下的那 10%。
You will be judged on how well you treat those who can do nothing for you.
你如何对待那些与你毫不相干的人？别人会据此评判你。
We tend to overestimate what we can do in a day, and underestimate what we can achieve in a decade. Miraculous things can be accomplished if you give it ten years. A long game will compound small gains to overcome even big mistakes.
我们往往高估一天能做的事，而低估十年能做成的事。给它十年，奇迹就会实现。漫长的比赛会积累微小的复利，以致克服某些巨大的失误。
Thank a teacher who changed your life.
感谢那些改变你生活的老师。
You cant reason someone out of a notion that they didn’t reason themselves into.
当一个人还没有说服自己放弃某个想法时，谁也无法让他放弃。
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.
最好的工作是你不胜任的工作，因为它会让你筋疲力尽。找工作就要找你不胜任的工作。
B(u)y used books. They have the same words as the new ones. Also libraries.
用(买)旧书，它们的单词和新的一样。图书馆也一样。（不知道是不是作者笔误，我的理解应该是买旧书）
You can be whatever you want, so be the person who ends meetings early.
你可以做任何你想做的事，所以要做提前结束会议的人。
A wise man said, “Before you speak, let your words pass through three gates. At the first gate, ask yourself, “Is it true?” At the second gate ask, “Is it necessary?” At the third gate ask, “Is it kind?”
智者说过，“出口之前，话先过三扇门。第一扇门，问问自己，“这是真的吗？” 第二扇门，“有必要说吗？“第三扇门，“用以善良吗？”
Take the stairs.
走楼梯。
What you actually pay for something is at least twice the listed price because of the energy, time, money needed to set it up, learn, maintain, repair, and dispose of at the end. Not all prices appear on labels. Actual costs are 2x listed prices.
您实际支付的价格至少是标价的两倍，因为配置、学习、维护、修理和处置都需精力、时间和金钱。并非所有价格都出现在标签上。
When you arrive at your room in a hotel, locate the emergency exits. It only takes a minute.
当你到达酒店房间时，先确认紧急出口，这只需一分钟。
The only productive way to answer “what should I do now?” is to first tackle the question of “who should I become?”
回答"我现在应该做什么？“的唯一有效方法是首先解决"我应该成为谁？”
Average returns sustained over an above-average period of time yield extraordinary results. Buy and hold.
平均回报率持续时间超过平均时间段，就会产生超额回报。如果遇到，买入并持有。
It’s thrilling to be extremely polite to rude strangers.
对粗鲁的陌生人极其礼貌，你会感到异常兴奋。
It’s possible that a not-so smart person, who can communicate well, can do much better than a super smart person who can’t communicate well. That is good news because it is much easier to improve your communication skills than your intelligence.
一个不太聪明但能很好地沟通的人，可能比一个无法很好地沟通的超级聪明人做得更好。这是个好消息，因为提高沟通技能比提高智力容易得多。
Getting cheated occasionally is the small price for trusting the best of everyone, because when you trust the best in others, they generally treat you best.
偶尔被骗是相信每个人最好一面的小小代价。当你相信别人最好的一面时，他们通常会对你最好。
Art is whatever you can get away with.
艺术是你能逃离的任何东西。
For the best results with your children, spend only half the money you think you should, but double the time with them
买东西少花一半钱，同时花双倍时间陪孩子，就能取得最好的养育效果。
Purchase the most recent tourist guidebook to your home town or region. You’ll learn a lot by playing the tourist once a year.
购买最新的本地旅游指南。每年玩一次游客游戏，你会学到很多东西。
Don’t wait in line to eat something famous. It is rarely worth the wait.
不要排队去吃有名的东西，它们通常不值得等。
To rapidly reveal the true character of a person you just met, move them onto an abysmally slow internet connection. Observe.
快速认清新交朋友的真实性格，再把他们转移到极其缓慢的互联网连接上，慢慢观察。
Prescription for popular success: do something strange. Make a habit of your weird.
普通人的成功秘诀：做奇怪的事。养成一个怪异习惯。
Be a pro. Back up your back up. Have at least one physical backup and one backup in the cloud. Have more than one of each. How much would you pay to retrieve all your data, photos, notes, if you lost them? Backups are cheap compared to regrets.
成为专业人士。备份你的备份。至少有一个物理备份和一个云备份。如果你丢失了所有的数据、照片、笔记，你会花多少钱来找回它们？与遗憾相比，备份更便宜。
Don’t believe everything you think you believe.
你相信的一切，都不要信。
To signal an emergency, use the rule of three; 3 shouts, 3 horn blasts, or 3 whistles.
发紧急信号时，使用"三次"规则：呼喊要 3 声；喇叭或哨子要吹 3 次。
At a restaurant do you order what you know is great, or do you try something new? Do you make what you know will sell or try something new? Do you keep dating new folks or try to commit to someone you already met? The optimal balance for exploring new things vs exploiting them once found is: 1/3. Spend 1/3 of your time on exploring and 2/3 time on deepening. It is harder to devote time to exploring as you age because it seems unproductive, but aim for 1/3.
在餐馆里，你是点你知道很棒的菜，还是尝试新的东西？你会制作热卖产品，还是尝试创造新东西？你是结交新朋友，还是约认识的人加深交往？探索和利用的最佳平衡是 1:2。花 1/3 的时间探索，花 2/3 的时间利用。随着年龄的增长，花时间探索会更难，因为貌似成效不大，但要瞄准这 1/3。
Actual great opportunities do not have “Great Opportunities” in the subject line.
实际重大机遇都不在事先计划好的"重大机会"中。
When introduced to someone make eye contact and count to 4. You’ll both remember each other.
当被介绍给某人时，进行眼神交流。数到 4，你们都会记得对方。
Take note if you find yourself wondering “Where is my good knife? Or, where is my good pen?” That means you have bad ones. Get rid of those.
你发现自己在想"好的刀在哪里？或者，好的笔在哪里？“时，这意味着你有坏的。赶紧扔掉它们。
When you are stuck, explain your problem to others. Often simply laying out a problem will present a solution. Make “explaining the problem” part of your troubleshooting process.
当你陷入困境时，向他人解释你的问题。通常简单地提出一个问题就能给出解决方案。把"解释问题"作为你故障排除过程的一部分。
When buying a garden hose, an extension cord, or a ladder, get one substantially longer than you think you need. It’ll be the right size.
购买花园软管、延长线或梯子时，买一根比你认为需要的长得多的，那才是合适的。
don’t bother fighting the old; just build the new.
不要费心与旧的纠缠，做个新的。
Your group can achieve great things way beyond your means simply by showing people that they are appreciated.
只需向人们展示他们受到赞赏，你的团队就能取得超出你财力范围的伟大成就。
When someone tells you about the peak year of human history, the period of time when things were good before things went downhill, it will always be the years of when they were 10 years old — which is the peak of any human’s existence.
当有人告诉你人类历史的巅峰之年，即事情走下坡路之前的美好时期，那是他们 10 岁的那几年——这是任何人类生存的巅峰。
You are as big as the things that make you angry.
你和让你生气的事情一样大。
When speaking to an audience it’s better to fix your gaze on a few people than to “spray” your gaze across the room. Your eyes telegraph to others whether you really believe what you are saying
对听众讲话时，最好把目光集中在几个人身上，而不是把目光"喷"到整个房间。你的眼睛会告诉听众，你是否真的相信自己在说什么。
Habit is far more dependable than inspiration. Make progress by making habits. don’t focus on getting into shape. Focus on becoming the kind of person who never misses a workout.
习惯远比灵感更可靠。通过养成习惯来取得进步。不要专注于健身。专注于成为那种从不错过锻炼的人。
When negotiating, don’t aim for a bigger piece of the pie; aim to create a bigger pie.
谈判时，不要瞄准更大的那块蛋糕，而是如何创造一个更大的蛋糕。
If you repeated what you did today 365 more times will you be where you want to be next year?
问问自己，如果你把今天的事情重复 365 次，明年你会在你想去的地方吗？
You see only 2% of another person, and they see only 2% of you. Attune yourselves to the hidden 98%.
你只看到另一个人的 2%，他们也只看到你的 2%。把自己调到隐藏的 98%。
Your time and space are limited. Remove, give away, throw out things in your life that don’t spark joy any longer in order to make room for those that do.
你的时间和空间有限。扔掉生活中不快，为快乐腾出地方来。
Our descendants will achieve things 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
我们的后代将取得令我们惊叹的成就。但如果我们有想象力，他们将创造的一部分我们今天也能创造出来。
For a great payoff be especially curious about the things you are not interested in.
为了获得丰厚回报，要特别好奇你不感兴趣的事情。
Focus on directions rather than destinations. Who knows his destiny? But maintain the right direction and you’ll arrive at where you want to go.
关注方向而非目的地。谁知道自己的命运？但保持正确方向，你就会到达想去的地方。
Every breakthrough is at first laughable and ridiculous. In fact if it did not start out laughable and ridiculous, it is not a breakthrough.
每一项突破一开始都是可笑的。事实上，如果一开始不可笑，那就不是突破。
If you loan someone $20 and you never see them again because they are avoiding paying you back, that makes it worth $20.
如果你借给某人 20 美元，然后你再也见不到他了，因为他不想还你，那他就值 20 美元。
Copying others is a good way to start. Copying yourself is a disappointing way to end.
模仿别人是好的开始。模仿自己是失望的结束。
The best time to negotiate your salary for a new job is the moment AFTER they say they want you, and not before. Then it becomes a game of chicken for each side to name an amount first, but it is to your advantage to get them to give a number before you do.
薪酬谈判的最佳时机是在对方说想要你之后，而不是之前。然后，先说出一个数字就变成了一场胆小鬼游戏，但让对方在你之前给出一个数字对你有利。
Rather than steering your life to avoid surprises, aim directly for them.
与其操控生活以避免意外，不如直接瞄准它们。
Don’t purchase extra insurance if you are renting a car with a credit card.
如果你用信用卡租车，不要购买额外的保险。
If your opinions on one subject can be predicted from your opinions on another, you may be in the grip of an ideology. When you truly think for yourself your conclusions will not be predictable.
如果你对一个主题的看法可以从你对另一个主题的看法中预测出来，那么你可能被一种意识形态所控制。当你真正独立思考时，你的结论是不可预测的。
Aim to die broke. Give to your beneficiaries before you die; it’s more fun and useful. Spend it all. Your last check should go to the funeral home and it should bounce.
以破产而死为目标。在你死之前把钱给你的受益人；这更有趣、更有用。花光它，你的最后一张支票应该去殡仪馆。
The chief prevention against getting old is to remain astonished.
防止变老的主要方法是保持惊讶。