關(guān)于年輕人應(yīng)該如何生活的10個(gè)建議

You’re young once only. How do you make the most out of it instead of wasting time only on the unnecessary parties and drinks all the time? Feross Aboukhadijeh, a web developer, designer, and Stanford computer science graduate, who has a company StudyNotes that helps students learn faster and better, shared on Quora what a young person should do to life.

你只會(huì)年輕一次。你該如何追求理想的生活而不總是把時(shí)間都浪費(fèi)在無(wú)聊的聚會(huì)和酒宴上呢?費(fèi)羅斯·阿巴克哈迪賈是一名網(wǎng)站開(kāi)發(fā)師、設(shè)計(jì)師，畢業(yè)于斯坦福大學(xué)計(jì)算機(jī)科學(xué)專(zhuān)業(yè)。他創(chuàng)立了StudyNotes公司，致力于幫助學(xué)生更快更好地學(xué)習(xí)。他在Quora上分享了年輕人應(yīng)該如何生活。

1. Prioritize learning.

把學(xué)習(xí)放在首位。

Learn the 10,000 hour rule.

不要忘記一萬(wàn)小時(shí)定律。

Start early.

盡快開(kāi)始。

Read a lot. 2-3 hours a day, at least.

大量閱讀。每天至少2到3小時(shí)。

2. Don’t talk about doing stuff. Do stuff.

不要說(shuō)要做什么事。做事。

The world is full of so many talkers, and so few doers.

世界上不乏空口說(shuō)白話(huà)者，而行動(dòng)者只是少數(shù)。

Too much planning is as bad as no planning.

考慮太多和沒(méi)有計(jì)劃一樣糟糕。

"Posting about your plans is shadow of Done"

“吹噓計(jì)劃是對(duì)實(shí)際行動(dòng)的臆想。”

Make stuff while your brain is young and fresh. The brain gets slower as you age.

趁你的思想年輕有活力時(shí)做事。你的大腦隨著你的年齡的增長(zhǎng)而變遲鈍。

3. Figure out what you like. Try to become the best in the world at it.

找到你喜歡做的事。努力成為這個(gè)領(lǐng)域里的頂尖人物。

If you start early, you will have time to change your mind.

如果你趁早開(kāi)始，你還有機(jī)會(huì)改變主意。

Don’t worry if it’s not “prestigious” or won’t make you a lot of money. If you’re good at it, you’ll make it prestigious.

不要擔(dān)心你所喜歡的事情不“體面” 或者不能賺到很多錢(qián)。如果你很擅長(zhǎng)這件事，你會(huì)讓它受人尊敬的。

4. Experience stuff.

多多經(jīng)歷。

Watch epic movies/books/music.

去看史詩(shī)級(jí)的電影、書(shū)籍、音樂(lè)。

Go on adventures (road trips, travel to other countries).

去冒險(xiǎn)(公路旅行、異國(guó)游)。

Talk to interesting people and really LISTEN.

和有趣的人交談，認(rèn)真傾聽(tīng)。

5. Spoil yourself on the stuff that matters.

在重要的事情上寵愛(ài)自己。

Eat well, sleep well, drink (water) well.

吃好、睡好、喝好(喝水)。

Buy a good bed (you spend ? of your life in your bed).

買(mǎi)一張好的床(你一生有三分之一的時(shí)間在床上度過(guò))。

Buy a good computer (since you will spend so much time on it).

買(mǎi)一臺(tái)好的電腦(因?yàn)槟銜?huì)花很多時(shí)間在它身上)。

Similarly, good chair, keyboard, mouse, etc.

同樣地，好的椅子、鍵盤(pán)、鼠標(biāo)等等。

6. You may ignore the opposite sex until you are 20.

在20歲之前，你完全可以忽視異性。

At the very least don’t feel bad if you don’t have a girlfriend/boyfriend before age 20. You’re not “missing out” — in the grand scheme of things, it’s not very important.

至少，在你20歲之前不要因?yàn)闆](méi)有女朋友或男朋友而心情不好。你并沒(méi)有”錯(cuò)過(guò)機(jī)會(huì)“——在龐大的人生計(jì)劃中，這并不是非常重要。

7. Try to work hard to get into college.

努力學(xué)習(xí)進(jìn)入大學(xué)。

In high school, try to get all A’s — even when the class is unpleasant.

上高中時(shí)，努力每個(gè)科目都拿到A——即使這堂課不是那么讓人愉快。

University is such a formative experience, you’ll make lifelong friends and business partners, and learn a ton about yourself.

大學(xué)是一段有重大影響的形成經(jīng)歷，你會(huì)結(jié)交一輩子的朋友和商業(yè)伙伴，而且深入了解自己。

You’ll want to do this at the best possible school you can get into.

你當(dāng)然會(huì)希望在你所能進(jìn)入的最好的大學(xué)里完成這些事。

8. Don’t worry about your grades once you got into college.

進(jìn)入大學(xué)后就不要太在乎成績(jī)了。

Once in college, don’t worry about grades (caveat: unless you plan to go to grad school, especially law or PhD programs, or apply for a competitive job).

一旦進(jìn)入大學(xué)后，不要為成績(jī)操心了(警告：除非你想讀研，特別是法律專(zhuān)業(yè)或者想讀博，再或者你想應(yīng)聘一份競(jìng)爭(zhēng)激烈的工作)。

Optimize for learning and personal happiness.

充分追求知識(shí)和個(gè)人幸福。

Find time for side projects.

為業(yè)余活動(dòng)騰出時(shí)間。

9. Be genuine. Be nice.

真誠(chéng)。友好。

Being a generally nice person will make you so many awesome lifelong friends.

做一個(gè)大方友好的人可以讓你結(jié)交到許多很棒的終生摯友。

Being genuine is freeing since you can just be yourself with everyone you know — you won’t have to worry about keeping lies straight in your head.

真誠(chéng)就是自由，因?yàn)檫@樣你能在所有認(rèn)識(shí)的人面前做真實(shí)的自己——不需要因?yàn)槟X中藏著謊言而擔(dān)心。

10. Learn to delay gratification.

學(xué)會(huì)推遲享受。

Ability to delay gratification predicts future success.

推遲享受的能力預(yù)示著未來(lái)的成功。

Those who succumb to pressures and do what’s immediately satisfying miss out on later satisfaction.

那些向壓力投降而享受片刻的歡愉的人，錯(cuò)過(guò)了享受以后的滿(mǎn)足的機(jī)會(huì)。

Kids in high school who partied every night are bagging groceries at Safeway now, while those who delayed that “fun” for just a few more years get to work at their dream job for the rest of their lives.

那些在高中夜夜聚會(huì)的孩子們現(xiàn)在在西夫韋超市整理雜貨，而那些推遲了不過(guò)幾年“享受”的孩子可以在余下的人生里從事著他們夢(mèng)想的工作。