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。工作是赚钱的一种方式。许多人通过将他们赚到的钱用于他们关心的事情，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. 鲟鱼定律指出，90% 的东西都是垃圾。如果你不喜欢诗歌、美术或其他任何东西，你可能只看过废话。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讨厌通勤。一个离工作地点更远的好房子不值得你把生命的一部分花在无聊和疲劳上。
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，内向者和外向者都受益于被推动变得更加外向。下次你不确定你是否想出去时考虑一下。
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. 历史会记住那些最先进入市场的人。把你的作品推向世界比让它变得完美更重要。
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. 你是否对分手或离职持观望态度？你可能应该继续去做。平均而言，当人们冒险时，他们最终会更快乐。
7. Done is better than perfect.
7. 完成总比完美好。
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. 纪律优于动机。前者可以训练，后者转瞬即逝。如果你只依靠动力，你将无法完成伟大的事情。
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. 你可以通过练习提高你的沟通技巧，而不是通过练习提高你的智力。如果你不是那么聪明，但可以清楚地传达想法，那么你比所有不能清楚地沟通的人都有很大的优势。
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. 你不生活在电子游戏中。如果你要做一些愚蠢的事情，或者你已经走错了方向太久了，没有弹出警告。您必须创建自己的警告。
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.如果您听成功人士谈论他们的方法，请记住，所有使用相同方法并失败的人都没有制作有关它的视频。
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. 最好的建议是个人的，来自熟悉你的人。根据需要接受这样的广谱建议，但获得帮助的最好方法是询问爱你的诚实朋友。
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. 让完成事情尽可能简单。找到开始锻炼的最简单方法。找到最简单的开始写作的方法。人们让事情变得比他们必须的更难，当他们无法成功时会感到沮丧。尽量不要这样做。
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. 培养可靠的声誉。良好的声誉很有价值，因为它们是稀有的（容易被摧毁，难以重建）。如果您的客户知道咖啡总是热的，您就不必冲泡最美味的咖啡。
15. How you spend every day is how you spend your life.
15.你如何度过每一天，就是你如何度过你的生活。
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.在人际关系中，寻找一个你可以喜欢的人，只是在附近闲逛。长期关系大多只是令人不寒而栗。
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. 不要向同事或在线抱怨你的伴侣。好处可以忽略不计，代价正在摧毁你的灵魂。
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，尽快停止所有联系。戏剧的潜力是无穷无尽的，建立良好友谊的潜力可以忽略不计。等一年后再尝试成为朋友。
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，不强调你的怪癖会导致90%的人认为你还不错。强调你的怪癖会导致 10% 的人认为你很迷人和有趣。这些人有兴趣和你约会。瞄准他们。
20. There are two red flags to avoid almost all dangerous people: 1. The perpetually aggrieved ; 2. The angry.
20.有两个危险信号可以避免几乎所有危险的人：1.永远受委屈的人;2.生气的人。
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.那些在你心中产生焦虑并承诺他们有解决方案的人是骗子。参见：政治家、营销人员、新男子气概大师等。 避免这些。
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 20 分钟的屏幕工作，看 20 英尺外的一个地方 20 秒。这将减少眼睛疲劳，并且易于记忆（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. 运动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）也会产生巨大的影响。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. 在过去的十年里，手机变得越来越重，实际上它们在你的手腕上非常坚硬！使用电脑，或者尝试至少支撑你的手机。
Productivity
生产力
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。它们易于学习，您将更快、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. 保持办公桌和工作空间裸露。把每一个物体都看作是强加给你注意力的，因为它是。工作空间不是存放物品的地方。这是一个完成事情的地方。
27. Reward yourself after completing challenges, even badly.
27. 完成挑战后奖励自己，即使是糟糕的挑战。
Rationality
合理性
28. Noticing biases in others is easy, noticing biases in yourself is hard. However, it has a much higher pay-off.
28.注意到别人的偏见很容易，注意到自己的偏见很难。但是，它的回报要高得多。
29. Explaining problems is good. Often in the process of laying out a problem, a solution will present itself.
29.解释问题很好。通常，在提出问题的过程中，解决方案会出现。
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.自私的人应该听劝告，更无私，无私的人应该听劝告，更自私。这适用于很多事情。每当您收到建议时，也要考虑它的反面。您可能正在过滤掉您最需要的建议。
Compassion
同情
31.Call your parents when you think of them, tell your friends when you love them.
31.当你想起你的父母时，给他们打电话，当你爱你的朋友时，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。许多人很难认为自己是聪明的、漂亮的或善良的，除非别人告诉他。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.不要因为尝试而惩罚人们。你教他们不要和你一起尝试。惩罚包括抱怨他们花了这么长时间，他们做得不好，或者其他人做得更好。
34.Don't punish people for admitting they were wrong, you make it harder for them to improve.
34.不要因为别人承认自己错了而惩罚他们，你会让他们更难改进。
35. In general, you will look for excuses to not be kind to people. Resist these.
35.一般来说，你会找借口不善待人。抵制这些。
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. 你一生中大部分时间都使用的东西（床：1/3，办公椅：1/4）值得投资。
37. “Where is the good knife?” If you’re looking for your good X, you have bad Xs. Throw those out.
37.“好刀在哪里？如果你在寻找你的好X，你有坏的X，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. 如果您的工作是在计算机上完成的，请购买第二台显示器。在窗口之间导航的时间越少，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. 制定关于何时扔掉旧垃圾的明确规则。一旦建立了明确的规则，垃圾可能就不再是问题了。这是因为任何规则都优于我们的隐性规则（“将这个损坏的立体声音响保留五年，以防我学会如何修复它”）。
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。如果您的钱不多，请花更多时间寻找优惠。如果您时间紧迫，请停止寻找超值优惠，只需在线快速购买即可。
Self
自我
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.缺陷不会让你与众不同。你年纪越大，你无法做饭对人们来说就越是一个危险信号。
42. If you’re under 90, try things.
42.如果您未满90岁，请尝试一下。
43. Things that aren’t your fault can still be your responsibility.
43.不是你的错的事情仍然可以是你的责任。
44. Defining yourself by your suffering is an effective way to keep suffering forever (ex. incels, trauma).
44.用你的痛苦来定义自己是永远保持痛苦的有效方法（例如，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. 保持你的身份小。“我不是那种做那种事情的人”不是一个解释，而是一个陷阱。它阻止了书锻炼和男人跳舞。
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’.
46.不要将“做一件事是因为我喜欢它”与“做一件事是因为我想被视为做这种事情的人”混为一谈。
47. Remember that you are dying.
47.记住你快死了。
48. Personal epiphanies feel great, but they fade within weeks. Upon having an epiphany, make a plan and start actually changing behavior.
48.个人顿悟感觉很好，但它们会在几周内消失。顿悟后，制定计划并开始实际改变行为。
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.