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. 你不必熱愛你的工作。工作是一種賺錢的方式。許多人通過將賺到的錢用在他們關心的事情上，過著美好的生活。

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% 的東西都是垃圾。如果你不喜歡詩歌、美術或其他任何東西，你可能只看過那些廢話。去找吧！

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. 人們沒有意識到他們有多麼討厭通勤。離工作地點較遠的漂亮房子不值得你把生命中的一小部分花在無聊和疲勞上。

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. 有一些證據表明，內向者和外向者都受益於被推動變得更加外向。下次您不確定是否想外出時，請考慮一下。

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. 歷史會記住那些最先進入市場的人。將您的創作推向世界比完美更重要。

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. 您是否對分手或離職持觀望態度？你可能應該去做。平均而言，當人們冒險時，他們最終會更快樂。

7. Done is better than perfect.
7. 完成總比完美好。

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. 紀律優於動力。前者可以訓練，後者轉瞬即逝。如果你只依靠動力，你將無法完成偉大的事情。

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. 你可以通過練習來提高你的溝通技巧，而不是通過練習來提高你的智力。如果你不是那麼聰明，但能清楚地傳達想法，那麼你比那些不能清晰溝通的人有很大的優勢。

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. 你不生活在電子遊戲中。如果您即將做一些愚蠢的事情，或者如果您已經朝著錯誤的方向前進太久，則不會彈出警告。您必須創建自己的警告。

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. 如果你聽成功人士談論他們的方法，請記住，所有使用相同方法但失敗的人都沒有製作相關視頻。

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. 最好的建議是個人的，並且來自熟悉你的人。根據需要接受像這樣的廣泛建議，但尋求説明的最好方法是詢問愛你的誠實朋友。

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. 讓事情盡可能簡單。找到開始鍛煉的最簡單方法。找到開始寫作的最簡單方法。人們讓事情變得比他們必須的更難，當他們無法成功時會感到沮喪。盡量不要這樣做。

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. 樹立可靠的聲譽。良好的聲譽很有價值，因為它們很稀有（很容易被摧毀且難以重建）。如果您的客戶知道咖啡永遠是熱的，那麼您不必沖泡最美味的咖啡。

15. How you spend every day is how you spend your life.
15. 你每天如何度過就是你如何度過你的一生。

Relationships
關係

16. In relationships look for somebody you can enjoy just hanging out near. Long-term relationships are mostly spent just chilling.
16. 在人際關係中，尋找一個你可以喜歡在附近閒逛的人。長期的關係大多只是為了放鬆。

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. 不要向同事或在網上抱怨你的伴侶。好處可以忽略不計，成本會摧毀你的一點靈魂。

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. 分手後，儘快停止所有聯繫。戲劇的可能性是無窮無盡的，而建立良好友誼的可能性可以忽略不計。等一年後再嘗試再次成為朋友。

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. 約會時，不強調你的怪癖會導致 90% 的人認為你還不錯。強調你的怪癖會導致 10% 的人認為你很迷人和有趣。這些人有興趣和你約會。瞄準他們。

20. There are two red flags to avoid almost all dangerous people: 1. The perpetually aggrieved ; 2. The angry.
20. 有兩個危險信號可以避免幾乎所有危險的人： 1. 永遠受委屈的人;2. 憤怒。

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. 那些在你心中產生焦慮並承諾他們有解決方案的人是騙子。參見：政客、營銷人員、新男子氣概大師等。避免這些。

Body
身體

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 規則：每 20 分鐘的螢幕工作，看 20 英尺外的一個點 20 秒。這將減少眼睛疲勞，並且易於記憶（或程式提醒）。

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. 鍛煉是您可以做的最重要的生活方式干預。即使是最低限度的（每周 15 分鐘）也會產生巨大的影響。從小處著手。

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. 手機在過去十年中變得越來越重，它們實際上對你的手腕來說非常困難！當它是替代品時，請使用電腦，或者至少嘗試支撐您的手機。

Productivity
生產力

25. Learn keyboard shortcuts. They’re easy to learn and you’ll get tasks done faster and easier.
25. 學習鍵盤快捷鍵。它們易於學習，您將更快、更輕鬆地完成任務。

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. 保持辦公桌和工作區光禿禿的。把每一件物品都看作是你注意力的強加，因為它確實如此。工作區不是存放物品的地方。這是一個完成事情的地方。

27. Reward yourself after completing challenges, even badly.
27. 完成挑戰後獎勵自己，即使是糟糕的。

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. 注意到別人的偏見很容易，注意到自己的偏見很難。但是，它的回報要高得多。

29. Explaining problems is good. Often in the process of laying out a problem, a solution will present itself.
29. 解釋問題是好的。通常在佈置問題的過程中，會有一個解決方案出現。

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. 自私的人應該聽建議更無私，無私的人應該聽建議更自私。這適用於許多事情。每當您收到建議時，也要考慮它的反面。您可能正在篩選出您最需要的建議。

Compassion

31.Call your parents when you think of them, tell your friends when you love them.

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.

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.

34.Don't punish people for admitting they were wrong, you make it harder for them to improve.

35. In general, you will look for excuses to not be kind to people. Resist these.

Possessions

36. Things you use for a significant fraction of your life (bed: 1/3rd, office-chair: 1/4th) are worth investing in.

37. “Where is the good knife?” If you’re looking for your good X, you have bad Xs. Throw those out.

38. If your work is done on a computer, get a second monitor. Less time navigating between windows means more time for thinking.

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”).

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.

Self

41. Deficiencies do not make you special. The older you get, the more your inability to cook will be a red flag for people.

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.