https://kk.org/thetechnium/103-bits-of-advice-i-wish-i-had-known/
KK is famous as a Techno-futurism in China.
2014,I met him in beijing, and sent him a silk-printed ‘The Analects of Confucius’ as a gift with a white groove to prevent the book.
3 yrs ago, i met him again in “miaoHouse“ forum.
He remains astonished truly.
in his birthday ,he posted some “bits of advice i wish i had know”,from 2020.
here is 3rd list posted 22,apr. 2022.
i translated to Chinese last night, spent 5 hrs.
希望能对中国年轻人有用。
1, About 99% of the time, the right time is right now.
99%的时间中，“现在”是最好的。
2，No one is as impressed with your possessions as you are.
没有人能与你一样，感知自己所拥有的；
3，Don’t ever work for someone you don’t want to become.
如果老板不是你想成为的人，别为他工作。
4，Cultivate 12 people who love you, because they are worth more than 12 million people who like you.
耕耘12个爱你的人，他们比120个喜欢你的人，更值；
5，Don’t keep making the same mistakes; try to make new mistakes.
不犯旧错；尝试新错；
6，If you stop to listen to a musician or street performer for more than a minute, you owe them a dollar.
停下来听一分钟街边的音乐表演，给他一美元；
这个习惯，我要开始做
7，Anything you say before the word “but” does not count.
在“但是”之前的话，不作数；
8，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.
当你原谅别人，他们可能没觉察，但是你自己治愈了。原谅为己不为他。
9，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”不费力。用后放下马桶盖；乘电梯先让人出来，你再进去；把购物车放回原处；归还东西时候，尽量让它更好。
10，Whenever there is an argument between two sides, find the third side.
甲乙相争，找个丙。
11，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.
效率被远远高估了，消磨时光被远远低估了。休假、休息、漫步、休憩是必需品。好工作需要好休息。
相关的tips，18条，
12，When you lead, your real job is to create more leaders, not more followers.
当领导，你的真正工作是创造更多的领导而不是跟班；
13，Criticize in private, praise in public.
私下批评，公开表扬
14，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.
生活的经验教训，自有安排。每一样你需要掌握的，你在你自身。一旦你学会一件，还会有下一件，只要你活着，你一直有得学。
15，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.
学生和老师的职责，是互相学习。
子曰：教学相长
16，If winning becomes too important in a game, change the rules to make it more fun. Changing rules can become the new game.
如果一个游戏太重输赢，改变规则让它有趣些。改变规则本身就是新游戏。
17，Ask funders for money, and they’ll give you advice; but ask for advice and they’ll give you money.
问投资者要钱，他们给你建议；要建议，他们会给你钱。
18，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.
效率常常是一个干扰。不要太关注用更好的方法尽快完成任务，要关注那些让你停不下来的更好的任务。
19，Immediately pay what you owe to vendors, workers, contractors. They will go out of their way to work with you first next time.
对供应商、乙方、工人，要尽快付款，他们下次会更好工作。
20，The biggest lie we tell ourselves is “I dont need to write this down because I will remember it.”
最大的谎话是：我记住了，不需要写下来。
好记性不及烂笔头，另外，书面表达，用笔而不是键盘，不一样。
21，Your growth as a conscious being is measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations you are willing to have.
你的自觉和成长，正比于你想要经历多少次不舒服的对话。
22，Speak confidently as if you are right, but listen carefully as if you are wrong.
自信说话好像你是对的，仔细听话好像你是错的。
23，Handy measure: the distance between your fingertips of your outstretched arms at shoulder level is your height.
平肩伸出双手，指尖之间距离，等于你身高。
24，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.
练习坚持的一致性，比数量重要；每天做好一件小事，比你偶尔做一件事重要。
25，Making art is not selfish; it’s for the rest of us. If you don’t do your thing, you are cheating us.
做事要不自私，是为其余人，如果你不做自己的事儿，你在欺骗大家
26，Never ask a woman if she is pregnant. Let her tell you if she is.
不要问一个女人她是不是怀孕了，让她自己说。
27，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.
三事切记：直到完成不放弃的能力，发觉不行后放弃的能力，以及相信别人帮你分别上面的两种能力。
这个Other比较难，参考第10
28，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.
演讲时候要常停顿。用新方式说之前，停一下；你讲了你认为重要的话之后，停一下；需要听者消化细节时候，停一下。
关于公众演讲，KK说了几次，
29，There is no such thing as being “on time.” You are either late or you are early. Your choice.
没有那么多“及时”，或迟或早，在于你选择。
30， 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.
询问任何你敬佩的人：他们的幸运时刻常常在主路的小分岔；所以，拥抱分岔，生活之路不是笔直的。
这个我喜欢，lucky break
31，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.
从互联网上得到正确答案的最好方式是，贴出一个明显错误的答案（等待某人纠正你）
32，You’ll get 10x better results by elevating good behavior rather than punishing bad behavior, especially in children and animals.
鼓励好的而不是惩罚坏的，你会得到10倍好结果，尤其是对孩子和动物
33，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.
花更多的时间来写邮件的“标题”，因为大家基本只读标题
34，Don’t wait for the storm to pass; dance in the rain.
要等暴风雨过去，不如雨中起舞。
the right time is now
35，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.
当检查工作申请的时候，员工一般不情愿写负面的，加上一句“请回复，如果你高度推荐这工作申请”，如果他们没回复，那就是负面？
36，Use a password manager: Safer, easier, better.
用一个密码管理器：安全、容易、更好。
37，Half the skill of being educated is learning what you can ignore.
教育的一半技能是，从失误中学习
38，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.
设一个高到荒诞的目标，其好处是，及时没达到，也远比平常的目标牛逼。
39，A great way to understand yourself is to seriously reflect on everything you find irritating in others.
理解你自己的好方法是，对那些你让人烦恼的事儿，认真反省。
40，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.
住宾馆时，让你的东西放在明处，别放抽屉里，尽量放在一起，这样你会不拉东西。如果你有象充电器一样要放在边上的，放2个大的东西一起，一般你不会拉下三样。
41，Denying or deflecting a compliment is rude. Accept it with thanks, even if you believe it is not deserved.
否定或纠正一个赞美，是粗鲁的，受之以恩，即使你觉得你够不上。
42，Always read the plaque next to the monument.
纪念碑边上的说明牌，常读。
43，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.
当你有一些成功，我是不是一个“冒名顶替”的，这种感觉是真实的。但是，当你用你独特的才能和经验创造了一件东西的时候，你绝对不是这样的，你是应得的，你有责任做只有你能做的东西。
44，What you do on your bad days matters more than what you do on your good days.
在逆境做的事，比你顺境做的事重要的多
45，Make stuff that is good for people to have.
制造别人想拥有的东西。
46，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.
刷墙时候，哪怕一点点，不管你如何小心，它会沾上你的衣服。所以穿的合适点
47，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.
有一个方法，可以让你的孩子一路上在车里待着，准备一袋他们喜欢的糖果，当他们捣蛋时候，就扔出一些。
48，You cannot get smart people to work extremely hard just for money.
你不可能让聪明人只为钱努力工作
49，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.
当你不知道因为一项特别工作要支付多少的时候，你问“怎样算公平？”他们的回答一般就是对的。
50，90% 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.
每件事的90%都是废物，如果你认为你不喜欢歌剧、浪漫小说，TIKTOK，乡村音乐，素食，NFT，试着看看你是否能能够找到那另外的10%。
51，You will be judged on how well you treat those who can do nothing for you.
你会被评判，按照你是如何对待那些与你无关的人
52，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.
我们常常高估我们一天做的事情，而低估那些要做10年的事，奇迹能发生，只要你给它十年，长期的游戏把小的收获聚集在一起盖过大错误。
53，Thank a teacher who changed your life.
感谢改变你生活的老师
54，You can’t reason someone out of a notion that they didn’t reason themselves into.
如果他本人没理性推理，你不能让他按理性来。
55，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.
你最好的工作应该是你还不够格但是可以促进你的，实际上，你就要去适应你够不上的工作。
56，Buy used books. They have the same words as the new ones. Also libraries.
买二手书，他们的内容与新书一样，图书馆，也好。
57，You can be whatever you want, so be the person who ends meetings early.
你啥都能作，那就做个早点结束会议的人。
58，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：你发声之前，让你的每个词穿过三道门，第一，问自己，这是真的吗？第二，必要吗？第三，友好吗？
59，Take the stairs.
走楼梯
为啥？
60，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.
实际费用事标价的两倍：因为把它用起来、维护、维修、以及最后的废物处理消耗能源、时间、金钱。
61，When you arrive at your room in a hotel, locate the emergency exits. It only takes a minute.
到一个宾馆，用一分钟确认一下紧急出口
62，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”的最建设性方法是“我要变成谁？”
63，Average returns sustained over an above-average period of time yield extraordinary results. Buy and hold.
买进持有。一个持续很长时间的平均回报，会带来巨大结果。
64，It’s thrilling to be extremely polite to rude strangers.
对粗鲁的陌生人以超级礼遇，会令人惊喜
65，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.
不那么聪明，但善于沟通的人，比超级聪明但是不善于沟通的人，做的更好，是可能的。好消息是，改善沟通能力比提高智商容易一些。
66，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.
相对于信赖每个人的最佳表现，“偶尔被骗”是一个小代价；因为当你信赖他们最佳表现时候，他们也是按最佳表现要求你。
67，Art is whatever you can get away with.
艺术，就是侥幸逃避惩罚
68，For the best results with your children, spend only half the money you think you should, but double the time with them.
善待你孩子，用一半的钱，双倍的时间
69，Purchase the most recent tourist guidebook to your home town or region. You’ll learn a lot by playing the tourist once a year.
买一本你家乡或地区的最新旅游手册，你会从一年一次的旅游中学到很多。
70，Dont wait in line to eat something famous. It is rarely worth the wait.
不要排队去吃网红食品，它们很少值得。
71，To rapidly reveal the true character of a person you just met, move them onto an abysmally slow internet connection. Observe.
快速揭示一个你刚认识的人的真实性格，把他们移到极慢的互联网连接中，观察他。
72，Prescription for popular success: do something strange. Make a habit of your weird.
网红秘方：做奇怪的事。一个奇怪的习惯。
73，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.
专业点！备份你的备份。至少一个物理的，一个云端的，多一个更好。如果你丢了，找回你所有的数据、照片、笔记，你愿你支付多少？比起后悔，备份是最便宜的
74，Don’t believe everything you think you believe.
不要相信每一件你认为你相信的
75，To signal an emergency, use the rule of three; 3 shouts, 3 horn blasts, or 3 whistles.
标志紧急出口的三原则：三次叫喊，三次爆破，三次哨声
76，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.
在饭店，点你知道最好的，还是尝新？你是做你肯定大卖的还是尝试新菜？你是约新欢，还是约旧友？尝试新的理想比例通常是1/3。花1/3探索新的，2/3时间来深入老的。对成年的你来说，分配1/3是困难的，因为它看起来没有什么产出，但是请安排1/3。
77，Actual great opportunities do not have “Great Opportunities” in the subject line.
事实上，大机会的题目不会有“大机会”三个字
78，When introduced to someone make eye contact and count to 4. You’ll both remember each other.
当你与某人介绍自己时候，用眼镜对视，数到4，这样会记住彼此。
79，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.
注意，如果发现你不知道你的好刀在哪里，你的好笔在哪里，那说明它们不够好，扔掉它们。
80，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.
当你困住了，向别人解释你的问题。简单摊开问题，就会出现解决方案。在麻烦解决过程中加入“解析问题”环节
81，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.
当你去买花园软管、延长线、梯子，买的长度最好明显大于你想要的，一般这是对的。
82，Dont bother fighting the old; just build the new.
不要对抗老的东西，只要创新就好
83，Your group can achieve great things way beyond your means simply by showing people that they are appreciated.
你的团队会完成比你想要的更伟大的事情，只要你表达，你很感激他们
84，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.
当某人告诉你人类历史的巅峰之年，之后事情都走下坡路。这往往是他们十岁的时候，这是人类生存的巅峰之年。
85，You are as big as the things that make you angry.
你与那些让你愤怒的东西一样大
86，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.
观众演讲时候，你最好凝视少量几个人，而不是散漫目光，你的眼神传递你真的相信你所说的
87，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.
习惯比灵感可靠，通过习惯来进步，不要聚焦某种形式，聚焦在变成一个从不放弃训练的人
88，When negotiating, don’t aim for a bigger piece of the pie; aim to create a bigger pie.
谈判时，别盯着蛋糕的最大一块，去做大蛋糕
89，If you repeated what you did today 365 more times will you be where you want to be next year?
如果你重复今天的事情365次，一年后，你会在哪里？
90，You see only 2% of another person, and they see only 2% of you. Attune yourselves to the hidden 98%.
你只看得见别人的2%，他们也一样，让我们去探索98%
91，Your time and space are limited. Remove, give away, throw out things in your life that dont spark joy any longer in order to make room for those that do.
你的时空均有限，扔掉那些不再激发你快乐的东西，腾出新空间。
92，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.
我们的后代会完成让我们吃惊的事儿，也许其中用的是我们今天的材料和工具，加上他们的想象。想的大一点。
93，For a great payoff be especially curious about the things you are not interested in.
好奇那些你不感兴趣的，会带来大回报
94，Focus on directions rather than destinations. Who knows their destiny? But maintain the right direction and you’ll arrive at where you want to go.
聚焦方向而不是目标。谁知命运？只要保持对的方向，你会到达你想去的地方。
95，Every breakthrough is at first laughable and ridiculous. In fact if it did not start out laughable and ridiculous, it is not a breakthrough.
每个突破一开始都是可笑和荒诞的，实际上，如果不是可笑和荒诞，那，它就不是突破。
96，If you loan someone $20 and you never see them again because they are avoiding paying you back, that makes it worth $20.
如果借别人20美金，但是在他们逃避还你之前你可能再也不会见到他，就让他值20元。
97，Copying others is a good way to start. Copying yourself is a disappointing way to end.
抄袭别人是开始的好方法，而抄袭自己是结束的坏方法。
98，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.
讨论工资的最佳时机是他们说“需要你”之后，而不是之前。
99，Rather than steering your life to avoid surprises, aim directly for them.
直面惊喜，而不是企图躲避。
100，Dont purchase extra insurance if you are renting a car with a credit card.
用信用卡租车时候，别买额外保险
101，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.
如果你关于某件事的观点不能从别的观点预推出来，那你可能局限在某一种意识形态了。这个时候你该真正思考你的那些结论了。
102，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.
争取身无分文的死去。死之前都给受益人，这是有趣而有用的，花完他们。你最后的支票应该是殡仪馆，而且跳票了。
103，The chief prevention against getting old is to remain astonished.
保持惊诧，防止变老。
