3-2-1: Childlike wonder, motivation, and a strategy for generosity

来源：​ https://jamesclear.com/3-2-1/ august-11-2022

3 Ideas From Me

 I.
"Deconstruction creates knowledge. Recombination creates value."

拆解(破坏)产出知识，重构(组合)产生价值。

很有道理的一句话，要学知识就要把一个主题拆解成各个知识点，逐一攻破。

学到的知识，最终需要汇总，也就是融会贯通，并与实际应用场景组合，才能产出价值。

 ​II.
"Children are joyful and treat each day as a miracle—in part because they are continually surprised.

Each day, they hear a new word or listen to a new song or learn about a new animal. It's their first time visiting that restaurant or jumping in that pool or riding that rollercoaster. The world is continually unfolding before them.

How can you introduce more surprise into your life as an adult? How can you renew your sense of childlike wonder?"

小的时候对大多数的事物都觉得新奇，等到越来越大，新奇感消失了。

看看自己或周遭朋友的小孩，是不是常说好无聊，尤其是没有手机玩的时候。反观我小时候，就算没电视看，也会四处游玩，打弹珠、溪边玩水、自己做玩具....从不觉得无聊。

感到无聊，很大的原因是，大脑待机了！之前读过一篇文章说道：“神经细胞对于讯号强度更为变化敏感”。入鲍鱼之室而不闻其臭，就是这个道理，当接收到的讯号稳定没有变化的时候，大脑就会bypass那个讯号，进入待机（自动运转）模式，大脑没有收到新刺激，就，无聊了！

因为手机、网路的便利，现代小孩接收到讯息已经是二十年前高中生才能接触到的资讯，因此外界讯息的波动程度相较手机（游戏或资讯）都不显著，因此只要没手机，大脑就闲的发慌。

保持好奇心与观察，在平凡的事物中总能发现让人惊艳的细节。

 III.
"In the beginning, your skills are raw, your knowledge is sparse, and you lack experience. At best, you will be able to produce work that is "just okay." And even then, you'll only manage to reach "just okay" by giving your best effort.

Nobody wants to produce something that is "just okay." You'll feel like it's beneath your standards. You'll worry about what others think of you. You'll wonder whether you would be better off taking a different path. But it is impossible to reach that stage unless you are willing to work through your current stage.

And so, one of the main obstacles between who you are and who you could be is courage. The courage to keep trying even if you're not yet as good as you hope. The courage to keep trying despite your fears of what others may think. The courage to keep trying without knowing how the future will unfold.

Your great work is on the other side of your early work. The only way to be exceptional later on is to have the courage to be "just okay" right now. This is how it is for everyone."

没有人一出生就会跑，总是需要经过跌跌撞撞的过程。初始的你，现在回头看都会觉得拙，但没有曾经的拙，那来现在的卓（越） 。

一开始不要讲究perfect，因为perfect的太远，先从just ok，慢慢精进到ok，然后better, fine, well done, excellent，一步一步过关的打怪，最后就可以perfect🤩

不要在意初始的拙样，不怕犯错，不怕问出蠢问题，就可以持续成长。

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2 Quotes From Others

 I.
Insurance executive and entrepreneur Art Williams on motivation:
"Almost everybody can stay excited for 2 or 3 months. A few people can stay excited for 2 or 3 years. But a winner will stay excited for 30 years or however long it takes to win."

Source: "Just Do It"

短暂的热情是激情，持久的热情才是真热情。

公司内可以看到两种老人，一种是不得不的老人，另一种是不能不的老人。两种人，在初入职场的时候，肯定也曾有过他的热情。

不得不的老人，在过程中消磨了激情，也消磨了意志，最终不得不继续于公司内待着，等待退休，Work to Earn。

不能不的老人，则是过程中由短暂的激情中，找到了可以持续内心激动的方法或路径，因此尽管人老了的，心依然年轻，那种就是不能不做事的人，工作是种成就与享受的来源。

我希望能成为后者！

 ​II.
Journalist and writer Oliver Burkeman shares a strategy for generosity he learned from meditation teacher Joseph Goldstein:
"Whenever a generous impulse arises in your mind – to give money, check in on a friend, send an email praising someone's work – act on the impulse right away, rather than putting it off until later.

When we fail to act on such urges, it's rarely out of mean-spiritedness, or because we have second thoughts about whether the prospective recipient deserves it. More often, it's because of some attitude stemming from our efforts to feel in control of our time. We tell ourselves we'll turn to it when our urgent work is out of the way, or when we have enough spare time to do it really well; or that we ought first to spend a bit longer researching the best recipients for our charitable donations before making any, et cetera.

But the only donations that count are the ones you actually get around to making. And while your colleague might appreciate a nicely worded message of praise more than a hastily worded one, the latter is vastly preferable to what's truly most likely to happen if you put it off, which is that you'll never get around to sending that message."

Source: Four Thousand Weeks​

​想到的时候，就要尽快做到。

想要慷慨的时候，例如捐钱、联络老友、对别人友善，就应该直接去做，别想太多利害关系，或是被手边看似紧急的事给耽搁了，最终什么都没做到。

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1 Question For You

 What career would you realistically pursue if you wanted the most money?
What career would you realistically pursue if you wanted the biggest impact?
What career would you realistically pursue if you wanted to have the most fun?
What career offers the best mix?

​若要有钱，或是有影响力，或是有趣，该选择什么事业？而在这些行业之中，有没有能让你有钱、有趣、又有影响力的？

好问题，我.......还没找到。

更正确的说，我.......还没找过。