原文翻譯:
“自助餐”式的工具書——如何充分利用好這本書
法則#1:自由地跳讀(看你想看的)
我希望你跳過任何一個提不起你興趣的東西。這本書應該讀起來輕松有趣,就像你可以輕松自由地享用自助餐一樣,挑那些你喜歡的。沒有必要挨個地去看。如果你不喜歡吃蝦,那就不要吃那該死的蝦。選擇你自己喜歡的冒險路線去使用這本書,我也是選擇了一條自己喜歡的路線去寫這本書的。我有一個心愿:這本書有50%你能喜歡,20%的你能愛上,10%能讓你終身難忘。這就是為什么:對于數百萬的博客聽眾和曾經那些校對這本書的人來說,這些“50/25/10”最精彩的地方是完全不一樣的,每個人心里都有自己的那“50/25/10”。想到這,我欣喜若狂。
? ? 我將不同類型的牛人收錄于這本書中——這些都是將自己的事做到極致的牛人——請校對同一個描述,然后回答我的問題:“哪10%你將一定會保留,而哪10%你又會去除?”其實經常會出現:你確定會保留下來的10%是別人要必須要去除掉的。所以這不是一個“適合你,就一定適合所有人”的策略。我希望你舍棄大量你不喜歡的,去看那些你感興趣的。
法則#2 不要盲目地跳讀
總之,你要對那些跳讀的部分做一個簡短的體會筆記。也許是書中某個角落不起眼的一句話或是顯眼的標題。
? ? 也許是這些跳躍和滑過的部分恰恰可以解決了你生活中的盲點,瓶頸和困惑的問題呢?不錯,對我來說,的確是這樣的!
? ? 如果你決定輕易地放過一些東西,那么請你注意,當你在以后偶爾想起來的時候,你要問你自己:“為什么我會跳過它” 是不是它使你反感了?看起來和你不相稱了?看起來太困難了?你是否能想通,然后做到,或者是否它就是從父母和其他人那里遺傳過來所得到的一個影子而已?其實,這些都很正常,就連我們的信仰都不是我們自己的!
? ? 這本書練習的部分是讓你怎樣去創造一個新的自我,而不是去尋找你自己。對于后者是有其價值所在的,但它主要是過去式:是一個后視鏡(只能往后看)。而現在我們應該去找擋風玻璃(往前看),去幫助我們到達想去的地方。
譯者筆記:
作者給出的兩條法則看似矛盾其實并不矛盾,那些和你原來認知體系能相融的東西固然能和你產生共鳴,你也因此更為確信你原來的認知體系。但還有一些是和你格格不入的,這些東西我們剛開始可能非常地排斥,不能接受,可是我們如果只接受那些能和你相融的東西,而不去試著接受那些剛開始讓你討厭的東西,那么我們永遠是在找原來的自己,而不是去創造一個新的自己。認知體系的建立其實就是:打破原來的體系格局,不斷地放進新的認知,然后重新建構的一個過程。雖然這個過程非常的痛苦,每次都會看見一個不完美的自己,每次都是傷痕累累,但是有一句話說的好:“不夠完美又何妨,萬物皆有裂痕,那是光進來的地方”!
原文:
THIS BOOK IS A BUFFET— HERE’S HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF IT
RULE #1: SKIP LIBERALLY
I want you to skip anything that doesn’t grab you . This book should be fun to read ,and it’s a buffet to choose from .Don’t suffer through anything anything.If you bate shrimp, don’t eat the goddamn shrimp .Treat it as a choose-your-own-adventure guide, as that’s how I’ve written it . My goal is for each reader to like 50% , love 25%, and never forget10%Here’s why: For the millions who’ve heard the podcast, and the dozens who proofread this book, the 50/25/10 highlights are completely different for every person.It’s blown my mind.
I’ve even had multiple guests in this book —people who are the best at what they do — proofread the same profile , answering my predation of “Which 10% would you absolutely keep , and which 10% would you absolutely cut ?”Oftentimes, the 10% “must keep” of one person was the exact “must cut”of someone else! This is mot one-size-fits-all .I expect you to discard plenty .Read what you enjoy.
RULE#2:SKIP,BUT DO SO INTELLIGENTLY.
All that said, take abridge mental note of anything you skip. Perhaps put a little dot in the corner of the page or highlight the headline.
? ? Perhaps it’s skipping and closing over precisely these topics or questions that has created blind spots , bottlenecks, and unresolved issues in your life? That was certainly true for me.
If you decide to flip past something, note it , return to it later at some point ,and ask yourself , “Why did I skip this ?” Did it offend you ?Seem beneath you ? Seem too difficult ?And did you arriver at that by thinking it through , or is it a reflection of biases inherited from your parents and others? Very often, “our” beliefs are not our own.
? ? This type of practice is how you create yourself ,instead of seeding to discover yourself, There is value in the latter , but it’s mostly past-tense:It’s a rearview mirror. Looking out the windshield is how you get where you want to go .
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