Time is like a river that carries us forward into encounters with reality that require us to make decisions. -Ray Dalio
時間就像一條河流，載著我們順流而下，遇到現(xiàn)實，需要決策。——瑞 達(dá)利歐
人生究竟是什么？每個人都有自己的答案。以前有一個老領(lǐng)導(dǎo)說，過日子就是麻煩，不停的遇到各種各樣的麻煩，解決了又遇到下一個。我不認(rèn)同他說法中負(fù)面的成分，但我理解他的意思，對我來說人生就是不斷地解決問題和做出選擇。
About what is life, everyone has their own answers. One of my former leaders said that life meant trouble. He kept meeting all kinds of troubles and met the next one after solving one. I don't agree with the negative in his statement, but I get his point. For me, life is about constantly solving problems and making choices.
有一次在看相親節(jié)目的時候和老爸聊到，我說，人的性格能從他的選擇中看出來。他做出的某項決定是怎樣的，他是以怎樣的狀態(tài)去選擇，他是否獨立地做決定，都可以看出很多這個人的性格痕跡。我們每個人，都是由自己的無數(shù)選擇而構(gòu)成的。
I once talked with my dad when watching a blind date show. I said that a person's character can be seen from his choices. What was the decision he made, what kind of state he was in when chose, whether he made the decision independently or not, we can tell a lot of traces of this person's character. Each of us is built by our own countless choices.
一個選擇的分歧，可能只會有小小的差異，但在無數(shù)個選擇之后，我與“我”之間可能天差地別。當(dāng)然，事實上，很多時候做出選擇的我們背后，是所有經(jīng)歷拼湊而成的自我觀念。正因為我是我，才會做出這樣的選擇，才會成為而今的我。
There may be only a tiny difference in one choice, but after countless choices, there may be a huge difference between me and "I". Surely, in fact, most of the time, it is the self-outlooks made up of all our experiences that behind our choices. Just because I am me, I make such choices and become who I am now.
但我們也可能被其他人的“原則”所影響。就好像我翻開《原則》這本書，我可能會對有一些原則感同身受，對于一些無感（我還沒有遇到能觸發(fā)這些原則的經(jīng)歷），并且反對某幾條（我的經(jīng)歷讓我無法認(rèn)同）。我看到的這些原則，可能會成為意識或潛意識的一部分，在下一次需要做出決定的時候，成為影響因素，正向的，或者負(fù)向的。
But we can also be influenced by other people's "principles". Like when I open the Book Principles, I may feel the same for some principles, be insensitive for some else (I haven't had the experiences that can trigger these principles), and oppose a few (my experiences make me unable to identify with them). The principles I read may become part of the conscious or subconscious, and the next time a decision needs to be made, they will become influencing factors, positive or negative.
總結(jié)自己的原則也很實用。雖然我們已做出的選擇可能看似不錯，人生的前端看似平坦，但如果只靠運氣或直覺，那就是沒有方向也無法控制方向的船。沒有外力、天氣上佳，于是你順流而下，但一旦有人挖渠、暴雨傾盆，那就相當(dāng)可怕。這也是我們?nèi)タ础⑷ヂ牎⑷枴⑷ジ嘟?jīng)歷的緣故。
It's also practical to sum up our own principles. Although the choices we have made may seem good, and the previous life may seem smooth, if we only rely on luck or intuition, it's a boat that has no direction and can't control the direction. If there is no external force, the weather is good, you float downstream, but once someone digs a canal, or the rainstorm pours, that'll become terrible. This's why we go to see, listen, ask and experience more.
