About 99% of the time, the right time is right now.
99%的情形中，最佳時機就是現在。
也算是古老的智慧了。上次聽到這個概念是這句：「種一棵樹的最佳時機是二十年前，其次是現在」。
No one is impressed with your possessions as you are.
只有你自己會對自己的資產感到印象深刻。
Don’t ever work for someone you don’t want to become.
不要替你不想成爲的那個人工作。
Cultivate 12 people who love you, because they are worth more than 12 million people who like you.
經營 12 個愛你的人，因為他們比 1200 萬個喜歡你的人更有價值。
Don’t keep making the same mistakes; try to make new mistakes.
別犯相同的錯，試著犯不同的錯。
If you stop to listen to a musician or street performer for more than a minute, you owe them a dollar.
如果表演者令你駐足欣賞超過一分鐘，那你欠他們一美元。
挺合理的，專業有價，藝術當然也有價。
有趣的是，邏輯思維的創辦人羅振宇直接搞反了作者的意思，然後洋洋灑灑對之寫了如下的洞見：
Anything you say before the word “but” does not count.
「但是」這兩個字之前的話都不算數。
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.
當你寬恕別人時，他們可能不會知道，「但是」你會被治愈。寬恕是給我們自己的禮物，不是爲了別人。
這個建議剛好就接在「『但是』之前不算數」的建議後面……是 Kevin 有意安排的嗎？
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.
禮貌不用錢。馬桶使用後放下坐墊、電梯先出後進、購物推車推回指定區域、歸還東西時讓它比借來時更妥善。
Whenever there is an argument between two sides, find the third side.
雙方爭執時，尋求第三方的幫忙。
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.
效率被過度高估；休息被過度低估。有規律地安排休假，對於任何形式的卓越表現都是必不可少的。最好的工作倫理需要良好的休息倫理。
When you lead, your real job is to create more leaders, not more followers.
領導者的真正工作是去培養更多領導者，而非追隨者。
Criticize in private, praise in public.
私下評論，公開讚美。
Life lessons will be presented to you in the order they are needed. Everything you need to master the lesson is whithin 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.
生命的課題會在你需要的時候出現，而掌握這些課題的一切所需都在你身上。當你真正地學會了，下一個課題就會出現。如果你還活著，表示你還有未竟的課題。
最後一句很類似這句挺紅的小雞湯：”Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end”。
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.
學生有責任學走老師的全部，老師有責任引出學生的全部。
If winning becomes too important in a game, change the rules to make it more fun. Changing rules can become the new game.
當勝負已經變得太過重要，改變游戲規則，讓它變得更有趣。改變規則可以是一場新的游戲。
確實，然而跳脫框架可不是件容易的事。倒不如說，有能力跳脫框架的人，其實在遊戲規則中就可以玩得有聲有色；在遊戲規則中混得不好的，有多少還有能力跳脫框架呢？
Ask funders for money, and they’ll give you advice; but ask for advice they’ll give you money.
向資助者要錢，他們會給你建議；但向他們要建議，他們會給你錢。
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.
生產力是一個令人分心的議題。與其更快地完成任務，不如試圖找到一個你會想一直做下去的那個任務。
Nice one. 我也是這麼認為的。
Immediately pay what you owe to vendors, workers, contractors. They will go out of their way to work with you first next time.
立即付款給你的合作方。下次他們會更加願意優先與你合作。
The biggest lie we tell ourselves is “I don’t need to write this down because I will remember it.”
最大的謊言：「我會記得，所以不需要做筆記」。
真！的！
Your growth as a conscious being measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations you are willing to have.
有意識的成長是用「你願意進行多少次不舒服的對話」來衡量的。
Speak confidently as if you are right, but listen carefully as if you are wrong。
自信地說，仿佛你是對的；仔細地聼，仿佛你是錯的。
Handy measure: the distance between your fingertips of your outstretched arms at shoulder level is your height.
臂展長度大約等於你的身高。（謝謝，但這算哪門子 advice of living XD）
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.
持續比數量重要。每天做的小事，遠比偶爾做的事更重要。
Making art is not selfish; it’s for the rest of us. If you don’t do your thing, you are cheating us.
藝術創作並不自私，這是爲了其他人。如果你不做，你就是在逃避其他人。
Kevin 選擇了 “cheat” 這個字眼，其實話說得蠻重的。但我挺喜歡這個觀點，作為社會型群居生物，社會提供了條件，那身為其中的個體，有一定的義務，將這些能量「外顯」出來。
