生活高于工作：将工具转化为目标的篇章

Life Is Higher Than Work: The Story of Transforming Tools into Goals

1. 总之，你如果要做一个快乐的人，切切记着：金钱不是万能的，不是权力；只是用来达到目的的一种工具罢了。若你不注意发展你的人格而只注意赚钱，那么，全世界银行金库里的钱还不够替你买到快乐！金钱变为你的生活目的时，怕连你的生活也要保不住了！

1. In summary, if you want to be a happy person, remember this firmly: money is not everything, it is not power; it is merely a tool used to achieve goals. If you neglect the development of your character and only focus on making money, then, even the money in the world's bank vaults would not be enough to buy you happiness! When money becomes your life goal, there is a fear that you might even lose your life itself!

2. 将52张牌中的每一张与一个难忘的人或东西相对应。为方便起先，给每一张安排一个有逻辑联想的形象。

2. Correspond each of the 52 cards with a memorable person or thing. For convenience, initially assign each card a logically associated image.

3. 二是不论怎么计划使用网络的时段，都必须保证在这些时段外彻底屏蔽网络。

3. Secondly, regardless of how the time slots for using the network are planned, it is essential to ensure that the network is completely blocked during these non-scheduled periods.

4. 忌不断分心，要不断专注。预先计划好使用网络的时间，并严格执行，通过减少自己向分心屈服的次数，提升专注力。这一策略强调三个重点：

4. Avoid constant distractions and maintain focus. Pre-plan the time you will spend online and strictly adhere to it. By reducing the number of times you yield to distractions, you can enhance your concentration. This strategy emphasizes three key points:

5. 你如果要做一个快乐的人，切切记着：金钱不是万能的，只是用来达到目的的一种工具罢了。

5. If you want to be a happy person, remember this: Money is not everything; it is just a tool used to achieve your goals.

6. 第二步：以高层次目标为准绳，思考当前使用的网络工具，评估它对达成该目标是积极影响、消极影响，还是无影响。

6. Second step: Take high-level goals as the criterion, think about the current network tools being used, and evaluate whether they have a positive impact, a negative impact, or no impact on achieving that goal.

7. 高级技术工人。经济学家布林约尔松和麦卡菲强调，善用智能机器且具有创造性的人，其工作价值将会越来越高。比如：数据奇才内特·西尔弗，曾在2012年美国总统大选中预测了50个州的选举结果，并创办了一个用数据来分析所有现象的新闻网站。

7. Advanced technical workers. Economists Bjarne Stroustrup and Michael McAffee emphasize that the work value of those who are skilled in using intelligent machines and possess creativity will continue to increase. For example: data wizard Nate Silver, who predicted the election results in 50 states in the 2012 US presidential election, and founded a news website that uses data to analyze all phenomena.

8. 结果，张老头在单位人缘极差，处处碰壁。在临近退休的头一年，他身体忽然疼痛难忍，被查出胰腺炎，几天后就传来他病逝的消息。

8. As a result, Old Zhang had a very poor relationship with his colleagues at the unit and encountered obstacles everywhere. In the first year before his retirement, he suddenly experienced severe pain and was diagnosed with pancreatitis. A few days later, the news of his death was announced.

9. 无论什么时候，无论什么地方，人总是要争权夺利的，所以每一个人都崇拜权力。

9. At any time and in any place, people always compete for power and benefits, which is why everyone worships power.

10. 不要用网络来消遣。在生活中，如果我们把每个无聊的时刻（如排队5分钟，餐厅等朋友）都用来浏览智能手机，那么大脑可能已经被重新编排，这将导致我们不能胜任深度工作。

10. Do not use the internet for leisure. In life, if we spend every boring moment (such as waiting in line for 5 minutes, or waiting for friends at a restaurant) browsing our smartphones, our brains may have been reprogrammed, which will lead to our inability to engage in deep work.

11. 对互联网顶礼膜拜。在以网络为中心的技术垄断时代，深度工作让位于分散精力的互联网行为。正如尼尔·波兹曼所说，我们不再权衡新科技的利弊，开始自以为是地认定，只要是高科技就是好的。

11. Worship the Internet. In the age of technological monopoly centered around the internet, deep work gives way to scattered internet behavior. As Neil Postman said, we no longer weigh the pros and cons of new technology, but start to arrogantly assume that anything high-tech is good.

12. 我们千万不能把工作和生活的关系搞反了，否则一生白活，万劫不复。

12. We must never reverse the relationship between work and life; otherwise, we will have lived our lives in vain and be beyond redemption.

13. 人生苦短，光阴易逝。让我们不要做工作的奴隶，要做生活的主人。少私寡欲，从容不迫，自由自在，按照自己喜欢的方式度过一生。

13. Life is short and time flies. Let us not be slaves to work, but be the masters of our lives. Reduce desires and have fewer ambitions, live with ease and composure, freely and comfortably, and spend our lives in the way we like.

14. 第二，抓住引领性指标，即专注于在最高目标上投入的深度工作时间。

14. Secondly, grasp the leading indicators, which focus on the depth of working hours invested in the highest goals.

15. 三是在工作外也按计划使用网络，可以进一步提升专注训练的效果。

15. Thirdly, using the internet as planned outside of work can further enhance the effectiveness of focused training.

16. 第四，定期问责。比如在每周工作回顾中，反省自己的表现以不断调整，并利用它制定下一周的工作计划。

16. Fourthly, regular accountability. For example, during the weekly work review, reflect on one's performance to continuously adjust and use it to plan the work for the following week.

17. 有成果的冥想。利用本可能被浪费的时间，如在走路、慢跑时，将注意力集中在某个难题上，实现有成果的冥想。有效执行这一策略，有两个建议：

17. Productive Meditation. Utilize the time that could otherwise be wasted, such as when walking or jogging, by focusing your attention on a challenging problem to achieve productive meditation. There are two suggestions for effectively executing this strategy:

18. 所有者：拥有资本。新经济形势下，有资本投入新科技、促成大重组的人，将具备巨大的成功优势。比如：经济生活赢家约翰·杜尔，他是硅谷风投公司凯鹏华盈的普通合伙人。杜尔成功投资了多家引领科技变革的企业，包括推特、谷歌、亚马逊、网景公司和太阳微系统公司等。在作者写作本书时，他的个人净资产超过30亿美元。

18. Owners: possess capital. In the new economic situation, those who invest capital in new technologies and facilitate major restructurings will have a significant advantage in achieving success. For example: John Doerr, a winner in the economic life, is a general partner at the Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Doerr successfully invested in numerous companies that led technological changes, including Twitter, Google, Amazon, Netscape, and Sun Microsystems, among others. At the time the author was writing this book, his personal net worth exceeded 3 billion US dollars.

19. 作家威妮弗雷德·加拉格尔说：“我将活出专注的人生，因为这是最好的选择。”

19. The writer Winifred Gallagher says, "I will live a life of focus, because that is the best choice."

20. 杨绛先生：“上班最大的意义不是那点工资，而是工作能让你有规律的生活，有见人的机会，有稳定的社交圈子，还有来自客户同事或多或少的压力。一来可以锻炼心智，二来能促进你不断前进，不至于生活越来越堕落。”

20. Mr. Yang Jiang: "The greatest significance of going to work is not the salary, but that it allows you to have a regular lifestyle, opportunities to meet people, a stable social circle, and varying degrees of pressure from clients and colleagues. On one hand, it can exercise your mind; on the other hand, it can promote your continuous progress, preventing your life from descending into decay."

21. 第二，自己在收发电子邮件时做更多工作。如作者运用“流程导向”的方法，即梳理收到邮件的信息指向哪一个项目，成功完成项目接下来要做什么？

21. Secondly, I need to do more work when sending and receiving emails. For example, if the author applies the "process-oriented" method, which involves organizing the information received in emails to determine which project it pertains to, and what needs to be done next to successfully complete the project.

22. 在治丧仪式上，他的妻子和女儿几乎没有哀戚的神色，因为他平时总是沉溺于工作中的表现，而缺席了丈夫和父亲的角色。

22. At the funeral ceremony, his wife and daughter showed almost no signs of grief, as he was usually immersed in work, neglecting his roles as a husband and father.

23. 第一步：明确职业和私人生活中的高层次目标。

23. Step 1: Clarify high-level goals in both professional and personal life.

24. 工作只是生活的一部分。工作的目的，是让生活变得更好。如果我们的生活因为工作而变得糟糕，说明它起了反作用。

24. Work is only a part of life. The purpose of work is to make life better. If our lives become worse because of work, it means that it is having a counterproductive effect.

25. 在过去，人们崇拜权力的对象不一，有的为丰收而祷告，有的为美丽或聪明而祷告。头脑简单的野蛮人所崇拜的权力，是射箭能够直射到野兽心脏的本领。普通的美国人所崇拜的权力是能有巨款存入银行，能加入一种消费很大的俱乐部，能驾驭速度最快的汽车。

25. In the past, people worshipped different objects of power; some prayed for abundance, while others prayed for beauty or intelligence. The power worshipped by simple-minded savages was the ability to shoot an arrow directly into the heart of a beast. For the average American, the power they admire is the ability to deposit a large sum of money in a bank, to join a club with high consumption, and to drive the fastest cars.

26. 第三，晚间安逸时光中放下的工作一般没那么重要。如果日程安排合理，白天的工作时间就已经达到每日深度工作的极限了，那么在夜里就没有足够的精力做到深度工作。

26. Thirdly, the work that is set aside during the leisure time in the evening is generally not as important. If the schedule is arranged reasonably, the working hours during the day have already reached the limit of daily deep work, then there is not enough energy to do deep work at night.

27. 工作的价值，是让我们衣食无忧，拥有一定的经济能力和物质基础。

27. The value of work is to ensure that we have no worries about food and clothing, and to possess a certain level of economic capability and material foundation.

28. 深度的生活并非你必须要这么做，而是如果你想拥有更富效率和更有意义的人生，你就得跨过舒适区和恐惧，将自己的头脑发挥到极致。

28. A deep life is not something you have to do, but rather, if you want to have a more efficient and meaningful life, you must step out of your comfort zone and overcome fear, pushing your mind to its limits.

29. 浮浅工作：对认知要求不高的事务性任务，往往在受到干扰的情况下开展。此类工作通常不会为世界创造太多新价值，且容易复制。

29. Shallow work: Routine tasks that do not require high cognitive skills are often carried out in the presence of distractions. Such work usually does not create much new value for the world and is easily replicable.

30. 在回复邮件前，多花些时间理清当前处于哪个步骤，然后强调接下来的步骤。这样可以减少收到的邮件数量和漫无目的的思维混乱。

30. Before replying to an email, spend more time clarifying which step you are currently at, and then emphasize the next steps. This can reduce the number of received emails and the aimless mental confusion.

31. “别人笑我太疯癫，我笑他人看不穿。不见五陵豪杰墓，无花无酒锄作田。”

31. "Others laugh at me for being too crazy, I laugh at them for not seeing through. Not seeing the tombs of heroic figures from the five royal tombs, nothing but flowers and wine are plowed into fields."

32. 定量分析每项活动的深度。这一策略，要求我们明确每个工作任务的深浅度，以便将更多的精力倾注于深度工作。

32. Conduct a quantitative analysis of the depth of each activity. This strategy requires us to clearly define the depth of each work task so that we can allocate more energy to deep work.

33. 戒掉社交媒体。尝试30天不使用社交媒体服务，不用主动告诉他人这个消息，也不用删除这些服务。经过30天的网络孤立，针对当前戒掉的每一个服务，问自己两个问题：第一，如果一直用这种服务，过去30天会过得更好吗？第二，人们是否关心我有没有在用这种服务？如果这两个问题的答案是“否”，那么永久戒掉这项服务，如果答案是“是”，则重新启用。如果答案不肯定或模糊，则自行决定是否重新使用。

33. Quit social media. Try not to use social media services for 30 days, without actively informing others about this decision, and without deleting these services. After 30 days of internet isolation, for each service you have quit, ask yourself two questions: first, would your life have been better in the past 30 days if you had continued using this service? Second, do people care whether I am using this service or not? If the answer to both questions is "no," then permanently quit this service. If the answers are "yes," then reactivate it. If the answers are uncertain or ambiguous, make your own decision on whether to restart using it.

34. 作者强调这一策略的关键是：只要你愿意付出努力，就可以提高专注力。

34. The author emphasizes that the key to this strategy is: as long as you are willing to put in the effort, you can improve your focus.

35. 第一，让发电子邮件的人做更多工作。如作者使用“发件人过滤器”的方法：如果有人要联系他，可以在网站上找到一个特殊情况专用电子邮件地址，同时会附带“不要对收到回复报太大期望”的信息。

35. Firstly, make the person sending the email do more work. For example, by using the "sender filter" method: if someone wants to contact the author, they can find a special case-specific email address on the website, which will also come with the information "Don't expect too much from receiving a reply."

36. 而决断标准是：只有你认为一种工具会带来积极影响，并且这些积极影响大于消积影响时，才继续使用这种工具。

36. The criterion for making a decision is: only continue to use a tool if you believe it will have a positive impact, and that this positive impact outweighs the negative impact.

37. 人要活得好，关键是要有一个好身体，好心态，和一些空闲的时光享受生活。

37. To live well, the key is to have a good body, a positive mindset, and some free time to enjoy life.

38. 养成高效习惯应注意的普遍问题：第一，确定适合进行深度工作的场所，并设定工作时长。第二，设置工作时的规则和程序，确保努力具有结构性。比如规定不能使用网络，或者设定每隔20分钟产出的文字数量。第三，做些事支持自己的工作，确保大脑保持高深度水平。比如提供足够的食物，或通过散步等方式帮助大脑保持清醒。

38. General issues to be considered when cultivating efficient habits: First, determine a suitable place for deep work and set the duration of work. Second, establish rules and procedures for working to ensure efforts are structured. For example, stipulate no use of the internet, or set a target for the number of words produced every 20 minutes. Third, do things that support your work to ensure your brain maintains a high level of deep work. For example, provide sufficient food, or help keep the brain alert through methods like taking walks.

39. 二是组织你的深度思考。深度思考需要一定的架构。作者建议首先仔细考察解决这个问题的相关变量。比如你在试图解决一个数学证明，它的相关变量可能是假设或前提。通过考虑相关变量，明确下一步问题，为自己的注意力指明方向。

39. Secondly, organize your deep thinking. Deep thinking requires a certain structure. The author suggests that you first carefully examine the relevant variables related to solving this problem. For example, if you are trying to solve a mathematical proof, the relevant variables might be assumptions or premises. By considering the relevant variables, you can clarify the next step of the problem and direct your attention accordingly.

40. 工作干得再好，妨害了生活，也很不值得。也许你觉得工作给你价值感，那么蚂蚁还觉得自己伟大呢！

40. No matter how well you do your job, if it interferes with your life, it's not worth it at all. Maybe you think your job gives you a sense of value, but ants also feel great about themselves!

41. 固然，经过了几年的劳苦工作之后，你赚到了10000块钱？当银行里的付款员交给你一张清单的时候，你便感到了得意，但是，这不过是很短促的兴奋，因为你不能有了钱去周游世界，或加入俱乐部做会员，或新做许多衣服，买一辆精美的汽车，为的是你在拚命赚钱的过程之中早已忘记了生活的方式，变成了金钱的奴隶了。你惟一欢喜的是赚钱，于是你即刻继续努力。你有辩解，或说要为儿女筹一笔教育费，或说要捐助一所医院，以及其他各种的说法；其实，这些全是掩饰自己是奴役的辩解罢了。老实告诉你吧；你钱越多，越是要受钱的束缚，而享受快乐的机会也越是少，你的一切都完了！将来会像可怜的老皇帝麦达斯，用他的点金术，把世间一切都点成了黄金，直点到鸡蛋和面包也变为硬质的金子不能人腹时，就只好饿死一样。

41. Of course, after years of hard work, you have earned 10,000 yuan? When the bank teller hands you a receipt, you feel proud, but that's just a fleeting excitement, because you can't use the money to travel the world, join a club, or buy new clothes, or purchase a beautiful car, because during the process of拼命 making money, you have already forgotten the way of life and become a slave to money. The only thing you like is to make money, so you continue to work hard. You may have excuses, such as saying you need to save money for your children's education, or that you want to donate to a hospital, and so on; in fact, all these are just excuses to hide your slavery. Let me tell you the truth; the more money you have, the more you will be bound by money, and the fewer opportunities you will have to enjoy happiness. Everything is over! In the future, you will be like the可怜 old king Midas, who, with his golden touch, turned everything in the world into gold, until even eggs and bread turned into hard gold that could not be eaten, and you would have to starve to death.

42. 做好一天的计划。这一策略重在使人们认识到，深度工作要求我们尊重自己的时间。作者建议：为本策略准备一本笔记本，提前规划好每个工作日的工作安排。但需要注意：允许日程中有突发改变，甚至可以主动寻求改变。

42. Make a plan for the day. This strategy emphasizes the importance of recognizing that deep work requires us to respect our own time. The author suggests: prepare a notebook for this strategy and plan the work schedule for each workday in advance. However, it is important to note: allow for unexpected changes in the schedule, and even actively seek changes.