Ten Tips from Naval Ravikant

Retirement is when you stop sacrificing today for an imaginary tomorrow. When today is complete, in and of itself, you’re retired. 退休就是你不再为想象中的明天牺牲今天。当今天完成了就完成了，你就退休了。

Not in some cosmic, karma kind of way, but I believe deep down we all know who we are. You cannot hide anything from yourself. 并非什么宇宙，因果报应之类的，我相信在内心深处，我们都知道自己是谁。你无法对自己隐瞒什么。

Everybody wants to get rich immediately, but the world is an efficient place; immediate doesn’t work. 每个人都想马上发财，但这个世界是个讲效率的地方，「马上」行不通。

If you can’t decide, the answer is no. 如果你不能决定，那么答案就是否定的。

Reading is faster than listening. Doing is faster than watching. 读比听快，做比看快。

Embrace accountability and take business risks under your own name. Society will reward you with responsibility, equity, and leverage. 拥抱责任心，以自己的名义承担商业风险。社会就会用责任、公平和杠杆来回报你。

No one can compete with you on being you. Most of life is a search for who and what needs you the most. 在「做自己」这件事情上，没有人可以和你竞争。人生的大部分时间都是在寻找最需要你的人和事。

If they can train you to do it, then eventually they will train a computer to do it. 他们可以训练你去做的事情，最终他们也可以训练一台电脑去做。

Confucius says you have two lives, and the second one begins when you realize you only have one. When and how did your second life begin? 孔子说，你有两次生命，当你意识到自己只有一次生命的时候，你的第二次生命就开始了。所以，你的第二次生命是什么时候开始的，如何开始的？

If you have two choices to make, and they’re relatively equal choices, take the path more difficult and more painful in the short term. 如果你有两个差不多的选择，就选短期内更困难、更痛苦的那个。