理性的思考 把时间看作投资 Time As An Investment

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Time as an Investment 把时间看作投资
Think of how stingy you are with your money: if someone on the street asks for $10, you're not giving it to them.
想一想你在用钱方面是多么吝啬的:如果大街上有人问你要十美元,你肯定不会给他们。
There's no way you're giving a 30% tip for a normal dining experience. And so on.
如果走进一家普通的餐厅吃饭,你肯定不会给百分之三十的小费。这样的例子还有很多。
And yet so many of us just waste ungodly amounts of our time. We throw it away, every day.
但是我们中的很多人却肆意浪费着大量的时间。我们每天都将时间随意扔掉。
I know I do unless I'm careful.
我知道我也会浪费时间,除非我加以注意。
What helps me to not waste time is to see it as an investment, and to keep track of the returns I get for my investment.
当把时间看作是一项投资时,我开始不再浪费时间,而且时时注意我的投资回报。
This approach has led me to recognize that some things offer incredible immediate return on investment:
这个方法让我意识到有些事情能够使我们立刻得到惊人的回报。
a night spent learning a new song on my preferred instruments, for example, gives me a lifetime of being able to play that song.
比如,在某一天晚上,我用喜欢的乐器学会弹奏一首新歌。这让我一辈子都会弹这首歌了。
That's an incredible return.
这就是惊人的回报。
Other investments are more like low-interest, high security, long-term investments: going to the gym, eating right, etc.
其他的投资更像是低利息、低风险、长期的投资:健身、健康饮食等等。
Some, like reading good books, are kind of a combination of both.
有些事情,像读好书就是两者的结合体。
But many activities are worthless from an investment perspective: whatever benefit they seem to give doesn't last any longer than the activity itself.
但就投资的角度看来,很多活动是没有价值的:不管它们会带来什么样的好处,这些好处随着活动的结束也就消失了。
Warren Buffett once said, "Price is what you pay. Value is what you get." This applies to everything: money, relationships, time.
沃伦·巴菲特曾经说过:“ 你付出的是价格,你得到的是价值。” 这句话适用于一切:钱、人际关系和时间。
Knowing this changes your life.
了解这一点将改变你的命运。