谢谢关注缓慢思考。

　　原文来自YC的CEO Sam的blog。这是我看到的关于年轻人如何思考未来最好的建议，没有之一。我的唯一补充建议就是：如果你还年轻，阅读三遍！：-）

　　As a kid, I just sort of took for granted that stuff got better every year—TVs got bigger and then thinner, cars got a little faster, and computers got unbelievably better on an exponential curve.

　　孩子的时候，我想当然地认为，每年都会越来越好 — 电视越来越大，越来越薄，汽车越来越快，电脑以指数曲线的速度变好。

　　As an adult, I realized that the future is not guaranteed to be better. The default is that things stay the same (or get worse because we continue to create new problems and occasionally get in wars). The world only gets better if committed people with strong visions about the future work hard to make it better.

　　作为一个成年人，我意识到未来不能保证更好。正常的情况是，事情保持不变（或变得更糟，因为我们不断创造新的问题，偶尔还爆发战争）。只有那些对未来报有强烈愿景和坚定信念的人努力使它更好，世界才会变得更好。

　　It’s easy to get caught up in the moving sidewalk of a career and end up deeply involved in something that does not maximize your potential. It’s never too late to change, and it’s always good to be thoughtful about the path you’re on and how to best use your time.

　　人很容易陷入职业生涯的岔道，忙忙碌碌于那些不能最大发挥你潜力的东西。做出改变永远都不晚，你应该充分的思考清楚你现在的这条职业道路，以及如何最好地利用你的时间。

　　I made some notes before my brother Jack interviewed me for How to Build the Future, where I mostly talked about how ambitious young people should think about their careers. I thought I’d clean those up to share for the New Year. Here they are.

　　我的兄弟Jack要就“如何构建未来”这个话题采访我，我准备了一些提要笔记，主要讨论雄心勃勃的年轻人应该如何思考他们的职业生涯。新年来了，我把这些内容整理了一下，分享出来。

　　1. On What To Work On （做什么工作）

　　I think the best way to pick what you want to do is to find the intersection of what you’re good at, what you enjoy, what the world needs, and what the world values.

　　我认为，选择你想做的工作最好的方法是找到三者的交集：你擅长的，你喜欢的，世界需要的并且有价值的。

　　It’s not easy to figure out what you actually care about– there are so many directions you can go. But rather than listening to where other people might push you, it’s worth trying to figure this out for yourself. Don’t chase other people’s ideas of what matters. The best way to succeed long-term is to deeply believe that what you’re doing matters.

　　弄清楚你真正关心什么并不容易 — 有这么多方向你可以去。但不要听随其他人推动你，你需要自己搞明白。不要追逐别人的想法。长期成功的最好办法是深深相信你在做的事情很重要。

　　Most people just fall into things that come their way. That can work – people sometimes just have to try stuff to figure out what they like – but I think it’s worth being more deliberate. Try to develop and carefully refine strong convictions about what you want to accomplish.

　　大多数人都是随遇而安。这没什么问题 — 有时候我们需要尝试才能找出喜欢什么 —— 但我认为我们可以更加慎重筹划。尝试去发现并不断优化形成你对自己人生职业目标的坚定信念。

　　The framework I’ve found most useful for helping people think through career decisions is to consider both impact maximization and regret minimization—a decision that scores well on both is likely to be a good one.

　　我发现帮助人们思考职业决定的最有用的框架是：影响最大化和遗憾最小化。一个决定，如果两个条件都满足，可能是一个好的决定。

　　2. On Achieving Success （如何实现成功）

　　The way to get things done in the world is a combination of focus, personal connections, and self-belief.

　　在这个世界上，实现目标的方法是三者的结合：聚焦，个人网络和自信。

　　You should work really hard. You should be willing to do whatever it takes; society doesn’t owe you success. Be a doer, not a talker – history belongs to the doers.

　　你应该努力工作。你应该去做任何达到目标必须的事情; 社会不欠你的成功。让自己成为一个行动者，而不是一个高谈阔论者 — 历史属于行动者。

　　Whatever you choose to do, you’ve got to believe in your own capacity to succeed. People will doubt you and think your goals are impossible or dumb, but you have to stand behind your convictions.

　　无论你选择做什么，你都必须相信自己有能力成功。人们会怀疑你，认为你的目标是不可能或愚蠢的，但你必须坚信你的信念。

　　It’s ok to start off motivated by wanting to make a lot of money or wanting fame and glory. At some point though, most people need to find a deeper mission to keep pushing forward.

　　开始的时候， 你的动力可能是因为钱或想要的名望和荣耀。但到了某些时候，大多数人需要找到一个更深的使命才能继续前进。