The Cure To A Mediocre Life
我时常在想，到底要怎么样过好自己的一生，每当35岁这个时间点越来越明显以后，才发现不得不面对下面的事情。
For some reason, I’ve always had the drive to “max out” every area of my life.
出于某种原因，我总是有动力去“最大化”我生活的每个领域。
I saw life as a video game.
我把生活看作是一个有趣的游戏。
My mind, body, spirit, and finances were the abilities I had to gain experience in.
我的头脑、身体、精神和财务都是我必须积累经验的能力。
I wanted to become multidimensionally jacked.
我想成为多维度都开花的多面手。
Maybe because I started questioning the default path early.
也许是因为我很早就开始质疑普通人都会选择的人生默认路径。
Maybe because I noticed how unhappy, overweight, and miserable people seemed.
也许是因为我注意到人们看起来多么不快乐、超负荷和痛苦。
Maybe because I observed how people limited their opportunities by taking a specific path in life.
也许是因为我观察到人们是如何通过走一条特定的人生道路来限制自己的机会的。
It didn’t make sense to follow what most people do, because that would create a life that most people have, and that isn’t pretty.
跟随大多数人所做的事情是没有意义的，因为那会创造出一种大多数人拥有的生活，但这并不美好。
The problem with the default path in life is specialization, compartmentalization, and niching down.
生活中默认路径的问题是专业化、差异化和细分领域化。
We are trained to focus on one dot, instead of the lines that connect the dots.
我们被训练专注于一个点，而不是连接点的线。
In school, we learn biology, chemistry, math, literature, and more. We go to individual classes that don’t connect the dots between them all. It lacks holism, creativity, and the kind of practicality that gets abnormal results.
在学校，我们学习生物、化学、数学、文学等等。我们总是在学各自独立的课程，不把它们之间的点连接起来。它缺乏整体性、创造力和实用性，导致结果不正常。
After school, we narrow our minds further on what we think we want to be for the rest of our lives.
放学后，我们进一步缩小自己的范围，思考自己想成为什么样的人。
We’re expected, as teenagers, to choose one of the infinite paths in life when we haven’t even started our real life. How can we know exactly what we want? There doesn’t seem to be a greater recipe for misery than to focus on one thing for the rest of your life.
作为青少年，当我们甚至还没有开始真正的生活时，我们就应该选择人生中无限的道路之一。 我们怎样才能准确地知道自己想要什么？ 似乎没有什么比余生专注于一件事更能带来痛苦的了。
This strips our curiosity and creativity from us.
这剥夺了我们的好奇心和创造力。
It leads to a world where warriors lack brains and intellectuals lack balls.
它导致了一个战士缺乏大脑、知识分子缺乏胆量的世界。
A “philosopher” will ignore practical aspects of life because they are an intellectual. But the main question of philosophy is “How does one live a good life?” If a philosopher can’t build a business, ease their mind, or become a social savant, their philosophy means nothing.
一个“哲学家”会忽视生活的实际方面，因为他们是知识分子。 但哲学的主要问题是“一个人如何过上美好的生活？” 如果一个哲学家不能创业，不能放松心情，不能成为社会专家，那么他们的哲学就毫无意义。
Scientists will throw a frog in a blender to examine its parts. They will make a few discoveries, but not nearly as many if they studied holistically.
科学家们会把青蛙扔拆开里检查它的各个部分。他们会有一些发现，但如果他们只进行整体研究的话，就不会有那么多了。
Rather than only looking at the pieces of a frog, you can study its environment, mating patterns, decision-making, and diet without ignoring one or the other.
你不仅可以观察青蛙的各个部分，还可以研究它的环境、交配模式、决策和饮食，而不会忽视其中之一。
The effects of compartmentalized learning destroy our individual potential.
条块化的学习会破坏我们个人的潜力。
The Modern Renaissance Man 现代人如何让自己成功
At birth, we are prescribed a way of life.
我们一出生，就注定了一种生活方式。
Go to school, get a job, find a partner, try to squeeze in activities that make life good, retire at 65, and never work again when work is a necessary part of life that should involve investing our attention in what we deem enjoyable.
上学，找工作，找伴侣，努力挤出让生活变得美好的活动，65岁退休，我们总是把工作当做生活的必要组成部分；而好不容易到了，本应该把我们的注意力投入到我们认为有趣的事情上时，我们就退休不再工作了。
In school, we’re told to pick a major.
在学校，我们被告知要选择一个专业。
In business, we’re told to pick a niche.
在商业中，我们被告知要选择一个细分市场。
So we neglect other areas of study and our results suffer.
因此，我们忽视了其他领域的研究，结果就会受到影响。
Creativity is the path to wealth, mental and financial, and creativity requires a high level of understanding focused on solving specific problems.
创造力是通往财富、精神和财务自由的道路，创造力需要高度的理解力，专注于解决具体问题。
We are smack in the middle of a second Golden Age.
我们正处于第二个（互联网）黄金时代的中期。
There is so much information on the internet that it becomes overwhelming. There is no way that you can learn everything, but you can learn a lot.
互联网上的信息如此之多，以至于让人不知所措。 你不可能学会所有东西，但你仍可以从中学到很多东西。
People still live in a paradigm where they have to get very good at one thing, because in the past, that’s what the environment required for success.
人们仍然生活在一种范式中，他们必须非常擅长做一件事，因为在过去，这就是成功所需要的环境。
Now, success is reserved for the value creator. The specialized generalist. Somebody who can study diverse interests, create value from them, and sustain an enjoyable lifestyle.
成功是留给价值创造者的，他需要一个专业的多面手，一个可以研究不同兴趣、从中创造价值并维持愉快生活方式的人。
We live in interesting times.
我们生活在有趣的时代。
There’s an abundance of information, but it’s only overwhelming to those without goals or intentions behind their learning.
信息量很大，但对于那些没有学习目标或意图的人来说，这些信息只会让人不知所措。
The creator economy emerged and courses began condensing the information into actionable business models and life advice.
知识付费/创作者经济出现了，各种课程开始将信息浓缩成可操作的商业模式和生活建议。
Content, courses, and books are like mental zip files for the modern world.
内容、课程和书籍就像现代世界的精神压缩文件。
It no longer takes 4-12 years, $40,000, and a piece of paper to make a replaceable income.
不再需要 4-12 年、40,000 美元和一张纸来获得可替代的收入。
But, this implies personal responsibility.
但这意味着个人责任。
Nobody is there to hold your hand.
没有人会在前面牵着手带你走。
Here’s what you do:
你应该这么做：
1) I Am Nobody 我不是任何人
Become labelless. Become everything.
让自己变成无标签的人，不给自己设限，让自己可以成为一切。
Be a designer, writer, marketer, socializer, runner, bodybuilder, philosopher, scientist, psychologist, and polymath that knows how to sustain their obsessive curiosity.
知道如何维持强烈的好奇心，成为一名设计师、作家、营销人员、社交家、跑者、健美运动员、哲学家、科学家、心理学家和博学者。
Subscribing to one skill, ideology, or identity limits your potential in every situation.
认同一种技能、意识形态或身份，会限制你在任何情况下的潜力。
The Universe is a shapeshifter. It is in constant flow. The oceans evaporate, condense in the clouds, rain down into puddles, and the water inevitably finds its way back.
宇宙是一个变形者。 它处于恒定的流动状态。 海洋蒸发，在云中凝结，雨水落入水坑，水不可避免地会回归原路。（上善若水）
Nothing is permanent. 没有什么是永恒的。
Your cells are completely different from a few years ago. Your interests are allowed to change. Your mind is allowed to change. You are allowed to change.
你的细胞和几年前完全不同。你的兴趣可以改变。你的思想是可以改变的。你可以改变。
Become the Universe. 成为像宇宙一样的人。
2) The Curiosity Compass 好奇心指南针
As a kid, people would discourage “going through a phase.”
作为一个孩子，人们会阻止“经历”。总是告诉我们不要做这个，不要做那个。
I had my emo phase, my gym bro phase, and even my raver phase. All of which have shaped who I am.
我很庆幸，我有自己的情绪经历，我的健身房训练经历，甚至我的狂欢经历。 所有这些都塑造了我。
There’s absolutely nothing wrong with experimentation. There is absolutely something wrong with conforming to the whims of others.
做实验绝对没有错。随大流绝对是不对的。
Prescriptions, roadmaps, and long curriculums are not bad, but they narrow your mind on a specific outcome with specific advice to reach that goal.
那些有时效性、学习路线图和冗长的课程本身也没啥错，但它们会限制你对特定结果的认识，并影响你发现实现该目标的具体建议。
This is useful, but should not be treated as a one-and-done type of deal. That’s how you get trapped in a miserable life.
这很有用，但不应被视为一劳永逸的交易。 这就是你如何陷入悲惨生活的原因。
There is one pattern I’ve noticed both in myself and those I aspire to be like:
我在自己和我渴望成为的人身上都注意到了一种模式：
They don’t limit what they learn to one thing.
他们不会把所学的局限于一件事。
Everything connects. 一切都有联系。
By pursuing what you are curious about, not only are you motivated to learn, but pattern recognition increases good dopamine and solidifies high-level knowledge.
通过追求你好奇的东西，不仅你有学习的动力，而且模式识别会增加良好的多巴胺并巩固高水平的知识。
“Focus on one thing” is great advice, but only if that one thing is a big, meaty, meaningful goal that requires you to focus on a plethora of interests, skills, and experiences to achieve.
“专注于一件事”是很好的建议，但前提是这件事是一个大的、有意义的目标，需要你专注于大量的兴趣、技能和经验来实现。
It is wise to become obsessively curious about a topic, skill, or interest for 1-2 months to add it to your mental toolbox. This will only increase your awareness of opportunities as you experience life.
明智的做法是对某个主题、技能或兴趣保持 1-2 个月的强烈好奇心，并将其添加到您的思维模式中。 有趣的是，在你体验生活时，它增加你发现机会的可能性。
When you niche down (for too long, or too far) you become a glorified search engine that lacks depth and personality.
当你深度专注到某个领域（时间太长或太远）时，你很容易成为一个缺乏深度和个性的人，像一个被吹嘘过度的搜索引擎，只能看到自己想看到的东西。
3) Invest In Your Education 投资于您的教育
In this life, you own one thing: your mind.
在这一生中，你只拥有一样东西：你的头脑和思想。
Everything else can be taken away from you.
其他的一切都可以从你身边夺走。
There is one thing that the school system did get right which is consistent, daily education in hopes for a better future.
学校系统确实做对了一件事，那就是持续不断的终身教育，以期创造更美好的未来。
But, schools don’t prioritize curiosity, so most people hate learning by the time they graduate.
但是，学校不优先考虑好奇心，所以大多数人在毕业时讨厌学习。
Learning is the foundation of the human experience.
学习是人类经验的基础。
Hammer it into your head that you must be learning something, anything, every single day. No matter if it’s for 10 minutes or 3 hours, your future depends on it.
牢牢记住，你必须每天都在学习一些东西，任何东西。 无论是 10 分钟还是 3 小时，你的未来都取决于它。
How else are you going to discover new opportunities if you don’t first learn about them? How are you going to act on opportunities that don’t exist to you?
如果你不首先了解新的机会，你怎么能发现它们呢？ 对于那些你没发现的机会，你怎么采取行动？
When you stop learning, your life stops progressing. You stop growing. The psychological benefits and feel-good chemicals stop flowing. Life gets mediocre and repetitive. You become mechanical and robotic.
当你停止学习时，你的生活就停止进步。当你停止成长，心理上的好处和让你感觉良好的化学物质就停止生成。生活会变得平庸且重复，你会变得机械化、机器人化。
We’ve talked about learning a lot, but learning means nothing without building.
我们已经谈了很多关于学习的问题，但是没有主动创造，学习就没有意义。
Become A Builder 成为一名创造者
One pattern I’ve noticed in my life is that I’ve always carved out time to build something of my own.
在我的生活中，我注意到的一个模式是，我总是挤出时间来建造自己的东西。
School work, client work, and projects assigned to me at a job were necessary but didn’t get me the fulfillment I was looking for.
学校工作、客户工作和工作中分配给我的项目都是必要的，但并没有给我带来我想要的成就感。
My life was the meta-project that was built through a series of personal and business projects.
我的生活是一个核心项目，它是通过一系列个人习练和商业赚钱的项目建立起来的。
Projects frame your attention for learning.
项目会让你的注意力集中在学习上。
When your focus is centered on that which you are building, all information you are exposed to is filtered through that lens.
当您的注意力集中在您正在创造的内容上时，您接触到的所有信息都会被这个你所专注的镜头过滤掉。
The source of learning is struggle not memorization. You must encounter a problem, discover the solution to that problem, and integrate it into your life.
学习的源泉是奋斗而不是死记硬背。 你必须在遇到问题时，找到问题的解决方案，并将其融入到你的生活中。
To identify a problem, you need a goal.
要发现一个问题，你需要一个目标。
To solve a problem, you need to create a solution.
要解决一个问题，你需要创建一个解决方案。
To create a solution, you need a project to invest your attention in for the next 1-6 months.
要创建一个解决方案，您需要一个项目来在接下来的 1-6 个月内投入注意力。
When I say project, I mean something that is measurable and documented. It doesn’t have to be a physical product.
当我说项目时，我指的是可衡量和记录的东西。 它不一定是实体产品。
It can be as simple as having a weight training log, tracking your food, tracking your weight, and researching fitness information to boost your progress.
它可以很简单，例如记录身体训练日志、跟踪您的食物、跟踪您的体重以及研究健身信息以促进您的进步。
Let’s start there. 我们从那里开始。
1) Big Irrational Goals, Small Rational Steps 非理性的大目标，理性的小步骤
Big goals are better than small goals because they give you the vision, motivation, and long-term focus necessary to see them through.
大目标比小目标更好，因为它们给你实现目标所需的愿景、动力和长期关注。
I get more excited about building a million-dollar business in 1 year than I do sending 10 networking DMs a day.
我对在一年内建立一个价值百万美元的业务比每天发送 10 条私信更兴奋。
I get more excited over looking shredded at the beach this summer than I do meal prepping for the week.
今年夏天，我在海滩上看到比基尼时的兴奋样子，比我做了一大桌子饭菜更兴奋。
To embark on your journey of becoming multidimensionally jacked, create a big goal for the main pillars of your life.
要踏上多维度的旅程，请为你生活的主要方向上，制定一个宏伟的目标。
Mind – How do you want to handle emotions and stress? Do you want to have the same mediocre mindset as everyone else?
心理-你想如何处理情绪和压力？你想和其他人一样碌碌无为平庸无奇吗？
Body – How do you want to look and feel? How does that impact other areas of your life (like how others perceive you and throw opportunities at you)?
身体 – 您想要什么样的外表和感觉？ 这对您生活的其他领域有何影响（例如其他人如何看待您并向您提供机会）？
Spirit – Do you feel like life lacks meaning, wonder, and fulfillment? Do you feel like life is happening to you, or that you are flowing with life?
精神 – 你是否觉得生活缺乏意义、奇迹和成就感？ 你是否感觉生命正在发生在你身上，或者你正在随着生命而流动？
Business – How much money do you want to make? Why? Do you want that money to come from a purposeful endeavor, unlike 90% of jobs?
商业/生意 – 你想赚多少钱？ 为什么？ 与 90% 的消磨人的工作不同，您是否希望这笔钱来自你有目的的努力结果？
I would highly encourage that you spend 10-20 minutes writing about this in a journal. How do those impact your life?
我强烈建议你花10-20分钟在日记里写这篇文章。这些对你的生活有什么影响？
The problem is that people stop here.
问题是人们往往就在这里就停下来，止步不前了。
They mentally masturbate over their goals and never make any meaningful progress toward them.
他们在精神上自慰自己，我已经立下了目标，却从未在实现目标方面取得任何有意义的进展。
2) Outline A Project For Each Domain Of Life 为生活的每个领域制定一个计划
The goal is the what, the vision is the why, and the project is the how.
目标是“什么”，愿景是“为什么”，项目是“如何做”。
Now that we have vision and motivation for our big goals, we need to gain clarity.
既然我们已经有了实现大目标的愿景和动力，我们就需要明确目标。
Projects have a goal, process, and priority actions to knock out on a daily basis.
项目有每天要完成的目标、流程和优先级。
What can you do every single day that will move the needle toward your goals?
您每天可以做些什么来推动您实现目标？
What aspects of your goals do you need to educate yourself on to make better decisions?
您需要对目标的哪些方面持续培养自己，才能做出更好的决策？
How can you document your progress in a way that keeps you motivated to come back tomorrow?
如何以一种让你有动力明天再来的方式记录你的进展？
In the notebook you used to write down your goals, create a simple project for each goal:
在您用来记下目标的笔记上，为每个目标创建一个简单的项目：
The milestones – Write down tangible milestones with realistic timelines.
里程碑——尊重现实，在时间表写下切实可行的里程碑。
The variables – Write out each variable that will help you achieve the goal (for health: nutrition, training, sleep. for business: product, traffic-generation, content)
变量 – 写出有助于您实现目标的每个变量（对于健康：营养、训练、睡眠。对于商业：产品、流量、内容）
The principles – The priority actions that will move the needle forward.
原则——推动前进的高优先级事项。
The skills – The skills you will have to acquire to actualize that goal.
技能——您为实现该目标而必须掌握的技能。
3) Start, Then Learn 开始，学习
If you want to learn faster, don’t start learning.
如果你想学得更快，就不要开始学习。
Outline a project 概述一个项目
Start building it out 开始建造
Learn along the way 持续学习
Too many people get trapped in tutorial hell, stacking up useless knowledge as brain fog.
太多的人陷入了教程地狱，将无用的知识堆积成脑雾。
【脑雾，通常被描述为感觉精神枯竭，无法集中注意力。迹象包括认知功能下降或难以集中注意力，保持注意力，多任务处理和记忆回忆。】
Start, encounter a problem, and experiment with different techniques to solve that problem.
开始，遇到问题，然后尝试不同的技术来解决该问题。
When I was learning Photoshop, I would try to learn everything about the software before starting.
当我学习PS时，我会在开始之前尝试学习有关软件的一切。
When I did start, I felt like I knew absolutely nothing.
但当我实际开干的时候，我觉得我什么都不知道。
I had to supplement with specific tutorials and “create with me” videos until I figured out how to create what I wanted.
我必须补充特定的教程和“与我一起创造”这类手把手教学视频，直到我弄清楚如何创造我想要的东西。
What I realized is that there is more than 1 way to solve a problem.
我意识到解决问题的方法不止一种。
If I wanted to remove the background behind something as complex as a tree, I could either do it with the pen tool, color channels, color range, or quick select.
如果我想删除一张图的背景，比如“掏出”一棵树，这样复杂的东西，我可以使用PS中的钢笔工具、颜色通道、颜色范围或快速选择来完成。
Quick select would be what everyone does, and it often leads to the worst results.
可能PS中的“快速选择”将是每个人都会做的，它往往会导致最坏的结果。
Keep this in mind when you are researching anything.
记住这一点，当你研究任何东西。
If anyone can solve the problem with easily accessible information, there is probably a better way of doing it that will give you an edge over your competition.
如果任何人都可以通过易于获取的信息来解决问题，那么可能有更好的方法可以让您在竞争中占据优势。
Now, I don’t want to make it seem like you should never learn unless you have a problem.
现在，我不想让人觉得你永远不应该学习，除非你遇到问题。
Quite the opposite. 恰恰相反。
I would highly encourage a general education habit.
我非常鼓励养成通识教育的习惯。
10-30 minutes every single day immersing yourself in information related to your goals.
每天花10-30分钟让自己沉浸在与目标相关的信息中。
Watch a YouTube video that interests you. Buy a best-selling book. Queue a podcast for your next walk (and start going on walks… I promise you won’t keep up with this education habit if you don’t get out of your house. Too many distractions).
观看您感兴趣的YouTube视频。买一本畅销书。在你的下一次散步中听播客，一定要走出去.....我保证如果你不走出你的房子，你将无法跟上这种习惯。因为有太多的干扰）。
4) Lifestyle Design Through Habit Formation 通过习惯形成进行生活方式设计
The difference between you and who you want to become is the habits that compose your lifestyle.
你和你想成为的人之间的区别在于组成你生活方式的种种习惯。
Think about it. 想一想
Do mentally, physically, or financially jacked people just wake up with the best mind, body, and business one day?
精神上、身体上或经济上都得到满足的人是否有一天会以最好的思想、身体和事业而醒来？
Or do they have tiny actions they take on a daily basis that maintains their progress and builds toward a better future?
或者他们每天采取哪些微小的行动来保持进步并建设更美好的未来？
Most people will tell you to stop playing video games, going out, and distracting yourself… I agree, but I don’t.
大多数人会告诉你停止玩电子游戏、外出和分散自己的注意力……我同意，但我不完全同意。
I still play video games here and there. Maybe 5 hours a week.
我仍然在这里和那里玩电子游戏。也许每周5小时。
I still go out with friends and stay up late. Maybe 2-5 times a month.
我仍然和朋友出去玩，熬夜。可能一个月2-5次。
The reason I still outpace 99% of people is that I frontload my mornings with needle-moving tasks.
我仍然比 99% 的人跑得快的原因是，我在早上提前完成了一些棘手的任务。
Between 5am and 11am I:
在上午5点到11点之间，我：
Go on a run 3-4 days a week
每周跑步3-4天
Write my newsletter and content for 1 hour (this sustains 95% of my business… remember, principles).
花 1 小时写我的博客和社交媒体内容（这维持了我 95% 的业务……记住，原则）。
Build out a new project, right now it’s my book launch and software company
建立一个新的项目，现在它是我的新书发布会和软件公司
Hit the gym 6-7 days a week
每周6-7天去健身房
Take walks in between all of those activities
在所有这些活动之间去散步
Cook nutrient-dense meals that take 10-15 minutes to prepare (and eat out for dinner quite a bit – I’m hovering around 4500 calories a day)
烹饪营养丰富的饭菜，需要10-15分钟的准备时间（晚餐经常在外面吃--我每天的热量在4500卡路里左右徘徊）
I know not everyone can do this due to time constraints, but neither could I in the past.
我知道由于时间限制，不是每个人都能做到这一点，实际上我过去也做不到。
As you get results from your efforts, you become more efficient at what you do. Time will free up (since that should be a sub-goal for almost every goal you set… it’s a great way of measuring progress).
当你从努力中获得成果时，你的工作就会变得更有效率。
然后你会更有时间（因为这应该是你设定的几乎每个目标的子目标……这是衡量进度的好方法）。
When in doubt: 如果有疑问：
Waking up an hour earlier unlocks the distraction-free time that will solve most of your problems.
早起一个小时可以释放出非常专注，没有分心的时间，这将解决你的大部分问题。
From Dan Koe
