Especially when I was a little kid.

特別是當我還是個小孩子的時候。

I hated books more than anything else.

我最討厭的就是書本。

Because books reminded me of school and I was horrible at my school.

因為書讓我想起了學校，而我在學校裡很可怕。

I didn't see the point of learning most of the things that they would teach us back in

我不明白學習大部分的東西的意義，他們會教我們回來的

school so I didn't care much about it and that's why my grades were absolutely horrible.

學校，所以我不太在意，這也是為什麼我的成績絕對恐怖的原因。

As a little kid in school, your grades really matter.

作為一個在校的小孩子，你的成績真的很重要。

if you get good grades, that means you are smart and everyone gonna like you.

如果你得到好成績，這意味著你很聰明，每個人都會喜歡你。

And vice versa of course.

當然反之亦然。

And I was on the other side.

而我在另一邊。

Back then I haven't read a single book outside my school books.

那時候，我沒有讀過一本課本以外的書。

So I have had this perception that all books are useless and boring like the ones in my

所以我一直有這樣的認知：所有的書都是無用的，枯燥的，就像我的那些

school.

學校：

You can't really blame me because I was a little ignorant kid.

你真的不能怪我，因為我是個無知的小孩。

My biggest problem at that time was my self-esteem.

我當時最大的問題就是自尊心。

I didn't have a purpose or a goal to strive to.

我沒有一個目的，也沒有一個奮鬥目標。

I was told that my goal should be getting better grades but since I didn't see the purpose

有人告訴我，我的目標應該是獲得更好的成績，但由於我沒有看到的目的。

of doing that.

的做。

I kinda didn't really care.

我還真沒在意。

When you have a big family, it's great, but it has its nuances as well.

當你有一個大家庭的時候，它是偉大的，但它也有它的細微差別。

Like Your parents would give more attention to your younger siblings because they are

比如你的父母會對你的弟弟妹妹給予更多的關注，因為他們是

younger.

年輕的。

And since you are the elder son, for some weird reason you should be able to figure

既然你是長子，出於某種奇怪的原因，你應該能想出... ...

out everything on your own.

自己的一切。

I don't really blame my parents for anything because they gave me everything they possibly

我真的不怪我的父母 因為他們給了我一切他們可能的東西

could.

可以。

but I needed a mentor to teach me most of the things that I didn't understand about

但我需要一個導師來教我大部分我不瞭解的東西

life.

生命。

Luckily I came across this book that's called, the 7 habits of highly effective people.

很幸運，我看到了這本書，這本書叫，高效人士的7個習慣。

I wasn't really excited about it because I believed that its probably another piece

我不是很興奮，因為我相信，它可能是另一個一塊

of garbage similar to my school books but for some weird reason I decided to give it

和我的課本一樣的垃圾，但出於一些奇怪的原因，我決定把它給...

a shot.

一個鏡頭。

I was confident that I will fall asleep after a few pages, but surprisingly it was way much

我有信心在看了幾頁後就會睡著，但出乎意料的是，它的方式是多

more interesting than I expected.

比我想象的更有趣。

What I have realized after reading the first chapter of the book is, I didn't know how

讀完這本書的第一章，我意識到的是，我不知道該怎麼

to live.

生活。

just because you are alive, doesn't mean you know how to live and that's why a lot of kids

活著並不意味著你懂得如何生活，這就是為什麼很多孩子們

and adults are anxious and depressed.

而成年人則是焦慮和抑鬱的。

Life works in a certain way and if you don't know how to deal with it, you will end up

生活按一定的方式運行，如果你不知道如何處理它，你將最終。

miserable.

慘不忍睹。

- I had this problem of focusing on the negative things and as a result of that, I complained

- 我有這樣的毛病，把注意力集中在負面的東西上，結果，我抱怨說

about everything, which never solved anything.

關於一切，從來沒有解決任何問題。

The moment I realized that I am reactive, and if I want to stop feeling miserable, I

那一刻我意識到我是被動的，如果我想不再感到痛苦，我

should start focusing only on the things that I can control and do my best to improve them.

應該開始只關注我可以控制的事情，並盡力去改善它們。

Thats when my whole perspective about life changed.

那時候我對生活的看法就改變了。

That's when I got excited about self-improvement books.

這時，我對自強書產生了興趣。

I sucked at a lot of things, my social skills were horrible, my self-esteem was below the

我在很多事情上都很糟糕，我的社交能力很差，我的自尊心也很差。

ground, my mindset was a failure So I began working on improving them.

地，我的心態是失敗的，所以我開始努力改善它們。

I picked up a book and started learning and in a couple of months, I was crushing it,

我拿起書本開始學習，沒幾個月，我就把書本壓得死死的。

my life literally became thousands of times better.

我的生活從字面上變得好了幾千倍。

I have never loved life so much before!

我從來沒有這麼熱愛過生活!

Life is great, it's beautiful.

生活是偉大的，是美好的。

you can have so much fun every single day, every single moment if you just learn how

你可以有這麼多的樂趣 每一天，每一刻，如果你只是學習如何

to do that.

要做到這一點。

You don't have to be super rich and make millions of dollars.

你不一定要成為超級富豪，賺上百萬美元。

or be famous or have a Bugatti. all that you need is the right mindset, the right way to

或成名或擁有一輛布加迪，你需要的只是正確的心態，正確的方式來

approach life.

對待生活。

after reading dozens of self-improvement books, you start coming across similar ideas, and

在讀了幾十本自我提升的書後，你開始接觸到類似的想法，並。

at some point, it gets really boring.

在某些時候，它變得非常無聊。

So, when it comes to self-improvement books, my advice to pick up the top 5 or 10 books

所以，說到自我提升的書籍，我的建議是選取排名前5、10名的書籍。

and spend a few months with each of them until you get the best out of them.

並花幾個月的時間與他們每個人相處，直到你從他們身上得到最好的東西。

There is a big difference between reading a book, understanding the book and then implanting

讀書、理解書，然後植入書中，這兩者之間有很大的區別。

it in your life.

它在你的生活中。

And that's what you should strive to achieve.

而這正是你應該努力實現的目標。

And if you don't know where to start, here are my top 5 favorite books.

如果你不知道從哪裡開始，這裡是我最喜歡的5本書。

You will not regret reading them.

你讀了它們不會後悔。

So, good luck!

所以，祝你好運！