Name: Why Advice is Holding You Back
Uploaded: 2020-08-17T19:10:28.000Z
Duration: 10 min 38 s

On Med School Insiders, I provide advice.

在醫學院內參上，我提供建議。

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And following certain advice has helped me tremendously in my life, but listening to

而遵循某些建議對我的生活有很大的幫助，但聽了...

How should one navigate the limitations of general advice and carve out their own best

應該如何駕馭一般建議的侷限性，開闢出自己的最佳狀態

path, which will ultimately be different from anyone else's?

路，最終會和別人的路不一樣？

My relationship with advice is a bit… love-hate.

我和建議的關係有點... 愛恨交加。

Seeking out high quality advice has helped me tremendously, but seeking out advice has

尋求高質量的建議對我幫助很大，但尋求建議有

In fact, I spoke about this well-intentioned but ultimately harmful advice on my vlog channel,

事實上，我在我的vlog頻道上談到了這個善意但最終有害的建議。

specifically how I was told that working on my incubator, Blue LINC, was a waste of time

特別是有人告訴我，在我的孵化器Blue LINC上工作是在浪費時間。

A few months later, we raised money, got featured in multiple news articles, a podcast, and

幾個月後，我們籌集到了資金，並在多篇新聞文章、播客中得到了報道，而且還被稱為 "中國最受歡迎的媒體"。

You can find the full story on my vlog channel, link in the description below.

你可以在我的vlog頻道找到完整的故事，鏈接在下面的描述中。

The problem with general advice is just that – it's general.

一般性建議的問題就在於--它是一般性的。

Work harder, waste less time, wake up early.

更加努力地工作，減少時間浪費，早起。

These pieces of advice are so commonplace they've become accepted as fact.

這些建議是如此的司空見慣，它們已經成為公認的事實。

To deviate from these words of wisdom must mean you're a low achieving, lost individual,

如果背離了這些智慧的話語，一定意味著你是一個成績低下、迷茫的人。

Work harder – if I followed this advice, I would have ended up burned out, depressed,

更加努力地工作--如果我按照這個建議去做，我最終會被燒燬，鬱鬱寡歡。

My baseline trends toward certain workaholic tendencies.

我的基線傾向於某些工作狂傾向。

There's some good that comes out of that, but definitely a lot of bad too.

這裡面有一些好的地方，但肯定也有很多不好的地方。

We all are at different places on the spectrum of work and play.

我們每個人都處於工作和娛樂的不同位置。

Waste less time – again, if someone is already super efficient and critical of their time,

浪費更少的時間--同樣，如果有人已經超級高效，對自己的時間很挑剔。

Most people spend too long on social media and meme websites.

大多數人在社交媒體和meme網站上花了太長時間。

Others need to let go a little and make an effort to relax more often.

還有的人需要放開一點，努力多放鬆一下。

Wake up early - but maybe you're a night owl.

There have been periods of my life - months to years - where I loved waking up early.

在我的生命中，有一段時間--從幾個月到幾年--我喜歡早起。

And there are other times where inspiration strikes late at night, precluding me from sleeping,

還有一些時候，靈感在深夜襲來，讓我無法入睡。

General advice does not take into account individual variation.

What works for one person often does not work for another.

對一個人有效的東西往往對另一個人無效。

I had never placed a TV in my bedroom, as I was told that this is terrible for your

我從來沒有在我的臥室裡放過電視，因為有人告訴我，這對你的

But after I moved to Las Vegas, I did exactly that.

但在我搬到拉斯維加斯後，我正是這樣做的。

As I was designing my new living space, I put a TV by the foot of my bed.

我在設計新的生活空間時，在床腳邊放了一臺電視。

現在是什麼導致了這樣的異端？

Upon reflecting on things I want to work on, one of them was disconnecting, letting go,

反思自己要努力的事情後，其中有一項就是斷線，放手。

While the TV may not be the best for my sleep, it helps in achieving a more healthy and sustainable

雖然電視對我的睡眠可能不是最好的，但它有助於實現更健康和可持續的

工作與生活的平衡，對我來說。

I'm reducing the friction to performing leisurely activities.

我在減少進行休閒活動的摩擦。

Here's some more well intentioned but misplaced general advice.

這裡有一些比較善意的，但又錯位的一般性建議。

如果你是斯大林或者希特勒呢。

I'm sure they were being themselves, but what if your true self is sadistic, harmful,

我相信他們是在做自己，但如果你的真我是虐待狂，害人的呢。

Rather than being yourself, be the best version of yourself, seek to minimize the negatives

與其說是做自己，不如說是做最好的自己，力求把負面因素降到最低。

As much as I see issues with general advice, I also appreciate its tremendous value.

雖然我看到了一般性建議的問題，但我也欣賞它的巨大價值。

As an adolescent and student, I learned how to manage my time better, be more effective

作為一個青少年和學生，我學會了如何更好地管理自己的時間，如何更有效地管理自己的時間。

with my exercise regimens, and even learn to improve my study techniques.

與我的運動方案，甚至學習提高我的學習技巧。

This advice allowed me to experiment, figure out what worked and what didn't.

這個建議讓我能夠進行實驗，弄清楚什麼是有效的，什麼是無效的。

Without general advice that I obtained from free resources like this YouTube channel,

如果沒有一般的建議，我從免費資源，如這個YouTube頻道獲得。

it likely would have taken me much longer to learn many foundational skills that were

我很可能要花更多的時間來學習許多基礎技能，這些技能是

To a certain degree, I believe we should all seek out general advice.

在一定程度上，我相信大家都應該徵求一般的意見。

It's free, readily available, and gives us starting points to experiment with our

它是免費的、現成的，並給我們提供了實驗的起點。

Rather than being told what to do by a coach, the onus of responsibility is on you – how

與其說是教練告訴你該怎麼做，不如說是你自己的責任--怎麼做？

How do you choose what advice to implement?

There's an abundance of general advice out there on the internet.

With the explosion of self-development, we've seen a rapid expansion of both good and bad

隨著自我發展的爆炸式增長，我們看到了好的和壞的迅速擴張。

Ultimately, it's important to practice some judgment and critical thinking of your own

歸根結底，還是要練習自己的一些判斷力和批判性思維

I suggest you look at a few key elements.

First, is the information I'm receiving backed by evidence?

首先，我收到的資訊是否有證據支持？

That being said, not all evidence is created equal, and I've even gone over how you can

這就是說，不是所有的證據都是一樣的，我甚至已經介紹了你如何能夠

assess the strength of a research study in a previous video.

One of my biggest pet peeves is when research studies are quoted without any attention given

我最討厭的一個問題是，當研究報告被引用時，卻沒有引起任何注意。

to the study design, limitations, or implications.

More often than not, this is due to journalists with no scientific understanding summarizing

更多的時候，是由於沒有科學認識的記者在總結

“groundbreaking” new research articles, concerned more about clicks than actually

"開創性 "的新研究文章，關注點擊量多於實際點擊量

Look at the study about $75,000 of income being the plateau at which further increases

看看研究報告中關於75,000美元的收入是進一步增加的平臺。

Look at the Mozart effect and how classical music makes your smarter.

看看莫扎特效應，古典音樂如何讓你更聰明。

These, and other scientific misunderstandings and oversimplifications have been explored

這些以及其他的科學誤解和過於簡單化的問題已經被探討過了。

and debunked on my Research Explained series.

並在我的《研究解釋》系列上進行了駁斥。

This playlist dives into such topics, looks at the research evidence, and tells you the

這個播放列表深入探討這樣的話題，看看研究證據，並告訴你。

actual truth, what the current scientific literature says.

實際的真相，目前的科學文獻所說的。

Additionally, not every question you have has been addressed with sound scientific research.

另外，並不是你的每一個問題都有合理的科學研究來解決。

And if that's the case, if you cannot find a satisfactory conclusion to your question in

如果是這樣，如果你不能找到一個令人滿意的結論，你的問題在哪裡？

the scientific literature, then you'll need to keep in mind some additional factors.

的科學文獻，那麼你就需要記住一些額外的因素。

Which bring us to the second point: credentials.

Who is proposing this advice and what are their credentials in providing it?

誰在提出這一建議，他們有什麼資格提供這一建議？

I don't mean the person needs a PhD or an MD after their name, although that certainly

我並不是說這個人需要在名字後面加上一個博士或醫學博士，雖然那肯定是

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