already have it for certain activities.

已經有了它的某些活動。

For example, you likely eat, drink water, work, brush, shower, and socialize every day,

例如，你可能每天吃飯、喝水、工作、刷牙、洗澡、社交。

plus or minus a few activities maybe.

加或減一些活動也許。

And you'll likely continue these activities until the end of your life.

而且你很可能會繼續這些活動，直到你生命的盡頭。

That's infinite motivation.

這就是無限的動力。

And the cause of infinite motivation is necessity.

而無限動力的原因是必然性。

For example, if you're stranded in the desert, you'll have infinite motivation to find

比如說，如果你被困在沙漠裡，你會有無限的動力去尋找

some water, but only as long as you think it's necessary to survive—and that water

但只要你認為這是生存所必需的，就可以喝一些水--而這些水

is necessary to do that.

是有必要這樣做的。

So necessity leads to motivation, but what causes necessity?

所以必要性導致了動機，但什麼原因導致了必要性呢？

Necessity arises from your understanding of the world.

必然性產生於你對世界的理解。

And your understanding of the world includes places that you want to go to, like good health

而你對世界的理解也包括了你想去的地方，比如說健康

and wealth perhaps, and places that you want to avoid, like poverty.

和財富或許，以及你想避免的地方，比如貧窮。

And your understanding also includes the means or actions that will get you to both of those

而你的理解也包括了能讓你達到這兩點的手段或行動。

places.

場所。

So for example, if in your understanding, you believe it's necessary to get rich and

所以舉個例子，如果在你的理解中，你認為要想發財，必須要有

avoid poverty, in the same way you think it's necessary to drink water when you're stranded

避開貧窮，就像你認為在你被困的時候必須要喝水一樣。

in the desert, you'll have infinite motivation to try and obtain money, and you'll act

在沙漠中，你會有無限的動力去嘗試和獲得金錢，你會在行動上。

out the actions that you think are necessary to get you there.

出你認為必要的行動，讓你達到目的。

So your understanding of the world leads to necessity which leads to motivation.

所以，你對世界的理解導致了必然性，從而產生了動力。

But how does your understanding change?

但是，你的理解如何改變？

Your understanding of the world changes when you discover and assimilate new and useful

當你發現和吸收新的和有用的東西時，你對世界的理解就會改變。

knowledge.

知識，

And really there are two ways you discover new knowledge: either you discover it through

而真正發現新知識的方式有兩種：一是通過

someone else, which is imitation, or you discover it for yourself, which is innovation.

別人，這就是模仿，或者你自己發現，這就是創新。

So discovery leads to a change in understanding which leads to a change in your perception

所以，發現導致理解的改變，從而導致你觀念的改變

of necessity which leads to a change in motivation.

的必然性，從而導致動機的改變。

But what causes us to enter a process of discovery?

但是，是什麼原因讓我們進入一個發現的過程呢？

Discovery occurs when we enter a state of crisis, and a state of crisis is one in which

當我們進入危機狀態時，就會有發現，而危機狀態是指

you don't know (A) where you are, or (B) where you want to go, or (C) how to get from

你不知道(A)你在哪裡，或(B)你想去哪裡，或(C)如何從這裡出發。

where you are to where you want go, or all of the above.

從你所在的地方到你想去的地方，或以上所有的地方。

So crisis leads to discovery.

所以危機導致發現。

But what leads to a crisis?

但什麼導致了危機？

The cause of a crisis is a realization: specifically, a realization that your knowledge is insufficient.

危機的原因是一種認識：具體來說，就是認識到自己的知識不足。

So that completes the motivation cycle: realization, crisis, discovery, understanding, necessity,

所以這就完成了動機循環：實現、危機、發現、理解、必要。

motivation, and back to realization.

動機，又回到了實現。

Now let me explain how the entire cycle works using an example.

現在讓我用一個例子來解釋整個循環的工作原理。

We're going to use the example of driving, because so much of life is like driving, where

我們要用開車的例子，因為生活中的很多事情就像開車一樣，在那裡

you're trying to get from some point A to some point B. So imagine that you're driving

你正試圖從某個點A到某個點B，所以想象一下你正在開車

to the Pet Store, taking the same roads that you always do.

去寵物店，走你經常走的那條路。

So this is the first stage, normal motivation.

所以這是第一階段，正常的激勵。

And your motivations are oriented properly when you can get from where you are to where

而你的動機是正確的導向，當你能從你所在的地方到哪裡

you want to go.

你想去。

And in this case, you arrive at the Pet Store with no problems.

而在這種情況下，你到達寵物店就沒有問題了。

So everything goes smoothly.

所以一切都很順利。

Now imagine a second scenario, where you go to where the Pet Store usually is, but it's

現在想象一下第二種情況，你去寵物店通常在的地方，但它是。

no longer there.

不再有。

So a realization dawns on you: your knowledge is insufficient and you have no idea now where

於是，你恍然大悟：你的知識是不夠的，你現在根本不知道在哪裡

you are relative to the pet store, where the pet store is, and how to get there.

你是相對於寵物店而言的，寵物店在哪裡，怎麼去。

You enter a state of crisis, and this leads to a process of discovery.

你進入了一種危機狀態，這就導致了一個發現的過程。

So you meet some people nearby who say that they can help you get to the new location

所以你在附近遇到一些人，他們說可以幫你到新的地方去

for the Pet Store.

為寵物店。

You follow them and arrive successfully.

你跟著他們，成功抵達。

Overcoming the crisis has lead to discovery of new knowledge through imitation, which

克服危機後，通過模仿發現了新的知識，即

leads you to a new understanding of the world, which leads to a new perspective of what's

導致你對世界有了新的認識，從而對什麼有了新的看法。

necessary to arrive at the pet store, which restores your motivation in being able to

抵達寵物店的必要條件，這恢復了你的動力，在能夠。

get there.

到達那裡。

Life is back to normal.

生活恢復了正常。

But let's imagine that you never met those people nearby, so instead, you start searching

但是，讓我們想象一下，你從來沒有見過那些人在附近， 所以，你開始搜索。

the area nearby for the Pet Store and eventually stumble upon it.

在附近尋找寵物店，最終偶然發現了它。

This is discovery through innovation, and it leads to the same end result of having

這就是通過創新來發現，並導致同樣的最終結果，即有了

your motivation restored.

你的動力恢復了。

And when it comes to motivation, people typically run into one of two problems.

而在激勵方面，人們通常會遇到兩個問題之一。

Imagine a spectrum, and in the middle, is someone who is properly motivated.

想象一下，一個譜，中間是一個適當激勵的人。

This means that they can always get to where they wanna go from where they are.

這意味著，他們可以隨時從他們所在的地方到達他們想去的地方。

On the right end of the spectrum is someone who's wrongly motivated.

右邊的是一個動機錯誤的人。

They are highly motivated, but they never get to where they wanna go from where they

他們有很高的積極性，但他們從來沒有從他們想去的地方到達他們想去的地方。

are: they're motivated in the wrong direction.

是：他們的動機是錯誤的。

And this is because they never realize that their knowledge is insufficient.

而這是因為他們從未意識到自己的知識不足。

They are too prideful and confident in what they know, so they remain motivated, but they

他們太過驕傲，對自己所知道的東西充滿了自信，所以他們依舊積極進取，但他們

never arrive at their destination, and that's because they never feel the need to update

從來沒有到達目的地，那是因為他們從來沒有感覺到需要更新。

their beliefs.

他們的信仰。

On the left end of the spectrum is someone who has no motivation.

左端是沒有動力的人。

This is typically because they are in a state of crisis, where they may have realized that

這通常是因為他們正處於危機狀態，他們可能已經意識到了

their knowledge is insufficient, but they haven't engaged in a successful discovery

他們的知識是不夠的，但他們還沒有進行成功的發現。

process that gives them new knowledge to overcome their crisis.

進程，讓他們有新的知識來克服危機。

So in conclusion, infinite motivation occurs naturally when you know where you are, where

所以，總而言之，當你知道自己在哪裡，在哪裡，就會自然而然地產生無限的動力。

you want to go, and how to get there from where you are.

你想去的地方，以及如何從你所在的地方到達那裡。

A crisis in motivation occurs when you realize that you have insufficient knowledge to get

當你意識到自己的知識不夠用時，就會出現動機危機。

to where you want to go.

到你想去的地方。

Crisis is resolved through the discovery of new and useful knowledge that allows you to

通過發現新的和有用的知識來解決危機，使你能夠

arrive at your destination, and new knowledge is discovered through one of two means: imitation

到了目的地，新的知識通過兩種方式之一被發現，即：摹仿

or innovation.

或創新。

Imitation is when you copy someone else's solution to your problem, and innovation is

模仿是指你複製別人對你問題的解決方案，而創新是指

when you come up with your own.

當你想出你自己的。

The discovery of new knowledge updates your understanding of the world, which updates

新知識的發現更新了你對世界的理解，從而更新了你對世界的認識。

what you perceive as necessary to get to your destination, and the correct perception of

你認為到達目的地所必需的東西，以及正確的認知。

necessity leads to the restoration

必然導致恢復

of your motivation.

你的動機的。