a confession to make! Today I am going to tell you a story of how

懺悔吧!今天，我將告訴你一個故事，關於如何

waking up at 6 am every day ruined my life. No! it's not clickbait!

每天早上6點起床，毀了我的生活。不！這不是點擊率的問題!

I know that you probably heard stories about how successful people wake up early in the

我知道，你可能聽說過關於成功人士如何在早些時候醒來的故事。

morning, and maybe you should too if you want to become successful. But I can tell you that

上午，如果你想成為成功人士，也許你也應該這樣做。但我可以告訴你

after years of waking up at 6 am, my life is worse than ever.

多年來，在早上6點起床後，我的生活比以往任何時候都糟糕。

And if you are one of those people who is striving to wake up early in the morning,

而如果你是那些努力在早上早起的人之一。

please don't. And those who do wake up at 6 or 5 am are probably not as successful as

請不要這樣做。而那些確實在早上6點或5點起床的人，可能沒有那麼成功。

they could be. And it is not because other aspects of my

他們可能是。而這並不是因為我的其他方面

life deteriorated while I was doing better financially.

在我的經濟狀況好轉的時候，生活卻惡化了。

Waking up at 6 am ruined everything in life, including the financial side of it.

早上6點起床毀掉了生活中的一切，包括財務方面。

So here is what happened. For the longest time, I use to think that

是以，事情是這樣的。在很長一段時間裡，我一直認為

if I want to become successful, I had to discipline my life, work more hours, stop wasting my

如果我想獲得成功，我必須約束自己的生活，增加工作時間，停止浪費我的時間。

time, and cut back on sleep so that I could work more.

時間，並減少睡眠，以便我能夠更多地工作。

I did that back when I was in college. I continued that habit after graduating, and for many

我在上大學時就這樣做了。畢業後，我繼續保持這個習慣，並且在許多年裡

years, I felt like I was doing better than my peers. But, in reality, I didn't see much

年，我覺得我比我的同齡人做得更好。但是，在現實中，我並沒有看到多少

progress in my life. My social life was at its lowest point. I

在我的生活中取得進展。我的社會生活處於最低點。I

was barely paying my bills, and most importantly, I didn't know what was wrong with me.

勉強支付我的賬單，最重要的是，我不知道自己出了什麼問題。

I was depressed and anxious because even hitting the gym consistently for more than a year

我很鬱悶和焦慮，因為即使是持續一年多的健身，也是如此。

didn't help me achieve any meaningful progress. I still was that little skinny guy who desperately

並沒有幫助我取得任何有意義的進步。我仍然是那個小瘦子，拼命想要

wanted to achieve something but never came even close to that.

想取得一些成就，但從來沒有接近過這一點。

There was something missing, something that held me back for a long time.

有一些東西缺失了，有一些東西阻礙了我很長時間的發展。

You won't believe it! But it was sleep. You see, I have always known that sleep is

你不會相信的!但那是睡眠。你看，我一直都知道，睡眠是

important, but I never took it seriously. I disciplined myself to wake up at 6 am every

很重要，但我從未認真對待。我約束自己，每天早上6點起床。

single day, no matter what, even on weekends. I have heard doctors say that you need at

單日，無論如何，甚至在週末。我曾聽醫生說，你需要在

least 8 hours of sleep to function properly, but I have always thought that's the lazy

至少8小時的睡眠才能正常工作，但我一直認為這是懶人的做法。

way to approach life. I mean, when you sleep, you are not doing anything productive, so

應對生活的方式。我的意思是，當你睡覺時，你沒有做任何有意義的事情，所以

I might as well try to minimize the number of hours I sleep so that I can work more,

我不妨嘗試儘量減少睡眠時間，這樣我就可以多工作。

and that was my biggest mistake. Because even on the days when I would go to bed after midnight,

而這是我最大的錯誤。因為即使在那些我將在午夜後睡覺的日子裡。

I would still wake up at 6 am. The lack of sleep affected all aspects of

我仍然會在早上6點醒來。睡眠不足影響了我的所有方面

my life, especially the quality of my decisions. You see, when you sleep, your brain does one

我的生活，特別是我的決定的品質。你看，當你睡覺時，你的大腦會做一個

of the most important functions. Throughout the day, you consume a lot of information

的最重要功能。在整個一天中，你會消耗大量的資訊

every time you read something, watch a YouTube video, or meet people. All that information

每當你閱讀一些東西，看一個YouTube視頻，或遇到一些人時。所有這些資訊

is usually saved in your short-term memory. Your brain works somewhat like a computer.

通常保存在你的短期記憶中。你的大腦工作起來有點像一臺電腦。

It has a short-term memory like RAM as computers have and a long-term memory like a hard disk.

它有一個像計算機所擁有的RAM一樣的短期記憶和一個像硬盤一樣的長期記憶。

Your short-term memory is much smaller than your long-term memory, so whenever you sleep,

你的短期記憶比你的長期記憶小得多，所以每當你睡覺時。

especially when you are in that deepest level of sleep, your brain reorganizes whatever

特別是當你處於最深層次的睡眠時，你的大腦會重新組織任何

information you have consumed throughout the day and shelves them somewhere in your long-term

你在一天中所消耗的資訊，並將它們擱置在你長期的某處

memory based on how important are they. That's why you don't always remember everything you

根據它們的重要程度進行記憶。這就是為什麼你並不總是記得你的所有事情。

know, but if you think about it, you might remember stuff that you have forgotten for

知道，但如果你想一想，你可能會想起你已經忘記的東西。

years but are saved somewhere in your long-term memory.

年，但卻保存在你長期記憶的某個地方。

When your brain doesn't get enough sleep, most of that information gets stuck in your

當你的大腦沒有得到足夠的睡眠時，大部分的資訊就會滯留在你的

short-term memory. So when you want to learn something new, memorize a bunch of facts for

短期記憶。是以，當你想學習新的東西時，要記住一堆事實，用於

your exam or take an important decision, your brain can't work at its fullest capacity since

你的考試或作出重要決定時，你的大腦無法充分發揮其能力，因為

it's filled with information that it supposes to move to your long term memory, but it's

它充滿了資訊，它應該移動到你的長期記憶，但它是

stuck in your short term memory. That's why it's almost always much easier to focus or

卡在你的短期記憶中。這就是為什麼幾乎總是更容易集中注意力或

work an hour or two after you wake up. In other words, less sleep equals I n a less

在你醒來一兩個小時後工作。換句話說，較少的睡眠等於我在一個較少的

effective brain. If you are doing something that doesn't need a lot of brainwork, then

有效的大腦。如果你做的是不需要大量腦力勞動的事情，那麼

you might not realize a huge difference, but if you need to think or do creative work,

你可能沒有意識到巨大的差異，但如果你需要思考或做創造性的工作。

then your brain will struggle. So if you want to maximize your productivity, all you need

那麼你的大腦就會陷入困境。是以，如果你想最大限度地提高你的生產力，你所需要的是

is a little more sleep. But it's not just about the number of hours

是多睡一會兒。但這不僅僅是小時數的問題

you sleep, but the quality of sleep you get. In order for your brain to truly rest, it's

你的睡眠，而是你的睡眠品質。為了使你的大腦真正得到休息，它是

not enough to lie down on your bed. You need to get rid of all the possible distractions.

躺在床上是不夠的。你需要擺脫所有可能的分心。

If there is a music playing somewhere around you or the lights are on, your brain is going

如果你周圍的某個地方有音樂在播放，或者燈光亮著，你的大腦就會去

to be active to a certain extent because it recognizes that light.

在一定程度上是活躍的，因為它認識到了這種光。

So the question is if sleep is so important to the efficiency of my brain, why cut back

是以，問題是，如果睡眠對我的大腦效率如此重要，為什麼要削減？

on sleep when I can cut back on other things such as Netflix, or all the time I waste on

當我可以減少其他事情，如Netflix，或所有我浪費的時間，在睡眠上。

unnecessary stuff?

不必要的東西？

How many times do you find yourself sitting in front of a computer trying to accomplish

你有多少次發現自己坐在電腦前試圖完成

something that takes an hour or two, but you stretch it for an entire day and often postpone

需要一兩個小時的事情，但你卻把它延長到一整天，並經常延後

to the next day? If you could just focus, put all of your willpower into it, you could

到第二天？如果你能集中精力，把你所有的意志力投入其中，你就能

finish it in an hour. So here is what I started doing. I minimized

在一個小時內完成它。是以，我開始這樣做。我最小化了

the number of hours I work. Instead of 14 or 15 hours of work, now I work only 8 to

我工作的小時數。以前是14或15個小時的工作，而現在我只工作8到15個小時。

10 hours, and I make sure that I get 7 to 8 hours of sleep a day. In fact, I do not

10小時，我確保每天有7到8小時的睡眠時間。事實上，我不

even set the alarm and let myself wake up naturally whenever my body feels like I have

甚至還設置了鬧鐘，只要我的身體感覺到我已經醒了，就讓我自然醒來。

had enough sleep. I understand that in the first few hours of the day, my brain is going

有足夠的睡眠。我明白，在一天的頭幾個小時，我的大腦要

to be at its peak, so I try to do creative work in the morning. Whether it's a company

到了高峰期，所以我儘量在早上做創造性的工作。無論是一個公司

that I am analyzing, or an important business decision, I have to take or write a script

我正在分析的問題，或一個重要的商業決定，我必須採取或寫一個腳本。

for the next video. If I eliminate all the distractions and push myself to just focus

為下一個視頻。如果我排除所有的干擾，迫使自己只專注於

on the work that I am doing, I can get done more in 2 to 3 hours than I would in an entire

在我所做的工作中，我可以在2到3個小時內完成更多的工作，而不是在一整個月內完成。

day.

天。

So stop thinking in terms of how many hours you work, but focus more on how much you can

是以，不要再考慮你工作了多少小時，而要更多地關注你能做多少事。

get accomplished. If you can get your brain to work more efficiently by having more sleep,

獲得成就。如果你能通過有更多的睡眠讓你的大腦更有效地工作。

there is no point in trying to work more and cut back on sleep.

試圖增加工作和減少睡眠是沒有意義的。

We didn't even talk about all the health problems lack of sleep causes, such as cancer, heart

我們甚至沒有談及睡眠不足導致的所有健康問題，如癌症、心臟病和其他疾病。

diseases, heart failure, high blood pressure, stroke, diabetes, depression, anxiety, and

疾病、心力衰竭、高血壓、中風、糖尿病、抑鬱症、焦慮症、和

a shorter life overall. So stop thinking of sleep as something you

總的來說，壽命更短。是以，不要再把睡眠想成是你

waste time on, but as a daily investment, you have to make in yourself to keep yourself

浪費時間，但作為一項日常投資，你必須對自己進行投資，以保持自己的

more productive to be able to achieve more, to be able to make better decisions.

更高的生產力，能夠取得更大的成就，能夠做出更好的決定。

You might not be able to afford to turn off your alarm and wake up whenever you want,

你可能沒有能力關掉鬧鐘，想什麼時候起床就什麼時候起床。

but you can go to bed earlier. If you have to wake up at 7 in the morning, don't go to

但你可以早點睡覺。如果你必須在早上7點起床，不要去

bed at exactly 11 pm. You need some time to fall asleep. You also need to prepare your

在晚上11點整上床。你需要一些時間來入睡。你還需要準備你的

body for sleep. So make sure that an hour before you go to bed, you are not doing anything

睡眠的身體。是以要確保在睡覺前一個小時，你不做任何事情

that could keep you awake in the bed for hours, like lifting weights or eating something heavy.

可以讓你在床上清醒幾個小時，比如舉重或吃重物。

We talk a lot about investments on the channel, and you probably already know that often all

我們在頻道上談了很多關於投資的問題，你可能已經知道，往往所有的

you need is one good investment to make a fortune. One good business decision can get

你需要的是一個好的投資來賺取財富。一個好的商業決定可以讓

you out of that rat race, and if you could improve the quality of your decision by having

如果你能從那場老鼠賽跑中解脫出來，如果你能通過讓你的決定提高質量

an extra hour of sleep. I think it worth it. Try it. I challenge you to try to have enough

多睡一個小時。我認為這是值得的。試試吧。我向你挑戰，嘗試有足夠的

sleep for one week in a row. Make your sleep the first priority just for one week.

連續一個星期的睡眠。讓你的睡眠成為第一要務，只需一週時間。

That means going to bed on time and making sure you get quality sleep every day, and

這意味著要按時睡覺，並確保你每天都有高質量的睡眠，而且

if you won't realize any improvements in your life, just come back to this video and give

如果你不會意識到你的生活有任何改善，只要回來看這個視頻，並給

it a thumbs down. Yes, I mean it. I Never though I am gonna say that, but it's now is

它是一個大拇指。是的，我是認真的。我從來沒有想過我要這麼說，但現在是

the time. However meanwhile, while you haven't started the challenge yet, give this video

的時間。然而與此同時，當你還沒有開始挑戰時，給這個視頻

a thumbs up, you can always come back and give it a thumbs down.

豎起大拇指，你可以隨時回來給它一個大拇指。

I hope you guys have enjoyed this video. Remember that we have a second channel called, bloom

我希望你們喜歡這個視頻。請記住，我們有第二個頻道，叫做，綻放

where I post videos that are not necessarily related to finance but nevertheless are interesting.

我在這裡發佈不一定與金融有關但卻很有趣的視頻。

If you guys enjoy this channel, you will definitely enjoy our second channel. Just click on the

如果你們喜歡這個頻道，你們一定會喜歡我們的第二個頻道。只要點擊

link description and subscribe. You guys have always supported me and without your support

鏈接說明並訂閱。你們一直在支持我，如果沒有你們的支持

this channel wouldn't have been possible so I will appreciate if you guys help me out

這個頻道是不可能的，所以如果你們能幫助我，我將非常感激。

with the second channel. Thanks for watching and until next time.

與第二個頻道。謝謝你的觀看，直到下一次。