of life without working day and night? How much wealth do you need to accumulate that

的生活，而不需要日夜不停地工作？你需要積累多少財富才可以

your only job will be to make sure you invest that wealth wisely and live off the interest?

你唯一的工作將是確保你明智地投資這些財富，並依靠利息生活？

Let's say you need 2.5 million dollars a year, which should cover all of your expenses. Let's

假設你每年需要250萬美元，這應該包括你的所有開支。讓我們

be conservative and assume a 5 percent interest annually, which means you need to generate

保守一點，假設每年有5%的利息，這意味著你需要產生

50 million dollars of wealth. Now the question is, How many multi-millionaires in the US

5000萬美元的財富。現在的問題是，在美國有多少個千萬富翁

have at least $50 million of net assets or more?

擁有至少5000萬美元的淨資產或更多？

Surprise surprise!  Not many! 

驚喜吧! 不是很多!

There are a total of 89,510 people in the United States with net assets of at least

美國總共有89,510人的淨資產至少為

$50 million. This number equals 50.9% of the ultra-high net worth individuals over the

5,000萬美元。這個數字相當於50.9%的超高淨值個人，超過了5000萬美元。

world. Over half of ultra-rich people in the entire world are in the US.

世界。整個世界上一半以上的超級富豪都在美國。

So what are your chances of becoming one of them, 0.027%, so good luck!

那麼，你成為其中一員的機會有多大呢，0.027%，所以，祝你好運!

The problem is that most people chose a mediocre life and prefer immediate gratification rather

問題是，大多數人選擇了平庸的生活，喜歡立即得到滿足而不是

than put in the effort now and be rewarded much much later. Building wealth takes a lifetime,

而不是現在付出努力，以後得到回報。積累財富需要一生。

the overnight stories you have heard are usually exceptions, or it might have taken these people

你所聽到的一夜之間的故事通常都是例外，或者說這些人可能已經花了很多時間

decades to become an overnight success. But what's certain for sure is that, most ultra-successful

幾十年的時間才能一夜成名。但可以肯定的是，大多數超級成功的人

people follow a set of rules and principles that sets them apart and provide them with

人們遵循一套規則和原則，使他們與眾不同，併為他們提供了

an unfair advantage to get everything in life. And in this video, we are going to take a

一個不公平的優勢，在生活中獲得一切。而在這段視頻中，我們將採取一個

look at a few of them.

看看他們中的幾個人。

But before we get into that, let's thank Endel for sponsoring this video.

但在我們討論這個問題之前，讓我們感謝Endel公司對這個視頻的贊助。

The reason why a lot of people fail is because their attention span is too short and they

很多人失敗的原因是他們的注意力太短，他們

can't focus. If only they could stay focused on what they do, they could have accomplished

不能集中精力。只要他們能保持專注於自己的工作，他們就能取得成就

so much. Especially in this world of social media where we constantly get distracted.

這麼多。特別是在這個社交媒體的世界裡，我們不斷地被分散注意力。

So the question, is there a tool that can help you stay focused?

那麼問題來了，是否有一種工具可以幫助你保持專注？

Yes, It's called Endel!

是的，它叫Endel!

backed by neuroscience patented technology, it creates personalised soundscapes that helps

在神經科學專利技術的支持下，它創造了個性化的聲音場景，幫助

you focus. It reacts to inputs like time of the day, weather, heart rate, and location

你的注意力。它能對一天中的時間、天氣、心率和位置等輸入作出反應。

and Helps you focus, relax and sleep. It Calms your mind to create feelings of comfort

並幫助你集中注意力，放鬆和睡眠。它能使你的心靈平靜下來，產生舒適的感覺

and safety or Soothes you into a deep sleep with soft, gentle sounds.

和安全，或者用柔和的聲音安撫你進入深度睡眠。

So if you are having a hard time staying focused, if You're suffering from stress or anxiety,

是以，如果你很難保持專注，如果你正在遭受壓力或焦慮。

if you're struggling with being productive, if You are

如果你正在為提高工作效率而奮鬥，如果你是

having trouble sleeping, you feel tired or your sleeping quality is not good enough.

睡眠困難，你感到疲倦或睡眠品質不夠好。

Then go ahead and check out Endel. The first 100 people to download Endel using

那就去看看Endel吧。前100名使用Endel下載的人

the link in the description will get a free week of audio experiences!

通過描述中的鏈接可以獲得一週的免費音頻體驗!

And now lets back to the video 


現在讓我們回到視頻中來

When asking for help, appeal to people's self-interest, never their mercy or gratitude.

在請求幫助時，要呼籲人們的自我利益，而不是他們的憐憫或感激。


 So, how do most people ask for help? If they

那麼，大多數人是如何請求幫助的呢？如果他們

need something, they would call their friends, neighbors or anyone and would ask directly

需要的東西，他們會打電話給他們的朋友、鄰居或任何人，並會直接問

for help but get disappointed for being always rejected.

尋求幫助，但因總是被拒絕而感到失望。

In fact, the first people you would probably call for help is someone whom you helped in

事實上，你首先可能會打電話求助的人是你曾經幫助過的人。

the past because you assume that if you helped someone, they owe a favor, but often people

過去，因為你認為如果你幫助了別人，他們就會欠你一個人情，但往往人們

find ways to ignore that. That's why successful people try to align their interests with the

找到方法來忽略這一點。這就是為什麼成功人士試圖將他們的利益與

person they are asking for help. Once people see that they can get something

他們正在尋求幫助的人。一旦人們看到他們可以得到一些

by helping you, their resistance to your requests for help will magically fall away. At each

通過幫助你，他們對你的幫助請求的阻力將神奇地消失。在每個

step on the way, you must train yourself to think your way inside the other person's

在這個過程中，你必須訓練自己在對方的世界裡思考問題。

mind, to see their needs and interests. 


心，看到他們的需求和興趣。

2. Act like a king to be treated like one
 If someone is poorly dressed and seems broke

2.表現得像個國王，才能得到國王的待遇 如果有人衣著簡陋，看起來一貧如洗

and homeless, would come and tell you: you know what? If you just work hard and smart!

和無家可歸的人，會來告訴你：你知道嗎？如果你只是努力工作，聰明地工作!

You are going to be rich and successful!

你將成為富有和成功的人!

 What is your reaction going to be?  You are not going to take him seriously because

你的反應會是什麼？ 你不會認真對待他，因為

he looks broke.

他看起來破產了。

On the other hand, if you have someone who is driving a Ferrari and dressed properly

另一方面，如果你有一個開著法拉利並且穿著得體的人

would give you the exact same advice, you will get excited and take it seriously. And

會給你完全相同的建議，你會感到興奮並認真對待。而且

that's how it works all the time. If you want to be treated in a certain way, you have to

這就是一直以來的工作方式。如果你想以某種方式受到對待，你必須

look in a certain way. 

以某種方式看。

Don't expect to be chased by women when you look like a broke college student. Don't expect

當你看起來像個破產的大學生時，不要指望會有女人追著你。不要期望

people to buy your product or service when you look like you are barely paying your bills.

當你看起來像在勉強支付賬單時，人們會購買你的產品或服務。

You want people to do business with you? You want people to trust you? You want them to

你想讓人們與你做生意？你想讓人們信任你嗎？你想讓他們

work with you? 


和你一起工作？

Dress properly, talk as if you are that wealthy, respected person. No one is going to take

穿著得體，說話要像你是那個富有的、受人尊敬的人一樣。沒有人會把

a deep look into your pockets! The impression you give by the way you look is going to determine

深入瞭解你的口袋!你的樣子給人的印象將決定

how people are going to treat you. 


人們將如何對待你。

3. Avoid the unhappy or the unlucky
 This one might sound a bit controversial,

3.避免不開心的人或不幸運的人 這一條聽起來可能有點爭議。

but it's important. There are people who love to be the source

但這很重要。有的人喜歡做源頭

of negativity, trouble, and misfortune. You talk to them for 15 minutes, and they will

負面的、麻煩的、不幸的。你和他們交談15分鐘，他們就會

tell you how terrible the world is, how politicians are ripping us off, and billionaires are destroying

告訴你這個世界有多麼可怕，政客們如何欺騙我們，億萬富翁如何破壞我們的生活。

the planet and creating wealth inequality. His neighbors are dumb, so he constantly fights

地球，並創造財富不平等。他的鄰居們都是啞巴，所以他不斷地爭吵

them. He can't find a common language with his parents because his parents are selfish,

他們。他無法與父母找到共同語言，因為他的父母很自私。

egoistic people who only care about themselves, so he smokes, drinks, and lives a mediocre

自負的人，只關心自己，所以他抽菸、喝酒，過著平凡的生活。

life. What's the point of doing anything when the

生活。做任何事都有什麼意義呢？

entire world has united against you. 
 Listen carefully - Avoid this type of people!

整個世界都聯合起來反對你。仔細聽好--避開這類人!

In fact, avoid every person who constantly brings trouble in your life, even if it is

事實上，要避免每一個不斷給你的生活帶來麻煩的人，即使是

your friend, girlfriend, or relative. Never underestimate the dangers of infection.

你的朋友、女朋友或親戚。永遠不要低估感染的危險性。

Those misfortunate among us who have been brought down by circumstances beyond their

我們中那些不幸的人被超出他們能力範圍的環境拖垮了

control deserve all the help and sympathy we can give them. But there are others who

控制應該得到我們能給予他們的所有幫助和同情。但也有一些人

are not born to misfortune or unhappiness but who draw it upon themselves by their destructive

不是生來就有不幸或不快樂，而是因為他們的破壞性而把不幸或不快樂引向自己。

actions. Avoid them at all costs.  


行動。不惜一切代價避免他們。

4. Learn to keep people dependent on you 


4.學會讓人們依賴你

A few weeks ago, I was talking to a friend of mine, and he was complaining about how

幾周前，我和我的一個朋友哈拉，他在抱怨說

his company does not care about him. I was really surprised, because why do you

他的公司並不關心他。我真的很驚訝，因為你為什麼

think your company should treat you like an angel when you are just an accountant clerk

認為你的公司應該像天使一樣對待你，而你只是一個會計文員。

who just inserts the data into excel. I mean, how difficult is it to replace? There are

誰只是把數據插入EXCEL。我的意思是，取代它有多難？有

hundreds of thousands of people who are grudging from accounting schools every single year,

每年都有幾十萬人從會計學校畢業，這讓他們感到很沮喪。

and all of them can easily replace you because what you are doing is not difficult to learn.

而且所有這些人都可以輕易地取代你，因為你所做的事情並不難學。

That's why you have to become irreplaceable, either by doing something that's really difficult

這就是為什麼你必須成為不可替代的人，要麼通過做一些非常困難的事情

to do or if you have an ordinary job, your commitment to your job, your discipline and

如果你有一份普通的工作，你對你的工作的承諾，你的紀律和

exceptional communication skills will make you irreplaceable.

出色的溝通技巧將使你無可替代。


 Make others dependent on you. To get rid of

讓別人依賴你。為了擺脫

you might spell disaster and your boss won't dare even to think about that. There are many

你可能會帶來災難，你的老闆甚至不敢想這個問題。有許多

ways to obtain such a position. The easiest way to have a talent or a creative skill that

獲得這種職位的方法。最簡單的方法是擁有一種天賦或創造性技能，即

simply cannot be replaced. 


根本無法取代。

5. guard your reputation with your life
 People will never know what is inside you.

5.用你的生命守護你的聲譽 人們永遠不會知道你的內心是什麼。

They will only judge you based on your appearances, the way you look, the way you are dressed,

他們只會根據你的外表來判斷你，你的樣子，你的穿著。

the way you talk and behave. And that's a very powerful tool you can use. be whoever

你說話和行為的方式。而這是你可以使用的一個非常強大的工具。 做人

you want to be deep inside, but the image that people will have about you is entirely

你想成為內心深處的人，但人們對你的印象完全是這樣的

in your hands to control. Successful people carefully craft an image

在你手中控制。成功人士精心打造的形象

of themselves that portrays honesty, Integrity, Responsibility, Kindness and so and so forth

描繪出誠實、正直、責任、仁慈等的自我形象

so that when they sell you something, you instantly trust them. Especially politicians,

這樣，當他們向你推銷東西時，你就會立即信任他們。特別是政治家。

they might be the worst people in the world, but they make sure to make you believe that

他們可能是世界上最壞的人，但他們一定會讓你相信

they are the best people in the world. I am not saying if that's is bad or good.

他們是世界上最好的人。我不是說這是壞事還是好事。

I will leave that for you answer, I am just going to state a few facts.

我將把這個問題留給你來回答，我只是要陳述一些事實。


 6. Play to people's fantasies


6.發揮人們的幻想

Reality often harsh and difficult. And people always want to believe that there is a quick

現實往往是殘酷的、困難的。而人們總是希望相信，有一種快速的

way to get what you want. Instead of working hard, being disciplined, just take my 69 steps

獲得你想要的東西的方法。與其努力工作，嚴於律己，不如採取我的69個步驟

course. It will turn you into an overnight millionaire. And people buy into that.

課程。它將使你一夜之間成為百萬富翁。而人們對此深信不疑。

Let's be fair. That's not unique to the self-help industry. Grocery stores are filled with junk

讓我們公平一點。這並不是自助行業所獨有的。雜貨店裡到處都是垃圾

and unhealthy food that are filled with more sugar than you should consume, and as people

和不健康的食物，這些食物充滿了超過你應該消費的糖分，而作為人們

are getting conscious about their health, companies are coming out and presenting us

越來越重視自己的健康，公司也開始出來向我們介紹

with healthy alternative junk food with just a different name and calling it healthy. In

與健康的替代垃圾食品，只是名稱不同，並稱其為健康。在

fact, sugar is named in 56 different names, such as Dextrose, Fructose, Glucose, Dextrin,

事實上，糖有56種不同的名稱，如葡萄糖、果糖、葡萄糖、糊精。

and many others. And people buy into that. Like it or not, that's not going to stop anytime

和其他許多人。而人們對此深信不疑。不管你喜不喜歡，這都不會停止。

soon. Politicians who are going to propose quick, immediate solutions to complicated

很快。那些要對複雜的問題提出快速、即時解決方案的政治家們

problems will always win. 


問題總是會贏。

7. Use absence to increase respect  


7.利用缺席來增加尊重

Scarcity creates value. Remember the supreme shirts. There was nothing special about these

稀缺性創造價值。請記住最高級的襯衫。這些東西沒有什麼特別之處

shirts, but because there were a limited number of them, people stood up in lines for hours

襯衫，但由於數量有限，人們排了幾個小時的隊。

and paid hundreds of dollars if not thousands, for a single t-shirt.

併為一件T恤衫支付數百美元，甚至數千美元。

That's why gold is expensive, and diamonds are even more expensive because they are scarce.

這就是為什麼黃金很貴，而鑽石更貴，因為它們很稀缺。

And that applies to everything else, including yourself. If you are always around, if you

這也適用於其他一切，包括你自己。如果你總是在身邊，如果你

talk too much, people will no longer take you seriously. If you want people to value

說得太多，人們就不會再認真對待你了。如果你想讓人們重視

your presence, disappear from time to time.  The less you peak, the more unpredictable

你的存在，不時地消失。 你的高峰越少，越是不可預測

you become, which makes it riskier to insult you or disrespect you for example. Everything

你變成了，這使得侮辱你或不尊重你的風險更大，例如。一切

in the world depends on absence and presence. A strong presence will draw power and attention

在世界範圍內，取決於缺席和存在。強大的存在感會吸引權力和注意力

to you—you shine more brightly than those around you. But at some point, too much

對你來說，你的光芒比你周圍的人更耀眼。但在某些時候，太多的

presence creates The opposite effect: The more you are seen and heard from, the more

存在會產生相反的效果。你越是被人看到和聽到，就越是

your value degrades. You become a habit. No matter how hard

你的價值就會下降。你成為一種習慣。無論多麼努力

you try to be different, people respect you less and less. It is a game of hide—and~seek.

你試圖與眾不同，人們就會越來越不尊重你。這是個捉迷藏的遊戲。


 The 7 rules we have discussed are from the

我們所討論的7條規則是來自

book 48 laws of power by Robert Greene. Those who have read the book have realized that

羅伯特-格林的《權力的48個法則》一書。讀過這本書的人都意識到

already. At the end of the day, wealth is power and power is wealth. The more powerful

已經。在一天結束時，財富就是權力，權力就是財富。權力越大

you can get, the wealthier you will become. But power is a social game, its the ability

你能得到的東西越多，你就會變得越富有。但權力是一種社會遊戲，它的能力是

to understand people and play to their weaknesses. At the end of the day, once you make enough

以瞭解人們併發揮他們的弱點。在一天結束時，一旦你做出足夠的

money to fulfill your basic needs, you will want respect, attention, and admiration and

錢來滿足你的基本需求，你會希望得到尊重、關注和欽佩，並且

you do not necessarily need money to get that if you know how power works.

如果你知道權力是如何運作的，你不一定需要錢來獲得這些。


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