we often regret the things that we didn’t  do. To minimize regrets in your 20’s,  

我們經常為我們沒有做的事情而感到後悔。為了儘量減少20歲時的遺憾。

you should adopt a long term mentality. Don’t  make decisions based on short term discomfort,  

你應該採取一種長期的心態。不要根據短期的不舒服來做決定。

but rather the benefits 5-, 10-, even 20-  years down the road. Before starting Amazon,  

而是5年、10年、甚至20年後的好處。在啟動亞馬遜之前。

Jeff Bezos held a secure and well-paid position at  an investment company in New York. He wasn’t sure  

傑夫-貝索斯在紐約的一家投資公司擔任安全和高薪的職位。他並不確定

whether he should stick with his job or quit,  take a huge risk, and start this book company.

他是應該堅持自己的工作，還是辭職，冒著巨大的風險，創辦這家圖書公司。

To aid him in making the decision, he turned to  what he coined a "regret minimization framework",  

為了幫助他做出決定，他轉向了他所創造的 "遺憾最小化框架"。

or what others call the rocking chair test.  

或其他人所說的搖椅測試。

He imagined himself at age 80 and imagined  looking back – what would he regret more?

他想象自己到了80歲，想象著回首往事--他有什麼會更後悔呢？

Taking a leap, starting Amazon, and taking  part in this thing called the Internet that  

縱身一躍，創辦亞馬遜，參與到這個叫做互聯網的東西中來，而這個東西

he believed would be really big, or not  having ever tried? He knew that if he  

他認為這將是真正的大事，還是沒有嘗試過？他知道，如果他

failed he wouldn't regret it, but he would  certainly regret not ever having tried.

失敗了他不會後悔，但他肯定會後悔沒有嘗試過。

Remember, your 20’s are a time  to take risks and get out of your  

請記住，你的20歲是一個承擔風險和走出自己的時間。

comfort zone. The more you put in during  this time, the more you’ll get out of it.

舒適區。你在這段時間內投入的越多，你的收穫就越大。