A truly great thinker is constantly growing and evolving, so take a look around you: how

一個真正偉大的思想家是不斷成長和發展的，所以看看你周圍：如何

many people do you see moving forward in life?

你看到許多人在生活中不斷前進？

How many people do you see solving problem after problem?

你看到有多少人在解決一個又一個的問題？

And on the contrary, how many people do you see running in circles?

而恰恰相反，你看到有多少人在繞圈跑？

How many people do you see still trying to solve the same problems they were working

你看到有多少人仍然試圖解決他們曾經工作過的同樣的問題？

on years ago?

在幾年前？

The better you get at thinking, the better you get at solving problems.

你越是善於思考，你就越是善於解決問題。

And good thinking begins with clarity.

而良好的思維始於清晰的思路。

A clear thought is unambiguous, captures the essence of a thing, and is formulated logically.

清晰的思想是不含糊的，抓住了事物的本質，並且是按邏輯制定的。

A clear thought can be communicated through a simple if-then statement.

一個清晰的思想可以通過簡單的if-then語句來傳達。

For example, if you turn on the tap, then you can get water.

例如，如果你打開水龍頭，那麼你就可以得到水。

A clear thought leads to clear and intentional action.

清晰的思想會導致清晰而有意的行動。

For example, the statement "if you turn on the tap, then you can get water" leads to

例如，"如果你打開水龍頭，那麼你就能得到水 "的說法會導致

clear action when you're thirsty.

渴了就明確行動。

And clear and intentional action leads to clear feedback.

而明確而有意的行動會帶來明確的反饋。

When you go to test the tap for water, you will immediately find out whether your original

當你去測試水龍頭的水時，你會立即發現你原來的

thought was true or not.

認為是真的還是假的。

Either water will come out or it won't.

水要麼就會出來，要麼就不會出來。

And because clear feedback proves or disproves your thought, it helps improve your understanding

而且由於清晰的反饋證明或反駁了你的想法，它有助於提高你的理解力

of the world.

世界的。

Either you'll find out that your understanding of the world is correct or incorrect, and

要麼你會發現你對世界的理解是正確的或不正確的，而且

finding out you are incorrect helps you move closer towards correctness.

發現自己不正確有助於你向正確的方向發展。

And the more correct your worldview is, the better you'll be at solving problem.

而你的世界觀越正確，你就越能解決問題。

Let's take a look at an example.

我們來看看一個例子。

Marcus Aurelius earned the titles of "the last of the Five Good Emperors of Rome" and

馬庫斯-奧勒留贏得了 "羅馬五位好皇帝中的最後一位 "的稱號和

"philosopher-king" by becoming a great leader.

通過成為一個偉大的領袖，成為 "哲學家之王"。

And he became a great leader by becoming a great thinker.

而他通過成為一個偉大的思想家而成為一個偉大的領袖。

And he became a great thinker by learning to think clearly.

而他通過學習清楚地思考，成為一個偉大的思想家。

And he learned to think clearly by writing a private philosophy for himself which we

他通過為自己寫一個私人哲學，學會了清晰的思考，我們的

now refer to as his _Meditations_.

現在被稱為他的《冥想曲》。

In his _Meditations_, Aurelius organizes his thoughts in a logical way, reflecting on the

在他的_Meditations_中，奧勒留以一種邏輯的方式組織他的思想，反思了

relationship between his actions and their effects.

他的行動和效果之間的關係。

And if you want to think clearly and improve your ability to solve your own problems, it

而如果你想清楚地思考並提高你解決自己問題的能力，它

would be wise of you to do the same.

你也應該這樣做，這是明智之舉。

Organize your thoughts.

整理你的思想。

Reduce their ambiguity and make them clear by turning them into simple if-then statements.

通過把它們變成簡單的if-then語句，減少它們的模糊性，使之清晰。

Clear logic leads to clear thoughts.

清晰的邏輯導致清晰的思想。

Clear thoughts lead to clear and intentional action.

清晰的思想會導致清晰而有意的行動。

Clear and intentional action leads to clear feedback.

清晰而有意的行動導致了清晰的反饋。

Clear feedback leads to an improved understanding of the world.

清晰的反饋導致了對世界的理解的提高。

And a clearer understanding of the world leads to a better ability to solve problems.

而對世界有更清晰的瞭解，就會有更好的能力去解決問題。

For example, let me formulate a clear, logical thought: “if I publish a how-to video with

例如，讓我提出一個清晰的、符合邏輯的想法。"如果我發佈一個帶有以下內容的操作視頻

a philosopher in the title, then it will get over 100 000 views".

在標題中加入一個哲學家，那麼它將獲得超過10萬的瀏覽量"。

That's a clear thought with clear logic.

這是個清晰的想法，有清晰的邏輯。

That clear thought leads to clear action: I will write that video and publish it.

這種清晰的思想導致了清晰的行動。我將寫下這段視頻並發表。

Now when this video is published, I'll get clear feedback.

現在，當這個視頻發佈後，我將得到明確的反饋。

We'll both find out if that thought is true.

我們都會發現這種想法是否是真的。

And once I find out whether that thought is true or false, my understanding of the world

而一旦我發現這個想法是真的還是假的，我對世界的理解

will improve.

將會改善。

And by improving my understanding of the world, I'll be better equipped to solve my problem

而通過提高我對世界的理解，我將更有能力解決我的問題

of being a successful YouTuber.

成為一名成功的優酷網友。

So in conclusion, good thinking begins with clear thinking, and clear thinking begins

是以，總之，良好的思維始於清晰的思維，而清晰的思維始於

by turning your thoughts into unambiguous, logical statements.

把你的想法變成毫不含糊、合乎邏輯的陳述。