Should have spent more time with the children.

應該多花點時間陪陪孩子們。

I was always busy.

我總是很忙。

My father was always busy.

我父親總是很忙。

I never had a relationship with him.

我和他從未有過關係。

And I guess I followed in his footsteps.

我想我是步了他的後塵。

I should have persevered more than God knows when I could have been.

我本該比天知道我什麼時候能堅持得更久。

What do you think that people in their 20s are missing?

你認為 20 多歲的人缺少什麼？

Oh, I would say.

哦，我會說。

Last year, we posted this video, which has over 600,000 views so far, but hundreds of comments on it are actually about this 90 year old couple.

去年，我們發佈了這段視頻，至今已有 60 多萬人次觀看，但其中數百條評論其實是關於這對 90 歲的老夫婦的。

This couple's words are something I think everybody needs to hear.

這對夫婦的話，我認為每個人都需要聽聽。

So today I am sharing an extended version of their best life advice with you.

是以，今天我將與大家分享他們的最佳人生建議的擴展版。

All right, let's get into it.

好了，我們開始吧。

How old are you?

你多大了？

88, 90.

88, 90.

What does it feel like to be 88 and 90?

88 歲和 90 歲是什麼感覺？

Well, we're happy we're still alive.

我們很高興我們還活著。

Yeah.

是啊

We're doing the best we can.

我們正在盡力而為。

We have a lot of friends who have passed and a lot of friends who are sick.

我們有很多逝去的朋友，也有很多生病的朋友。

And we're we're fine.

我們沒事

So we're lucky and we're lucky we're together.

所以我們很幸運，我們很幸運能在一起。

Married 60, 70 years.

結婚六七十年

So we have a lovely family and lots to be thankful for.

是以，我們有一個可愛的家庭和許多值得感恩的東西。

That's it.

就是這樣。

You know, I just read in the local paper that there's two and a quarter percent of the people in Canada are over 85.

你知道嗎，我剛剛在當地報紙上讀到，加拿大有百分之二點四的人超過了 85 歲。

So I'm 90 going to be 91 shortly.

我今年 90 歲，很快就 91 歲了。

I think I'm in the one percent.

我想我是那百分之一。

That's a pretty good group to be in right now.

現在這支隊伍已經很不錯了。

If I'm doing well for my age, it's because I work at it.

如果以我的年齡來說我做得很好，那是因為我努力了。

I go to the gym five days a week.

我每週去健身房鍛鍊五天。

Plus, I'm careful of my diet.

另外，我很注意飲食。

If you do your proper diet and you're exercising for me, that's what extends your life.

如果你能做到合理膳食，並堅持鍛鍊，對我來說，這就是延年益壽的方法。

How long have you been doing that for?

你這樣做有多久了？

Oh, I would say 30 years, maybe.

哦，我想說 30 年，也許吧。

I have to tell you that I concentrate on balance because most seniors that we know have fallen down.

我必須告訴你們，我把注意力集中在平衡上，因為我們認識的大多數老人都曾摔倒過。

That's the biggest problem they have.

這是他們最大的問題。

And if they fall down, they have very serious accidents.

如果他們摔倒了，就會發生非常嚴重的事故。

And it's been a big problem.

這一直是個大問題。

That's the major problem.

這就是主要問題所在。

So that's what I do to try and prevent that.

所以，我就是這麼做的，儘量避免這種情況發生。

But now I make sure that I do it every day, every day.

但現在，我確保每天都這樣做，天天如此。

What are some things you could go back in time and tell your younger self to do more of that you would recommend they do?

你可以回到過去，告訴年輕時的自己多做哪些事情，你會建議他們做哪些事情？

Something that my wife and I have initiated going back, I would say maybe 15 years ago.

這是我和妻子在 15 年前就開始做的事情。

And as she told you, we're 67 years married.

正如她告訴你的，我們已經結婚 67 年了。

No matter if we do get in arguments, which happens at all times with all people, we try not to let it hang over till the next day.

不管我們是否會發生爭執，這在任何時候都會發生，但我們儘量不讓爭執持續到第二天。

We have it set in our lives that we embrace each other every morning, no matter what happens.

在我們的生活中，無論發生什麼，我們每天早上都會擁抱對方。

And it erases any problems that we might have had.

這也消除了我們可能遇到的任何問題。

That brings us back to a decent level relationship.

這又回到了一個體面的關係層面。

I think that's important.

我認為這很重要。

I love that.

我喜歡這樣。

The most important decision you make in your life is your marriage and who you marry.

你一生中最重要的決定就是你的婚姻和你的結婚對象。

That can make or break it.

這可以決定成敗。

As we all know, it can be a success.

眾所周知，它可以取得成功。

They can encourage you in whatever you're doing, discourage you.

無論你在做什麼，他們都能鼓勵你，也能打擊你。

The best thing that I ever did was I met Joan and that was the best decision I ever made.

我做過的最好的事情就是遇到了瓊，這是我做過的最好的決定。

I was 23 and she was 20.

我 23 歲，她 20 歲。

So that was our 20s.

那就是我們的 20 多歲。

What do you think that people in their 20s are missing?

你認為 20 多歲的人缺少什麼？

Well, I think that a lot of younger people are very self-centered and selfish.

我認為很多年輕人都非常自我中心和自私。

They're spoiled.

他們被寵壞了。

By the time I was 30, I had four children, so I couldn't worry about going to restaurants, having fun.

到我 30 歲時，我已經有了四個孩子，所以我不能再為去餐館吃飯、找樂子而操心了。

And we were busy.

我們很忙。

We were paying for schools and kids and doctors and things that were, you know, more meaningful in life.

我們為學校、孩子、醫生和生活中更有意義的事情買單。

I think the kids today, they're all spoiled.

我覺得現在的孩子都被寵壞了。

Very self-centered.

非常以自我為中心。

That's what I think.

我就是這麼想的。

What can we do besides maybe, let's say, having four kids by 30?

除了在 30 歲之前生四個孩子，我們還能做什麼？

What could we do to be less self-centered?

怎樣才能不那麼以自我為中心？

Maybe try to be more community minded, do some volunteer work, some social work, or just to be generous and give money to charity instead of your phones, your cars.

也許可以試著多關心社區，做一些志願者工作、社會工作，或者慷慨解囊，把錢捐給慈善機構，而不是你的手機、汽車。

I know it's hard for kids today, but it was hard in our day, too.

我知道這對現在的孩子來說很難，但在我們那個年代也很難。

You can manage.

您可以管理。

People can manage.

人們可以管理。

They just have to want to.

只要他們願意。

Yeah, that's what I think.

是啊，我也是這麼想的。

Maybe I'm wrong.

也許我錯了。

I don't know if you're able to give advice, let's say, based on your own life, your own experiences on navigating your early years of adult life, your 20s.

比方說，我不知道你是否能根據自己的生活、自己的經歷，就如何渡過自己成年後的最初幾年，也就是 20 多歲，給出建議。

How can we do that to the best of our abilities?

我們如何才能做到最好？

It's very hard, very hard for kids today.

對現在的孩子來說，這很難很難。

Very, very.

非常，非常。

First of all, I say one thing.

首先，我要說一件事。

Stay in school.

留在學校。

Get an education.

接受教育。

Get as much education as you can.

儘可能多地接受教育。

Get a master's.

獲得碩士學位。

Get a Ph.D.

獲得博士學位

Just make yourself valuable.

讓自己變得有價值。

You know, don't waste your time.

別浪費時間了。

Don't waste your life.

不要浪費生命

That's that's the most important thing.

這才是最重要的。

And then, of course, find a profession that you like, something you enjoy doing.

當然，還要找到自己喜歡的職業，做自己喜歡做的事情。

But make sure that you you're the best that you can be.

但要確保自己是最棒的。

Like, don't fool around in school.

比如，不要在學校胡鬧。

Take it very seriously.

認真對待。

That's something I wish I had done.

這是我希望自己能做到的。

And God knows where I could have been.

天知道我還能去哪裡。

Your life is precious.

你的生命彌足珍貴。

Life is short.

人生苦短。

And make good friends.

結交好朋友

Make true friends.

結交真正的朋友

OK, real friends, friends who care about you and you care about.

好吧，真正的朋友，關心你和你關心的朋友。

And that's very important.

這一點非常重要。

And then your life will be OK.

然後你的生活就會好起來。

What is one thing that when you were younger, you put a lot of priority on?

您年輕時最重視的一件事是什麼？

And as you've gone older, you realized wasn't that important.

隨著年齡的增長，你會發現這並不那麼重要。

Things, even like clothes, you know, material things, material things like like now I have a house full of beautiful dishes and vases and things.

東西，甚至像衣服，你知道，物質的東西，物質的東西，就像現在我有一屋子漂亮的盤子和花瓶之類的東西。

And nobody even wants them.

而且根本沒人要。

My kids don't want them.

我的孩子們不想要。

They have small houses.

他們的房子很小。

They can't they don't have room for anything.

他們不能，他們沒有空間放任何東西。

And, you know, at the time, it was important to have them and clothes, too.

要知道，在當時，擁有它們和衣服也很重要。

I mean, how much do you need?

我是說，你需要多少？

It's not that important.

沒那麼重要

It's not important to have the best of everything.

擁有最好的一切並不重要。

Probably the one thing that I regret was I got married early.

我最後悔的一件事可能就是結婚太早。

I was working and I didn't spend much time with my children.

我在工作，沒有太多時間陪孩子。

Fortunately, I have a wife who is a terrific person, spent a lot of time with the children who are so important.

幸運的是，我有一個非常好的妻子，她花了很多時間陪伴孩子們，孩子們對我來說非常重要。

You're getting stars.

你有星星了

You're worried about making a living and what you're going to do.

你擔心生計，擔心自己要做什麼。

And if you have a good companion, a wife that relieves a lot of that problem so that you can concentrate, she can concentrate on the family, I can concentrate on earning money for the family.

如果你有一個好伴侶，一個可以緩解很多問題的妻子，這樣你就可以集中精力，她可以集中精力照顧家庭，我可以集中精力賺錢養家。

One other thing I think is very important in life, in life, to have a good place to come home to.

我認為在生活中還有一件事非常重要，那就是有一個好的歸宿。

A nice, comfortable home, whether it's one room that's very comfortable with nice furniture and a comfortable bed, comfortable chair to sit in.

一個漂亮、舒適的家，無論是一個擁有漂亮傢俱、舒適的床、舒適的椅子的房間。

It's very important at the end of the day that you have a good place to come home to.

在一天結束的時候，有一個好地方讓你回家是非常重要的。

And it's more important than fancy clothes or fancy cars or restaurants or anything just to have a good place to come home to.

比起華服、名車、餐廳或其他任何東西，有個好地方回家更重要。

Yeah, you have a lot of peace if you if you have a life like that.

是啊，如果你有這樣的生活，你就會很平靜。

Yeah.

是啊

What is a big mistake that you've made or a big regret that you have that you learned a valuable lesson from?

你犯過什麼大錯，有過什麼大遺憾，卻從中汲取了寶貴的教訓？

That a big mistake I made is I should have stayed in school longer, even with kids like when I started to have kids.

我犯了一個很大的錯誤，那就是我應該在學校多待一段時間，即使有了孩子，比如我開始有孩子的時候。

I was very hard to go to school, but I should have persevered more.

我很努力地上學，但我本應更加堅持。

That's what I should have done.

這是我應該做的。

I fooled around a lot like, you know what?

我經常鬼混，你知道嗎？

I, I had a lot of time that I wasted and I wish I had stayed in school longer.

我浪費了很多時間，真希望能在學校多待一段時間。

If you could go back in time and you get to look at your 20, 25 year old self, knowing what you know today, what advice would you give to your younger self?

如果你能回到過去，看看 20、25 歲的自己，瞭解今天的自己，你會給年輕的自己什麼建議？

The same thing.

同樣的事情。

I would have stayed in school longer.

如果是我，我會在學校多待一段時間。

I mean, even getting married was, you know, was nice.

我的意思是，即使結婚，你知道，也很好。

Having a family was nice.

有家真好

But I could have really managed somehow to stay in school longer, to better myself, even though it would have been very hard for me because I have four children to look after.

但我真的可以想辦法在學校待得更久，讓自己變得更好，儘管這對我來說很難，因為我有四個孩子要照顧。

But I wish I would have done that.

但我希望我也能這麼做。

What about yourself?

你自己呢？

Should have spent more time with the children.

應該多花點時間陪陪孩子們。

I was always busy and my father was always busy.

我總是很忙，父親也總是很忙。

I never had a relationship with him.

我和他從未有過關係。

And I guess I it came by me naturally and I followed in his footsteps.

我想這是我自然而然的想法，我追隨著他的腳步。

And the advice you would give to someone in their 20s and 25, between 20, 25 right now?

你對現在 20 到 25 歲之間的人有什麼建議？

Don't waste your time.

別浪費時間了。

I really appreciate it, guys.

我真的很感激，夥計們。

Thank you so much.

非常感謝。

Our second journal, our daily improvement journal.

我們的第二本日記，即每日改進日記。

This is your daily journal with a 10 minute routine that helps you optimize the most important parts of your day to day life so that you can live a happier, more fulfilled and more productive day.

這是你的每日日誌，10 分鐘的例行公事可以幫助你優化日常生活中最重要的部分，讓你每天都過得更快樂、更充實、更有成效。

This formula is something that we've been working on and tweaking for over five years.

這個配方是我們五年多來一直在研究和調整的。

And it's based on thousands of tidbits of life advice that you have heard on our channel.

而這些建議都是建立在您在我們頻道中聽到的數以千計的生活建議基礎之上的。

We made a very limited launch batch.

我們只做了非常有限的一批。

So if you're interested in grabbing one and learning more about the journal, click the link in our description below.

是以，如果您有興趣購買一本並瞭解更多有關該期刊的資訊，請點擊下面描述中的鏈接。

Thanks again for watching and we'll see you in the next one.

再次感謝您的收看，我們下期再見。