how everything cost two cents when she was young.

在她年輕的時候，所有的東西都是兩分錢。

But now, everything constantly got more expensive. And it was all because of the government.

但現在，所有的東西都不斷地變得更貴。而這一切都是因為政府的原因。

These uneducated pigs didn’t know how to control prices.

這些沒文化的豬不知道如何控制價格。

And when I was privileged enough to hear this story,

而當我有幸聽到這個故事時。

her complaining would last for hours and hours.

她的抱怨會持續好幾個小時。

And that's exactly what reactive people do. They always focus on the things that they

而這正是被動的人所做的事情。他們總是專注於他們的事情

cannot control. It’s not possible that a concept like inflation

無法控制。像通貨膨脹這樣的概念，是不可能的

would exist. And if it did, it’s impossible that they

會存在。如果真的存在，他們也不可能...

wouldn’t know about it!

不知道

On the other hand, proactive people realize, Look, even if my complaining were completely

另一方面，積極主動的人意識到，你看，即使我的抱怨完全是

objective, it doesn't help me. So I'm going to focus

客觀，對我沒有任何幫助。所以我打算把重點放在

on what I can control.

在我能控制的事情上。

If a proactive person owns a business where he sells a product,

如果一個積極主動的人擁有一個銷售產品的企業。

instead of focusing on how people these days don’t appreciate good products anymore,

而不是關注現在的人如何不欣賞好產品了。

and how the government has horrible regulations, he focuses on,

以及政府如何制定可怕的規章制度，他著重於。

“How can I improve my product, so my customers can’t live without it?”

"如何改進我的產品，讓我的客戶離不開它？"

Do you realize how much responsibility, how much dedication,

你知道有多少責任，有多少奉獻。

how much hard work comes along with asking that question?

問這個問題有多少辛苦？

And what do you think our effort-minimizing brain is going to pick as default?

你覺得我們的努力最小化的大腦會選擇什麼作為默認？

And that is exactly why most people focus on the things that they cannot control,

而這正是大多數人把注意力放在自己無法控制的事情上的原因。

rather than focusing on the things that they can.

而不是專注於自己能做的事情。

Habit number 1 is: be proactive.

習慣一是：積極主動。

Now imagine you’re at a funeral, but this one’s different from all the funerals

想象一下，你在一個葬禮上，但這個葬禮和所有的葬禮都不一樣。

you've ever been to. You’re standing over the casket and you

你'曾經去過。你站在棺材上，你...

see yourself. What do you have to say about yourself?

看看你自己。你對自己有什麼想說的？

This is one of the most powerful questions you could ask.

這是你能提出的最有力的問題之一。

Are you doing the things in your life, which are aligned with what you want to be

你是否在做你生活中的事情，與你想成為的人保持一致？

able to say? Do you want to say that you were a good spouse?

能說嗎？你想說你是個好配偶嗎？

If that’s the case, how does coming home and instantly being negative

如果是這樣的話，回家後怎麼會立刻消極起來呢

towards your spouse affect that? Do you want to be remembered as a person who

對你配偶的影響？你是否希望被人記住是一個人

added value to society? If that’s the case,

為社會增加價值？如果是這樣的話。

are you doing the things that will allow you to say that,

你是否在做的事情，將允許你說。

or are you scared of failure and choose comfortable mediocrity instead?

還是你害怕失敗而選擇安逸平庸？

Almost every one of us will have to readjust how we live when we ask that question.

當我們提出這個問題時，幾乎每個人都要重新調整自己的生活方式。

Habit number 2 is: begin with the end in mind.

習慣二是：以終為始。

Now if I were to ask you, “What are the most important things to you?”

現在，如果我問你，"對你來說最重要的事情是什麼？"

The most common answers I would get would be

我最常見的答案會是

either your wellbeing, or your relationships—your family, your

無論是你的福祉，還是你的人際關係--你的家庭，你的。

spouse, your children. You would never ever say, “Organizing papers

配偶，你的孩子。你永遠不會說："整理文件"。

or watching TV…” But how many of us spend more time organizing

或看電視......"但我們有多少人花了更多的時間來整理

papers and watching TV, than planning our nutrition and going to the

報紙和看電視，而不是規劃我們的營養和去看電視。

gym, or cultivating a healthy family environment?

健身房，還是培養健康的家庭環境？

There’s a horrible disconnect between what we say

我們說的話之間有一個可怕的脫節。

and how we actually allocate our time.

以及我們究竟如何分配時間。

Habit number 3 is: put first things first.

習慣之三是：把第一件事放在第一位。

Now imagine you’re an author, and I’m an author.

現在想象你是一個作家，而我是一個作家。

And We both write interesting books, and we both have access to an audience of

我們都寫了有趣的書，我們都有機會接觸到一群觀眾

about a 100,000 people. I read your book and I love it.

大約有10萬人。我讀了你的書，我很喜歡。

So I decide to share it with my audience. And as a result,

所以我決定和我的觀眾分享。結果。

you now have 1,000s of people buying your book and reading your ideas.

你現在有1000人買你的書，讀你的想法。

You see this and think, “Who is this guy? Let me take a look at his book.”

你看到這個就會想，"這傢伙是誰?讓我看一下他的書"

You start reading my book and think I have ideas that are valuable.

你開始看我的書，覺得我的想法很有價值。

So you decide to share it with your audience. And as a result,

所以你決定與你的觀眾分享。結果。

I now have 1,000s of people buying my book and reading my ideas.

我現在有一千多人買我的書，讀我的想法。

Notice how different this is from my creating a little creepy Amazon account,

請注意，這與我創建一個小詭異的亞馬遜賬號有多大區別。

finding your book and leaving a bad review, hoping that this will deter a few people from

找到你的書，並留下差評，希望以此來阻止一些人對你的

buying your book, which will in turn somehow get them to buy

購買你的書，這將在某種程度上讓他們購買。

my book.

我的書。

Habit number 4 is: think win-win. Stop thinking of everything as a zero-sum

習慣四是：思考雙贏。不要再把所有的事情都想成零和

game. For you to win, another person does not have

遊戲。為了讓你贏，另一個人不需要...

to lose.

失去。

Something I want my viewers to do is to subscribe to my channel,

我希望我的觀眾能訂閱我的頻道。

but you will never hear me say, “Well, I worked really hard guys.

但你永遠不會聽到我說："好吧，我工作真的很辛苦的傢伙。

I dedicated so many hours to this. Please subscribe.”

我為此奉獻了這麼多時間。請訂閱。"

Look, who cares if I worked hard? Who cares if I’ve spent days creating this

你看，誰在乎我是否努力工作？誰會在乎我花了幾天的時間來創造這一切？

video? The real questions are,

視頻？真正的問題是。

does it offer value to you? And Why should you dedicate your time to subscribing,

它是否為你提供價值？為什麼你要花時間去訂閱。

when you could be doing anything else that you want?

當你可以做任何其他你想做的事情？

Habit number 5 is something that I try to use every single day,

習慣5是我每天都會嘗試使用的。

with every interaction that I have, and with every comment that I reply to,

與我的每一次互動，以及我回復的每一條評論。

and it is this: seek first to understand, then to be understood.

而這就是：先求理解，再求被理解。

Now imagine there are two people, and a tree with five apples on it.

現在想象有兩個人，一棵樹上有五個蘋果。

They are both too short to reach the apples, but if one of them sits on the other’s shoulders,

他們都太矮了，夠不著蘋果，但如果其中一個坐在另一個的肩膀上。

he can reach all five of the apples. This is called synergy.

他可以達到所有五個蘋果。這就是所謂的協同作用。

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

整體大於部分之和。

Now I’ll be the first to admit that you can’t achieve this with everyone,

現在我第一個承認，你不可能對所有人都做到這一點。

but you should always be looking for opportunities to create synergy.

但你應該一直在尋找創造協同效應的機會。

With every synergistic opportunity you create, you can gather many more apples than you otherwise

你所創造的每一個協同機會，都能收集到比你更多的蘋果。

would by yourself.

會由自己。

Habit number 6 is: Synergize.

習慣六是。協同工作。

A man has been trying to cut down a tree for hours.

一名男子為了砍樹，已經好幾個小時了。

And after a while his neighbor can’t take it anymore,

過了一會兒，他的鄰居就受不了了。

goes over and says, “You know, if you sharpen the saw, you’ll

過去說："你知道，如果你把鋸子磨尖了，你就會。

be able to cut it down faster.” And the man replies,

能更快地把它砍下來。"而那人回答說。

“But, sharpening the saw is going to take time.”

"可是，磨鋸子是需要時間的。"

Now we might laugh at this story, but we do the same thing all the time.

現在我們可能會嘲笑這個故事，但我們一直在做同樣的事情。

We can’t find 30 minutes a day, 4 times a week to go to the gym.

我們找不到每天30分鐘，每週4次的時間去健身房。

Our health deteriorates to a point, where we’re physically incapable of being

我們的健康狀況惡化到一定程度，我們的身體已經無法承受

effective. We can’t read a book for 15 minutes a day

有效。我們每天看書15分鐘是不行的。

and mentally stimulate ourselves. No! These things take too much time!

並在精神上刺激自己。不！這些事情需要太多時間！

And then we have the audacity to ask for little tips and tricks on how to be effective.

然後，我們還大膽地請教如何有效的小技巧和小竅門。

It’s like telling your engineer, “Don’t worry about the foundation,

這就像告訴你的工程師，"不要擔心基礎。

where can we get the magic bricks that will float in the air?”

我們在哪裡可以得到會漂浮在空中的魔法磚？"

Habit number 7 is: sharpen the saw.

習慣七是：磨鋸。

And these are the 7 habits of highly effective people by Stephen Covey.

而這就是斯蒂芬-柯維所提出的高效人士的7個習慣。