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  • One of the biggest sources of stress in my life is that

    在我生活當中,其中一項最大的壓力來源就是

  • I have too many interests, and I often find it difficult

    我的興趣太多了,而且我經常發現很難

  • to find just one pursuit

    從中只挑某一項

  • to put all of my focus and energy on.

    投入我所有的專注以及精力

  • And I get a lot of questions from students

    我收到學生提出的許多疑問

  • and viewers who have the exact same problem.

    許多網友也有相同的疑問

  • So if you feel like you have this problem as well,

    所以如果你覺得你也有相同的問題

  • you're not alone.

    你並不孤單

  • In fact, this is a really common problem

    事實上,這是相當常見的問題

  • and it's often been referred to as the "Paradox of Choice".

    且通常是在指「選擇的矛盾」

  • One person who has done a lot of research on this problem is

    對此做了許多研究的

  • the Columbia School of Business professor, Sheena Iyengar.

    哥倫比亞大學商學院教授 Sheena Iyengar

  • And she summed this problem up really well when she said:

    她將該問題做了一個很好的總結,她說 :

  • "There are times when the presence of more choices can make us choose things that are not good for us."

    「有時候,有更多選擇的存在反而讓我們做出對自己不利的選擇。」

  • "For me, the clearest example is that the more retirement fund options a person has,

    「對我而言,最顯而易見的例子就是一個人的退休基金選擇越多

  • the less likely they are to save for their old age."

    他們越不可能為老年生活做儲蓄。」

  • So, here is the big important question.

    因此,這裡有一個很重要的大問題

  • How do you narrow down this ridiculous amount

    你該如何將這麼多的

  • of choices you have to a few things

    選擇縮減為一小部分

  • that you can really focus your time,

    而這些選項才是你真正要投注時間、

  • attention, and energy on?

    專注和精力之處的呢?

  • Well, there's a story about the billionaire investor Warren Buffet

    聽完億萬富翁投資者華倫·巴菲特的故事後

  • that might actually help.

    可能會有些幫助

  • The story goes that Buffet was talking with the pilot of his private jet

    巴菲特在跟他的私人噴射飛機的飛行員聊天時

  • and the pilot asked him about how he could narrow down his career goals and really focus.

    這位飛行員問他是如何將他的職涯目標縮減,並確實專注

  • So, Warren asked him to do an exercise.

    所以巴菲特請他做一個練習

  • He said, "First, write down your top 25 career goals."

    他說:「首先,寫出你排名前25名的生涯目標。」

  • "Then once you have that list, circle the five most important goals on the list and come back to me."

    「完成這張清單後,圈出裡頭5個最重要的目標,然後回到我這裡。」

  • So the guy went and did it.

    這個男人照這樣子做

  • He wrote down those 25 goals.

    他寫下了25個目標

  • He circled five and he came back,

    圈出5項後回來

  • and essentially at this point he had two lists.

    此時可分出兩個清單

  • List A, which were those five most important goals.

    A清單是指這5個最重要的目標

  • And List B which were the 20 other goals that weren't as important.

    B清單則是指其餘20個目標,而這些是較不重要的

  • So at this point the pilot says,

    此時,飛行員說:

  • "Okay, I think I got it now.

    「我想我現在理解了。」

  • "The five that you had me circle are the most important things I should be focusing on,

    「這5項你要我選出來的是最重要的,我應該好好專注在上面。」

  • whereas the 20 I didn't circle are less important so I can practice those intermittently when I have some spare time,

    「而其餘20項未圈選的較不重要,所以等有空的時候再間歇地去實行這些目標。」

  • but I shouldn't focus on them as much."

    「但我不應該專注在這些目標上太久。」

  • And Buffet's response was,

    巴菲特的回覆是:

  • "No. The list of twenty items you didn't circle is now your Avoid-at-all-Costs list.

    「不,這20個你沒有圈選的目標你要不惜一切代價去避開它們。」

  • "These are goals and interests you have that have enough pull on your interests

    「這些目標及興趣有著足夠的拉力,

  • that they will distract you from the five most important goals."

    讓你分心並遠離最重要的5個目標上。」

  • "If you want to be superstar at something,

    「如果你想成為某件事的超級專家,

  • you can't afford to be diversifying your attention across all these interests."

    那你就更無法承擔這些令你分心的風險。」

  • "You have to focus."

    「你必須專注。」

  • Now, it is likely that this story is actually fake.

    目前看來,這個故事事實上很可能是假的

  • I've read in several places online

    我看了許多網站

  • that Buffet himself has said that he didn't

    巴菲特說他並沒有

  • have this conversation with his pilot.

    與他的飛行員有過這樣的談話

  • However, even if a famous person

    但是,即使這位名人

  • didn't give these instructions and have this guy do this exercise,

    沒有給予這些指導,或讓這個人去做這個測驗

  • I think the exercise is actually still useful to do.

    我認為這個測驗仍然是相當有用的

  • But I want to do you one better.

    但我想你可以比這做得更好

  • You can definitely go through that exercise,

    你絕對可以先做完這項測驗

  • but I want to share something that I discovered last week

    但我想要分享我上周發現的東西

  • that I have adopted in my own life.

    我也將此應用在我自己的生活中

  • There's a guy I've been following for

    有一個我追蹤多年的人物

  • a number of years online named Derek Sivers,

    叫德瑞克‧席佛斯

  • and he's an author, a public speaker,

    他是一名作者、演講家

  • and the founder of a company called CD Baby.

    也是 CD Baby 公司的創辦人。

  • And he's had a lot of success in his life,

    他在人生的各方面都收穫許多成功

  • so I've been really inspired by his writings

    我從他的寫作中獲得許多啟發

  • and especially this book note section on his website

    尤其是他個人網站的書籍筆記專區

  • that he has where he summarizes books.

    在網站中他摘要了許多書籍

  • And last week, I saw that he put something on his website

    上週,我看到他的網站新增了一些頁面

  • called a Now Page.

    稱作 Now Page

  • It's basically a page where he writes "What I'm doing now".

    基本上就是說明他目前手邊在忙些什麼

  • He lists out a few of his main priorities

    他列出一些主要的優先項目

  • like being a full-time dad, being a programmer,

    像是當一個全職老爸、當一個工程師、

  • answering emails, and writing blog posts.

    回覆郵件和寫部落格文章

  • And then he says, "These are my priorities right now.

    然後他說:「這些是他目前首要做的事情,

  • And because of that, I'm not going to accept new opportunities."

    也因為如此,他將不會接收新的工作機會。」

  • "I don't want to speak publicly, and I'm gonna focus my time on these things I've listed."

    「我不想公開演講,我將要將我的時間都投注在我列出的這些事情上面。」

  • So this page serves as a couple of different functions.

    這個頁面有許多不同的功用

  • Number one. It's a public declaration of his main priorities,

    第一,這是公開宣示他主要的優先任務

  • which can help him justify saying no to other opportunities

    當作對其他機會說不的正當理由

  • and explain that to other people who bring those opportunities to him.

    並且解釋給提供他那些機會的人

  • But it's also a private reminder

    但這個頁面同時也是對個人的提醒

  • for when he's feeling unfocused

    當他感到注意力不集中

  • of what he should be focusing his mind on.

    不清楚應該專心於什麼事情上面時

  • Now, I think this Now Page is a fantastic idea,

    我認為這個 Now Page 是個絕佳的主意

  • so just like the impossibilist concept that my friend, Joel, came up with,

    這就像是由我的朋友 Joel 所提出的不可能原理

  • I have appropriated it for my own uses.

    我將其挪用成我的版本

  • And now, you can go to Collegeinfogeek.com/now

    現在你可以到 Collegeinfogeek.com/now

  • to see what I'm doing with my life.

    去看我目前生活中的目標是什麼

  • On that page, you'll see a similar layout to Derek's page.

    在這個網站頁面,你可以看到與德瑞克的網站相似的排版

  • I've got "What I'm Doing Now",

    上面有「我正在做的事」

  • with a few different priorities listed out.

    裏頭列出一些不同的優先事項

  • But there is a key difference.

    但有一點不同

  • Since I'm a bit earlier on in my career than Derek is,

    因為跟德瑞克相比,我的事業剛起步

  • I've decided to be a little less staunch

    我決定不要那麼堅決地

  • about saying no to new opportunities on that page than he has been.

    像德瑞克做的那樣,去拒絕新來的機會

  • On mine, I say that I'm still open to new opportunities,

    對我來說,我一樣樂於接受新機會

  • I really value spontaneity and novelty,

    我很重視自發性和創新的機會

  • but 90% of my time is still going to go towards those main priorities.

    但90%的時間將用在我的優先事項

  • So if you're a student, or you're early on in your career,

    所以如果你是個學生,或正開展你的事業

  • and you want to use this page for your own purposes,

    你想要使用這樣的頁面去展示你自己的目標

  • my suggestion is to be a little bit more open

    我的建議是對其他機會仍保持開放態度

  • to other opportunities and take a stand in that camp,

    並表達自己的立場

  • but still be focusing the majority of your attention

    投注大部分的專注於

  • on the priorities you've all ready set out on the page.

    你在頁面中所列的優先事項

  • So that is all I've got for you in this video.

    這就是這部影片想跟大家傳遞的

  • If you'd like to see my page,

    如果你想看我的網頁

  • I've got a link down in the description,

    我已將連結放置於下方

  • and also on the card right now.

    並置於卡片中

  • And if you want to make your own page,

    如果你想要製作你的專屬頁面

  • I've got a tutorial on how to build your own website

    在我的網站中,我有提供指導如何製作專屬的網站頁面

  • on my site that I'll link to in the description.

    我會把它放在影片敘述的連結中

  • You can also use something simpler,

    你也可以使用更簡便的方法

  • like Wordpress.com or even Tumblr if you want a free and simple option.

    如果你想要免費且簡便選項的話,可以用 Wordpress.com 或 Tumblr,

  • Or, if you don't want to make it public,

    或你不想要公開你的目標

  • you could even just put it in a Word document

    你也可以寫在 Word 文件裡

  • or an Evernote document just to be a private reminder

    或是雲端記事本 Evernote 來當作個人提醒

  • to keep your own mind focused on your priorities.

    讓你記得專注在你的優先事項上面

  • That's all I've got for today,

    以上是今天的內容

  • so if you enjoyed this video give it a like

    如果你喜歡這支影片幫我點個讚

  • so other people can find this channel.

    這樣其他人就可以找到這個頻道

  • And if you have additional tips that have helped you to focus your priorities,

    若你有其他點子可以幫助你專注在優先目標上

  • share them down in the comments.

    請分享在下方的留言中

  • And other than that,

    除此之外

  • I will see you, as always, next week.

    下周一樣同一時間相見

  • Hey guys, thanks so much for watching this video.

    大伙們,謝謝你們觀看此影片

  • If you want to get new tips on how to be a more effective student every single week,

    如果你想知道如何成為一個更有效率的學生的新技巧

  • you can click that big red Subscribe button right there.

    你可以點擊下方的紅色訂閱按鈕

  • I also wrote a free book on how to earn better grades,

    我也寫了如何取得好成績的免費書籍

  • so if you want to get a copy you can click the picture of the book.

    如果你想要拿到一本,可以點擊螢幕上書的圖片

  • And if you want to find a summary,

    如果你想要摘錄版本

  • and links to both my Now page and Derek's original now page,

    以及我和德瑞克的的 Now Page 連結

  • and some additional Now Pages that other people have been making,

    以及一些其他人所做的 Now Pages

  • you can click the orange logo right there

    你可以點閱左上角的橘色標誌

  • to go to the blog posts.

    去觀看部落格的貼文

  • Last week, we did a fun bonus video

    上週,我們做了一個有趣的影片

  • about my top 10 favourite fiction books,

    是關於我最喜歡的十本小說

  • so check it out if you haven't seen it.

    沒看過的人可以去看一下

  • And if you want to connect with me,

    如果你想要與我聯繫

  • I'm on Twitter @TomFrankly.

    我的 Twiter帳號是 @TomFrankly

  • Also on instagram: @TomFrankly.

    我的 Instagram帳號是 @TomFrankly

  • And you can leave a comment below as well.

    你也可以在影片下方留言給我

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在我生活當中,其中一項最大的壓力來源就是

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