An ultra mini-series adventure in 30 minutes

一系列超級迷你歷程

and in eight episodes.

30分鐘以及8分鐘劇集。

Episode Two, Embrace Reality and Deal With It.

第二輯，擁抱現實并解決掉它。

- The path you take in life is your most important decision.

- 你在人生中選擇的路徑是最重要的抉擇。

In my case, I wanted my life to be great

對於我來說，我想要我的人生不同凡響

and I feared boredom and mediocrity

我懼怕乏味與平庸

more than I feared failure.

勝過我懼怕失敗。

Since I didn't start out with money,

因為我一開始囊中羞澀，

and I didn't need much more than a bed to sleep in

除了一張床得以安睡，食物以果腹之外

and food to eat, I could skew my decisions

別無他求，我可以調整我的決定來追尋我的

to pursue my adventures.

人生旅程。

So ever since I was a kid, I ran after the things

因為自從我是個孩子的時候，我追求我所

I wanted, crashed, got up and ran again,

意欲的東西，跌倒了，爬起來接著奔跑，

and crashed again.

又再次跌倒。

And each time I crashed I learned something, got better,

每一次當我跌倒我都會雪道東西，變得更優秀，

and crashed less.

而且沒那麼容易跌倒。

By doing that over and over again,

反反復復地，

I learned to love this process,

我學會了喜愛這一過程，

even the crashing part of it.

甚至是其中跌倒的那部分。

Through it, I encountered reality,

藉由它，我遇到了現實，

and I learned how to deal with it,

我學會了如何解決它，

which inspired another one of my most fundamental principles

這也就激發我產生了我另外一個最基本的原理

which is that truth is the essential foundation

也就是真理是產生好結果的

for producing good outcomes.

必要基礎。

By truth, I don't mean anything more than

談到真理，我的意思不過是

the way the world works.

世界運作的方式。

I believe that we were given the laws of reality by nature.

我相信我們從自然那裡獲得了現實的法則。

Humans didn't create them, but we can use them

他們不是由人類創造的，但是我們可以使用它們

to foster our own evolution and achieve our goals.

來促進我們自身的進化并實現我們的目標。

Realizing that made me a hyperrealist,

意識到這一點讓我變成了超級現實主義者，

by which I mean I became someone who has discovered

我的意思是我變成了那種

the great rewards of deeply understanding, accepting,

發現了深刻地理、接受并與現實共處

and working with reality as it is

的巨大回報的人，它確實如此，

and not as I wish it would be.

不像我所設想的那樣。

When I say I'm a hyperrealist, people sometimes think

當我說我是一個超級現實主義者，人們又是會認為

I'm saying that dreams can't come true.

我是說夢想無法實現。

That's absolutely not true.

這是絕對錯誤的。

Without pursuing dreams, life is mundane.

沒有了對夢想的追求，人生是平庸乏味的。

What I mean is that to me, hyperrealism is the best way

我的意思是，對我來說，超級現實主義是

to choose one's dreams and then achieve them.

選擇某人的夢想并加以實現的最佳辦法。

Having big dreams plus embracing reality plus having

擁有遠大的夢想加之擁抱現實并

lots of determination will bring you a successful life.

充滿決心，將會給你帶來一個成功的人生。

I believe this formula is true for everyone,

我相信這個公式對每個人都是正確的，

but what does a successful life look like?

但是一個成功的人生是什麼樣的呢？

We each have to decide for ourselves what success is.

我們都需要為我們做決定，究竟成功是什麼。

I don't care whether you want to be a master of the universe

我不管無論你事項成為宇宙的大師

or to live under a palm tree or anything else.

或者住在一棵梅子樹下，還是其他的什麼。

I really don't.

這都無所謂。

Each of us chooses goals based on our values and decides

我們的每個人基於我們自身的價值來選擇目標，

on the best path to achieve them, but we all need approaches

並選擇最好的路徑來實現他們，但是我們都需要

to making decisions that work well, especially when facing

做做出可行決定的方法，特別是在面臨著

problems, mistakes, and weaknesses that stand in our way.

那些擋住我們去路的問題、錯誤和弱點的時候。

To succeed, we must embrace all our realities,

想要成功，我們必須擁抱我們全部的現實，

especially the harsh realities that we wish weren't true.

特別是那些我們期盼著本不該存在的殘酷現實。

At first, looking at these harsh realities caused me

起初，直面這些殘酷的現實給我帶來了

a lot of pain, but I learned that this pain was just

很多的痛苦，但是我學到了這樣的痛苦不過只是

psychological and that by seeing things differently made

精神上的，通過換種角度看事情，就可以讓

all the difference.

這一切都不同。

I came to view problems like puzzles that would reward me

我變得將問題看作是謎題，將他們解出來

if I could solve them.

便會獲得獎賞。

They would help me deal with the problem at hand,

這將會幫助我解決棘手的問題，

and they would give me principles for dealing

他們也將給我在未來解決相似問題的

with similar problems in the future.

原理和原則。

I learned to treat pain as a cue that a great learning

我學會將痛苦看作是一個難得的

opportunity is at hand, which led me to realize

手中的學習機會，這也就指引我意識到

that pain plus reflection equals progress.

痛苦加上反思等於進步。

Meditation has been invaluable

冥想以這個方式對我的幫助

in helping me see things that way.

是不可估價的。

I found that when I calmed myself down

我發現當我讓我自己冷靜下來，

and embraced my realities and dealt with them,

并擁抱我的現實并解決他們，

the rewards brought me pleasure and the pain faded.

這一回報帶給我快樂，而痛苦隨之而去。

Each of us has the unique capability to think logically

我們每個人都有獨特的能力來邏輯地思考并

to reflect on ourselves and our circumstances

反思我們自身以及我們的周邊環境，

and to direct our own personal evolution.

以引導我們的個人進化。

Doing this well is just a matter of following

將這個做好僅僅是遵循一個

a simple five-step process.

簡單的五步驟程序的事情。

In episode three, we'll explore what that process is

在第三集里，我將會介紹這個程序是什麼

and how to use it.

以及如何使用它。

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