The Value Equation价值方程式：如何让你做的任何事都有价值

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You are chasing status. 你一定在追求身份地位和影响力，无论你在做什么事情。

It is an immutable principle in human nature that has persisted since the dawn of time.
这是人性中亘古不变的原则，自古以来一直存在。

You can reject the status game, but by doing so, you choose to be low status, and that’s a surefire way to decrease your impact, increase your suffering, and never realize you are still chasing status.
你可以拒绝地位游戏，但这样做，你选择了低地位，这肯定会降低你的影响力，增加你的痛苦，永远不会意识到你仍然在追求地位。

To think that you aren’t chasing status as a noble pursuit is still a status game. The desire to kill the ego is still a desire of the ego. That doesn’t mean it’s bad. It means it’s natural, and once you accept that you begin to be rewarded for it.
认为你没有把追求地位作为一种高尚的追求仍然是一种地位游戏。杀死自我的欲望仍然是自我的欲望。但这并不意味着它是坏的。这意味着这是自然的，一旦你接受了，你开始得到回报。

And whether you like it or not, people judge you based on your relative status. To not accept this is to accept the other option: a life of being treated unfairly while having little impact on the world.
不管你喜欢与否，人们都会根据你的相对地位来评判你。不接受这一点就是接受另一种选择：**一种受到不公平对待而对世界几乎没有影响的生活。**

 You have a status in your social circle.
你在你的社交圈里有地位。

You have a status in your job or career.
你在你的工作或事业中有地位。

You have a status in your religious organization.
你在你的宗教组织里有地位。

People assign you a status when they first see you. This is out of your control, but you can position yourself to increase the likelihood of being perceived high status.
人们在第一次见到你的时候会给你一个身份地位。这是你无法控制的，但你可以定位自己，以增加被认为是高身份地位的可能性。

People determine whether they want to engage and offer you opportunities based on that status.
人们决定他们是否要参与，并根据该状态为您提供机会。

People determine whether they want to hire you, pay you, or help you based on that status.
人们决定他们是否要雇用你，为你付费，或帮助你基于这一地位。

Even if it was unintentional – which I doubt it was based on their high level of awareness – leaders that we glorify like Jesus Christ, Eckhart Tolle, Naval Ravikant, Alan Watts, Jordan Peterson, Ken Wilber, and most others who come to mind were and are playing a status game.
即使这是无意的--我怀疑这是基于他们的高水平意识--我们所赞美的领导人，如耶稣基督、埃克哈特·托尔、海军拉维坎特、艾伦·瓦茨、乔丹·彼得森、肯·威尔伯，以及大多数其他浮现在脑海中的人，过去和现在都在玩身份地位游戏。

How else would they gain such mass attention, attract a hierarchy of followers, and change the direction of evolution for the better? I don’t want to hear your edge cases of high-status people who miss the crucial piece of inner work and personal development to balance out the chaos of status.
否则他们怎么能获得如此大的关注，吸引一批追随者，并改变进化的方向？我不想听到你的高身份地位的人谁错过了内心的工作和个人发展的关键部分，以平衡混乱的身份地位边缘的情况。

In other words, if you want to contribute to humanity on a large enough scale, status is important.
换句话说，如果你想在足够大的范围内为人类做出贡献，身份地位很重要。

If it does not involve status, it is doomed to die off.
如果它不涉及身份地位，它注定会消亡。

Status is wired into our survival as a species, and once that becomes conscious, you can impact the world and minimize the negative effects of your pursuit.
身份地位与我们作为一个物种的生存息息相关，一旦有意识地控制它，你就可以影响世界，最大限度地减少你追求的负面影响。

If it remains unconscious, you will manipulate and cheat without knowing it.
如果你仍然没意识到它，你将在不知情的情况下被操纵和被欺骗。
 
Status is not a static and evil construct. There are higher and lower levels. But nobody starts at the top.
身份地位不是一个静态的、恶劣的概念。有更高和更低的水平。但没有人从最高层开始。
 
如果你想理解他提到的这部分，你可以参考霍金斯能量表的方式去了解一下本文中提到的身份地位对应意识能量层级的分布。

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