你不会希望35岁的时候，自己还是这样碌碌无为吧？

我时常在想，到底要怎么样过好自己的一生，每当35岁这个时间点越来越明显以后，才发现不得不面对下面的事情。 The Cure To A Mediocre Life 治疗平庸的生活

For some reason, I’ve always had the drive to “max out” every area of my life.

出于某种原因，我总是有动力去“最大化”我生活的每个领域。

I saw life as a video game.
我把生活看作是一个有趣的游戏。

My mind, body, spirit, and finances were the abilities I had to gain experience in.

我的头脑、身体、精神和财务都是我必须积累经验的能力。

I wanted to become multidimensionally jacked.

我想成为多维度都开花的多面手。

Maybe because I started questioning the default path early.
也许是因为我很早就开始质疑普通人都会选择的人生默认路径。

Maybe because I noticed how unhappy, overweight, and miserable people seemed.

也许是因为我注意到人们看起来多么不快乐、超负荷和痛苦。

Maybe because I observed how people limited their opportunities by taking a specific path in life.
也许是因为我观察到人们是如何通过走一条特定的人生道路来限制自己的机会的。

It didn’t make sense to follow what most people do, because that would create a life that most people have, and that isn’t pretty.

跟随大多数人所做的事情是没有意义的，因为那会创造出一种大多数人拥有的生活，但这并不美好。

The problem with the default path in life is specialization, compartmentalization, and niching down.

生活中默认路径的问题是专业化、差异化和细分领域化。

We are trained to focus on one dot, instead of the lines that connect the dots.
我们被训练专注于一个点，而不是连接点的线。

In school, we learn biology, chemistry, math, literature, and more. We go to individual classes that don’t connect the dots between them all. It lacks holism, creativity, and the kind of practicality that gets abnormal results.
在学校，我们学习生物、化学、数学、文学等等。我们总是在学各自独立的课程，不把它们之间的点连接起来。它缺乏整体性、创造力和实用性，导致结果不正常。

After school, we narrow our minds further on what we think we want to be for the rest of our lives.

放学后，我们进一步缩小自己的范围，思考自己想成为什么样的人。

We’re expected, as teenagers, to choose one of the infinite paths in life when we haven’t even started our real life. How can we know exactly what we want? There doesn’t seem to be a greater recipe for misery than to focus on one thing for the rest of your life.

作为青少年，当我们甚至还没有开始真正的生活时，我们就应该选择人生中无限的道路之一。 我们怎样才能准确地知道自己想要什么？ 似乎没有什么比余生专注于一件事更能带来痛苦的了。

This strips our curiosity and creativity from us.
这剥夺了我们的好奇心和创造力。

It leads to a world where warriors lack brains and intellectuals lack balls.

它导致了一个战士缺乏大脑、知识分子缺乏胆量的世界。

A “philosopher” will ignore practical aspects of life because they are an intellectual. But the main question of philosophy is “How does one live a good life?” If a philosopher can’t build a business, ease their mind, or become a social savant, their philosophy means nothing.

一个“哲学家”会忽视生活的实际方面，因为他们是知识分子。 但哲学的主要问题是“一个人如何过上美好的生活？” 如果一个哲学家不能创业，不能放松心情，不能成为社会专家，那么他们的哲学就毫无意义。

Scientists will throw a frog in a blender to examine its parts. They will make a few discoveries, but not nearly as many if they studied holistically.
科学家们会把青蛙扔拆开里检查它的各个部分。他们会有一些发现，但如果他们只进行整体研究的话，就不会有那么多了。

Rather than only looking at the pieces of a frog, you can study its environment, mating patterns, decision-making, and diet without ignoring one or the other.
你不仅可以观察青蛙的各个部分，还可以研究它的环境、交配模式、决策和饮食，而不会忽视其中之一。

The effects of compartmentalized learning destroy our individual potential.

条块化的学习会破坏我们个人的潜力。

The Modern Renaissance Man
现代人如何让自己成功

At birth, we are prescribed a way of life.
我们一出生，就注定了一种生活方式。

Go to school, get a job, find a partner, try to squeeze in activities that make life good, retire at 65, and never work again when work is a necessary part of life that should involve investing our attention in what we deem enjoyable.

上学，找工作，找伴侣，努力挤出让生活变得美好的活动，65岁退休，我们总是把工作当做生活的必要组成部分；而好不容易到了，本应该把我们的注意力投入到我们认为有趣的事情上时，我们就退休不再工作了。

In school, we’re told to pick a major.
在学校，我们被告知要选择一个专业。

In business, we’re told to pick a niche.
在商业中，我们被告知要选择一个细分市场。

So we neglect other areas of study and our results suffer.

因此，我们忽视了其他领域的研究，结果就会受到影响。

Creativity is the path to wealth, mental and financial, and creativity requires a high level of understanding focused on solving specific problems.

创造力是通往财富、精神和财务自由的道路，创造力需要高度的理解力，专注于