Kevin Kelly的雞湯書

看完Kevin Kelly的新書《Excellent Advice for Living》，這是一本很輕薄的，寫滿語錄的小冊子。部分的內容，不同人已經用不同的形式講過，而KK做的事情是統整他認為重要的，並用簡潔的文字表述。我挑一些對自己感覺特別好的來分享，當然，用他的話來說：Advice like these are not laws. They are like hats. If one doesn’t fit, try another，自由服用！

工作方面

• Always demand a deadline because it weeds out the extraneous and the ordinary. A deadline prevents you from trying to make it perfect so you have to make it different. Different is better.（沒有死限的東西真的就是不會完成xDD）

• Pros make as many mistakes as amateurs; they’ve just learned how to gracefully recover from their mistakes.

• Promptness is a sign of respect.（時間只有priority，沒有availability的概念）

• Keep showing up. 99% of success is just showing up. In fact, most success is just persistence.（翹課這種東西，有一就容易有二，想通過一門很難的課程，一直出席且一直坐前排是個很有用的策略）

• Be prepared: When you have 90% of a large project completed finishing the final details will take another 90%. Houses and films are famous for having two 90%s.（我的經驗也是，花在定案最終版本文字的時間，也約等於最初寫稿的時間）

• Don’t let your email inbox become your to-do list run by others.（插播的任務容易破壞工作節奏）

• The work on any worthy project is endless, infinite. You cannot limit the work so you must limit your hours. Your time, not the work is the only thing you can manage.（第二句話對我很有用：即便還沒完成，也要強迫自己從某個任務中離開出來，需要雨露均霑的推動其他任務）

• Figure out what time of day you are most productive and protect that time period.（睡飽後 && 肚子餓之前 = 極為短暫）

• Efficiency is highly overrated; goofing off is highly underrated. Regularly scheduled sabbaths, sabbaticals vacations, breaks, aimless walks and time off are essential for top performance of any kind. The best work ethic requires a good rest ethic.（那些擅自使用下課、班會、體育課、家政課，拿去講所謂“正課”的老師們，請不要在不受學生待見時，又自憐的說自己是個認真的好老師）

• If you want something to get done ask a busy person to do it. （真的！很忙的時候，很多事情反而不會拖拖拉拉的，用字遣詞也不會在腦袋中有太多小劇場😎）

• When you are presented with a task that could be completed in 2 minutes or less do it immediately. （李小龍的「吋勁」，跟豆泥請教來的工作哲學）

• When you are stuck explain your problem to others. Often simply laying out a problem will present a solution. Make “explaining the problem” part of your troubleshooting process.（讀書使人豐富，討論使人成熟，寫作使人精確；把問題好好的寫下來，應該要是debug的第一步，學習了！）

人生方面

• Worthy goal for a year is to learn enough about a subject so that you can’t believe how ignorant you were a year earlier.（例如我現在無法想像一年前我對區塊鏈的認識怎麼可以如此淺薄，而這種感覺很好）

• Treating a person to a meal never fails and is so easy to do. It’s powerful with old friends and a great way to make new friends.（世界三種通用的語言：食物、笑容、現金）

• Don’t be the best. Be the only. （KK人生哲學只用一句話來總結的話，應該就是這句了）

• You are never too young to wonder “Why am I still doing this?” You need to have an excellent answer.（這問題我每天都在懷疑，至今沒有答案QAQ）

• Your best job will be one that you were unqualified for because it stretches you. In fact, only apply to jobs you are unqualified for.（寧為牛後，不為雞首）

• Half the skill of being educated is learning what you can ignore.（受教育就是為了能辨識哪些言論純屬胡扯）

• You don’t need more time because you already have all the time that you will ever get; you need more focus.（現在在處理一個任務心中冒出“我可能需要更多時間”時，會想起這一句！也特別能理解不常使用通訊軟體的人）

• Your 20s are the perfect time to do a few things that are unusual, weird, bold, risky, unexplainable, crazy, unprofitable, and look nothing like “success.” For the rest of your life these experiences will serve as your muse. （王小波：生活就是個緩慢受錘的過程，人一天天老下去，奢望也一天天消失，最後變得像挨了錘的牛一樣。可是我過二十一歲生日時沒有預見到這一點。我覺得自己會永遠生猛下去，什麼也錘不了我。）

• Pay attention to what you pay attention to. （後設自己！）

生活方面

• If you are looking for something in your house and you finally find it when you’re done with it don’t put it back where you found it. Put it back where you first looked for it. （也太實用xDD）

• The quickest checkout line will be the one with the fewest people no matter the size of their carts. （我會再加上“使用現金結帳的機率”做調整）

• Habit is far more dependable than inspiration. Make progress by making habits. Don’t focus on getting into shape. Focus on becoming the kind of person who never misses a workout. （在一件事情看不到成效的時候，我都是這樣洗腦自己的xDD）

• At first, buy the absolute cheapest tools you can find. Upgrade the ones you use a lot. If you wind up using some tool for a job buy the very best you can afford.

• “No” is an acceptable answer even without a reason. （全文中，最想標粗的一點）

• Don’t take it personally when someone turns you down. Assume they are like you: busy, occupied, distracted. Try again later. It’s amazing how often a second try works. （多盧幾次是不用錢的😎）

• Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand. For the rest of your life you’ll use this knot more times than you would ever believe.

• Things do not need to be perfect to be wonderful. Especially weddings. （很多事情差不多就行了，又不是在造太空梭）

• Learning probability and statistics is far more useful than learning algebra and calculus.（機率與統計需要放到很多專業的必修課！）

• Don’t let someone else’s urgency become your emergency. In fact, don’t be governed by the urgent of any sort. Focus on the important. The urgent is a tyrant. The important should be your king. Down with the tyranny of the urgent! （這與don’t let to-do list run by others異曲同工）

• To keep young kids behaving well on a car road trip, have a bag of their favorite unwrapped candy and throw a piece out the window each time they misbehave. （下賭注，輸了就捐錢給自己討厭的政黨，loss aversion bias的妙用）

• The general strategy for real estate is to buy the worst property on the best street. （從投資的角度，我也願意買蛋黃區的老房，而不是重劃區的新房。）

• You will spend one third of your life in your bed sleeping, and almost another third in your chair sitting. It’s worth investing in a great bed and fantastic chair. （椅子跟床的廠商，現成的廣告詞）