Introspect Yourself
by Daniel Gross
The most important skill you can develop is an innate sense of curiosity about yourself. Once you get in the habit of constantly introspecting, you’ll appreciate both good and bad experiences. There are two areas I’d like to discuss: introspecting about interactions with others, and with yourself.
你需要培養出最重要的技能， 就是一直保持對自身好奇。 一旦你養成了不斷反省的習慣， 你將會感激那些或好或壞的經歷。
與他人互動
Your life goal should be not to win any particular game, rather to win the sum of all games. To do that you need to be good at collaborating with others. You can’t be overly abrasive, or you’ll never be invited back to the group. You can’t be catatonic, otherwise you’ll never produce anything.
你的人生目標不應該是贏得任何單一一場比賽， 而是要贏得所有比賽。 要做到這一點， 你需要善於與他人合作。 你不能表現的過分粗暴， 那樣你將永遠不會受邀加入團隊。 你也不要過分緊張， 否則你很難做成任何事。
When you interact with your environment you create information exhaust. You say things. People form opinions about what you said. Some people aren’t sensitive to the reactions of others. This is a terrible error. They’re dropping valuable “training data” on the ground. If you don’t retrain your model based on input from the crowd, you’ll never converge on truth. You’ll be one of those people. That are too loud. Or not loud enough. Society won’t invite you back for further opportunities to collaborate because they’ll predict you won’t contribute.
當你與所處環境互動時， 你就會產生資訊廢氣。 你說過的話。 人們對你說的話形成的看法。 有些人對別人的反應不怎麼敏感。 這是個很可怕的失誤。 他們把寶貴的“訓練資料”扔在一邊。 如果你不根據人群的意見對自身的處事方式作出改變， 你就會永遠與真理相悖。 你將成為他們其中一員。 那些噪音。 或許還不只是噪音。 全社會都不會為你提供合作機會，
If you want to continually be invited back to play, become an enjoyable player to be around.
如果你想不斷的加入的社會活動當中， 那就成為一個快樂的合作者。
與自己互動
You probably have both long and short term goals you want to accomplish. Some days you feel good. You’re clear headed. You find yourself making good progress. Some days suck. We all have those. The trick is to treat every day as a learning opportunity. If you don’t feel productive this afternoon, ask yourself — why not? What did you do wrong? Did you have a big lunch? Did someone say something annoying to you? Did you get some bad news?
你可能規劃的既有短期目標， 也有長期目標。 有些時候你感覺很好。 你的思路清晰。 你發現自己取得了很好的進展。
Make sure you learn from success, not just failure. What are the common factors that lead to a really good day? Good sleep? Good weather? If weather is a factor, should you be moving with a place that has more sun? Etc.
確保你從成功中有所得， 而不僅僅從失敗中學習。 什麼是享受真正美好的一天的充要條件？好的睡眠？好的天氣？如果天氣是一個因素， 你該搬到一個陽光更好的地方嗎？等等。
One important note is environmental factors occasionally have a delayed feedback loop. For example, I’ve found that my diet affects my mood with a ~96 hour delay. Make sure to have a wide enough window for data collection.
一個重要的提示， 我們對環境因素偶爾會有一個延遲的回饋迴圈。 例如， 我發現我的飲食會影響我的情緒， 延遲96小時。 一定要有足夠期限來收集資料。
Another factor that has helped me a lot is meditation. Meditating is like installing gdb in your brain. It allows you to inspect values in the moment — and even change them — instead of just letting your code (mind) run into errors.
另一個對我有幫助的因素是冥想。 冥想就像在你的大腦中安裝基因組資料庫。 它允許你在此刻檢查自身編碼值——甚至改變他們——而不是讓你的自身編碼（思想）出現錯誤。
I now find myself “scoring” my day every night, attempting to dissect what went well and what didn’t. I’m obsessed with this idea because I’ve seen the improvements in myself. I expect if you try to force the habit for a few weeks, you will to. And then you’ll get addicted to self-improvement.
現在， 我發現自己每天晚上都在“得分”， 試圖剖析哪些事情進展順利， 哪些沒有。 我對這個做法很著迷， 因為我已經看到了我自己的進步。
An extreme form of self-improvement is what some call having a “chip on your shoulder”. I suffer from this. I have a very self-critical mental monologue. I ran the New York Marathon. As I crossed the finish line, my first thought was: “I should have run faster”. I always thinking that I should have done that thing better.
一種極端的自我提升方式， 被一些人稱為“肩膀上嵌入晶片”。 這困擾著我。 我對自己有著強烈的自我批評傾向。 我跑了紐約馬拉松。 當我越過終點線時， 我的第一反應是：“我本該跑的更快。 ”我總是認為我應該做得更好。
This is a dangerous propellant. It pushes me. But left unchecked, it means I’m rarely happy. If you suffer from this trait as well, please force yourself to celebrate success. You’re likely underinvesting in creating memories that will bring you joy to look back on. When something good happens, take a moment to celebrate. Do something weird and fun, so that you’ll remember it. Add a room in your memory palace. Lastly, make sure to surround yourself by supportive friends and family (environment), who will help relax that thought pattern.
這是一種危險的推進劑。它推動著我。但如果不加控制，就意味著我很少快樂。如果你也有這種特質，請強迫自己慶祝成功。你可能會致力於創造一些能讓你快樂的回憶。當好事發生，花點時間慶祝一下。做一些有記憶點且有趣的事情，這樣你就會記住它。在你的記憶宮殿裡增加一個房間。最後，確保你周圍的朋友和家人（環境），他們會幫助你放鬆思想。
This is a dangerous propellant. It pushes me. But left unchecked, it means I’m rarely happy. If you suffer from this trait as well, please force yourself to celebrate success. You’re likely underinvesting in creating memories that will bring you joy to look back on. When something good happens, take a moment to celebrate. Do something weird and fun, so that you’ll remember it. Add a room in your memory palace. Lastly, make sure to surround yourself by supportive friends and family (environment), who will help relax that thought pattern.
這是一種危險的推進劑。它推動著我。但如果不加控制，就意味著我很少快樂。如果你也有這種特質，請強迫自己慶祝成功。你可能會致力於創造一些能讓你快樂的回憶。當好事發生，花點時間慶祝一下。做一些有記憶點且有趣的事情，這樣你就會記住它。在你的記憶宮殿裡增加一個房間。最後，確保你周圍的朋友和家人（環境），他們會幫助你放鬆思想。