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Time as an Investment 把時間看作投資

Think?of?how?stingy?you?are?with?your?money:?if?someone?on?the?street?asks?for?$10,?you're?not?giving?it?to?them.

想一想你在用錢方面是多么吝嗇的：如果大街上有人問你要十美元，你肯定不會給他們。

There's?no?way?you're?giving?a?30%?tip?for?a?normal?dining?experience.?And?so?on.

如果走進一家普通的餐廳吃飯，你肯定不會給百分之三十的小費。這樣的例子還有很多。

And?yet?so?many?of?us?just?waste?ungodly?amounts?of?our?time.?We?throw?it?away,?every?day.

但是我們中的很多人卻肆意浪費著大量的時間。我們每天都將時間隨意扔掉。

I?know?I?do?unless?I'm?careful.

我知道我也會浪費時間，除非我加以注意。

What?helps?me?to?not?waste?time?is?to?see?it?as?an?investment,?and?to?keep?track?of?the?returns?I?get?for?my?investment.

當把時間看作是一項投資時，我開始不再浪費時間，而且時時注意我的投資回報。

This?approach?has?led?me?to?recognize?that?some?things?offer?incredible?immediate?return?on?investment:

這個方法讓我意識到有些事情能夠使我們立刻得到驚人的回報。

a?night?spent?learning?a?new?song?on?my?preferred?instruments,?for?example,?gives?me?a?lifetime?of?being?able?to?play?that?song.

比如，在某一天晚上，我用喜歡的樂器學會彈奏一首新歌。這讓我一輩子都會彈這首歌了。

That's?an?incredible?return.

這就是驚人的回報。

Other?investments?are?more?like?low-interest,?high?security,?long-term?investments:?going?to?the?gym,?eating?right,?etc.

其他的投資更像是低利息、低風險、長期的投資：健身、健康飲食等等。

Some,?like?reading?good?books,?are?kind?of?a?combination?of?both.

有些事情，像讀好書就是兩者的結(jié)合體。

But?many?activities?are?worthless?from?an?investment?perspective:?whatever?benefit?they?seem?to?give?doesn't?last?any?longer?than?the?activity?itself.

但就投資的角度看來，很多活動是沒有價值的：不管它們會帶來什么樣的好處，這些好處隨著活動的結(jié)束也就消失了。

Warren?Buffett?once?said,?"Price?is?what?you?pay.?Value?is?what?you?get."?This?applies?to?everything:?money,?relationships,?time.

沃倫·巴菲特曾經(jīng)說過：“ 你付出的是價格，你得到的是價值?！?這句話適用于一切：錢、人際關系和時間。

Knowing?this?changes?your?life.

了解這一點將改變你的命運。