Master yourself first

Master yourself first. Learn who you are, what you love, what you’re passionate about. Let those things guide you. (This is my condensed answer. But there’s wisdom in the rest I’ve written based on real life experience.) I say this because it is my firm belief that with AI and quantum processing all advancing so rapidly, the world is going to be starved of a very human element very soon. How does one have value in the workforce and business when so many roles will evaporate in the next decade? My answer to that question is authenticity.

先掌握自己。了解你是谁，你喜欢什么，你热爱什么。让这些东西指引你。（这是我的简明答案。但我根据现实生活经验写的其他文章中也有智慧。）我这么说是因为我坚信，随着人工智能和量子处理的飞速发展，世界很快就会缺少一种非常人性化的元素。在未来十年，如此多的角色将消失的情况下，一个人如何在劳动力和企业中拥有价值？我对这个问题的回答是真实性。

I’ve had money, and I’ve not had money. I’ve learned the skills I needed to chase that money. Built a business, sold it. Felt empty. Not from selling the business, but because I realized I’d done nothing for myself. I lost my passion along the way and the money in the bank, the new house, all of that did nothing to fill the empty space. Discover yourself. Learn what makes you excited to do. Not because of what it may pay you, but because you genuinely love it.

我有钱，也没钱。我已经学会了追逐这笔钱所需的技能。建立了一家企业，卖掉了它。感觉很空虚。不是因为卖掉了公司，而是因为我意识到自己什么都没做。一路上我失去了激情，银行里的钱、新房子，所有这些都没有填补空白。发现自己。了解什么让你感到兴奋。不是因为它可能给你带来什么回报，而是因为你真的很喜欢它。

And never put money on a pedestal. Money is no better than a hammer. It is a tool used to do a specific job. But if a carpenter never swung his hammer because he was afraid of damaging it, nothing would ever get built. The difference is money can disappear overnight or lose all its value over events outside of our control.

永远不要把钱放在神坛上。金钱并不比锤子好。它是一种用于完成特定工作的工具。但如果一个木匠因为害怕损坏锤子而从不摆动锤子，那么就永远不会建造任何东西。不同的是，金钱可能会在一夜之间消失，或者在我们无法控制的事件中失去所有价值。