How much of your day is spent doing things you have to do (as opposed to the things you get to do.)

In my experience, as people become successful and happier (the subset that are both) I find that the percentage shifts. These folks end up spending more and more time on the get to tasks. (sethgodin.typepad.com)

本文受启发于以上文字。

• 我认为，钱是一种传播介质，连接上文所指的不得不做(have to do)和设法去做(get to do)这两种状态。
• 当然，钱也就此成为影响它们之间比率的关键因素。越有钱，越有资本去外包那些不得不做的事，从而获得时间和精力去追寻自我内心真正想做的事。只要内心所想的事也能够有利可图，就会产生正反馈，从而良性循环，相当于有钱人越来越有钱。
• 因此，判定所谓的吝啬与奢靡，其标准不应是消费的数量额，而应是你消费的对象对你产生正反馈的大小。真正吝啬的人不会花大价钱投资自己，或者说，年轻人沉迷于网游才是真正的奢侈，哪怕是免费网游。
• 让我们扩展开去。如果钱可以带给你额外的时间与精力，那么时间与精力同样可以转化为钱，不过这样的逆转需要一些条件——市场。影响市场的因素有哪些？价格。影响价格的因素有哪些？需求与供给。好了，只要是需求大的并且供给少的事，一定有大利可图，只不过它们早被瓜分干净了。好吧，那就创造需求、剥削供给，这也是创新和垄断存在的目的。
• 我觉得，另一篇文章《为什么重视教育》里所说的钱的“足够”与本文的“介质”有异曲同工之处。我想这也是我对待钱这个东西的态度吧。

…you will learn how to not quit when things get hard in your life…

The person that works the hardest wins.

Love what you do and do what you love.

Millions and billions of people that have lived before us have solved the same problems that you’re experiencing today. And they wrote down what they learned and discovered in books.

A distraction never seems to go away until you find something to replace it with.(paulgraham.com)

• 我这样定义Distraction：那些过程中使我心情高涨，完事后使我心情低落的事情。
• 电视、上网、游戏都有可能成为让你分心的事，但并不绝对。
• 消除分心最好的方法是用更能引起分心的事替代它。因此我们可以利用分心这一心理活动来——转移兴趣。
• 不过，我觉得这还需要一个大前提，即对自己的最终目标是否足够明确。明确目标之后，就按照它去分辨Distraction。那么对于转移兴趣，我们就可以理解为发现一种能够达成最终目标的兴趣。
• 有一种延迟理论运用的就是分心这一心理活动。该理论大致意思是，做A事的过程中觉得没意思了，就去做B事，又觉得没意思了，去做C事，以此类推，只要那ABC能够分别以不同路径达成你的最终目标即可。

I think the right thing to do is when you work, really work, and when you’re just having fun, really have fun.(pg)

君子有三乐，而王天下不与存焉。父母俱存，兄弟无故，一乐也；仰不愧于天，俯不怍于人，二乐也；得天下英才而教育之，三乐也。君子有三乐，而王天下不与存焉。——孟子

君子有三种快乐，而称王天下不在其内。父母都在世， 弟兄无变故，是第一种快乐；上无愧于天，下不惭于人，是第二种快乐；得到天下优秀人才而教育他们，是第三种快乐。

父母俱存，兄弟无故
我们将其理解为一种情感的迁移，渐渐进展的人性关爱。我们关心自己的父母兄弟，才能够将这种关爱迁移至其他人身上，使得人性可以顺利发展开去。如果我们连自己的父母兄弟都不关心的话，人性向善就无法体现在自己身上了。

仰不愧于天，俯不怍于人
天，犹如宇宙万物的主宰，我们需要面对的最高神明，可以主导人类善恶的报应。因此，简单来说，我们应无愧于上天给予我们的人性。人性向善、择善固执、止于至善。

得天下英才而教育之
什么样的人才能称得上优秀人才呢？从儒家角度讲，优秀人才是指有心上进的人。因此，优秀并非指智商或成绩，我们不应只重视念书学业，还要重视德行修养与生活教育。只要有心上进，生命就向上开展，对人性的要求就可以不断实现出来。

笔记整理于凤凰宽频国学天空——三种快乐

During the Renaissance, when everything, including life itself, was subjected to analysis, life itself was disassembled into what were considered fundamental but independent activities: work, play, learning, and inspiration.

Institutions were created in which each aactivity could be carried out independently. Factories were designed for work, not play, learning, or inspiration. Theaters and arenas were designed for play, not work, learning, or inspiration. Schools were designed for learning, not work, play, or inspiration. Museums and churches were designed to provide inspiration, not for work, play, or learning.

However, the transformation to systemic thinking has brought with it a growing awareness of the fact that the effectiveness with which any of these activities can be carried out depends on the extent to which they are integrated. Therefore, it has become apparent that a transformational leader must be able to integrate the various aspects of life in order to effectively pursue development. The transformational leader is one who can create an organization that reunifies life, who integrates work, play, learning, and inspiration.

– Russell Ackoff, http://tinyurl.com/399oxw via Is there more to life than money?

我对“颓废”一词的理解：自己对当前的精神状况非常不满意但却仍旧破罐破摔。

我这两周的精神状态表现为：

• 上课无心听讲，作业基本不写。
• 回家倒头即睡，醒来晕晕沉沉。
• 内心烦躁，本有正事等着去做，但却无理由地自我推托。

半小时前老妈教训了刚刚睡醒的我，我也觉得不能再这样没感觉地运转下去。
用心吃完晚饭，然后好好做正事去，这是我现在的想法，不知道能否转化为现实。

你有过颓废的时候吗？我相信每个人都有过，那么你是如何摆脱这该死的颓废状态的呢？

Cycles are the key to understanding history and business. One should not get bogged down by the here and now. Rather look book and forward and keep the faith. Things are never as bad nor as good as they seem. (weblogs.jupitermedia.com)

身处历史循环中的我们，需要做的是，做出自己。不管我们曾经有多优秀、多糟糕，都能在历史中找到自己的影子。但是，未来的自己，不要让历史决定。

He who controls the past commands the future. He who commands the future conquers the past.  – George Orwell

那么，你能够战胜过去的自己，决定自己的未来吗？