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2013年股东大会 · 巴菲特:成功不需要太多“待办事项清单”

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F1
F10:00

嗨,我叫 Alex,来自 Los Angeles。

Hi, my name is Alex and I'm from Los Angeles.

Buffett 先生,我听说你有一种把精力聚焦起来的方法,就是先写下你想完成的二十五件事,选出最重要的五件,然后避开剩下那二十件。

Mr. Buffett, I've heard that one of your ways of focusing your energy is that you write down the 25 things you want to achieve, choose the top 5, and then avoid the bottom 20.

我真的很好奇,你是怎么想到这个方法的,以及你还有哪些别的方法来给自己想做的事排优先级。

I'm really curious how you came up with this and what other methods you have for prioritizing your desires.
F2
F20:24

嗯,其实我更好奇你是怎么想出这个说法的,因为事实真的不是这样,真的不是。

Well, I'm actually more curious about how you came up with it because it really isn't, it really isn't the case.

这听起来像是个非常好的做事方法,不过这比我本人实际上的自律程度要高多了。

It sounds like a very good method of operating, but it's, it's much more disciplined than I actually am.

要是有人把 fudge 放到我面前,我就会把它吃掉,你知道吧。

If they stick fudge down in front of me, I eat it, you know.

我可不会去想另外二十五种选择。

I'm not thinking about 25 other choices.

所以我,我不是想——我是说,你知道,我和 Charlie 过的都是非常简单的生活。

So I, I don't mean to— I'm, you know, Charlie and I live very simple lives.

我们知道自己喜欢做什么,而且现在基本上也都有条件去做那些事。

We know what we do enjoy, and we now have the option of doing it pretty much.

Charlie 喜欢设计建筑。

Charlie likes to design buildings.

我是说,他已经不再是个怀才不遇的 architect 了。

I mean, he's no longer a frustrated architect.

他现在已经是个货真价实的 architect 了。

He's a full-fledged architect now.

我们俩都很喜欢大量阅读,不过我从来没列过清单。

And we both like to read a lot, but I've never made lists.

我想不起来这辈子有列过清单,不过也许我该开始试试了。

I can't recall making a list in my life, but maybe I'll start.

你倒是给了我一个主意。

You've given me an idea.

谢谢你,Charlie。

Thank you, Charlie.
M1
M11:35

关于 Warren 的做事方法,这个话题里真正有意思的一点,你现在就在这里看到了。

Well, what's really interesting on this subject of Warren's operating methods, you can see happening here.

我们刚开始的时候,并不知道现代心理学有这样的证据:人在累的时候,不应该做很多重要决定,而且做很多困难决定本身就很耗神。

We didn't know when we started out, this modern psychological evidence to the effect that you shouldn't make a lot of important decisions when you're tired, and that making a lot of difficult decisions is tiring.

而且我们当时也不像现在这么清楚,在做重要决定的时候摄入 caffeine 和 sugar 是很有帮助的。

And we didn't also know as well as we now do how helpful it is to be consuming caffeine and sugar when you're making important decisions.

当然,实际情况就是,我和 Warren 在生活中那些日常决定上,基本完全是靠 autopilot 在运转。

And what happens, of course, is that both Warren and I live entirely on autopilot in terms of the ordinary decisions of life.

我们就是彻底按习惯来,所以不会把决策精力浪费在那些事情上。

We're just totally habitual, so we don't waste any decision-making energy on that stuff.

而且我们还会摄入 caffeine 和 sugar。

And we're ingesting caffeine and sugar.

结果按现代研究来看,这正是坐在 Warren 那个位置上的理想方式。

And it turns out, under the modern evidence, this is an ideal way to sit where Warren sits.

而且他在当初并不知道这些的时候,纯粹是误打误撞就这么做到了。

And when he didn't know that, he just stumbled into it.
F2
F22:45

等我们写那本关于 nutrition 的书时,肯定会卖得特别火。

When we write our book on nutrition, it promises to be a huge seller.
M1
M12:51

我想不起来 Warren 有什么时候是在累的时候做出过重要决定。

I cannot, I cannot remember an important decision that Warren has made when he was tired.
F2
F22:58

他从来不会累。

He's never tired.
M1
M12:59

他睡得很踏实,也不会浪费时间去想自己要吃什么。

He sleeps soundly and he doesn't waste time thinking about what he's going to eat.

就像你说的,他就是一直吃他一向吃的那些东西。

As you say, he just eats what he's always eaten.

哦,对,他这种风格结果证明对人类认知来说简直是再理想不过了。

Oh yeah, his style turns out to be absolutely ideal for human cognition.

这看起来有点奇怪,不过他误打误撞碰上了一件非常好的事。

It looks peculiar, but he stumbled into something very good.
F2
F23:27

好,现在你可以给我的下一本书写序了。

Now, you can write the foreword to my next book.

好,Andrew。

Okay, Andrew.