——选自 Future CEOs 网站（吉玛译）
The time before you go to bed is golden, as it exists every single day, and it’s usually completely yours to schedule.
睡觉前的时间是黄金时间，尽管它每天都存在，而且通常都是属于你自己的时间。
What do you want to do with this time? Read? Spend time with your kids? Work on a hobby you’re passionate about?
这次你想干什么?读吗?花时间和你的孩子在一起?从事你热衷的爱好? Take advantage of this time. 好好利用这段时间吧。
That time between clocking out of work and hitting the sheets every night is yours to do whatever you want.
每天晚上下班和上床睡觉前的这段时间，你想做什么就做什么。
Using that time to pursue something meaningful to you will immensely improve not only your total well being, but sense of self worth.
利用这段时间去追求一些对你有意义的事情，不仅会极大地提高你的幸福感，还会提升你的自我价值。
But the reality is that, after a long day’s work, you feel exhausted and all you want to do is to take a long break and zone out with the television on.
但现实是，在一天的工作后，你会感到筋疲力尽，你想做的就是在电视旁休息一段时间。
Netflix may not be a great idea, but documentaries and TED talks can lead to a greater understanding in a multitude of disciplines. It’s all in how you prioritize your life after work.
网飞可能不是一个好主意，但纪录片和TED演讲可以让你更好地理解众多学科。这都是你如何在工作后优先考虑你的生活。
Starting and consistently doing or creating something will give you a sense of empowerment that can translate in the office as well.
开始和持续地做或创造一些东西会给你一种认可感，这种认可感也可以在办公室里转化。
Extracurricular outlets don’t just boost your sanity — they feed back into your day job and can actually make you more productive.
课外活动不仅能促进你的头脑清醒，还能让你在日常工作中有所收获，更有效率。
But the daily grind can easily overshadow your passion project like writing a book, learning a new language, starting an online business, creating art, learning an instrument, designing, learning to code, collecting and selling vintage objects etc.
但是日常工作很容易掩盖你的激情项目，比如写一本书，学习一门新语言，开始一个在线业务，创造艺术，学习乐器，设计，学习编码，收集和销售古文物等等。
It’s not enough to show up to work on time, and do a good job.
按时上班并做好工作是不够的。
You have to remain relevant and consistently improve to become a better version of yourself.
你必须保持明确的不断进步才能成为更好的自己。
Bill Burnett, explains in his book, Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life, “A well-designed life is a life that is generative — it is constantly creative, productive, changing, evolving, and there is always the possibility of surprise. You get out of it more than you put in. There is a lot more than “lather, rinse, repeat” in a well-designed life.”
比尔·伯内特在他《斯坦福大学人生设计课》一书中解释道:“一个精心设计的生活是一种有创造力的生活——它是不断创新的、富有成效的、不断变化的、不断发展的，而且总是有惊喜的可行性。”你得到的比投入的多。精心设计的生活拥有的不仅仅是“泡沫，漂洗，重复”。
The biggest problem many people have is finding TIME to pursue projects they deeply care about.
许多人面临的最大问题是找到时间去从事他们深切关注的项目。
Striking a balance and committing time, attention and energy to that one special project that needs your focus is possible if you really want to pursue a meaningful project.
如果你真的想要追求一个有意义的项目，那么你必须的关注在这个特定项目中，找到一个平衡点并投入时间、注意力，精力和精力。
The trick is to turn that passion project into a habit! What you do every night after work can be life and career changing!
诀窍就是把这个激情项目变成一种习惯!你每天晚上下班后所做的事情可能会改变你的生活和事业!
Leverage the 60/30 minutes rule.
利用60/30分钟规则
For the next 30 days, devote just 60 minutes of your time after work to the best opportunity in your life. Nothing else. Zero distractions.
在接下来的30天里，花上你下班后的60分钟时间，找到你人生中最好的机会。没有其他事情。零干扰。
Your single most important task within that time is to make even the smallest progress on your passion project.
在这个时段，你最重要的任务就是在你的激情项目上取得最小的进展。
You don’t have to make significant progress.
你不必取得重大进展。
But it matters that you stay consistent.
但重要的是你要坚持。
Do not compromise family values to get ahead in life though. Create your own balanced, fulfilling life. If 60 minutes is not realistic for you.
不要为了在生活中出人头地而向家庭的价值观妥协。创造你自己平衡且充实的生活。如果60分钟对你来说不现实。
Dedicate 30 uninterrupted minutes to it for the next 30 days and you will be amazed at the results.
在接下来的30天里，花30分钟不受干扰地完成任务，你会对结果感到惊讶。
You could even consider investing this time in your passion project in the morning before work. Choose what works best for you.
你甚至可以考虑将你早上工作前的时间投入到你的激情项目中。选择最适合你的时间。
However slow you move or improve, you will be deeply fulfilled in the fact that you are actually pursuing something you care about.
无论你的进度和进步多么缓慢，你都会被你所关心的追求的事情深深打动感到满足。
Something that means the world to you. Something you have always wanted to do.
对你来说意味着整个世界。这是你一直想做的事情。
YOU are your biggest investment!
你是你最大的投资!
Your development starts with what you know about yourself.
你的发展始于你对自己的了解。
Do you know “YOU”?
你了解“你”吗?
What are you capable of?
你能做什么?
What are you curious about?
你对什么感兴趣?
What have you always wanted to do in your spare time that could help you pursue the life you want.
在空闲时间你总想做些什么来帮助你追求你想要的生活。
At one of his Berkshire Hathaway annual meetings, Warren Buffett said:
在伯克希尔·哈撒韦公司的年度会议上，沃伦·巴菲特说:
“The most important investment you can make is in yourself. Very few people get anything like their potential horsepower translated into the actual horsepower of their output in life. Potential exceeds realization for many people…The best asset is your own self. You can become to an enormous degree the person you want to be.”
“你能做的最重要的投资就是你自己。很少有人能将他们的类似潜在马力这样的东西，转化成生命实际的马力输出。对许多人来说，潜力超过现实…最好的资产是你自己。你可以在很大程度上成为你想成为的人。”
If you have a good idea of who you are and what you want to do with your life, you are half way to a successful life.
如果你对自己是谁以及你想要如何生活有自己的看法，那么你的人生成功一半。
Invest in yourself, it’s the best investment you can ever make. Create a bigger version of yourself. Don’t settle on a self-imposed plateau; always aim a bit higher than before.
投资你自己，这是你能做的最好的投资。创造一个更强大的自己。不要停留在自我加强的平台上;总是把目标定的比以前高。
Dorie Clark said in Stand Out: How to Find Your Breakthrough Idea and Build a Following Around It, “In today’s competitive economy, it’s not enough to simply do your job well. Developing a reputation as an expert in your field attracts people who want to hire you, do business with you and your company, and spread your ideas. It’s the ultimate form of career insurance.”
克拉克在《脱颖而出:如何找到你的突破性想法》一书中说:“在当今竞争激烈的经济中，仅仅做好你的工作是不够的。在你的领域里形成专家的名声吸引那些想要雇用你的人，想要和你以及你的公司做生意，传播你的想法。这是职业保险的最终形式。”
It’s not about the kind of skills you acquire because you have to, but because you want to and it feels right.
这不是因为你所获得的技能，而是因为这是你想要，且感觉是对的。
Something you are happy to do without hesitation. Skills that are unique to you. Skills you can only learn by doing. Skills that can only be developed when you find your true self.
你会毫不犹豫很乐意去做的事情。你独有的技能。你只能通过做才能学到的技能。只有当你找到真正的自己时才能发展的技能。
When you put yourself on the line or otherwise expose yourself to the possibility of failure.
当你把自己置于危险的境地，或者让自己暴露在失败的可能性中。
Basically, what I am trying to tell you is that, there is something about you that can be explored and developed to your benefit and the rest of the world.
基本上，我想告诉你的是，你拥有的一些东西可以被探索和发展到你的利益和世界其他地方。
Invest in yourself!
投资自己!
Start by reading but focus on your creative pursuit!
从阅读开始，但专注于你的创造性追求!
The habit of reading can change your perception, improve your worldview or better still expose creative ideas to you when you least expect it.
阅读的习惯可以改变你的认知，改善你的世界观，或者在你意想不到的时候，更好地向你展示创造性的想法。
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.”
拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生曾经说过，思想一旦被新的想法所拉伸，就永远不会回到最初的维度。
Whatever you want in life, knowledge is key. Reading can give you a good head start if you want to start slow and figure out your meaningful work.
无论在生活中你想要什么，知识都是关键。如果你想慢慢开始，并找出有意义的工作，阅读可以是一个良好的开端。
You will acquire new information every day. And even transfer your knowledge within your company.
你每天都会获得新的信息。甚至将你的知识转移到你的公司。
You could also create new possibilities for your employer based on your daily evening discoveries.
你也可以根据你每天晚上的发现为你的老板创造新的可能性。
Richard Steele says, “Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.”
理查德·斯蒂尔说:“读书之于心灵，犹如运动之于身体。”
Don’t get caught up in just the habit of reading without pursuing your creative work. You learn best by doing.
不要仅仅因为阅读的习惯而忽视了创造性工作。通过做才能学的好。
You don’t want to divert the mind too much from its creative pursuits.
你不想过多地从创造性的追求中转移注意力。
The do something habit is greater than thinking mindset.
做事习惯比心态更重要。
Even if you have 30 minutes every night, each week you can easily read a book or better still start learning by creating something!
即使你每天晚上花30分钟的时间，每周你都可以轻松地阅读一本书或通过创造一些东西来更好地开始学习!
You can start by reading about inpirational successful side projects in Chris Guillebeau’s new book, Side Hustle: From Idea to Income in 27 Days. He also shows you how to select, launch, refine, and make money from your side hustle in under a month.
你可以从吉尔博的新书《副业:从最初的创意到获得收入的27天》中阅读有关励志成功副业项目。他还向你展示了如何在不到一个月的时间里选择、发行、改善和赚钱。
Spend an hour a day to learn about a topic you are curious about
每天花一个小时来学习你感兴趣的话题。
Exercise your creative genius.
锻炼你的创创意天赋。
Anything new to your brain helps build new brain cells.
任何大脑感知的新事物都会帮助你建立新的脑细胞。
Different skills, ideas, cultures, and opinions can have a positive effect on your own views about the world.
不同的技能、想法、文化和观点会对你的世界观产生积极的影响。
Acquiring new skills and gaining knowledge on a daily incremental basis is a proven way to take your career to the next level and improve your self-esteem.
获得新的技能和每天积累的知识是一种行之有效的方法，可以将你的职业提升到更高的水平，提高你的自尊。
When was the last time you questioned the existing convention, conceptualized problems differently, approached problems in new, innovative way.
你上次质疑现有的公约，以不同的方式概念化问题，以新的、创新的方式解决问题时，是什么时候?
It’s about time you figured out what could be improved, challenged, done different, done with less effort to achieve more.
现在是时候想清楚可以改进什么，挑战什么，怎么做不同的事情，怎么才能以更少的努力去获得更多。
Start questioning everything. Consider everything. Go through every possibility until you know for a fact it can or cannot be done.
开始质疑一切。思考一切。经历每一种可能，直到你知道它能不能做。
Steve Job’s calligraphy course in college helped build the first Mac. In his famous 2005 Commencement speech for Stanford University, Jobs said:
史蒂夫·乔布斯在大学的书法课程帮助下建立了第一台Mac电脑。2005年乔布斯在著名的斯坦福大学毕业典礼上说到：
“If I had never dropped in on that single calligraphy course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts.”
“如果我在大学里从未旁听过这门书法课，Mac就不会有多种字体或字体间距。”
You never know what will be useful ahead of time. Try new skills and they will connect with the rest of your skills in the future.
你永远不知道什么东西会提前有用。尝试新技能，他们会与你未来的技能联系起来。
Take online courses that can help you start a passion project.
参加一些可以帮助你启动激情项目的在线课程。
Reflect on what you learn by blogging
反思你通过博客学到的东西。
Apart from becoming a better writer, blogging can help you organise your thoughts. Blogging encourages deep thinking.
除了成为一个更好的作家之外，写博客能帮你理清思路。博客鼓励你深入思考。
When you begin to share what you know with others, your ability to communicate gets better.
当你开始与他人分享你所知道的事情时，你的沟通能力就会变得更好。
Blogging helps your brain to stay active. You will also be able to link ideas and pieces of information better.
博客帮助你的大脑保持活跃。你也可以更好地结合想法和信息。
Once you commit to the habit of reading about your industry and sharing what you know with your audience, you will begin to comprehend and process information faster.
一旦你养成了阅读与你你所处行业的相关信息的习惯，并与听众分享你所知道的内容，你就会开始更快地理解和处理信息。
It’s a slow process, but once you commit to it, you can significantly improve how you process and share knowledge.
这是一个缓慢的过程，但是一旦你投入，你就可以显著地改进你的方法和分享知识。
It’s definitely not easy but it’s worth your precious time
绝对不容易，但值得用你的宝贵时间去实现。
Make 2018 your most amazing year yet!
让2018年成为你最了不起的一年!
Don’t invest in a career. Build a life.
不要投资事业。打造美好生活。
Jen Sincero said in her book, You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life, “If you’re serious about changing your life, you’ll find a way. If you’re not, you’ll find an excuse.”
珍·里欧在她《你是一个坏家伙:如何停止怀疑你的伟大，开始过一种美好的生活》书中说，“如果你真的想改变你的生活，你会找到办法的。如果你不是，你会找到借的。 ”
For centuries we’ve been trained by the system to stop thinking and do as we are told. But dreamers and thinkers are changing the world as we know it.
几个世纪以来，我们通过系统训练，停止思考，按照别人说的去做。但是梦想家和思想家正在改变我们所知道的世界。
Thinkers and dreamers are the new untouchables. Everything you want is a dream away.
思想家和梦想家是新的不可触犯人。你想要的一切都是梦想。
The only thing holding you back from doing something truly amazing, is you. The world is full of amazing people.。
唯一能阻止你做真正了不起的事情的是你。世界上到处都是了不起的人。
You are either one of them or aspire to be amazing! The amazing ones are an inspiration to those who aspire to do something amazing.
你要么是他们中的一员，要么渴望成为了不起的人!令人惊奇的是那些渴望做一些了不起的事情的人的灵感。
It’s still okay to dream, wish and hope for an amazing life — not just an okay life, but a ridiculously amazing life.
梦想、渴望和希望美好生活都是好的，不仅仅是好的生活，更是一种不可思议的美好生活。
You are where you are today because of the choice you made yesterday.
昨天的选择铸就了今天的你。
Your choices today will determine whether you will have an amazing or regretful life tomorrow.
今天的选择将决定你明天是否会有一个令人惊异或遗憾的生活。
Re-think your evening routine!
反思你晚上作息!
If you make creative pursuit part of your weekly schedule, at least Monday through Friday, you’ll begin to see change as long as you keep doing it at the same time each day.
如果你在你的每周日程表中有创造性的追求，至少从周一到周五，只要你每天都在同一时间做，你会开始发现变化。
Make it a habit to see significant improvement. A routine at night means better time management.
让它成为一种习惯，可以看到显著的进步。晚上作息意味着更好的时间管理。
Think of all of the time that was either used productively or possibly wasted after work till the time you go to sleep and ask yourself what could I have done or can I do with all of that time?
思考下你的所有时间，包括在你睡觉前有成效的时间和可能是在工作中被浪费的时间，问自己我都做了什么或者我能做些什么?
There truly are no limits as to what you could have learned or accomplished. It’s what separates the masses from the high achivers in this world!
没有什么能限制你所能学到或完成的事情。它将世界上的大众与成功人事区别开来!
But changing your habits and life can start TONIGHT!
但是改变你的习惯和生活从今晚重新开始!
