a nice guy or a doormat

Seven Life Lessons

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Seven life lessons I have learned in 70+ years (Note added Nov. 7, 2011. Thanks to blogger 鲍得海
who provided excellent Chinese translation for the first six lessons


1.Happiness is a positive derivative
【乐观是向上的！ 】What I mean is that if your life is constantly imporving, you cannot help but be happy.

2.The only investment idea you need if you are not a professional "Save, Buy,
Diversify, and Hold"; The worst enemy of investment – your emotion and greed"
【作为普通人，只需要知道一个投资理念：“储蓄、购买、分散投资、长期持有”】
【投资过程中，最坏的东东是：“冲动和贪婪”】

3.The world is full of people as smart as you are. Thus if you want to stand out
- write and speak well.  For ideas you only need one Jesus, but it take billions of missionaries to spread the word

【世界上聪明人很多！如果想要胜出，就要多写、多说！想出好主意只要耶稣一个就可以了，但却需要千万人去传播】
（行动原则）

4.The world is full of people as smart as you are. However many are self-centered
on things interesting to them. Thus if you want to stand out, be people-oriented.
Put yourself in others' shoes.
【世界上聪明人很多！但大多数人只关心自己感兴趣的东东。如果需要胜出，最好能多站在别人的角度看问题。】
（换位思考原则）

5.Remember the 80-20 rule. Among other things if your life is 80% perfect, you
need the other 20% to keep you in perspective.
【谨记80-20原则。如果您觉得自己的人生仅仅是80%完美，那么，余下的20%的不完美，将是您成功的必须！】
（得失原则）

6.No one promised you a rose garden. The world does not owe you a living
【世界并不亏欠您任何东东！】
（谦卑原则）

7.     There is a difference being a nice guy and being a doormat. The former is based on
your own initiative while the latter is something others do to you. (note to Chinese readers:
"Being someone's doormat" means others constantly wipe their dirt on you. You are
always being humiliated)

Unfortunately, I don't always remember to practice these
lessons 100 per cent of the time.


本文引用地址：http://blog.sciencenet.cn/blog-1565-5844.html  此文来自科学网何毓琦博客，转载请注明出处。
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[6]朱治伟  2012-4-25 01:50

keep them in mind  and put them into ptactice!

[5]王春艳  2011-12-28 12:16

wise man！

博主回复(2011-12-28 13:41)：These took me seventy+ years and I am still learning.

IP: 129.111.68.*   [4][游客]Yidong  2007-9-1 09:15

I am taking notes here. Wonderful lessons. Thanks.

IP: 58.218.78.*   [3][游客]匿名  2007-8-23 23:26

灌水：26个字母俺个个认识，但是一组合起来就不明白了，数学不好啊

IP: 123.191.173.*   [2][游客]路人  2007-8-17 17:58

最近有一句话是“冲动是魔鬼”，和您的第二条不谋而合：）

IP: 124.16.128.*   [1][游客]laoyu  2007-8-15 02:35

it is difficult to practice these items although they are perfect.