英語(yǔ)美文:把時(shí)間當(dāng)作投資，生活就不一樣了

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　　Think of how stingy you are with your money: if someone on the street asks for $10, you're not giving it to them.

　　想想你在花錢(qián)上是多么的吝嗇，如果有人在街上問(wèn)你要10美元，你是不會(huì)給的。

　　There's no way you're giving a 30% tip for a normal dining experience. And so on.

　　普通的一頓飯要收你30%的小費(fèi)，那也是沒(méi)門(mén)。諸如此類(lèi)的事情還有不少。

　　And yet so many of us just waste ungodly amounts of our time. We throw it away, every day.

　　但是我們大部分人都肆意揮霍著時(shí)間，對(duì)于時(shí)間的浪費(fèi)，每天如此。

　　I know I do unless I'm careful. What helps me to not waste time is to see it as an investment, and to keep track of the returns I get for my investment.

　　除非我們刻意留心，不然我們還是明知故犯。怎樣做才能不浪費(fèi)時(shí)間？不如將它看成一種投資，看看它能帶來(lái)多少回報(bào)。

　　This approach has led me to recognize that some things offer incredible immediate return on investment: a night spent learning a new song on my preferred instruments, for example, gives me a lifetime of being able to play that song.

　　在某些方面，讓我覺(jué)得（投資時(shí)間）會(huì)有不可思議的即刻回報(bào)。比如，花一個(gè)晚上的時(shí)間，在我喜歡的樂(lè)器上學(xué)會(huì)一首新的曲子，那我今后的一生中就都會(huì)彈奏這首曲子。

　　That's an incredible return. Other investments are more like low-interest, high security, long-term investments: going to the gym, eating right, etc. Some, like reading good books, are kind of a combination of both.

　　這是多么不可思議的回報(bào)。還有一些低利率、高安全率的長(zhǎng)期投資，比如：去健身房鍛煉、健康飲食等等。還有一些，包括閱讀有意義的書(shū)，算是兩者的結(jié)合。

　　But many activities are worthless from an investment perspective: whatever benefit they seem to give doesn't last any longer than the activity itself.

　　但是有很多的活動(dòng)從投資的角度來(lái)說(shuō)是毫無(wú)價(jià)值的，除了活動(dòng)本身的價(jià)值，其他的任何利益都不會(huì)得到延續(xù)。

　　"Price is what you pay. Value is what you get." - WarrenBuffett.

　　“你付出的是價(jià)格，買(mǎi)來(lái)的是價(jià)值。” 這是沃倫·巴菲特的名言。

　　This applies to everything: money, relationships, time.

　　Knowing this changes your life.

　　這條定律適用于所有事物，金錢(qián)、關(guān)系、時(shí)間。

　　知道這個(gè)會(huì)改變你的人生。