生活瑣事一大堆，導致我們常常忽略了人生中更重要、更值得關注的事情！
（但我發現，感覺自己很忙，實際上只是心理狀態上的忙、盲、茫⋯⋯）

因此，我趁看 NBA 比賽的空檔，快速瀏覽了《Soft Skills: The software developer’s life manual》這本書，並做了一點筆記。
（居然把思考人生這麼重要的事情塞在看比賽的空檔，而非找個完整的專注時間去做，可見真的該好好思考我的人生到底是怎麼一回事了！）

希望透過這一篇文的撰寫，除了能幫助自己釐清人生當中更重要的事情，也能讓讀完這篇文章的你有所收穫！

請容許我廢話一下：

我現在（12/6 19:30 左右）寫這篇文的當下其實還蠻焦慮的欸⋯⋯
因為 SA 作業的狀況不太樂觀，然後我又打算現在寫這一篇文，而不是去弄那個作業。
（就算那個作業解決了，還有其他也不太容易的作業要著手進行QQ）
一方面是那作業我有點處在半放棄的狀態了啦，另一方面，我覺得如果我不先打理好我繁雜的思緒，我實在很難專心去處理其他事情⋯⋯
所以就勉為其難地「專注當下」來寫這一篇文囉！

廢話結束。

值得省思

我有把書中對我來說很有感覺的句子寫下來了，在這邊分享給大家～
（可能會覺得前後邏輯沒有連貫，因為我只是隨手記錄下來而已😅）

Fake it till you make it

如果你先入為主地認為你就是怎樣的人或是你根本辦不到，那⋯⋯
很可能真的就那樣囉。
所以，先騙過自己的潛意識吧！
（這跟 self-image 有關，後面會提到）

Everything is good. Don’t limit your options.

我原本對 NBA 根本完全沒感覺，甚至看到就想轉掉。
殊不知，因為一場比賽，我後來成了勇迷xD
（沒試過，真的別說它跟你無緣啊！）

Now put a schedule in place to actually get your OOO (like blog) started and create content for it.

What if you don’t have time? Make it a priority.

想做什麼，就提高它的優先順序，然後安排時間吧！
安排好之後，做就對了，就不要想太多。
別再說自己沒時間了，一切都是優先順序啊！

Don’t be afraid to look like an idiot

Everything is uncomfortable at first
It’s okay to look like an idiot
Take small steps (or dive right in)

這真的很重要⋯⋯
我們往往會因為怕自己出糗，而不敢踏處那第一步。
試著採取對自己而言可行的小行動，跨出那一步吧！
出糗就出糗，寧可出糗，也不要因為沒嘗試過而後悔一輩子！

Any action is often better than no action, especially if you have been stuck in an unhappy situation for a long time. If it is a mistake, at least you learn something, in which case it’s no longer a mistake. If you remain stuck, you learn nothing.

心情煩悶或是做事情卡住的時候，真的做點什麼總比什麼都不做困在那漩渦中好多了！
選擇困進去只會徒增不必要的情緒，倒不如先暫時抽離，去做點不一樣的，說不定能讓你海闊天空哦～

Just get it done!

It’s great if you can keep yourself motivated, but sometimes you just have to suck it up and stick with the plan, motivated or not. Try to make decisions ahead of time that commit you to a course of action that you want to take.
Utilize principles in place of motivation when your motivation runs out.

人總不可能時時刻刻都充滿著動力，總會有不想做任何事情的時候。
這時，「事先決定」的重要性就凸顯出來了。
人在做選擇的時候其實也是會耗費精力的，如果在「執行 execute」的同時還得去「規劃 plan」，很容易因為「決策疲勞」而影響執行的效率，尤其又是在沒什麼動力的時候！
所以說，要避免在自己沒動力的時候什麼都不做的情況發生，最可行的方法就是先決定好你要做的事情！
（規劃的時候，記得要保留足夠的緩衝時間和休息時間啊，做到比自己原先規劃的還要多，那感覺不是很棒嗎，而不是把事情塞滿滿，最後沒如願完成，讓自己情緒更下(?)一層樓，不是很虧嗎）

Time is short, if you want to do something in life, do it now.

這真的是老生常談了，「心動不如馬上行動！，但真的做到的又有多少人呢？
照著大家都在走的路走比較安穩？嗯，很可能是這樣沒錯。但這就是你要的人生？

A consistent process produces success.

不管你現在在哪個方向努力著，堅持下去吧！
沒有所謂的「一步登天」這回事，你看很多光鮮亮麗的成功人士 (或許這個詞用得不太精準)，哪個不是靠日日夜夜的堅持和努力才達到那個高度呢？
當然沒有說一定要多成功還是怎樣才「可以」，反正就是「要怎麼收穫，先那麼栽。」
一分耕耘，一分收穫！

人生各個重要面向

作者分成七大類，我就照著他的分類來逐一分享吧！
（不過或許會漏掉一些同等重要的方面，就⋯⋯）

Career

The biggest mistake that you can make is to believe that you are working for somebody else.

The driving force of a career must come from the individual.

Jobs are owned by the company, you own your career!

Having a business mindset（像是：The service you provide is to create software）

這些想表達的都是跟心態有關！
心態上為自己工作，不僅對自己的職涯更有幫助，也才能真正為你正在工作的地方帶來價值！

Being a professional

不是做完就好，而是要做好（done < done right）
責任感
有自己的原則，而非被要求做什麼就乖乖做什麼
勇於承認自己的過失及知識上的「不清楚」
給人可靠的感覺

Marketing yourself

Marketing is a contest for people’s attention.

現在可是「注意力經濟」時代呢！

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

專注在怎麼成功，不如專注在怎麼為這個世界帶來價值，雖說不是主要目的，但或許也能隨之帶來一點「成功」。
這就跟幸福不是靠強求，而是留意周遭、用心感受，道理是很雷同的！

經營部落格

卡尼多隨筆
Create a list of running blog post topics. Every time you think of a new idea, add it to this list. Then when you need to write a post, you’ll have plenty of ideas handy.
Don’t worry about not being good at writing. It doesn’t matter if you’re good right now. What matters is that you start writing and you write consistently. Over time your skills will improve.
I just started writing every day. I started mostly with blog posts. At first my blog posts were horrible, but eventually I got better. I’m still no Hemmingway, but I can now effectively communicate my thoughts and ideas in the written word—at least most of the time.

不僅僅是經營部落格，無論做什麼事情都一樣，「不用很厲害才開始，要先開始才會很厲害」。
開始 → 持續進行 → 隨之進步（過程中當然可以視情況調整）

開始吧，加油，你可以的！

經營影音頻道

卡尼多玩聲音（之後或許改成多角化經營）
Create a list of topics you could speak about.（對我自己來說，像是音訊處理專題，可以用來練習口語表達）

（這是我個人未來想嘗試看看的一塊🤔）

Learning

Find a gap and then fill it in.

學習，就是聰明地看缺什麼補什麼！

looking for mentors 甚至 being a mentor

教學相長。

自學感興趣的東西

用那股熱忱學習感興趣的東西，同時，也讓自己更擅長「學習」這件事情，進而幫助未來學習其他方面。

多多培養自學能力，企業真的很看重這一點！（要呈現出來，像是 GitHub 之類的展示）

自學能力真的是一項很重要的軟實力啊！
畢竟世界瞬息萬變，得靠不斷學習來與時俱進。

找相關社群、meetup

好的環境有助於學習！

十步驟學習法

The steps themselves aren’t important. It’s the concept behind this learning process that really matters. The important thing is to develop a system that you can use to teach yourself—a system that you can consistently apply to get results.

Get the big picture
Determine scope
Define success
Find resources
Create a learning plan
Filter resources
Learn enough to get started
- Learn the basics quickly and start playing around.（就像是打電動看攻略）
Play around
Learn enough to do something useful
Teach

這是作者的學習心法，他也說到這些只是作者自己統整出來的「步驟」，但真正重要的是這些步驟背後的「核心概念」。
我們應該做的，並不是照單全收這些步驟，而是統整出適合自己的，然後付諸行動（過程中同樣可以根據情況做調整）

Productivity

Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.

It all starts with focus

動力 → 行動？何不先採取行動，逐漸產生做事的感覺，進而有著動力持續下去？
（牛頓第一運動定律：「靜者恆靜，動者恆作等速度運動」，需要靠名為「行動」的外力方能改變狀態，就算那個行動再怎麼小也行）

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

Habits consist of three things: a cue, a routine, and a reward.

習慣 → 思考模式、行為舉止 → 類似蝴蝶效應進而引發後續的種種

Batch together any smaller tasks that can be done at one time instead of multiple times throughout the day or week.

像是日常瑣事可以集中在一個時段處理，保留更多完整時間給其他重要事情！

Pick a large problem you’re facing now and see if you can figure out a good way to decompose it into smaller tasks.

把大任務拆解成小行動，讓它看起來不要那麼令人畏懼之外，也比較容易一一去擊破。

personal productivity plan

Quarterly planning → Monthly planning → Weekly planning → Daily planning and execution
關於 daily planning：I want to make sure that I know exactly what I’m doing and what criteria I’ll use to determine that a task is done before I start it. Doing this prevents me from procrastinating and wasting time during the day with tasks that aren’t clearly defined.
別忘了 breaks and vacations

the quota system

The quota system also helps you overcome willpower weakness by presetting a course for you to follow, eliminating the need to make decisions.
Eliminate the decision by making it mandatory, in the form of a quota, and you eliminate the willpower drain.
例子
- I will run three times each week.
- I will create one blog post each week.
- I will write one chapter each day.
- I will get 50 pomodori done each week.

減少「過多選擇」所帶來的精力消耗。

Financial

Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.

不是有錢就好，錢只是工具，要如何善用才是重點！

Stop thinking short term

不管在哪方面，試著想長遠一點吧！

retirement plan

Retirement is all about working backwards
Once you’ve come up with the monthly figure you need to live on to retire, you can officially “retire” when you reach that monthly income through passive income
You do need to make sure the passive income source will increase with inflation—one of the main reasons why real estate is such a good investment choice.
行動
- Calculate your current monthly expenses. Figure out how much you could reduce those expenses by if you were willing to make some big sacrifices.
- Now calculate how much money you’d need to generate each month to retire off of your reduced expenses—make sure you leave a little buffer room.
- Figure out how much money you’d need to have at various rates of return, like 2%, 5%, and 10%, to have enough monthly income to retire.
作者怎麼看退休這件事（這個說得太好了！）
- I define retirement as freedom. To be more specific: financial freedom. The ability to not be forced to spend your time in a way that you don’t choose to spend your time due to financial constraints.
- I can also work on the projects that interest me, the ones that I want to work on—and not necessarily because of financial reasons.

Fitness

The human body is the best picture of the human soul.

這跟「習慣 → 思考模式、行為舉止」的道理很像。

對 confidence、brain power 有益處

像是：健身、慢跑 (couch to 5k)、healthy diet

Living a healthy lifestyle

After reaching your fitness goal, your battle isn’t over.

減肥目標達標就故態復萌？
別忘了「習慣 → 思考模式、行為舉止 → 類似蝴蝶效應進而引發後續的種種」
所以維持長久的良好習慣才是！

如何行動？

Picking a specific fitness goal
Creating milestones
- Make sure the milestones are achievable.
- The momentum of success can help carry you forward and increase your motivation to reach your overall goal.
Measuring your progress
- avoid too many measurements 否則 easily get overwhelmed

Spirit

If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.

the mind influences the body

Capture your thoughts. Writing helps you to understand what’s going on in your head and to focus your mind on what you want it to be focused on.

在腦海中混亂，不如把它們寫下來，具體化，會比較容易思考接下來該怎麼採取行動。

Building a positive self-image: Programming your brain

Your true battle is against mediocrity—and it begins in the brain. What you think about yourself has an amazing power to both limit you and fuel you forward.
This self-image is powerful, because your brain tends to not allow you to do anything that would violate its assessment of self.
If you can accept that you’re able to change some of the core beliefs you hold about yourself, then you’ll be able to alter your self-image to your own liking.
作者經驗分享
- I decided that I’d no longer be shy, so I pretended to not be shy. I forced myself into awkward situations. I constantly reaffirmed and told myself who I now was. I held a mental picture in my head of myself, but in my new form.
- And even to this day, I’m refining the picture of the person I want to be and taking control of my self-image to have it work for me instead of against me.

你怎麼看待你自己，將會決定你過怎樣的人生！

Reprogramming your brain

fake it till you make it
The formula is relatively simple. It just takes time and persistence to execute it properly.

having a clear picture of what you want.
- imagine those goals clearly enough for your brain to be able to guide you down the path you need to go
Act “as if” you were already what you desired to become.
- Don’t pay attention to reality. Don’t pay attention to what people say about your “changes”; instead, pretend like you’re already at your desired goal and that your behavior is a natural extension of this new personality.
- Your brain will actually start to believe something if you tell yourself it enough times.
- You can change them if you’re persistent and deliver a consistent message.
- I’d recommend finding quotes and images that remind you of the new mental state you want to have. Fill your day with positive affirmations that confirm and reinforce your new beliefs. Spend time mentally visualizing yourself as what you want to be.

希望這篇文章能對你有幫助，我們下次見囉😀