穷人每天都很勤奋工作，那他们和富人之间的勤奋有什么区别呢？

I’ve lived with a few hundred people. Some who’ve been on minimum wage for 10 years, other friends of mine who graduated college and moved straight in to 80k+ jobs, a Multi-millionaire CEO, and I’ve tried to observe them all.

我和几百个人住在一起。他们有些人靠最低工资生活了10年，而我的一些朋友大学毕业后直接进入了8万多的工作岗位，还有一个千万富翁的CEO，我试图观察他们所有人。

What I’ve noticed with poorer people, or low performers is that the moment they have time to themselves they spend it on pleasure. Alcohol, tobacco, videogames, browsing instagram, the time is always spent on pleasure. To them it seems to be a relief from the day, and usually something they’re looking forward to the whole day. They’re counting down the clock until they can get their goody. I’ve lived with these people a number of times and always:

我观察到，较穷的人或业绩不佳的人，一有时间就会花在享乐上。酒精、烟草、电子游戏、浏览Instagram，他们的时间总是花在享乐上。对他们来说，这似乎是一天中的一种解脱，而且通常是他们一整天都在期待的事情。在他们得到他们所谓的好东西之前，他们喜欢倒计时。我和这些人一起生活过好几次，他们总是如此：

1. They’re getting paid very little and in a poor professional position.

他们得到的报酬很低，而且职业地位很差。

2. They’re getting paid OK but in an awful professional position, working long hours, or in essence, being given grunt work.

他们得到的报酬还可以，但职业地位很差，工作时间很长，或者说，本质上是被安排做粗活。

3. They’re failing their classes.

他们的专业不及格。

4. Stressed as they have few savings.

因为他们没有什么积蓄，所以压力很大。

5. Live in a room sharing an apartment with several others.

住在一个房间里，与其他几个人共用一个公寓。

Some people choose a different course of action. The moment they get home from work they begin investing their time in activities that have a long term pay off. They exercise, play sports with some friends, or read for a few hours, write, study, work on a side project/business to make a little extra cash, research a company to invest in. Then usually around 9pm they clock off and enjoy a few hours of leisure. These people：

有些人选择了不同的行动方案。他们一下班回家就开始把时间投入到有长期回报的活动中。他们锻炼身体，和一些朋友进行运动，或者阅读几个小时，写作，学习，做一个副业/生意来赚点额外的钱，研究一个公司来投资。然后通常在晚上9点左右，他们打卡下班，享受几个小时的休闲。这些人：

1. Are always in professional positions they’ve somewhat chosen and enjoy. Professions with room for growth and impact.

总是在他们所选择并喜欢的职业岗位上。有发展空间和影响力的职业。

2. Have a comfortable income and live in a nice apartment (unless saving).

有舒适的收入，住在漂亮的公寓里（除非储蓄）。

3. Are calm as they have savings.

由于他们有储蓄，所以很平静。

4. Have hobbies and skills they’re interested in building.

有兴趣培养的爱好和技能。

5. Have a vision.

有远见。

I’ve only really lived with two ultra high performers, and they were quite different. One, arguably more successful than the other, worked incredibly hard - but they worked for a vision of their overall life. They enjoyed life more than anyone I knew, travelling constantly, meeting people everywhere - at coffee shops, on the street, at events with other people having a huge impact in their fields (art, business, technology, climate change) they had a fantastic quality of life. Their life seemed to supply the energy for their work, it was a symbiotic relationship.

我只真正和两个超高绩效的人住在一起，他们的情况很不一样。其中一个可以说比另一个更成功，他们工作非常努力--但他们为自己整体生活的愿景而工作。他们比我认识的任何人都更享受生活，不断地旅行，到处见人--在咖啡馆里，在大街上，在与其他在其领域（如：艺术、商业、技术、气候变化）有巨大影响的人的活动中，他们的生活质量很高。他们的生活似乎为他们的工作提供了能量，这是一种共生的关系。

This individual founded a company and works with some big names you’d recognise, is a wonderful person, and is never ‘off’. Occasionally parties, but maintains a very strong sense of discipline and rigour. Never seems to be escaping anything, meets life head on, invests time and money, takes advice from experts, etc.

这个人创立了一家公司，并与一些你认识的大人物合作，是一个很好的人，而且从不 "休息"。偶尔会参加聚会，但保持着非常强烈的纪律和严谨的意识。似乎从不逃避任何事情，直面生活，投入时间和金钱，听取专家的建议，等等。

The other individual is just really smart. Smokes weed, plays tons of games, makes all the same mistakes as Class I, but is just smart so makes 6x their salary. But he did get one of the best private educations my country offers, so there’s that.

另一个人就是非常聪明。抽大麻，玩大量的游戏，犯我们这一阶级的人都会犯的错误，但就是很聪明，所以赚了他们6倍的工资。但他确实得到了我国提供的最好的私立教育之一，所以才有这样的成就。

So I’d say in most cases there are predictable differences. Poor people often don’t invest their time, they seek relief and rarely have vision.
However some wealthy people fall into this category merely because luck or pure intelligence got them by.

所以我想说，在大多数情况下，有可预见的差异。穷人往往不投资他们的时间，他们寻求救济，很少有远见。然而有些富人属于这一类，仅仅是因为运气或纯粹的聪明让他们成功。

The really high performers stand out, very obviously, in almost everything they do. They apply their entire energy reserve without compromise, and the results are spectacular.

真正的高绩效者无论做什么事情都很容易成功。他们会倾尽所能去达成任务目标，其结果自然惊人。

It’s for these reasons that I sometimes question the endless conversations about inequality in wealthy countries. I’m sure it is there, but in almost every case I’ve observed the people who perform at a lower level do so because they aren’t willing to sacrifice pleasure. They make a choice and know full well the consequences, whereas those who do well make a sacrifice.

正是由于这些原因，我有时会质疑关于富裕国家不平等的无休止的谈话。我确信它是存在的，但在我观察到的几乎每一个案例中，那些生活水平较低的人大多数是因为他们喜欢享乐。他们做出了选择，并清楚地知道后果，而那些生活得好的人则做出了牺牲。

There are exceptions however, some people really have had a difficult run, which lead to mental issues, painful traumas, and such people deserve compassion and help, and should not be quantified by the number on their bank balance.

然而，也有例外，有些人确实经历了困难，导致了精神问题和痛苦的创伤，这样的人值得同情和帮助，而不应该用他们银行余额上的数字来量化。

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