还记得去年的 凯文 · 凯利 68 岁生日的 68 条人生建议 吗？老头子今年生日，照样给了人生建议，或深刻，或调皮，而且这回是 99 条 💦。照样翻译如下，供君参考。
I have another birthday, and another bunch of unsolicited advice.
我又过了一个生日，也又有了一堆不请自来的建议。
That thing that made you weird as a kid could make you great as an adult — if you don’t lose it.
小时候让你显得古怪的事，可能会在你长大后让你变得伟大——如果你没有失去它的话。If you have any doubt at all about being able to carry a load in one trip, do yourself a huge favor and make two trips.
但凡对一次旅行中所要携带的行李有所疑虑，帮自己一个大忙，分开两次来旅行。What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. At your funeral people will not recall what you did; they will only remember how you made them feel.
实现目标后，你获得什么并不如你成为什么一样重要。在你的葬礼上，人们不会记得你做过什么，只会记得你曾经带给他们的感受。Recipe for success: under-promise and over-deliver.
成功的秘诀：谨慎承诺，超出预期。It’s not an apology if it comes with an excuse. It is not a compliment if it comes with a request.
有借口的道歉算不上道歉，有请求的赞美算不上赞美。Jesus, Superman, and Mother Teresa never made art. Only imperfect beings can make art because art begins in what is broken.
耶稣、超人和特蕾莎修女从未创造过艺术。只有不完美的人才能创造艺术，因为艺术源于不完美。If someone is trying to convince you it’s not a pyramid scheme, it’s a pyramid scheme.
如果有人试图说服你那不是传销，那就是传销。Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand. For the rest of your life you’ll use this knot more times than you would ever believe.
学习如何打单套结。在黑暗中练习。用一只手。在你以后的生活中，你用这个结的次数会超出你的想象。If something fails where you thought it would fail, that is not a failure.
如果某件事在你认为会失败的地方失败了，那不算失败。Be governed not by the tyranny of the urgent but by the elevation of the important.
提升重要之事来管理自己，而不是受束缚于紧急之事。Leave a gate behind you the way you first found it.
别把你最初找到出路的地方堵死了。The greatest rewards come from working on something that nobody has a name for. If you possibly can, work where there are no words for what you do.
最大的回报来自于做一件还没人为之命名的事。如果可以，就在那无法用语言表达的地方工作。A balcony or porch needs to be at least 6 feet (2m) deep or it won’t be used.阳台或门廊必须至少有 6 英尺（2 米）深，否则不能用。
Don’t create things to make money; make money so you can create things. The reward for good work is more work.别为赚钱而创造；去赚钱从而能创造。好作品才能拿到更多工作回报。
In all things — except love — start with the exit strategy. Prepare for the ending. Almost anything is easier to get into than out of.除了爱情，所有事都要从退出战略开始。为结局做好准备。几乎所有事情都易进难出。
Train employees well enough they could get another job, but treat them well enough so they never want to.给员工足够好的培训，以便他们能找到下一份工作，但要培训得足够好，以至于他们永远不愿意那样做。
Don’t aim to have others like you; have them respect you.不要希望别人喜欢你，而是希望他们尊重你。
The foundation of maturity: Just because it’s not your fault doesn’t mean it’s not your responsibility.成熟的基础：不是你的错并不意味着不是你的责任。
A multitude of bad ideas is necessary for one good idea.一个好想法源于一堆烂想法。
Being wise means having more questions than answers.明智，意味着有更多的问题而非答案。
Compliment people behind their back. It’ll come back to you.在别人背后赞美他们。别人也会赞美你。
Most overnight successes — in fact any significant successes — take at least 5 years. Budget your life accordingly.
大多数一夜之间的成功——实际上是任何重大的成功——都至少需要 5 年。据此做好人生预算吧。You are only as young as the last time you changed your mind.你的年轻停留在你上一次改变的时候。
Assume anyone asking for your account information for any reason is guilty of scamming you, unless proven innocent. The way to prove innocence is to call them back, or login to your account using numbers or a website that you provide, not them. Don’t release any identifying information while they are contacting you via phone, message or email. You must control the channel.任何人以任何理由询问你的账户信息，都要假设他们在诈骗，除非能证明清白。证明清白的方法是给他们回电话，或者用你的，而不是他们提供的号码或网站来登录你的账户。当他们通过电话、信息或电子邮件联系你时，不要泄露任何身份信息。你必须控制渠道。
Sustained outrage makes you stupid.持续的愤怒会让你变蠢。
Be strict with yourself and forgiving of others. The reverse is hell for everyone.对自己严格，对他人宽容。反过来对每个人来说都是地狱。
Your best response to an insult is “You’re probably right.” Often they are.对侮辱的最佳回应是「你可能是对的」。事实往往如此。
The worst evils in history have always been committed by those who truly believed they were combating evil. Beware of combating evil.历史上的大罪大恶，总是由那些真正相信自己在与邪恶斗争的人犯下的。谨防与邪恶作斗争。
If you can avoid seeking approval of others, your power is limitless.如果你能避免寻求别人的认可，你的力量就是无限的。
When a child asks an endless string of “why?” questions, the smartest reply is, “I don’t know, what do you think?”一个孩子不停地问「为什么」时，最聪明的回答是「我不知道，你认为呢？」
To be wealthy, accumulate all those things that money can’t buy.要变得富有，就要积累所有那些金钱买不到的东西。
Be the change you wish to see.去变成你希望看到的样子。
When brainstorming, improvising, jamming with others, you’ll go much further and deeper if you build upon each contribution with a playful “yes — and” example instead of a deflating “no — but” reply.在头脑风暴、即兴创作、与他人合作时，在别人想法的基础上回应一个生动有趣的「是的，并且」，而不是一个令人泄气的「不行，不过」，你会走得更深更远。
Work to become, not to acquire.工作是为了成为，而不是为了获得。
Don’t loan money to a friend unless you are ready to make it a gift.不要借钱给朋友，除非你准备好把它当作礼物。
On the way to a grand goal, celebrate the smallest victories as if each one were the final goal. No matter where it ends you are victorious.在通往宏伟目标的路上，即使是最小的胜利也要当作最终胜利来庆祝。无论结局如何，你都是胜利者。
Calm is contagious.平静会传染。
Even a foolish person can still be right about most things. Most conventional wisdom is true.即使是一个愚蠢之人，在大多数事情上也可能是正确的。大多数传统智慧是正确的。
Always cut away from yourself.永远观摩自己。
Show me your calendar and I will tell you your priorities. Tell me who your friends are, and I’ll tell you where you’re going.给我看你的日程表，我就知道你的优先事项。告诉我你的朋友是谁，我就知道你的未来如何。
When hitchhiking, look like the person you want to pick you up.搭便车的时候，要像一个你自己都乐意搭上的人。
Contemplating the weaknesses of others is easy; contemplating the weaknesses in yourself is hard, but it pays a much higher reward.思量别人的弱点很容易；思量自己的弱点很难，但回报要高得多。
Worth repeating: measure twice, cut once.值得反复强调：三思而后行。
Your passion in life should fit you exactly; but your purpose in life should exceed you. Work for something much larger than yourself.你对生活的热情应该完全适合你；但你的人生目标应该超越你。为比你自己更大的事情努力。
If you can’t tell what you desperately need, it’s probably sleep.如果你说不出自己迫切需要什么，那可能是睡眠。
When playing Monopoly, spend all you have to buy, barter, or trade for the Orange properties. Don’t bother with Utilities.玩《大富翁》时，花光所有的钱去购买、交换或交易橙色房地产。不必为公用事业操心。
If you borrow something, try to return it in better shape than you received it. Clean it, sharpen it, fill it up.比借来时更好的形态归还物品。清洗它，磨利它，填满它。
Even in the tropics it gets colder at night than you think. Pack warmly.即使在热带地区，夜晚也会比你想象中要冷。带上暖和的行李。
To quiet a crowd or a drunk, just whisper.要让人群或醉汉安静下来，低声耳语就行。
Writing down one thing you are grateful for each day is the cheapest possible therapy ever.每天写一件你感激的事，是最便宜的心理治疗方法。
When someone tells you something is wrong, they’re usually right. When someone tells you how to fix it, they’re usually wrong.当有人告诉你出问题了，他们通常是对的。当有人告诉你怎样解决这个问题，他们通常是错的。
If you think you saw a mouse, you did. And, if there is one, there are more.如果你怀疑自己看到了一只老鼠，那一定是。如果有一只老鼠，那肯定还有更多。
Money is overrated. Truly new things rarely need an abundance of money. If that was so, billionaires would have a monopoly on inventing new things, and they don’t. Instead almost all breakthroughs are made by those who lack money, because they are forced to rely on their passion, persistence and ingenuity to figure out new ways. Being poor is an advantage in innovation.金钱被高估了。真正的新事物很少需要大量金钱。不然，亿万富翁们早就垄断了发明新东西的权力，但他们没有。相反，几乎所有的突破都是那些缺钱的人取得的，因为他们不得不依靠自己的激情、毅力和创造力来找到新方法。贫穷是创新的一个优势。
Ignore what others may be thinking of you, because they aren’t.别总想着别人会怎么看你，因为他们并不会。
Avoid hitting the snooze button. That’s just training you to oversleep.别点「再睡一下」按钮。它只会让你睡过头。
Always say less than necessary.如无必要，无须多言。
You are given the gift of life in order to discover what your gift in life is. You will complete your mission when you figure out what your mission is. This is not a paradox. This is the way.生命赐予你的礼物（gift）就是让你去发现你的天赋（gift）是什么。当你搞清楚了你的使命是什么，你也就完成了使命。这不是一个悖论。这才是正道。
Don’t treat people as bad as they are. Treat them as good as you are.不要因为他们多坏就对他们多坏，而是自己多好就对他们多好。
It is much easier to change how you think by changing your behavior, than it is to change your behavior by changing how you think. Act out the change you seek.通过改变行为来改变思维方式，比通过改变思维方式来改变行为要简单得多。为你想要的改变付诸行动。
You can eat any dessert you want if you take only 3 bites.如果只吃 3 口，你就可以任意吃你想吃的甜点。
Each time you reach out to people, bring them a blessing; then they’ll be happy to see you when you bring them a problem.每次你向人们伸出援助之手时，给他们带上一份祝福；当你给他们带去问题时，他们会很高兴见到你。
Bad things can happen fast, but almost all good things happen slowly.坏事来得快，而几乎所有好事都很慢。
Don’t worry how or where you begin. As long as you keep moving, your success will be far from where you start.不要担心如何或从哪里开始。只要你保持前进，你的成功就会远离起点。
When you confront a stuck bolt or screw: righty tighty, lefty loosey.当你遇到卡住的螺栓或螺钉时，记住，左松右紧。
If you meet a jerk, overlook them. If you meet jerks everywhere everyday, look deeper into yourself.如果你遇到混蛋，忽视他们。如果你每天在哪里都遇到混蛋，再深入一点审视自己。
Dance with your hips.跳舞时要用上臀部。
We are not bodies that temporarily have souls. We are souls that temporarily have bodies.我们不是暂时拥有灵魂的躯体，而是暂时拥有躯体的灵魂。
You can reduce the annoyance of someone’s stupid belief by increasing your understanding of why they believe it.就算你逐渐理解他们为什么有这样愚蠢的信念，也无法减少他们所带来的烦恼。
If your goal does not have a schedule, it is a dream.如果你的目标没有计划表，那只是一个梦。
All the greatest gains in life — in wealth, relationships, or knowledge —come from the magic of compounding interest — amplifying small steady gains. All you need for abundance is to keep adding 1% more than you subtract on a regular basis.生命中所有最大的收获ーー财富、人际关系或知识，都来自复利的魔力ーー微小而稳定的收获如涓涓细流，终成汤汤大河。你所需要的就是保持盈余 1% 。
The greatest breakthroughs are missed because they look like hard work.错过最重大突破，往往是因为它们看起来需要花很多心血。
People can’t remember more than 3 points from a speech.一场演讲中，人们能记住的不会超过三点。
I have never met a person I admired who did not read more books than I did.我从未遇到过一个我崇拜的、书却读得比我少的人。
The greatest teacher is called “doing”.最伟大的老师叫做「行动」。
Finite games are played to win or lose. Infinite games are played to keep the game going. Seek out infinite games because they yield infinite rewards.有限游戏的目的在于赢输，而无限游戏的目的在于让游戏继续下去。多玩无限游戏，因为它们会带来无限回报。
Everything is hard before it is easy. The day before something is a breakthrough, it’s a stupid idea.事情总是先难后易。取得突破之前，它就是一个愚蠢的想法。
A problem that can be solved with money is not really a problem.一个可以用钱解决的问题并不是真正的问题。
When you are stuck, sleep on it. Let your subconscious work for you.思考卡壳时不妨睡一觉，让潜意识接着思考。
Your work will be endless, but your time is finite. You cannot limit the work so you must limit your time. Hours are the only thing you can manage.工作永远是做不完的，但你的时间总是有限的。你无法限制工作，所以你必须限制你的时间。你唯一能掌控的是时间。
To succeed, get other people to pay you; to become wealthy, help other people to succeed.要成功，就要让别人付钱给你；要富有，就要帮助别人成功。
Children totally accept — and crave — family rules. “In our family we have a rule for X” is the only excuse a parent needs for setting a family policy. In fact, “I have a rule for X” is the only excuse you need for your own personal policies.孩子们完全接受并渴望家庭规则。「在我们家，我们有一个 X 规则」是父母制定家庭政策唯一需要的借口。事实上，「我有一个 X 规则」是你个人政策需要的唯一借口。
All guns are loaded.所有枪都要上好膛。
Many backward steps are made by standing still.停滞不前就是退步。
This is the best time ever to make something. None of the greatest, coolest creations 20 years from now have been invented yet. You are not late.现在是创造的最佳时机。今后 20 年里最伟大、最酷的作品都还没诞生。你还来得及。
No rain, no rainbow.没有雨就没有彩虹。
Every person you meet knows an amazing lot about something you know virtually nothing about. Your job is to discover what it is, and it won’t be obvious.你遇到的每一个人，都有一些你几乎一无所知，他们却了如指掌的领域。你应该去发现那是什么，尽管它不会显而易见。
You don’t marry a person, you marry a family.你不是和一个人结婚，而是和一个家庭结婚。
Always give credit, take blame.总是识赏功劳，承担责任。
Be frugal in all things, except in your passions splurge.除了激情应该挥霍，其它都应该节俭。
When making something, always get a few extras — extra material, extra parts, extra space, extra finishes. The extras serve as backups for mistakes, reduce stress, and fill your inventory for the future. They are the cheapest insurance.做东西时，宜多做一些ーー额外的材料、部件、空间、装饰。它们可以作为出错的备份，减轻压力，为将来做好准备。它们是最便宜的保险。
Something does not need to be perfect to be wonderful. Especially weddings.很多事情不需要完美就很美好。尤其是婚礼。
Don’t let your email inbox become your to-do list.别让你的收件箱变成待办清单。
The best way to untangle a knotty tangle is not to “untie” the knots, but to keep pulling the loops apart wider and wider. Just make the mess as big, loose and open as possible. As you open up the knots they will unravel themselves. Works on cords, strings, hoses, yarns, or electronic cables.解开缠结的最好方法不是「解开」绳结，而是把绳结拉得足够大。尽可能把缠绕变大变散，它们最终会自己解开。适用于软线、绳、软管、纱线或电子电缆。
Be a good ancestor. Do something a future generation will thank you for. A simple thing is to plant a tree.做个好祖先。做一些下一代会感谢你的事。最简单的，就是种一棵树。
To combat an adversary, become their friend.要和对手战斗，就成为他们的朋友。
Take one simple thing — almost anything — but take it extremely seriously, as if it was the only thing in the world, or maybe the entire world is in it — and by taking it seriously you’ll light up the sky.一件简单的事，乃至任何事，都要非常认真地对待，就好像它是世上唯一的东西，或者，好像整个世界都在其中。如此，你会点亮星空。
History teaches us that in 100 years from now some of the assumptions you believed will turn out to be wrong. A good question to ask yourself today is “What might I be wrong about?”从历史可以得知，今后 100 年里，一些你相信的假设都会被证明是错的。今天最该问自己的问题是：「我可能错在哪里?」
Be nice to your children because they are going to choose your nursing home.对你的孩子好一点，因为为你选择疗养院的人是他们。
Advice like these are not laws. They are like hats. If one doesn’t fit, try another.以上建议不是铁律，倒更就像帽子，如果这顶不合适，那就试试另一顶。
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