Naval Ravikant 如何成为一个成功的创业者,投资人,甚至是预言者,哲学家?
因为他喜欢阅读。
在2017年的一次谈话 中,他聊到了自己的童年生活 - 由于生长在单亲家庭,他的母亲不得不打多份工来维持生计,Naval 没有选择只能在每天放学后去图书馆待到关门。
Basically the library was my after school center. After I’d come back from school, I’d just go straight to the library and I’d hang out there until they closed. Then I’d come home. That was my daily routine. I think even by that point in time I’d already loved books. I was reading books as a child.
我们的生活环境会改变我们,如果大部分时间呆在图书馆,四周除了书和看书的人,我们会不得不也看很多书。如果大部分时间呆在家里,四周有大大小小的屏幕,手机、平板、电视、游戏机,周围的人都在盯着屏幕,从起床到睡觉,我们也只能让大脑填满垃圾。
当我看了看家里的客厅,有一台pc,一个 iPad,一个大电视,一个 Switch。视力所及之处,总会有个屏幕在那里,这件事突然让我不寒而栗,这些屏幕好像是下水管道一样,不断往我和孩子的生活倾倒着无用信息,耗尽我们的时间,消磨我们的意志。
于是我决定尽量减少家里的屏幕,至少把它们集中到孩子不常去的地方。取而代之的,不一定是书籍,可以是手工模型,玩具,乐器,任何可以让我们灵魂生长 的东西。
Austin Kleon 建议每个家庭都应该有一架钢琴,他引用歌手 Billie Eilish 的话,“哪怕你不弹钢琴,也应该有一架“。
We had everything we needed. We had piano, guitar, ukuleles, every type of everything. That was what was great about the way we grew up. It really makes a difference to have a piano in the home. I feel like everybody, even if you don’t play the piano, you should have a piano. Every time I go into a house and it doesn’t have a piano, I’m like, what are you doing?
无论是钢琴、吉他、还是画布、滑板、螺丝、扳手,什么都好,替换掉那些该死的屏幕。