Since today is my 30th birthday I thought it fitting to share 30 things I understand now that were complete mysteries to me just a few short years ago. These are simple lessons

about life in general that I picked up while traveling, living in different cities, working for different companies (and myself), and meeting remarkable and unusual people everywhere

in between.

今天是我30歲生日，正好可以告訴大家我近幾年剛剛明白的30個道理。這些簡單的人生經驗之談，都是我從旅行中，從不同城市、不同公司(包括自己公司)的生活和工作經歷中，

從與世界各地優秀人物的交往中拾取的。

1. There comes a point in life when you get tired of chasing everyone and trying to fix everything, but it's not giving up. It's realizing you don't need certain people and things

and the drama they bring.

當你在生活中厭倦了追趕眾人、凡事追求完美的時候，不要放棄理想，而是認識到有些人、有些事以及相應的場面是你不需要的。

2. If a person wants to be a part of your life he will make an obvious effort to do so. Don't bother reserving a space in your heart for people who do not make an effort to stay.

假如某人想成為你生命中的一部分，他應當為此付出努力。犯不著在心靈里為那些無意停留的人預備一個空間。

3. If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down—which is not always as obvious and easy as it sounds.

想要飛翔，就得擺脫那些令你下墜的東西——這些東西有時不是那么顯而易見的。

4. Doing something and getting it wrong is at least ten times more productive than doing nothing.

哪怕失敗的行動也十倍勝過什么都不做。

5. Every success has a trail of failures behind it, and every failure is leading towards success. You don't fail by falling down. You fail by never getting back up. Sometimes you

just have to forget how you feel, remember what you deserve, and keep pushing forward.

每一個成功的背后都有失敗的蹤跡，而每一次失敗都通向成功。摔倒不是失敗，再也不爬起來才是失敗。有時候你只要忘記自己的感受而牢記自己的目標，并一直向前推進。

6. When you get to know people with different ethnic backgrounds, from different cities and countries, who live at various socioeconomic levels, you begin to realize that

everyone basically wants the same things. They want validation, love, happiness, fulfillment and hopes for a better future. The way they pursue these desires is where things

branch off, but the fundamentals are the same. You can relate to almost everyone everywhere if you look past the superficial facades that divide us.

結識來自不同種族背景、不同城市和國家，處于社會不同階層的人后，你會了解到每個人都有同樣的基本需求，那就是得到認可、獲得愛情和幸福、得以自我實現和對美好明天的希

冀。他們追逐夢想的途徑各不相同，但本質上是一致的。透過看似不同的膚淺表象你可以理解世界上每一個人。

7. The more things you own, the more your things own you. Less truly gives you more freedom. Read "The Joy of Less".

你擁有的越多，受到的束縛就越大。“簡單”真的能給你更多的自由。請讀一下《The Joy of Less》這本書。