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Naval Ravikant 在2020年發的一篇關於獲取財富的長推特，很有學習價值，分享給大家。Naval Ravikant 是美國矽谷的著名投資人，他創立了一個用於天使投資人和初創企業的快速配對平臺 AngelList，它的出現引領了全球股權眾籌行業並且顛覆了整個風投界的遊戲規則。作為全球股權眾籌鼻祖，Naval Ravikant 投資了數百家公司，其中包括 Twitter、Uber，Yammer、Stack、Overflow等。
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How to Get Rich (Without getting lucky)
尋求財富，而不是錢或者身份。財富是擁有你在睡覺的時候都能掙錢的資產。錢是我們用來轉移時間和財富的東西。身份是你在社會層級中所處的位置。
Seek Wealth, not money or status. Wealth is having assets that earn while you sleep. Money is how we transfer time and wealth. Status is your place in the social hierarchy.
懂得創造道德的財富是可能的。如果你暗地裡輕視財富，財富就會躲著你。
Understand that ethical wealth creation is possible. If you secretly despise wealth, it will elude you.
忽視那些玩身份遊戲的人。他們通過攻擊玩財富創造遊戲的人來獲得身份。
Ignore people playing status games. They gain status by attacking people playing wealth creation games.
你不會通過出租你的時間變得富有。你必須擁有資產一個生意的一部分來收穫你的財務自由。
Youre not going to get rich renting out your time. You must own equity - a piece of a business - to gain your financial freedom.
通過規模化地給予社會所需要，但還不知道如何得到的東西，你會變得富有。
You will get rich by giving society what it wants but does not yet know how to get. At scale.
選取一個你可以和長期的人進行長期遊戲的行業。
Pick an industry where you can play long term games with long term people.
網際網路已經大量地拓寬了職業空間。大部分人還沒有理解這一點。
The internet has massively broadened the possible space of careers. Most people havent figured this out yet.
進行重複博弈。無論是財富，關係還是知識，生活中所有的回報都來自於複利。
Play iterated games. All the returns in life, whether in wealth, relationships, or knowledge, come from compound interest.
選擇高度聰明，有能量的，以及正直這一高於所有其它因素的人，作為商業夥伴。
Pick business partners with high intelligence, energy, and, above all, integrity.
不要和憤世嫉俗者以及悲觀主義者合作，他們的信念會自我實現。
Dont partner with cynics and pessimists. Their beliefs are self-fulfilling.
學習銷售，學習建立。如果兩個你都能做，你是不可阻擋的。
Learn to sell, Learn to build. If you can do both, you will be unstoppable.
用特殊技能，責任和影響力武裝你自己。
Arm yourself with specific knowledge, accountability, and leverage.
特殊技能是你不能通過培訓得到的知識。如果社會可以培訓你，它也可以培訓其他人來取代你。
Specific knowledge is knowledge that you cant be trained for. If society can train you, it can train someone else, and replace you.
特殊技能是通過追求你真正的好奇心和激情，而不是現在熱門的東西被找到的。
Specific knowledge is found by pursuing your genuine curiosity and passion rather than whatever is hot right now.
構建特殊技能是對你來說好像是玩遊戲，但是對其他人來說看起來像工作。
Building specific knowledge will feel like play to you but will look like work to others.
當被教到特殊技能是的時候，是通過學徒制，而不是在學校。
When specific knowledge is taught, its through apprenticeships, not schools.
特殊技能是通常是高度技術性或者創造性的，它不能被外包或者自動化。
Specific knowledge is often highly technical or creative. Its cant be outsourced or automated.
擁抱責任，並把商業風險放在你自己的名下。社會會以責任，公平和影響力來回報你。
Embrace accountability, and take business risk under your own name. Society will reward you with responsibility, equity and leverage.
最負責的人有著奇異地，公開的，冒險性的品牌：奧普拉，川普，凱恩，馬斯克
The most accountable people have singular, pubilc, and risky brands: Oprah, Trump, Kanye, Elon.
給我一個足夠長的槓桿，一個立足之地，我就可以撬動地球阿基米德
Give me a lever long enough, and a place to stand, I will move the earth. - Archimedes.
財富需要槓桿，商業槓桿來自於資本，人以及沒有邊際成本的可以複製的產品（程式碼和媒體）。
Fortunes require leverage, Business leverage comes from capital, people and products with no marginal cost of replication (code and media).
資本指的是錢。用上你的特殊技能，承擔責任，並展示出好的判斷力來募集錢。
Capital means money. To raise money. apply your specific knowledge, with accountability, and show resulting good judgment.
勞動力是為你工作的人。這是最古老的，以及最具爭議的槓桿形式。勞動力槓桿會讓你的父母留下深刻印象，但是不要浪費你的生命來追逐它。
Labor means people working for you. Its the oldest and most fought-over form of leverage. Labor leverage will impress your parents. but dont waste your life chasing it.
資本和勞動力是需要許可的槓桿。每個人都在追逐資本，但是需要有某個人把它給你。每個人都在嘗試領導他人，但是需要有人來追隨你。
Capital and labor are permissioned leverage. Everyone is chasing capital, but someone has to give it to you. Everyone is trying to lead, but someone has to follow you.
程式碼和媒體是無需許可的槓桿。它們是新富們背後的槓桿，你可以通過創造軟體和媒體，讓它們在你睡覺的時候仍然為你工作。
Code and media are permissionless leverage. Theyre the leverage behind the newly rich. You can create software and media that works for you while you sleep.
有一個機器人大軍可以免費得到 它只是因為熱力和空間效率的問題被打包在資料中心裡了，用起來。
An army of robots is freely available. -its just packed in data center for heat and space efficiency. Use it.
如果你不會寫程式碼，寫書或者部落格，錄製視訊或者播客。
If you cant code, write books and blogs, record videos and podcasts.
影響力是你的判斷力的力量乘數。
Leverage is a force multiplier for your judgement.
判斷力需要經驗，但是可以通過學習基礎技能更快地建立。
Judgement requires experience, but can be built faster by learning foundational skills.
沒有一種技能叫做商業，避開商業雜誌和商業課程。
There is no skilled called business., Avoid business magazines and business classes.
學習微觀經濟學，博弈論，心理學，說服力，倫理學，數學以及計算機。
Study microconomics, game theory, psychology, persuasion, ethics, mathematics and computers.
讀比聽快，做比看快。
Reading is faster than listening. Doing is faster than watching.
你應該忙得沒空喝個咖啡，但是仍然保持不讓日程表支離破碎。
You should be too busy to do coffee, while still keeping an uncluttered calendar.
設定並執行一個理想的個人時薪。如果解決一個問題能夠省下的低於你的個人時薪，忽視它。如果外包一個任務的成本低於你的個人時薪，外包之。
Set and enforce an aspirational personal hourly rate. If fixing a problem will save less than your hourly rate, ignore it. If outsourcing a task will cost less than your hourly rate, outsource it.
盡你全力努力工作。即使你和誰一起工作以及工作內容比你有多努力更加重要。
Work as hard as you can.Even though who you work with and what you work on are more important than how hard you work.
在你所做的事情上做到全世界最好，持續重新定義你所做的事情直到這成為事實。
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
沒有快速致富的方案，那種方案只是讓別人從你身上發財。
There are no get rich quick schemes. Thats just someone else getting rich off you.
通過槓桿應用你的特殊技能，最終你會得到你所應得的。
Apply your specific knowledge, with leverage. and eventually you will get what you deserve.
當你最終變得富有，你會意識到這不是一開始你尋求的地方。但那是另一天了。
When youre finally wealthy, youll realize that it wasnt what you were seeking in the first place. But thats for another day. follow more.
We hope these inspirational quotes will help you become more confident about your dreams and goals, at such an important time in your life!