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钱,不能买到幸福(为什么金钱不能买到幸福),这是众所周知的道理。虽然这是绝对正确的,但是贫穷同样也不能换来幸福。有些人很有钱,然而还是苦于得不到幸福;相反,另一些人只有很少的钱却也满意地度过了一生,那是因为他们懂得最大限度的享受他们所拥有的。 还是既拥有财富又拥有幸福最让人满意,为了实现这样的目标,我推荐如下步骤: 珍惜简单朴素的生活 生活的目的不是拼命积累钱财,我们必须学会珍惜我们所拥有的,并且感恩已有的生活。举个例子:如果我们把房间里不必要的杂物扔去,房间就会让人感觉很空很自由。 如果你认为幸福来自对财产的占有的话,那你就错了,要是一点儿财产就能让你感到满足,你也能获得幸福。我们的幸福不在于我们拥有什么,而是在于我们内心的满足感。 不要成为钱的奴隶 你会不会因为花钱而心痛,如果那些是为了买一些有用的东西?甚至像比尔盖茨先生也会因为花钱而感到不高兴,有人说他乘飞机时都选择经济舱而不是头等舱。然而实际问题是:倘若你不愿意花钱,那就失去了挣钱的全部意义了。 看待金钱的一个好的态度是把它看成是循环流动的——也就是说,去花钱会把更多的钱带进我们的生活,不要像修个水坝一样把所有的钱存在里面;我们应该把钱花出去,花在有意义的事情上,蓄水没有意义,除非我们用它来发电;同样的,如果我们存钱是因为花钱太痛苦的话,那也同样是没有意义的。 尽可能的不去担心钱的问题 如果我们仅仅把钱当作我们生活当中很小的一部分,几乎不去想钱的问题,我们会变得很快乐。为了实现这一点,我们必须尽量避免欠债,因为通常身负债务会很难摆脱。学会按你的计划而不是冲动消费,如果你确实要借债,首先得有一个完善的计划,然后选择一个可以接受的合理的贷款项目。 尽量避免复杂的高风险的投资计划,这种投资可能有高回报,可是同样有很大的失败的风险。一个好的财政计划应该是简单的能保持平衡的,这样你就不会因为收益的问题而担心了。所以应该找一个比较安全的投资方式,这样就可以放手不管了,也不用害怕深陷其中。 不要嫉妒 不管你有多少钱,你是不是仍然非常嫉妒那些有更多钱的人呢?最近的一项调查是询问人们是否愿意选择一份比国家平均水平高的薪水,他们本可以选择在某个国家获得一份较高的工资,但是这份工资是低于该国平均水平的,然而出人意料的是他们绝大多数都选择在一个平均水平较低的国家拿一份并不是那么高的薪水,只是这份薪水高于平均水平而已。 我觉得这个没有道理,别人比你富裕不应该成为你不幸福的理由。别人过得很充实那是一件好事情,不要仅仅因为自己没有超过自己身边的人就感到痛苦不堪。 工作不是生活的全部 你是不是经常在晚上和周末加班?如果你花费所有的时间在工作上,那你用什么时间去消费你赚的钱呢?不要因为放下手边额外的工作而有罪恶感,休闲时间和工作时间同等重要。从工作中得到满足感的确是令人高兴的事情,但是我们只是埋头工作的话,我们的生活会失去应有的平衡。 理解为什么有些人总是很穷 我知道很多人都有一些爱抱怨钱的朋友,不管什么情况下他们的钱总是不够花,他们总是诉苦,缺钱让他们很不开心,但他们不知道怎么改变这种状况,即使给他们钱也不能解决他们的问题,因为他们在财政方面总是在做错误的决定。 部分的问题来源于他们的潜意识,他们很容易就习惯了贫穷,甚至潜意识里有点希望贫穷的到来,带着这个想法,很难挣到钱,却很容易感到自我怜悯和后悔。不过,如果我们什么都不干可能还是会倒霉,所以解决问题的秘诀是尝试让他改变习惯和想法。当然,尝试改变别人的习惯是要谨慎一些,因为这很容易失败。 置之不理不能解决问题 另外一种对钱的态度是置之不理,我们不理会欠债问题,不理会账单问题,我们经常不去找更好的解决方案而是选择拖延支付影响信誉度,其实这样的态度,只会给我们将来添更多麻烦。 因为,当我们在拖延时实际上是把问题放在了脑子里,脑子里全都是这种头疼的问题会让我们不得安宁,所以,我们还是尽快的处理好这种事情吧,这样就可以忘掉它们了。 重新审视金钱 下面这些与钱有关的问题是你应该问一问自己的: 我对我现在的财政状况满意吗? 再多点钱我能活得更快乐吗? 我的脑子里是不是始终有财政的问题? 钱一直是我生活最重要的东西吗? 对钱的追求一直让我感到不安吗? 我会舍弃原则去挣更多的钱吗? 只要你认认真真地回答以上的问题,可能就会改变对钱的看法。 原文:The Truth About Money and Happiness - PickTheBrain 译者:Liweiqi(GTD翻译小组核心成员) 褪墨|时间管理 - 弥缝褪墨是一个关注时间管理、个人提升和演讲技巧的博客。想提高自己?为什么不来褪墨看看呢~
Miss Refund: helping travellers reclaim taxes on flights not taken (4)
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While most affordable air tickets are non-refundable, consumers are entitled to reclaim the tax and (fuel) charges on an air ticket that they didn't use. Authorities charge airlines based on the number of passengers who fly, not the numbers that book tickets. Unfortunately, airlines don't make it easy for consumers to claim the refunds they're lawfully entitled to. The beauty of free enterprise? If something is difficult, a smart entrepreneur will surely jump in to ...
Our Productivity Obsession (3)
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By Lynn Truong I spent a few weeks being extremely productive. And by productive I mean that I worked many more hours than usual. I was consumed by work. I was focused, efficient, and produced good, solid, measurable work. I was feeling pretty good about myself, until I got sick. My body has always reacted directly and appropriately to my stresses and emotions. I really got ill from all the productivity I was getting. In ...
Three Quirky Search Tools to Help You Get Results (1)
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By Linsey Knerl I’m a Google user by default. It’s the one that’s programmed into my typing hand more than any other website, and even though it fails me at times, I still lean on it in times of uncertainty. It was just recently, however, that I started to expand my search world, grabbing at new straws to help meet my research needs. These three seem very promising, and are rather fun, as well! SearchMe ...
Private banking by shoebox (13)
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Realizing that many of its wealthy clients lack the time or patience to deal with their personal finances, Amsterdam-based private bank Insinger de Beaufort launched a new service that takes finances back to the basics: a shoebox. After sitting down with their private banker to discuss financial planning, Insinger's clients are sent a big shoebox by courier every month. They drop anything admin-related into the box: bills to be paid, bank statements, receipts, tax returns, ...
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Now this is brilliant. Love the simplicity of it all. If this was available in the US I would strongly consider it.
心灵手巧:怎样包装礼物 (1)
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每个周末,褪墨上都将介绍一些摄影/演讲/生活小技巧。 话说很久很久以前,褪墨上曾经发表过一篇《心灵手巧:DIY一个小挂件》。现在圣诞节要到了,大家是不是都在准备小礼物送给同学、朋友或同事呀。 自己亲手精心包装的礼物,绝对更有意义,更漂亮,而且还与众不同!礼物买好了,怎么也要再添上一些自己的小创意吧 那么赶快试试这些用手帕包装礼品的方法。方法虽然简单,不过包装得好可是能为礼物加分喔~ [点击图片查看大图] 褪墨|时间管理 - 弥缝褪墨是一个关注时间管理、个人提升和演讲技巧的博客。想提高自己?为什么不来褪墨看看呢~ 收藏、分享这篇文章!
Exercise: Nine tips for staying motivated to exercise. (2)
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Every Wednesday is Tip Day. This Wednesday: Nine tips for staying motivated to exercise. Everyone knows that exercise is a KEY element to good health. The trick is keeping yourself motivated to exercise, if you’re a person who naturally relapses into the couch-potato pose. It took me years of prodding, but I’ve finally managed to turn myself into a dedicated exerciser. I never push myself very hard (at all), but I do manage to stick ...
Watching ads could be your ticket to a fortune. (2)
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By Paul Michael Unless it’s Superbowl Sunday, most people don’t sit around watching ads (well, I do, it’s part of my job). But what if watching ads was turned into a lottery ticket? That’s the premise of AdJack, a new site that asks you to watch ads and then rewards you with a shot at $340,000 (and growing). The idea is annoyingly simple, I wish I’d thought of it. Marketers and corporations know that it’s ...
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interesting.... i love commercials.... and money. :-|
The Cheapskate Guide: 50 Tips for Frugal Living (1)
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The following article was provided by Leo Babauta of Zen Habits. Thank you! The Cheapskate Guide: 50 Tips for Frugal Living Why live frugally? First, because it allows you to spend less than you earn, and use the difference to pay off debt, save or invest. Or all three. Second, because the less you spend, the less you need to earn. And that means you can choose to work less, or work more but retire ...
激励系列——每天温习自己的目标 (2)
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褪墨最新系列短篇:你的生活由自己选择,挖掘激情与激励! 每天用5-10分钟温习自己的目标 在你的头脑中清晰地勾勒出自己达成目标后的画面。运动员成功地利用它取得成绩。事实上,它也帮助我在去年12月完成了马拉松训练。 诀窍: 尽可能细节化地想像将取得的成功。闭上眼,仔细想像成功的情景和你所有到时的感受:取得成功的时候你身在何处?是什么样子?穿着如何?尽可能清晰地在脑中描画。 比如,我计划在今年剩下的日子里每周进行几次力量训练。但这并非真正的目的……只是达到目标的途径。我的目标是变得更强,并非要变得跟阿诺德一样,或者很疯狂,我只是想多些肌肉,有个结实的小腹,在跑步和三项全能上变得更强。我想这也会让我更有自信。想像着这个目标,我仿佛能感觉自己遵循练习后的良好感受。 这是很有效的激励,虽然听上去有点不切实际。强烈建议你现在就闭上眼想像几分钟,能看见你的成功么?另一个关键是:每天都想像。至少是几分钟,这是使热情长期延续的不二法门。 想像你的成功,将它变为现实。 原文:Top 20 Motivation Hacks - #5 - Zenhabits 译者:Sylvia(GTD翻译小组核心成员) 褪墨|时间管理 - 弥缝褪墨是一个关注时间管理、个人提升和演讲技巧的博客。想提高自己?为什么不来褪墨看看呢~
如何让写作成为清晨第一件事 (11)
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早晨,对我来说是最完美的写作时间。没有喧闹,没有人打搅,是自己和自己的时间。 每当写作时,我们都与脑海中的某个声音进行着交谈,透过指尖、纸张或电脑光标与它进行着交谈。若周围的噪声越多,我们就越难聆听到脑海中的那个声音。 这正是为什么清晨对我来说是最佳的写作时间(附:原作者是一位自由作家)!在其他人苏醒之前,在车辆交通繁忙之前,在公鸡咕咕叫明之前,这安静的清晨让我脑海里的声音无比清晰。 为什么我喜欢在晨间写作? 诚然,一天之内的任何时间都可以用来写作。对某些人来说,噪声并不讨厌,它能够驱走寂静无声的沉重感;而另一些人则更偏爱深夜的宁静。我并不想和他们争论什么,每个人都能够寻找到适合自己的写作时间。 但是,下面为什么我把写作定为“清晨第一件事”的原因: 安静。在我看来,这一点至关重要,再也没有什么时间比世界还没苏醒的时间更完美了。 没有其他工作的侵扰。每天晌午和下午会有一大堆其他工作需要完成,这样也许就没有时间留给写作了。要是清晨起来首先就写作,那谁也挤不掉它。 没有其他生活琐事的拖累。占用写作时间不仅仅可能是其他工作,也可能是一切生活琐事,例如付账单、舞会、家庭和孩子们。如果你每晚写作,要是哪天碰上社交活动可怎么办呢?写作只好被推延了。 那么,你也打算开始清晨写作了?下面是一些我认为好的建议: 早点起床。如果平时你已习惯起床后稍稍整理下就正好赶上出门时间,那你得为了写作而早起一点。这正是我为什么每天清晨4点到4点半起床的原因,我有整整两个小时的时间用来写作。拓展阅读:《早起的十个好处,以及如何做到早起》 准备好主题。别早上起床后却不知道要写什么。请在头一天晚上选择好一个主题并稍稍整理思路,带着思路睡觉是件很棒的事——让你的潜意识替你工作吧。 准备材料。在头一天下午或晚上准备好要用的参考材料,并将它存在文本文档中。这样,一醒来就能立刻投入写作而不必因为上网搜索什么造成分心。 先写提纲。面对空空的屏幕就开始着手写作是件困难的事情,所以我总是在写作前先敲击一些笔记或提纲,他们能让我的大脑和笔端迅速运转,这让我的后续写作相当轻松。 勿查邮件。无论你有多大的冲动去做你以前在清晨所作的那第一件事,都请控制住这种冲动。对我来说,这件事是查看邮件。但这事也许会消耗一小时的时间,如此写作的时间就又被占用了。所以,请忘掉邮件,仅仅专注于写作。控制好冲动! 打开软件。我喜欢提前打开写作软件(我用的是WriteRoom,因为它没有乱七八糟的会让我分心的东西),将文章标题敲在屏幕上,同时找出头一天准备好的那些参考材料,一切准备就绪,这样一醒来就可以立刻开始写作! 准备饮品。在写作前,我习惯准备一杯咖啡和一杯清水。清水让我更加清醒,而咖啡则令清晨的写作时光充满享乐。 专心致志。写作时,请控制住去上网、玩游戏、看电视、站起身以及去做其他一切事物的冲动。这需要不断实践,但随着实践的增多,你将逐渐习惯于专心致志的写作。熟能生巧么。 及时奖励。如果告诉自己写作一小时后或完成即将写完的文章后就可以查看邮件(或其他任何你想做的事),那你将更有动力完成写作。完成以后就请奖励自己察看邮件(或其他任何你想做的事)吧,并请好好享受这美好感觉。 原文:How to Write First Thing in the Morning - Write to Done 译者:sway(GDT翻译小组核心成员) 褪墨|时间管理 - 弥缝褪墨是一个关注时间管理、个人提升和演讲技巧的博客。想提高自己?为什么不来褪墨看看呢~
Vacation time: Six tips for enjoying a vacation that I learned on my recent trip. (1)
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Every Wednesday is Tip Day. This Wednesday: Six tips for enjoying a vacation that I learned on my recent trip. One of my goals for my Happiness Project is to do a better job of learning from experience. How can I do things better, next time? Also, one of my Twelve Commandments is to “Identify the problem,” so I’m trying to be more mindful as I have experiences, so I can take steps to make ...
Using their phones, crowds create heat maps of hot gigs at music festival (7)
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3VOOR12, a multimedia platform for music that's run by Dutch broadcaster VPRO, is piloting a new heat-mapping system at this year's Lowlands music festival, which takes place next weekend. Using familiar web terminology???Hot or Not???the festival's visitors will be able to let others know which of twelve venues is hosting the hottest show at any particular moment. The voting system will run on a mobile app that users can download to their internet-enabled phones. (Those ...
Ugggh, (hic) I justss gotta eat some(hic)thing; my top 10 homemade drunk snacks. (1)
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By Paul Michael Most of us have been there (when I was in college, I was there 3 times a week during my first year…sorry mum and dad). You go out with your buddies, have a few beers and by the time you get home you could devour a slab of ribs from King Kong’s chest (make those tofu ribs if you’re a veggie). But what’s a frugal drunk to do? Late night snacks can ...
Two Dozen Uses For Toothpaste (Aside From Cleaning Your Teeth) | Wise Bread (5)
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By Nora Dunn Didn’t you know that toothpaste (despite its name) is for so much more than your teeth? It’s truly handy to have on hand (I pity the household - and their teeth - that has no toothpaste at all), because it is quite multi-functional. Here are a few ways you can get your toothpaste working extra hard for you: Stain Removal and Cleaning Crayon on Painted Walls So the kiddies decided to express ...
Too many online accounts? You need an aggregator. (6)
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By Kate LutherFrom Twitter to Digg, emails to IM and let's not forget all those social networking sites, its easy to get bogged down just by logging on. Fortunately, you can keep your online socialite status without sacrificing productivity in the process. If you've got too many online accounts, there's just one thing to do: aggregate them, baby! Fuser The first thing we want to do is pull all of our various lines of communication ...
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激励系列——警惕冲动,做好准备 (5)
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褪墨最新系列短篇:你的生活由自己选择,挖掘激情与激励! 警惕冲动,做好准备 我在戒烟时发现一个现象,潜意识里有去抽一支的冲动,却往往没有意识到,这种冲动并不存在于意识层面。于是人会不知不觉却自然而然地权衡起这个冲动来。 我总结发现,这时最有效的方式之一是对这些冲动保持更高警惕。每天当你产生这些冲动的时候,在一张小纸片上做上记号是一个不错的练习,它直白地使你对那些冲动警惕起来。 面对任何目标我们都有某些瞬间会产生放弃的冲动,这时候这个方法就会奏效。比如今天不想跑步,就容易在脑子里盘算这个念头,在节省开销、节食或其他什么目标的执行中产生懈怠的念头(消费的念头尤其强烈!),也会不自觉地在脑子里为它们正名。警惕这些冲动,它们大多都潜伏在你的潜意识里。 接下来为这些冲动来袭时制定计划,未雨绸缪,将计划写下来,因为这些冲动来袭时你往往容易想不起你的计划,那时候再计划通常为时已晚。计划可以包括这个系列中的其他激励技巧,像“立即开始”和“寻找强有力的理由”。我防止戒烟半途而废的策略是深呼吸和喝水,并且在把吸烟冲动的帖子发上戒烟论坛前,绝不捡起一支烟。如果这还不奏效,我会向我的支持者们(妻子和妈妈)求助,总之就是要为抽烟设立重重阻隔。这很有用,我建议你简单制定一个计划,为冲动的实现添加各种障碍。 首要的是警惕这些冲动。人人都会有这样的时候,因此别感到羞耻,正视它们,然后拟定一个计划去克服。它们很强,但绝非不可战胜! 原文:Top 20 Motivation Hacks - #7 - Zenhabits 译者:Sylvia(GTD翻译小组核心成员) 褪墨|时间管理 - 弥缝褪墨是一个关注时间管理、个人提升和演讲技巧的博客。想提高自己?为什么不来褪墨看看呢~
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As if new parents don't have enough on their hands, keeping friends and family updated on their little one's weekly developments can feel like a full-time job. Enter Kidmondo, an online baby journal and organizer designed to help parents chronicle and share their child’s most important moments in a safe, secure and streamlined way. Launched in May, New York-based Kidmondo gives parents a central place to record their child's milestones and share images with loved ...
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Planning outings with friends is always tricky, what with scheduling challenges and the politics of splitting costs. A new, UK-based site called Wigadoo, however, aims to make the logistical end easier so friends can get together more often. Users of Wigadoo can begin the process by browsing the site's Find Ideas section for possible outings, with inspiration from examples, information on deals and promotions, and a directory of UK activities. "London theatre trip" and "Surfing ...
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Jesse said:
I definitely thought of this idea a few years back. Love the "I'm in if you're in" feature