成功人士如何度过他们的空闲时间?

How do successful people spend their free time?

From：Matt DeLong, 20yr+ Entrepreneur, 14 startups.

The biggest difference I’ve observed between successful & non-successful people is: HOW THEY SPEND THEIR TIME. People either waste time or improve the “future version” of yourself.

我所观察到的成功人士和不成功人士之间最大的区别是:他们如何度过他们的时间。人们要么浪费时间，要么提升自己的“未来版本”。

Amazingly, poor / unsuccessful people spend any waking moment “filling time”. That is to say, doing things that add little to no value to their future life — filling their time with “stuff to do”. I’m talking about playing games on their phones, on instagram, snapchat, youtube, facebook, etc. This is acceptable when you are a child, but not as an adult! Their mindless minutes waste away — minutes turn into hours, hours turn into days and weeks and months — pure time wasting. Unsuccessful people place a very “low value” on their time — even though they have a fixed life span — a limited time on earth — they have a “do it later mindset”. Yes, they may be behind on their rent, credit cards and car payments, but generally goofing off takes away some stress.

令人惊讶的是，贫穷/不成功的人把任何醒着的时间都用来“填补时间”。也就是说，做一些对他们未来生活几乎没有价值的事情——用“要做的事情”来填满他们的时间。我指的是在他们的手机、instagram、snapchat、youtube、facebook等平台上玩游戏。当你是一个孩子的时候，这是可以接受的，但是作为一个成年人就不可以了。他们盲目的浪费时间——分钟变成小时，小时变成天、星期、月——纯粹是浪费时间。不成功的人对时间的价值很“低”——即使他们的寿命是固定的——在地球上的时间是有限的——他们有一种“以后再做”的心态。是的，他们可能会拖欠房租、信用卡和车贷，但一般来说，游手好闲可以减轻一些压力。

Successful people spend their time reading new books, listening to educational podcasts, learning new things, experiencing new things, visiting new places, writing about their experiences, practicing their craft/specialty, etc. They are generally “curious” about the world they live in and place a very “high value” on their time — they say “No” often to commitments that drain their time. Yes, successful people may have acquired some wealth, but they are always driving towards improving themselves and learning to adapt to changing circumstances — they have a “do it now” mindset. They travel to exotic locations and try new things to burn stress, they work hard and play hard.

成功人士把他们的时间花在阅读新书，听教育播客，学习新事物，体验新事物，参观新地方，写他们的经验，实践他们的手艺/专业上等等。他们通常对自己生活的世界感到“好奇”，认为自己的时间“非常宝贵”——他们经常对占用自己时间的事情说“不”。是的，成功的人可能已经获得了一些财富，但他们总是朝着提高自己和学习适应变化的环境-他们有一个“现在就做”的心态。他们去异国他乡旅行，尝试新事物来释放压力，他们努力工作，尽情玩乐。

If you think about the best use of your life, it’s to build something that lasts longer than your life — why waste life away on things that just fill up time?

如果你认为生命的最大用处是创造比生命更长久的东西——为什么要把生命浪费在那些只能填满时间的事情上呢?

So the next time you have a free hour or two, THINK CAREFULLY about how you will spend it — wasting time on something doesn’t improve your life OR doing something that can provide a future benefit. Do you lean more towards how successful or unsuccessful people think?

所以下次当你有一两个小时空闲的时候，仔细考虑一下你将如何度过——把时间浪费在某些事情上并不能改善你的生活，或者做一些对你未来有好处的事情。你更倾向于成功人士还是不成功人士的思维方式呢?

UPDATE: We aren’t trying to define what success is here…everyone has their own personal success “definition”. Pretty amazing how many people disagree with the basic idea of using your time wisely. Do you think todays Billionaires like: Mark Cuban, Elon Musk, Warren Buffett spend hours and hours on Facebook, Instagram or Snapchat letting time pass watching cute cat videos every day? The basic idea is to improve the FUTURE version of yourself.

更新:我们并不是在试图定义什么是成功，每个人都有自己的成功“定义”。令人惊讶的是，很多人都不同意合理利用时间的基本观点。你认为今天的亿万富翁们会像马克·库班、埃隆·马斯克、沃伦·巴菲特那样每天花很多时间在Facebook、Instagram或Snapchat上看萌猫视频打发时间吗?基本的想法是去改善未来版的自己。

小编zzz总结

时间会给你最好的回馈。

Time will give you the best feedback.