episode 7

Episode 7 Be radically open-minded

第七集 拥有彻底开放的心态

Taking risks and occasionally being ruined wasn’t acceptable, and neither was not taking risks and not having exceptional results. I needed an approach that would give me the exceptional upside without also giving me the exceptional downside.

冒险的行为有时会带来彻底的失败，这令人难以接受，但追求保险起见的方式，结果平平，同样很难接受。我需要的是一种对自己极为有利的方式，而不会带来非常糟糕的消极结果。

When I discovered it , it turned out to be my Holy Grail .To get it I needed to replace the joy of being proven right with the joy of learning what’s true. This need prompted me to seek the most thoughtful people I could find to disagree with me.

在我领悟到这一点之后，就成为了我的金科玉律。我需要不再因为被人证明是正确的而快乐，而是因为获得真理而快乐。这样的需求促使我竭力寻找最善思辨之人，与我辩驳。

I didn’t care about their conclusions. I just wanted to see things through their eyes and to have them see things through my eyes so together we could hash things out to discover what’s true. In other words, what I wanted most from them was thoughtful disagreement.

我并不在意他们的结论。我只是想透过他们的双眼洞察事物，同时也让他们从我的角度看待事物，所以通过探讨我们可以探寻真相。换句话说，我最想从他们身上获得的是不同的意见。

Going from seeing things through just my eyes to seeing things through the eyes of these thoughtful people was like going from seeing things in black and white to seeing them in color, the world lit up. That’s what I realized the best way to go through the jungle of life is with insightful people who see things differently from me.

从以我之眼看待世界，到以思想者之眼看待世界，这样的过程就像给黑白的事物赋予色彩，世界都明亮起来了。我意识到，人生如逆旅，最佳的方式是与思想深刻、与我持不同想法之人同行。

Think about the five steps process I described earlier as I said because we are wired so differently not everyone can do all the five steps well. But you don’t have to do them all alone, you can get help from others who are good at what you’re not, who are wired to perceive things you can’t. All you need to do is let go of your attachment to having the right answers yourself and use your fear of being wrong to become open-minded to these other views. In this way, you can point out the risks and opportunities that you will individually miss.

现在我们来想一下我之前提到的五个步骤。因为我们有非常不同的想法，所以不是所有人都可以很好地完成这五个步骤。但是你不必独自一人完成这些，你可以向他人寻求帮助，他们擅长你所不善之事，他们善于察觉你所不能之物。你需要做的事情就是放弃一个人获得正确答案的想法，克服犯错的恐惧心理，接纳其他人的观点。这样你就会发现一个人时会错失的机遇与挑战。

I found that taking this radically open-minded approach and believability weighting people’s thinking significantly increased my probabilities of making the best decision possible. This enabled me to ascend to greater heights and greater challenges.

我发现开阔心胸、相信并重视他人的想法后，自己更可能做出最佳选择，这让我获得更高的成就、面对更大的挑战。

In the past, I would always want to do what I, myself, thought was best but now I sort out the strongest independent thinkers I could find. I still do, there is nothing better to be on a shared mission with extraordinary people who can be radically truthful and radically transparent with each other.

在过去，我总是想要做我自己觉得最好的事，但现在我会分给我所能找到的最佳独立思考者来处理。我还是会这样做，因为没有什么事比跟一群对彼此敞开心扉、坦诚相待的非凡人士共同完成一个任务更美妙了。

This approach led me to create a company with the unique idea meritocracy operating in a unique way that produced unique successes. In an idea meritocracy, you get the best of everybody, everyone thinks independently then we work through our disagreement to get what’s best.

这个方法让我创立了一家公司，贯彻独特的菁英主义，以独一无二的方式运营，取得前所未有的成功。在菁英主义中，你要找出最好的人选，每个人都要独立思考，然后带着不同的想法来取得最好的成果。

However not every opinion is equally valuable and we have to learn to distinguish between good ideas and bad ones to get the best decisions, in other words, we needed to believability way to people’s thinking but that’s another story I will explain in my work principles.

不过并非每个意见都一样宝贵，为了做出最佳的决定，我们必须学会分辨出好的意见与不好的意见，换句话说，我们需要辨别出其他人想法的可信度，不过这又是另一个主题了，我会在我的工作原则中解释。

Right now, there are many wonderful opportunities and dangerous risks surrounding you that you don’t see. If you saw them free of the distortions produced by your ego or your blind spots, you would be able to deal with them more effectively. If you could acquire this ability and with practice you can, you will radically improve your life.

现在，你的身边充斥着很多你所看不到的美妙机会及风险。如果你不受自尊及盲点的干扰，而看得很清楚，你就能更有效率地处理好他们。如果你能学会并尽所能的锻炼这项能力，就能极大地改善自己的人生。

In episode 8, I will conclude our short journey together with a few practical thoughts, so you can begin your own journey toward whatever you want.

在第八集中，我会用几个实用的想法来总结我们这短短的旅程，因此你能够开始自己的旅途，去往心之所向。