One question has fascinated me my entire adult life: what causes some people to become world-class leaders, performers, and changemakers, while most others plateau?
有一個(gè)在成人世界中很為人著迷的問(wèn)題：有人可以成為世界級(jí)的高手邀泉，而絕大多數(shù)人泯然眾人钝鸽？

I’ve explored the answer to this question by reading thousands of biographies, academic studies, and books across dozens of disciplines.
我閱讀了大量的傳記庞钢，學(xué)術(shù)論文和相關(guān)學(xué)科的書(shū)

Over time, I’ve noticed a deeper practice of top performers, one so counterintuitive that it’s often overlooked.
隨著時(shí)間的深入，我意識(shí)到高手的神秘方法颜懊，其實(shí)是一種違反直覺(jué)风皿，經(jīng)常被忽視

Despite having way more responsibility than anyone else, top performers in the business world often find time to step away from their urgent work, slow down, and invest in activities that have a long-term payoff in greater knowledge, creativity, and energy.
盡管任何人都擁有更多的責(zé)任，高手往往抽出時(shí)間遠(yuǎn)離他們的緊急的工作，慢下來(lái)鲁僚，投資于更長(zhǎng)遠(yuǎn)的知識(shí)中裁厅。

As a result, they may achieve less in a day at first, but drastically more over the course of their lives.
作為回報(bào)，他們可能在一開(kāi)始獲得很少拓挥，但他們往后的生活更充實(shí)

I call this compound time because, like compound interest, a small investment now yields surprisingly large returns over time.
我稱(chēng)這種為復(fù)合時(shí)間袋励，類(lèi)似復(fù)利，現(xiàn)在的小投入茬故，往后的大回報(bào)

Warren Buffett, for example, despite owning companies with hundreds of thousands of employees, isn’t as busy as you are.
舉個(gè)栗子：巴菲特自己的公司就成百上千的員工磺芭，不比你忙

By his own estimate, he has spent 80 percent of his career reading and thinking.
具他估算，他的職業(yè)生涯花費(fèi)80%時(shí)間閱讀和思考

At the 2016 Daily Journal annual meeting, Charlie Munger, Buffett’s 40-year business partner, shared that the only scheduled item on his calendar one week was getting his haircut and that most of his weeks were similar.
在2016年的年會(huì)徙垫，巴菲特40年的商業(yè)合作伙伴查理·蒙格分享說(shuō)每周的日程安排就只有一項(xiàng) -- 剪頭發(fā)放棒，每周的內(nèi)容都相似

This is the opposite of most people who are overwhelmed with short-term deadlines, meetings, and minutiae.
這和大多數(shù)人不堪重負(fù)的日程、會(huì)議是相反的

Ben Franklin once wisely said: “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”
本杰明·富蘭克林有一次說(shuō)到：“在知識(shí)的投資是最好的收益”

Perhaps the source of Buffett’s true wealth is not just the compounding of his money, but the compounding of his knowledge, which has allowed him to make better decisions.
因此最終巴菲特最正確的財(cái)富不單單是金錢(qián)上的復(fù)利逗抑，還有知識(shí)上的復(fù)利，這使他做出更好的決策

Or as billionaire entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist Paul Tudor Jones has eloquently said, “Intellectual capital will always trump financial capital.”
另外億萬(wàn)富翁荧关、投資家褂傀、慈善家 -- 保羅·圖多爾·瓊斯意味深長(zhǎng)地說(shuō)：“智力資本總勝于金融資本”

To build your own intellectual capital, here are six compound time activities that you can start incorporating into your life immediately:
為了構(gòu)建自己的智力資本，這里有6個(gè)“復(fù)利”方法同波，可以馬上在生活用上：

1: Keep a journal. It could change your life.
保持每天的日記叠国，它可以改變你的生活
-- 這應(yīng)該是說(shuō)每天的最省

2: Naps can dramatically increase learning, memory, awareness, creativity, and productivity.
小睡可以提高學(xué)習(xí)、記憶粟焊、意識(shí)、創(chuàng)造力和生產(chǎn)力

3: Only 15 minutes of walking per day can work wonders.
每天15分鐘的行走可以使工作更舒心
-- 特別是腦袋堵得慌的時(shí)候

4: Reading is one of the most beneficial activities we can invest in
閱讀是我一生中投資最具收益之一

5: Conversation partners lead to surprising breakthroughs
交流的伙伴可帶來(lái)驚喜的收獲
-- People get desperate when they're lonely
人孤獨(dú)的時(shí)候會(huì)不顧一切

6: Success is a direct result of the number of experiments you perform
成功是你經(jīng)歷多少的結(jié)果而已

As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better.”
正如 拉爾夫·瓦爾多·愛(ài)默生（美國(guó)作家）所說(shuō)的：“生活是一段經(jīng)歷悲雳，更多的經(jīng)歷使你更出色”

Go Ahead, Take That Hour Now
走下去吧香追，現(xiàn)在開(kāi)始

In a world where everyone is speeding up and cramming their schedule to get ahead, the modern knowledge worker should do the opposite: slow down, work less, learn more, and think long-term.
在所有人都為當(dāng)下工作忙得焦頭爛額的時(shí)候透典，他們反而慢下來(lái)，每天都為未來(lái)多做一些智力投資 -- 《觀察家》