世界首富的人生智慧!比尔盖兹提14条建议:相信世界会更好

▲比尔盖兹。(图/达志影像美联社

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世界首富、微软共同创办人比尔盖兹(Bill Gates)身家860亿美元(约台币2.61兆),却没有有钱人架子,总是显露其谦逊不藏私的一面。周一(15日)他在推特(Twitter)发表了14条给毕业生人生建议,大谈对未来趋势看法、以及自己对人生的态度

1/ New college grads often ask me for career advice. At the risk of sounding like this guy…https://t.co/C68mjJ5g44

2/ AI, energy, and biosciences are promising fields where you can make a huge impact. It's what I would do if starting out today.

比尔盖兹提到,AI、能源、生物科学在将来都是可以创造影响力的领域,并表示如果自己从现在开始重新选择方向,那将是自己会去发展的领域。

3/ Looking back on when I left college, there are some things I wish I had known.

比尔盖兹接着表示,他花了几十年的时间明白,世界上有着严重的不平等现象,随着网路资讯普及,现在的学生有着比当时更多的资源、了解得比当年的他还要更多,他鼓励毕业生为这些不平等的事情奋斗,努力的去影响这个世界;但他也提到,无论选择什么方向,生命中有些事情都是一样的,当年辍学时他并没有搞清楚,智慧其实没有当初他想像的那么重要:毕竟它可以有很多不同的样貌

4/ E.g. Intelligence takes many different forms. It is not one-dimensional. And not as important as I used to think.

5/ I also have one big regret: When I left school, I knew little about the world’s worst inequities. Took me decades to learn.

6/ You know more than I did when I was your age. You can start fighting inequity, whether down the street or around the world, sooner.

比尔盖资鼓励年轻一代,应该跟会挑战、会推动自己、可以一起成长并且教导自己的人相处,「例如梅琳达・盖兹(Melinda Gates,比尔盖兹妻子)之于我,或是像华伦・巴菲特(Warren Buffett)一样的人」。他提到自己衡量快乐与否的关键,在于能否带给自己身旁的人快乐、亲近的人是否也深爱自己,以及他能为旁人做出哪些付出。

7/ Meanwhile, surround yourself with people who challenge you, teach you, and push you to be your best self. As @MelindaGates does for me.

.@melindagates 8/ Like @WarrenBuffett I measure my happiness by whether people close to me are happy and love me, & by the difference I make for others.

如果要送给毕业生一份礼物,比尔盖兹则提到,自己会选择「启发我最深的一本书」——加拿大心理学家作家 Steven Pinker 所写的《The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined》——书中谈到如何让世界变得更好,并把这股力量散布到更多地方:这并不表示不去面对严重的问题,只是要相信问题可以被解决。

.@melindagates @WarrenBuffett 9/ If I could give each of you a graduation present, it would be this--the most inspiring book I've ever read. pic.twitter.com/P67BuvpELJ

.@melindagates @WarrenBuffett 10/ @SAPinker shows how the world is getting better. Sounds crazy, but it’s true. This is the most peaceful time in human history.

.@melindagates @WarrenBuffett @sapinker 11/ That matters because if you think the world is getting better, you want to spread the progress to more people and places.

.@melindagates @WarrenBuffett @sapinker 12/ It doesn’t mean you ignore the serious problems we face. It just means you believe they can be solved.

最后,比尔盖兹谈到,「相信世界越来越好、且持续努力把这股力量散播出去」是他在困难时坚持的理由,更是他热爱工作的原因。他鼓励毕业生「活着是一件很美好的事」,希望大家充分利用这些时间,好好地享受人生。

.@melindagates @WarrenBuffett @sapinker 13/ This is the core of my worldview. It sustains me in tough times and is the reason I love my work. I think it can do same for you.

.@melindagates @WarrenBuffett @sapinker 14/ This is an amazing time to be alive. I hope you make the most of it.