巴菲特公式。睡觉时比醒来时更聪明

Most people go through life not really getting any smarter. Why? They simply won’t do the work required.

大多数人在生活中没有真正变得更聪明。为什么呢？他们根本不愿意做必要的工作。

It’s easy to come home, sit on the couch, watch TV, and zone out until bedtime rolls around. But that’s not going to help you get smarter.

回到家后，坐在沙发上看电视，直到上床睡觉，这很容易。但这并不能帮助你变得更聪明。

Sure, you can go into the office the next day and discuss the details of last night’s episode of Mad Men or Game of Thrones. And yes, you know what happened on Survivor. But that’s not knowledge accumulation; that’s a mind-numbing sedative.

当然，你可以在第二天进入办公室，讨论昨晚的《广告狂人》或《权力的游戏》的细节。而且，是的，你知道《幸存者》发生了什么。但那不是知识的积累，那是一种令人麻木的镇静剂。

You can acquire knowledge if you want it. In fact, there is a simple formula, which if followed is almost certain to make you smarter over time. Simple but not easy.

只要你想，你就能获得知识。事实上，有一个简单的公式，如果遵循这个公式，随着时间的推移，几乎可以肯定会使你更聪明。简单但不容易。

It involves a lot of hard work.

这涉及到大量的艰苦工作。

“The best thing a human being can do is to help another human being know more.”

"一个人所能做的最好的事情就是帮助另一个人了解更多。"

— Charlie Munger

- Charlie Munger

We’ll call it the Buffett formula, named after Warren Buffett and his longtime business partner at Berkshire Hathaway, Charlie Munger. These two are an extraordinary combination of minds. They are also learning machines.

我们称之为巴菲特公式，以沃伦-巴菲特和他在伯克希尔-哈撒韦的长期商业伙伴查理-芒格命名。这两个人是一个非凡的头脑组合。他们也是学习机器。

“I can see, he can hear. We make a great combination.”
—Warren Buffett, speaking of his partner and friend, Charlie Munger.

"我可以看到，他可以听到。我们是一个伟大的组合。"
-沃伦-巴菲特在谈到他的伙伴和朋友查理-芒格时说。

We can learn a lot from them. They didn’t get smart because they are both billionaires. They became billionaires, in part, because they are smart. More importantly, they keep getting smarter. And it turns out that they have a lot to say on the subject.

我们可以从他们身上学到很多东西。他们变得聪明并不是因为他们都是亿万富翁。他们成为亿万富翁，部分是因为他们很聪明。更重要的是，他们不断变得更聪明。而且事实证明，他们在这个问题上有很多话要说。

How to Get Smarter

如何变得更聪明

Read. A lot.

阅读。很多。

Warren Buffett says, “I just sit in my office and read all day.”

沃伦-巴菲特说，"我只是坐在办公室里，整天阅读"。

What does that mean? He estimates that he...