Live Life at 80% to 90% | Morgan Housel | The Tim Ferriss Show

I think it's super dangerous in any life to attach your identity to something that's unsustainable. If you attach your identity to something that you cannot sustain, when it ends, you're going to be morally crushed.

我认为，在任何生活中，把自己的身份依附于不可持续的事物是非常危险的。如果你把自己的身份依附于无法维持的事物，当它结束时，你将受到道德上的打击。

The variable that I want to maximize for is not can I earn the highest returns. It's can I maintain this investing strategy for another 50 years? I know that I could earn a higher return this year and over the next five years, if I did something different. But I'm way less confident that I could keep it going.

我想要最大化的变量，并不是我能否获得最高的回报。而是我能否在接下来的50年中持续保持这个投资策略？我知道如果我做一些不同的事情，今年和未来五年内可能能获得更高的回报。但是我对能否持续做到这一点的信心要少得多。

And I think it's the same for relationships. You might be able to find a more attractive or a wealthier spouse or partner. But can you keep that going? Is it something you can maintain? I'm not interested in anything that's not sustainable.

我认为感情关系也是如此。你也许能够找到一个更有魅力或更富有的配偶或伴侣。但你能够持续下去吗？这是你能够维系的吗？我对任何不可持续的事情都不感兴趣。

Friendships, investing, careers, reading habits, exercise habits. If I can't keep it going, I'm not interested in it. And I think the only way to really do that is if you are going out of your way to live life at 80 to 90% potential. If you're always trying to squeeze out 100% potential for something, almost certainly it's going to lead to burnout. Whether it's a friendship or relationship or investing strategy, it's not easy thing to do. And if you're a type A person, it's almost impossible.

友谊、投资、事业、阅读习惯、运动习惯。如果我不能持续下去，对它就不感兴趣。我认为唯一能够做到这点的方法就是尽力以80%到90%的潜力去生活。如果你总是试图挤出某件事物的100%潜力，几乎肯定会导致精疲力竭。不管是友谊、恋爱关系还是投资策略，这都不是易事。而且，如果你是A型人格，几乎是不可能的。

But going out of your way to live life at 80% has always been a strategy that I want to do. It's just because I want to keep it going for a long time.

但是特意过着只使用80%生活水平的方式，一直都是我想要采取的策略。这是因为我想要将其延续很长时间。