:如何做事：有创造力的人必做的六件事

作者：Ken  日期：2009年11月17日

直到现在，我一直在鼓励你去探索，因为我觉得如果你想变得更有创造力并想要过一种安静的生活，这是很有必要的。不知你是否注意到，与探索有关的内容占据了名人所分享的大部分。

Things I’ve Asked You to Explore

我曾经让你探索的事情

So far, I’ve asked you to:

到目前为止，我曾经要求你去做：

get curious and ask lots of questions 

保持好奇心，并问很多问题

collect your thoughts and examine them 

收集你的想法并检验他们

do something daily (the practice of practicing) 

做一些日常事务（有实践的习惯）

feed your muse a steady diet of tasty art, music, books, and new ideas 

进入对艺术、音乐、书籍和新创意的冥想

get honest with yourself and be authentic 

要真实，并忠实于己

But What Are You to Make of All This?

但如何才能做到这些？

And you’ve been kind enough to follow along. But now, you may be wondering when all this exploring is going to lead somewhere. What can you make of it? After all, creative people make things, don’t they?

你能做到以上这些已是难能可贵。但是现在，你也许会想知道探索这一切能有何回报。你可以利用它吗？毕竟有创造力的人能成事，不是吗？

这是事实。探索是至关重要的、关键的、令人兴奋和有趣的，但是如果你不接受你的想法也不加以运用，你会发现一切都是徒劳。

Yes, creative people make things, and that’s what this chapter’s about.

是的，有创造力的人能够成事，这就是本章所介绍的。

Finding Your Thing(s)

找到你的事情

Of course, there’s an infinite number of things you could choose to make, and that’s the point of exploring. You’re sifting through the possibilities, searching for the ones that catch your eye, grab your heart, and beg you to make them real.

当然，你可以选择去做无限多的事情，而这正是探索的关键。你要考虑其发展潜力，寻找能够吸引你眼球，抓住你的心脏，并迫切想成为现实的想法。

But once you find them, you have to do something with them.

一旦你找到了就必须有所行动。

“But oh,” you might say, “I don’t know how.”

你也许会说：“可我不知道该怎么做啊。”

And I would answer, “Of course you don’t. No one ever knows before they begin.”

我会告诉你：“你当然不知道，从来没有人知道才开始。”

Getting Things Started

I haven’t the time or the knowledge to teach you how to make everything you’re going to make. No one does. It’s yours to discover.

开始做事

我没有时间，也没有知识来教你做你要做的事情。没有人能够教你。因为它是你的发现。

Of course, you’ll want to learn everything you can about the things you choose to create.

当然，你要了解一切与你所选择相关的事情。

You’ll find people to talk to, books to read, videos to watch, and classes to take, but none of these things will completely prepare you for the act of creation. In the end, it’s still a learn-as-you-go process, so you have to go. You have to go make things. Your things.

你要发现倾诉对象、要读的书、要看的视频和要上的课程。但这一切不可能全都为你的艺术创作准备好。最终，它仍然是一个顺其自然的过程，因而你必须去做。你必须去做事，你的事情。

Things We All Make

这是我们都会做的事情

But please don’t feel you’re all alone.

但是不要觉得孤独

However unique your choices may be, you still have much in common with all the others who have chosen to take this journey, because in order to make anything, there are six things we all have to make.

尽管也许你的选择是独一无二的，你依然和那些有同样选择的人有相同之处，因为为了事有所成，有六件事我们不得不做。

Yes, creative people make things.

有创造力的人要做的事情。

1. They make decisions.

1、下定决心。

2. They make commitments.

2、作出承诺。

3. They make attempts.

3、努力尝试。

4. They make mistakes.

4、勇于犯错。

5. They make adjustments.

5、做出调整。

6. They make meaning.

6、赋予其意义。

And these are the things we’ll be looking at throughout the rest of this chapter. Together, I think we can make it.

这些将是我们将在剩余章节所看到的。总之，我认为我们可以做到。