請(qǐng)停下來(lái)思考:你要問(wèn)問(wèn)自己的25個(gè)問(wèn)題
If the question makes you think, its worth asking. 如果一個(gè)問(wèn)題讓你思考,那它就值得一問(wèn)。
1. What is it like to wake up every morning? 每天早上醒來(lái)是什么感覺(jué)?
2. Do you believe in the death penalty? What if someone murdered your mother in cold blood? What if someone murdered a strangers mother, but saved your life the month before? 你是否認(rèn)為死刑應(yīng)該執(zhí)行?如果有人冷血地謀殺了你的母親呢?如果一個(gè)對(duì)你有救命之恩的人謀殺了一個(gè)陌生人的母親呢?
3. If you had a friend who spoke to you in the same way that you sometimes speak to yourself, how long would you allow that person to be your friend? 如果一個(gè)朋友經(jīng)常用你對(duì)自己說(shuō)話的方式來(lái)跟你說(shuō)話,你會(huì)允許這個(gè)人和你做多久朋友?
4. Would you rather be rich and paralyzed from the waist down or poor and able bodied? 你愿意成為腰部以下癱瘓的富人還是身體健全的窮人?
5. Whats the most expensive gift you have ever received? Is it the best gift you have ever received? 你收到過(guò)的最貴的禮物是什么?這是你收到過(guò)的最好的禮物嗎?
6. When was the last time you lied? Is it possible to lie without saying anything at all? 你上次說(shuō)謊是什么時(shí)候?什么都不說(shuō)就能不動(dòng)聲色的說(shuō)謊,你覺(jué)得這可能嗎?
7. Stealing is immoral, right? But what if stealing was the only way to feed a starving child? 偷東西是不道德的,對(duì)嗎?但如果偷東西只是一個(gè)孩子求生的唯一方法呢?
8. If I gave you $20, what percentage would you really save? If I gave you $200,000, what percentage would you save? Should there be a difference? 如果我給你20元,你會(huì)存下來(lái)多少?如果給你20萬(wàn),你會(huì)存下來(lái)多少?這有差別嗎?
9. If someone could tell you the exact day and time that you are going to die, would you want them to tell you? 如果有人知道你你死亡的確切日期和時(shí)間,你會(huì)讓他們告訴你嗎?
10. If you found out you were going to die today, would you have any regrets? Would you be happy with the way you spent the last 24 hours of your life? 如果你發(fā)現(xiàn)你今天要死了,你有什么后悔的嗎?你對(duì)自己的人生度過(guò)的最后24小時(shí)滿意嗎?
11. Whats your single greatest moment of personal failure? Looking back on it now, did it make you weaker or stronger? What did you learn? 你最難忘的個(gè)人失敗經(jīng)歷是什么?回頭看看它,這樣的經(jīng)歷讓你變?nèi)踹€是變強(qiáng)了?你學(xué)到了什么?
12. Do the words freedom and liberty mean not being persecuted or discriminated against, or do they mean doing whatever you please? 自由和解放 ,這兩個(gè)詞的意思是不受迫害或歧視?還是做任何你喜歡做的事?
13. Have you ever discriminated against someone? Imagine that a street gang notorious for wearing purple shirts has robbed and murdered several hundred people in your town. If a man wearing a purple shirt just rang your doorbell, would you answer it? 你有沒(méi)有歧視過(guò)別人?想象一下:一個(gè)街頭幫派因愛(ài)穿紫色襯衫而臭名遠(yuǎn)揚(yáng),他們?cè)谀愕男℃?zhèn)搶掠殺害了數(shù)百人。這時(shí)如果一個(gè)穿著紫色襯衫的人按響了你的門鈴,你會(huì)開(kāi)門嗎?
14. Is it crazier to choose to be poor or to spend 40 years of your life hating 40 hours a week? 是一輩子做窮人的選擇更瘋狂,還是40年的人生中每周要花40個(gè)小時(shí)來(lái)怨恨的生活更瘋狂?
15. Do you ever feel like you dont have enough time? How many hours a week do you spend watching TV, or playing video games, or? 你是否覺(jué)得你沒(méi)有足夠的時(shí)間?你一周花在看電視、玩電子游戲和其他娛樂(lè)上的時(shí)間有多久?
16. Do you ever celebrate the green lights? 你有為遇上綠燈而高興嗎?
17. If you could be given another talent or ability, what would you want it to be? Have you ever really tried to perfect this ability in yourself? 如果你能被給予另一個(gè)天賦或者能力,你希望會(huì)是什么?你是否曾真的希望來(lái)讓你的這種能力變完美?
18. No matter how bad things get, are you aware that someone always has it worse than you do? 不管事情變得多糟糕,你是否意識(shí)到始終有人比你過(guò)得差?
19. When you help someone, do you ever think, Whats in it for me? 當(dāng)你幫助別人時(shí),你是否在想對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)這有什么好處?
20. Joy is found with simple awareness. What does your joy look like today? 簡(jiǎn)單的意識(shí)才能尋找到快樂(lè)。你今天的快樂(lè)是怎樣的?
21. Whats the difference between living and existing? 生活和生存的區(qū)別是什么?
22. Are you willing to sacrifice the life of your child or lover to support a war? 你愿意為了支持一場(chǎng)戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng),而犧牲你孩子或者愛(ài)人的生命嗎?
23. Do you ask enough questions, or do you settle for what you know? 你會(huì)問(wèn)很多問(wèn)題嗎?你會(huì)滿足于你知道的東西嗎?
24. If you could do it all over again, would you change anything? 如果你能重新再來(lái),你會(huì)愿意改變一切嗎?
25. If your life was a novel, what would be the title and how would your story end? 如果你的生活是一本小說(shuō),標(biāo)題是什么,你會(huì)以什么結(jié)束你的故事?
If the question makes you think, its worth asking. 如果一個(gè)問(wèn)題讓你思考,那它就值得一問(wèn)。
1. What is it like to wake up every morning? 每天早上醒來(lái)是什么感覺(jué)?
2. Do you believe in the death penalty? What if someone murdered your mother in cold blood? What if someone murdered a strangers mother, but saved your life the month before? 你是否認(rèn)為死刑應(yīng)該執(zhí)行?如果有人冷血地謀殺了你的母親呢?如果一個(gè)對(duì)你有救命之恩的人謀殺了一個(gè)陌生人的母親呢?
3. If you had a friend who spoke to you in the same way that you sometimes speak to yourself, how long would you allow that person to be your friend? 如果一個(gè)朋友經(jīng)常用你對(duì)自己說(shuō)話的方式來(lái)跟你說(shuō)話,你會(huì)允許這個(gè)人和你做多久朋友?
4. Would you rather be rich and paralyzed from the waist down or poor and able bodied? 你愿意成為腰部以下癱瘓的富人還是身體健全的窮人?
5. Whats the most expensive gift you have ever received? Is it the best gift you have ever received? 你收到過(guò)的最貴的禮物是什么?這是你收到過(guò)的最好的禮物嗎?
6. When was the last time you lied? Is it possible to lie without saying anything at all? 你上次說(shuō)謊是什么時(shí)候?什么都不說(shuō)就能不動(dòng)聲色的說(shuō)謊,你覺(jué)得這可能嗎?
7. Stealing is immoral, right? But what if stealing was the only way to feed a starving child? 偷東西是不道德的,對(duì)嗎?但如果偷東西只是一個(gè)孩子求生的唯一方法呢?
8. If I gave you $20, what percentage would you really save? If I gave you $200,000, what percentage would you save? Should there be a difference? 如果我給你20元,你會(huì)存下來(lái)多少?如果給你20萬(wàn),你會(huì)存下來(lái)多少?這有差別嗎?
9. If someone could tell you the exact day and time that you are going to die, would you want them to tell you? 如果有人知道你你死亡的確切日期和時(shí)間,你會(huì)讓他們告訴你嗎?
10. If you found out you were going to die today, would you have any regrets? Would you be happy with the way you spent the last 24 hours of your life? 如果你發(fā)現(xiàn)你今天要死了,你有什么后悔的嗎?你對(duì)自己的人生度過(guò)的最后24小時(shí)滿意嗎?
11. Whats your single greatest moment of personal failure? Looking back on it now, did it make you weaker or stronger? What did you learn? 你最難忘的個(gè)人失敗經(jīng)歷是什么?回頭看看它,這樣的經(jīng)歷讓你變?nèi)踹€是變強(qiáng)了?你學(xué)到了什么?
12. Do the words freedom and liberty mean not being persecuted or discriminated against, or do they mean doing whatever you please? 自由和解放 ,這兩個(gè)詞的意思是不受迫害或歧視?還是做任何你喜歡做的事?
13. Have you ever discriminated against someone? Imagine that a street gang notorious for wearing purple shirts has robbed and murdered several hundred people in your town. If a man wearing a purple shirt just rang your doorbell, would you answer it? 你有沒(méi)有歧視過(guò)別人?想象一下:一個(gè)街頭幫派因愛(ài)穿紫色襯衫而臭名遠(yuǎn)揚(yáng),他們?cè)谀愕男℃?zhèn)搶掠殺害了數(shù)百人。這時(shí)如果一個(gè)穿著紫色襯衫的人按響了你的門鈴,你會(huì)開(kāi)門嗎?
14. Is it crazier to choose to be poor or to spend 40 years of your life hating 40 hours a week? 是一輩子做窮人的選擇更瘋狂,還是40年的人生中每周要花40個(gè)小時(shí)來(lái)怨恨的生活更瘋狂?
15. Do you ever feel like you dont have enough time? How many hours a week do you spend watching TV, or playing video games, or? 你是否覺(jué)得你沒(méi)有足夠的時(shí)間?你一周花在看電視、玩電子游戲和其他娛樂(lè)上的時(shí)間有多久?
16. Do you ever celebrate the green lights? 你有為遇上綠燈而高興嗎?
17. If you could be given another talent or ability, what would you want it to be? Have you ever really tried to perfect this ability in yourself? 如果你能被給予另一個(gè)天賦或者能力,你希望會(huì)是什么?你是否曾真的希望來(lái)讓你的這種能力變完美?
18. No matter how bad things get, are you aware that someone always has it worse than you do? 不管事情變得多糟糕,你是否意識(shí)到始終有人比你過(guò)得差?
19. When you help someone, do you ever think, Whats in it for me? 當(dāng)你幫助別人時(shí),你是否在想對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)這有什么好處?
20. Joy is found with simple awareness. What does your joy look like today? 簡(jiǎn)單的意識(shí)才能尋找到快樂(lè)。你今天的快樂(lè)是怎樣的?
21. Whats the difference between living and existing? 生活和生存的區(qū)別是什么?
22. Are you willing to sacrifice the life of your child or lover to support a war? 你愿意為了支持一場(chǎng)戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng),而犧牲你孩子或者愛(ài)人的生命嗎?
23. Do you ask enough questions, or do you settle for what you know? 你會(huì)問(wèn)很多問(wèn)題嗎?你會(huì)滿足于你知道的東西嗎?
24. If you could do it all over again, would you change anything? 如果你能重新再來(lái),你會(huì)愿意改變一切嗎?
25. If your life was a novel, what would be the title and how would your story end? 如果你的生活是一本小說(shuō),標(biāo)題是什么,你會(huì)以什么結(jié)束你的故事?