According to Einstein, you are a genius—and him, and her, and, well, all of them. Einstein said, "Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will go through its whole life believing that it is stupid."
依據愛因斯坦的說法,你其實是個天才--他也是,她也是,還有,其實,他們全都是。愛因斯坦說:「每個人都是天才。但如果你用爬樹的能力評斷一隻魚是不是天才,牠終其一生都只會覺得自己是個笨蛋。」
We're all born great at something, but as we grow up, we find out all the things we're not so good at. So we spend our life feeling bad about those things, working on our weaknesses, while we take our strengths for granted.
我們與生俱來某些能力,但隨著我們成長,我們發現了所有自己不擅長的事情。所以我們一生都為此感到遺憾,努力補足缺點,但卻將長處視為理所當然。
But wait! How about him? And her? And them? They focus at the one thing they were great at. They went from ordinary to extraordinary. And you can, too.
但等等!那他怎麼解釋?還有她?還有他們?他們都專注在一項他們擅長的事情上。他們從平凡變為不凡。你也可以。
Did you know there are four types of genius? And you're one of them. There's Dynamo Genius, who loves to create; Blaze Genius, who loves to connect; Tempo Genius, who loves to serve; and Steel Genius, who loves the details. Each has a different energy that links to the four seasons and four elements.
你知道其實有四種類型的天才嗎?你就是其中一類人。發電機型天才熱愛創造;火焰型天才喜歡與人連結;節奏型天才喜歡服務他人;鋼鐵型天才注重細節。每一種類型都有不同能量,而這些能量又連結到四季與四種不同元素。
Great minds from Confucius and Plato to Isaac Newton and Carl Jung studied these four types. Each has a different natural path, different passions, different strengths and weaknesses. Your winning formula is someone else's losing formula. You have a natural way to learn, to lead, to live, to love; a natural strategy that's used in relationships, in your work, in social media, even in the design of your day.
從孔子、柏拉圖到牛頓和榮格,這些偉大的思想家都研究過這四種類型。每種都有自己天生不同的道路、不同的熱忱、不同的長處與短處。你的勝利方程式可能是他人的失敗方程式。你有最自然的方式去學習、領導、生活和愛;有最自然的方式能運用在人際關係、工作、社群媒體、甚至是每日規劃表中。
In fact, if you do anything that feels like hard work, you're already doing the wrong thing. When you know your genius, you can get in your flow, and when you know the genius in your friends, your workmates, your boss, children, family, you can appreciate them for what they're best at, and that brings out the best in them. As for the things you're not so great at, well, there's a genius in your network waiting to do those things for you with half the time and double the happiness.
事實上,任何一件事情讓你感到費力的話,就代表你已經選錯事情了。當你清楚知道自己的天賦,你就能越來越上手,而當你了解你的朋友、同事、老闆、小孩、家人的天賦時,你就能欣賞他們最擅長的事情,並激發他們的潛能。至於那些你不怎麼擅長的事情,這個嘛,你的人脈中會有一個這方面的天才等著幫你做這些事情,花一半的時間,獲得雙倍的快樂。
So take the Genius Test. Discover your genius. Then, find the genius in your friends and grow your social genius. It will help you to live the life you love and love the life you live. And it will set you free.
所以快去做天才測驗吧。挖掘你的天賦。接著,挖掘你朋友的天賦,並提升自己的社交天分。如此,你就能活出自己熱愛的人生、熱愛自己活出的人生。並讓自己找到自由。