Tribe of Mentors 问答清单

1. What is the book(or books) you've given most as a gift, and why? Or what are one to three books that have greatly influenced your life?
   你最常送人的一本书是什么？送这本书的原因？或者说出几本对你影响很大的书？

2. What purchase of $100 or less has most positively impacted your life in the last six months(or in recent memory)?
   在近半年，你花费1000元左右购买的什么东西对你的生活产生了很积极的影响？

3. How has a failure or apparent failure, set you up for later success? Do you have a "favorite failure" of yours?
   你有没有一件对你后续的成功十分关键的失败的经历？它是怎么影响你的？

4. If you could have a gigantic billboard anywhere with anything on it-metaphorically speaking, getting a message out to millions or billions-what would it say and why? It could be a paragraph. (If helpful, it can be someone else's quote: Are there any quotes you think of often or live your life by?)
   如果你有一个可以放在任何地方的巨大告示牌，你可以在上面写任何东西，就好比说，你有一条短信可以发送给数百万甚至上亿的人，你想在上面写什么？为什么？可以是你自己的话，也可以是对你有帮助的别人的话。

5. What is one of the best or most worthwhile investments you've ever made?(Could be an investment of money, time, energy, etc.)
   你做过的最有价值的投资是什么？可以是金钱，时间，精力或者是其他。

6. What is an unusual habit or an absurd thing that you love?
   你喜欢的一个不同寻常的习惯或者是一件荒缪的事情是什么？

7. In the last five years, what new belief, behavior, or habit has most improved your life?
   在最近五年，有什么新的信仰，行为或者是习惯极大地提高了你的生活？

8. What advice would you give to a smart, driven college student about to enter the "real world"? What advice should they ignore?
   你有什么要给即将毕业进入社会的大学生的建议？你认为他们应该忽略什么样的建议？

9. What are bad recommendations you hear in your profession or area of expertise?
   在你的专业领域，你听到过哪些糟糕的建议？

10. In the last five years, what have you become better at saying no to (distractions, invitations, etc.)? What new realizations and /or approaches helped? Any other tips?
    最近五年，在拒绝这件事情上，你在哪些方面变得更好了？比如外界干扰、别人的邀请等等。你用了哪些方法或者是技巧来提高的？

11. When you feel overwhelmed or unfocused, or have lost your focus temporarily, what do you do?(If helpful: What questions do you ask yourself?)
    当你倍感压力，注意力不能集中时，你会怎么做？这个时候，你会问自己什么问题？

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以上这些问题来自于 Tim Ferriss 的新书 Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice From The Best In The World。这些是 Tim 用来采访各行各业精英时所设计的问题，我们大家不妨也看着这份清单来提问一下自己，对自己做一个回顾。在或大或小的范围内，每个人都是独一无二的，都有别人可学的东西，我们所写下的这些问题的答案，总会对一些人产生积极的影响。不妨试着写下这些问题的答案。