Work and Play
Vivian Fang工作與娛樂
I’ve been reading over the past few days. I read Chapter 1 of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness (compiled and edited by Eric Jorgenson). Then I randomly picked up The Underlying Logic by Run Liu this morning.
I am not sure if you know, but instead of reading word-for-word, cover-to-cover, I have a habit of only reading the sections I feel like reading. Don’t get me wrong, I am not saying I never read the whole chapter. In fact, I read the entire Chapter 1 in The Almanack of Naval Ravikant.
To pick which section to read, I always look at the table of contents for any books. In the Underlying Logic, there is a section on treating work as play.I glanced over and thought, “Is it déjà vu? I just read something very similar in The Almanack of Naval Ravikant.”
What a coincidence that both books suggest that we should have a close relationship between work and play?
In The Almanack of Naval Ravikant, the message is to find work that feels like play: “It looks like work to others, but it feels like play to me.”
In The Underlying Logic, Liu says he treats work as play—so he’s having a blast, and he never feels like he’s working his fingers to the bone. It’s so fun that he doesn't feel exhausted.
Wait a minute, you asked: “Is that the secret to success?”
No way, it is hardly any secret.
I remember vividly that there is a saying about mixing business with pleasure when I was very young. I love the idea of it so much—I am literally practising every day.
It doesn’t matter whether you actively go out and find work that feels like play, or you treat your work as play; the bottom line is—have fun. And if you can, have lots of fun at whatever you are working on. I think this is perhaps the only way you can accomplish something persistently and passionately.
這幾天方方年假翻書。
先讀了第一章的《納瓦爾寶典》（The Almanack of Naval Ravikant），然後今天早上隨手翻了劉潤的《底層邏輯》。
不確定你知不知道方方有個閱讀習慣，我很少逐字、從頭到尾看起，反而是直接挑選自己想讀的篇幅來看。當然，我也有讀完整個章節的時候，比方說納瓦爾寶典的第一章，我就完整閱讀了。
由於我這個閱讀方式，我通常都會先看書本的目錄，才決定要去哪一頁閱讀。今早在《底層邏輯》看到劉潤寫了一個章節在「把工作當成玩」。
我目光掃到這部份時，心裡想的是怎這麼巧啊？在《納瓦爾寶典》才讀到類似的概念。
怎剛好兩本書都建議要把工作跟玩，畫上深深的連結呢？
《納瓦爾寶典》裡建議我們要尋找這樣的工作，做起來像在玩一樣的工作。書上納瓦爾．拉維肯這樣說道：「別人看起來以為我在工作，但我感覺我在玩」。
《底層邏輯》的劉潤說到，他其實把工作當成玩，所以他不覺得他在拼命工作，反而覺得玩得盡興、開心，而且覺得不累、沒有被消耗。
舅逗馬地（等等），你說，難不成，這就是成功的秘密？
不！這怎可能是秘密？
方方印象深刻，老早就有人說要掌握「寓工作於娛樂」的訣竅。我之所以印象深刻，是因為我超愛這個想法，老早就每天勤於練習這事呢！
事實上，不論你是特意尋找個職涯，別人看來你在工作，但你覺得在玩，或者你要認真地把你的工作當作在玩，重點都在於，你要能夠在工作中開心地、好好玩。盡情地在你在乎的工作上認真玩一把吧！我想，唯有玩得痛快，才能夠持之以恆、保有熱情的幹一番你想做的大事吧。
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Photo 1: Breakfast & Reading 早餐與晨間讀物
Photo 2: Lunch 午餐
Photo 3: Coffee and Cookies 手沖咖啡加餅乾
Photo 4: Treat Your Work as Play 把工作當玩
