想学,就去做If You Want to Learn, Do
Naval: 我最近又创办了一家公司。这是一个非常艰难的项目。事实上,这家公司的名字就叫"不可能公司"(Impossible, Inc.)。有意思的是,它把我逼进了一股学习狂潮。这种驱动力甚至未必来自负面动机,但我已经很久没有像现在这样被激发出学习的热情了。
于是我发现自己开始频繁地向 Grok 和 ChatGPT 刨根问底,读更多的书,听更多的技术播客,头脑风暴也多了很多。我的思维变得活跃多了。我甚至愿意在投资之外去见更多的公司,因为我能从它们身上学到东西。
仅仅是保持活跃,就会让我自然而然地想学更多,而且这种方式不会让人觉得无趣,也不会导致倦怠。所以我认为,行动会带来学习的渴望,进而带来学习本身。当然,行动本身也是一种学习。而我觉得,如果你纯粹是为了学习而学习,过一阵子就会觉得空虚,动力也不一样了。
我们是生物力学造物。我在走动的时候,大脑运转得更快。你可能会想:"不对啊,按能量守恒来说,应该转得更慢才对。"但事实并非如此。最好的头脑风暴往往发生在边走边聊的时候,而不只是坐着聊。
这也是为什么有一阵子我试图"破解"边走边录播客这件事,因为我真的很享受边走边聊,而且那样大脑运转得更好。所以我认为,做与学是相辅相成的。如果你想学习,那就去做。
Naval: I recently started another company. It’s a very difficult project. In fact, the name of the company is The Impossible Company. It’s called Impossible, Inc. What’s interesting is that it’s driven me into a frenzy of learning. And not necessarily even motivated in a negative way, but I’m more inspired to learn than I have been in a long time.
So I find myself interrogating Grok and ChatGPT a lot more. I find myself reading more books. I find myself listening to more technical podcasts. I find myself brainstorming a lot more. I’m just more mentally active. I’m even willing to meet more companies outside of investing because I’m learning from them.
And just being active makes me want to naturally learn more and not in a way that it’s unfun or causes me to burn out. So I think doing leads to the desire to learn and therefore to learning. And of course there’s the learning from the doing itself. Whereas I think if you’re purely learning for learning’s sake, it gets empty after a little while. The motivation isn’t the same.
We’re biomechanical creatures. My brain works faster when I’m walking around. And you would think, “No, energy conservation—it should work slower,” but it’s not the case. Some of the best brainstorming is when you are walking and talking, not just sitting and talking.
Which is why for a while I tried to hack the walking podcast thing because I really enjoy walking and talking and my brain works better. And so the same way I think doing and learning go hand in hand. And so if you want to learn, do.