不快乐是极其低效的Being Unhappy Is Extremely Inefficient
Naval： 除了"我太聪明了，用不着它"之外，另一种反对意见是："我不想让它降低我的生产力。我不想减少欲望或降低工作干劲。"
对此的事实核查是：确实如此。你越幸福、内心越平静，就越不可能冲出去改变世界。与此同时，不快乐是非常低效的。内心平静的人脑子里不会有过多的杂念。如果你是一个干劲十足却不快乐的人，你的大脑会 24/7 连轴转。
不快乐的人没有好的判断力
这会带来什么后果？你睡不好觉。你更容易动怒，把自己挖进一个不得不爬出来的坑里。你的决定情绪化且草率。你更容易陷入忙碌陷阱——永远忙个不停、从一件事奔到另一件事，因为你无法在头脑中分清主次。
当你内心不得安宁时，就很难做出判断，因为你脑子里有太多线索在乱窜。你没有时间去专心做出那些判断。
这里有一个权衡。如果你明天就成佛，你不太可能还像埃隆·马斯克那样发射火箭上月球。另一方面，也有大量成功、乐观的科学家、创新者和其他领导者——尤其是当他们上了年纪之后。快乐的人并非总是低效的。
平静的头脑能做出更好的决定
当我自己的人生变得更快乐时，我变得高效得多——尽管我不再像以前那样拼命工作。我能与早年间因为种种先入为主的观念而保持距离的人建立起关系。
现在我做决定清晰得多，因为我能看到长期的结果。我直奔主题，不去为这里或那里多争取 20% 而谈判——因为我知道那长期来看会让我不快乐，让对方不快乐，也会让交易变得更不稳定。
尽管我不再那么拼命工作，我却变得更高效了，因为我做出了更好的决定。
Naval: Besides “I’m too smart for it,” the other objection is, “I don’t want it to lower my productivity. I don’t want to have less desire or less work ethic.”
Fact check on that is: True. The happier and more peaceful you are, the less likely you are to run out and change the world. At the same time, being unhappy is very inefficient. A peaceful person doesn’t have extraneous thoughts going through their head. If you’re a driven, unhappy person, your mind will be on 24/7.
Unhappy people don’t have good judgment
What are the consequences of this? You won’t sleep well. You’re much more likely to react with anger and dig yourself into a hole you have to dig out of. Your decisions are emotional and impetuous. You’re more likely to get caught in the busy trap—busy all the time and running from one thing to another because you can’t mentally prioritize.
When you don’t have peace of mind, it’s difficult to make judgments because you have too many threads going through your head. You don’t have time to devote to making those judgments.
There’s a tradeoff. If you become the Buddha tomorrow, it’s unlikely you’ll also launch rockets to the moon like Elon Musk. On the other hand, there are plenty of successful, optimistic scientists, innovators and other leaders—especially as they get older. Happy people aren’t always ineffective.
A peaceful mind makes better decisions
When I got happier in my own life, I became much more effective—even though I don’t work as hard as I used to. I’m able to form relationships with people who I would have kept at a distance earlier in my life, for whatever preconceived notions I held.
I make decisions much more clearly now, because I can see the long-term outcomes.I cut straight to the chase and don’t try and negotiate an extra 20% here or there—because I know that’s going to make me unhappy in the long-term, make the other person unhappy, and make the deal less stable.
I’ve become more productive even though I don’t work as hard, because I make better decisions.