不快乐是极其低效的
平静的头脑能做出更好的决定
Naval:
除了”我太聪明了不需要它”之外，另一个反对意见是，“我不想它降低我的生产力。我不想减少欲望或工作伦理。”
对此的事实核查是：确实如此。你越快乐、越平静，就越不可能冲出去改变世界。但同时，不快乐是非常低效的。一个平静的人头脑中不会有杂念。如果你是一个有动力但不快乐的人，你的大脑会24/7不停地运转。
不快乐的人没有良好的判断力
这会导致什么后果？你睡眠不好。你更可能愤怒反应，把自己挖进一个必须爬出来的坑里。你的决定是情绪化和冲动的。你更可能陷入忙碌陷阱——总是忙个不停，从一件事跑到另一件事，因为你无法在心理上确定优先级。
当你内心不平静时，很难做出判断，因为你头脑中有太多思绪。你没有时间专注于做出那些判断。
这是一个权衡。如果你明天成为佛陀，你不太可能像埃隆·马斯克那样发射火箭到月球。另一方面，有很多成功、乐观的科学家、创新者和其他领导者——特别是随着年龄增长。快乐的人并不总是效率低下。
平静的头脑能做出更好的决定
当我生活中变得更快乐时，我变得高效得多——尽管我不像以前那样努力工作。我能够与那些在我生命早期因为各种先入为主的观念而保持距离的人建立关系。
我现在能更清晰地做决定，因为我能看到长期结果。我直接切入主题，不会试图在这里或那里多谈判20%——因为我知道从长远来看这会使我不快乐，使对方不快乐，并使交易更不稳定。
即使我不像以前那样努力工作，我也变得更有生产力，因为我做出了更好的决定。
Being Unhappy Is Extremely Inefficient
A peaceful mind makes better decisions
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.