How to be useful to others

如何做到對別人有用的四條建議

By Derek Sivers

1. Get famous.

1.變得出名

Do everything in public and for the public.

公開的做事并且為了公眾去做事

The more people you reach, the more useful you are.

你接觸到的人越多，你就會越有用

The opposite is hiding, which is of no use to anyone.

公開的反面是掩藏，而隱藏其實(shí)對任何人都無用

2. Get rich.

2.變得富有

Money is neutral（中性的） proof you’re adding value to people’s lives.

金錢本身是中性的，它會證明你為別人的生活添加了價值

So, by getting rich, you’re being useful as a side-effect（副作用）.

所以，變的富有吧，同時它也會讓你變的有用

Once rich, spend the money in ways that are even more useful to others.

一旦你變的富有，你花錢的方式也會對別人更有用

Then getting rich is double-useful.

那么，富有的價值是雙重的

3. Share strong opinions.

3.分享有力的觀點(diǎn)

Strong opinions?（強(qiáng)硬的意見，有力的觀點(diǎn)）are very useful to others.

有力的觀點(diǎn)對他人是非常有用的

Those who were undecided（猶豫不定的）?or ambivalent顯示矛盾情感的?can just adopt your stance采取你的立場.

那些猶豫不定的心存矛盾的人會跟隨你的立場

But those who disagree can solidify鞏固?their stance by arguing against yours.

而那些跟你觀點(diǎn)不一致的人通過與你辯論也會鞏固他們的立場

Even if you invent an opinion for the sole（單獨(dú)的） sake（緣故；理由） of argument, boldly（大膽地） sharing a strong opinion is very useful to others.

即使你只是為了辯論而提出一個觀點(diǎn)，而大膽的與人分享你的觀點(diǎn)對別人也是有用的

4. Be expensive.

4.付出昂貴的代價

People given a placebo（安慰劑） pill were twice as likely to have their pain disappear when told the pill was expensive.

當(dāng)人被告知他買的安慰劑藥丸是很昂貴的時候，這個人吃下這個藥丸能更有效的消除他的疼痛

People who paid more for tickets were more likely to attend the performance.

買更貴的門票的人會更有可能去參加這個演出

People who spend more for a product or service value it more, and get more use out of it.

一個人為一個產(chǎn)品或服務(wù)付出的越多，他就會更多的使用它以免浪費(fèi)。