A.阅读小感
昨天喝了点酒，凌晨听着Gai的《空城计》和《天干物燥》读完第三章You are not special.突然发现酒精和音乐挺能激发灵感的。没错，歌词里就是在强调我们有多special 我们有多entitled ，其实我们就是“凡夫俗子”，就是只会“舞刀弄剑”，有啥不敢承认？没错，我之前确实不愿意也不想承认。因为，不敢承认无非就是不敢面对自己的average ，不愿直视自己的平庸。只买几个牌子的衣服，只用几个牌子的香水，这种强迫症就是想突出自己的special 自己的优越感，想证明我和周围大多数的人不一样。所以是怎么样呢？证明之后呢？安全感提升了。作者Mark一次次击中我的要害，这样赤裸裸地面对自己还从未有过，我的不安全感竟然是来源于不想平庸，不敢接受这样的平庸。于是，就陷入了这样的僵局:
Once you accept the premise that a life is worthwhile only if it is truly notable and great, then you basically accept the fact that most of the human population (including yourself) sucks and is worthless.
如果每个人都不平庸，那么我们终将平庸。
不必自责于“我位置在高处不需要言语，
翱翔在天际俯瞰人间炼狱”，找清楚原因就好。
是不是发觉周遭的广告，音乐，或者视频都在标榜和倡导:你是多么多么的与众不同!我也会经常被诱导,各种消费陷阱扑面而来，我们该怎么招架?何去何从? 那得从本质上看待这些问题，不是要求自己不去追求品质，而是要看清自己真正的需求，可千万别掉进商业陷阱里，记住：我们做回普通平凡的自己就好。
所以，在这样的环境里很难不被商业套路牵着鼻子走。以前物质匮乏，那么就倡导有没有，现在物质充盈，那么就要倡导独树一帜的观念，把观念渗透给你，比直接给你物质来得更粗暴，更加无力抗拒，因为三观这种东西真的是像502一样，一旦粘上，非要拔一层皮才能脱胎换骨不可。
具体怎么做呢？我想我们是不是应该关注这些所谓的“独特或者例外”之外的事件呢?比如明星私生活与科学发明,尽管前者我们不用烧脑,但没有多大社会意义。那么问题又来了,后者我不感兴趣怎么办?我们还可以选择自己感兴趣的另一部分,或者进行迁移(有意义的),比如我对明星的穿着感兴趣,那就从美学角度看看哪种场合适合哪种搭配,这也是社交礼仪的一方面，同时你还可以将这种艺术用在房子的装修等其他地方。在装修的过程中你会发现,科技发挥了举足轻重的作用，那么，也许你的兴趣点又被迁移到了这里。这是不是哲学上说的:万事万物都是有联系的?
“做名垂千古的人不够流芳百世的先”，不如“闲庭信步”，找准方向，踏实做好手边的事，放下exception的包袱，“潇洒坦荡行走在天地间”。
If you load off the stress of exception from your back then you will be on the road to achieving what you truly want to achieve.
B. 问题导读
1. What does “entitlement” mean? Can you give an example to explain it?
Entitlement means self-righteous superiority without actually not being successful. For example, Jimmy states his business partners immature and that he is at the top level in the field. Instead he achieves nothing.
2. What’s the point of telling Jimmy’s story?
Th story tells us that most of us are controlled by exceptionalism and we don't go far as to know the truth.
3. Do you think you are special? What’s wrong with feeling you are sepcial?
Yes, I do. Sometimes I feel I know more than others in some areas so that give comments improperly. Once the superiority disappears, insecurity floods me.
4. If you are not special, how can we achieve greatness?
Choos the right direction and do what really matters to it.
C.字词学习
...your body will wake up feeling more potent and more alive.
释义: adj.
Something is very effective and powerful.
造句: Reading brings me into potent thinking, which I benefits from a lot.
On the contrary, they become amazing because they’re obsessed with improvement.
释义:be crazy about sth.
造句: Jimmy is entitled and obsessed with getting involved in a delusion where he were the authority.
A lot of people are afraid to accept mediocrity because they believe that if they accept it, they’ll never achieve anything ...
释义:If you refer to someone is mediocrity you think they are not good at what they do.
造句: Don't blame yourself for such a mediocrity because that's what we are.
