In my observation, everyone who has a financially successful career goes through the following three stages:

據我觀察，每個事業成功的富豪都會經歷以下三個階段：

1. Self-awareness

自我認知

Most people do not know what they want to do with their lives or even what kind of activity makes them happy. You ask these people, "What’s your dream job?" and they reply, "I dunno..."

絕大多數人不知道他們愿意終生從事的職業，甚至不知道什么活動能讓他們自己高興。如果你問這些人“你的理想工作是什么?”，他們會回答：“我不知道……”

So the first stage of any successful career is knowing enough about yourself to know what you ought to be doing with yourself.

所以任何成功事業的第一步都是對自己有足夠的認知，并了解為了達到這個目的自己得做些什么。

2. Monetization

賺錢

Most people get stages one and two backwards. They take a job (or a major in college) with the intent of making money and then wonder why they’re not enjoying themselves.

絕大多數人做不對第一步和第二步。他們懷抱著賺錢的理想去做一份工作(或在大學中學一個專業)，然后他們開始反省為什么自己工作或學習的時候不快樂。

The recipe for success entails first finding out what you want to do and only then figuring out how to get customers to pay you money to do it.

成功的秘訣在于你得先找到自己真正想做的事情，然后再去想辦法弄清楚如何才能讓別人樂于為之買單。

3. Expansion

擴張

Now that you know what type of work makes you happy and you’ve gotten people to pay you money to do it, you expand your ability to do what makes you happy by reaching more customers.

現在你知道從事哪種工作讓你高興，也成功地讓別人愿意為之掏荷包。那么接下來你就需要開發潛能吸引更多的顧客，讓你更加高興。

More money.More happiness. It’s that simple.

錢越多，你越高興。就這么簡單。

Probably one in 100 people "get" the process I’ve laid out above. I’ll bet you’re one of them or you wouldn’t be reading this article.

我以上列舉的成功步驟，可能只有百分之一的人“經歷”過。我打賭你就是那百分之一，否則你也不會看這篇文章。