96% of cancer patients in a hospital claim to be in better health than the average cancer patient.
93% of motorists consider themselves to be safer-than-average drivers.
90% students see themselves as more intelligent than the average student.
94% of college professors said they are better-than-average teachers.

Ironically, 92% said they are less biased than average, too.

The psychology term for this is illusory superiority.

To me, this was like finding out I'm a cylon, or this is the Matrix.? Hard to accept facts.

At first, like almost everybody, I thought, “Yes, but I really am above average!”? Then I realized I was doing it again.

So I decided to gamble on the opposite:

I now just assume I'm below average.

It serves me well.

I listen more.? I ask a lot of questions.

I've stopped thinking others are stupid.? I assume most people are smarter than me.

To assume you're below average is to admit you're a beginner.? It puts you in student mind. It keeps your focus on present practice and future possibilities, and away from any past accomplishments.

Most people are so worried about looking good that they never do anything great.

Most people are so worried about doing something great that they never do anything at all.

You destroy that paralysis when you think of yourself as such a beginner that just doing anything is an accomplishment.

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直譯就是 "保持饑餓，保持愚蠢" 。也就是說，喬布斯告誡年輕人，永遠(yuǎn)懷有強(qiáng)烈的求知欲，以及虛心求教的態(tài)度。

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我原以為，這句話只是一句勵(lì)志格言。今天看到一篇 文章 ， 才意識(shí)到它其實(shí)是一種糾正人類心理缺陷的對(duì)策。

心理學(xué)研究發(fā)現(xiàn)：

　　* 96%的癌癥病人，認(rèn)為自己比其他癌癥病人健康。

　　* 93%的司機(jī)，認(rèn)為自己的安全意識(shí)高于普通司機(jī)。

　　* 90%的學(xué)生，認(rèn)為自己的智力在平均水平之上。

　　* 94%的教授，認(rèn)為自己的教學(xué)水平高于學(xué)校的平均水平。

　　* 92%的訪問者，都認(rèn)為自己比一般人更公正。

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這種對(duì)自己的高估是普遍存在的。心理學(xué)有一個(gè)專門名詞，就叫做 "虛幻的優(yōu)越性" （illusory superiority）。

正是由于這個(gè)原因，喬布斯才會(huì)說"stay foolish"，因?yàn)榇蠖鄶?shù)人意識(shí)不到這一點(diǎn)。他們覺得自己不是foolish，而是smart（聰明）。一個(gè)典型表現(xiàn)就是，許多人都急于讓別人知道自 己的看法，哪怕對(duì)方根本沒有詢問你。

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現(xiàn)在變一下，如果你假設(shè)自己比別人笨、知道的東西比別人少，會(huì)怎樣？

你將會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)，這不會(huì)對(duì)你造成任何傷害，反而有很多好處。

為什么？

因?yàn)槟銜?huì)更多地傾聽，更多地提問。

你承認(rèn)自己是一個(gè)新手，這使你把自己放在學(xué)生的位置。它讓你更關(guān)注當(dāng)前的情況，以及未來的變化，而不是陶醉于過去的成就。

大多數(shù)人太關(guān)注自己的形象，覺得顯露無知是很丟人的事情，所以他們寧愿假裝懂得，也不愿開口詢問。他們一心想讓別人看到，自己干得多么漂亮，但是又 不肯接受丑陋的結(jié)果，所以到頭來一事無成。

只有你承認(rèn)自己的落后，才能破除這種自我麻痹。因?yàn)椴还苣阕龀隽耸裁唇Y(jié)果，都代表了你的進(jìn)步。

讓我們聽取喬布斯的建議，在內(nèi)心中，與其相信自己是聰明人，不如相信自己是一個(gè)愚蠢的人，勇敢地把無知暴露出來。

I assume I'm below average——Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.