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Post By Donald Latumahina

Focus Your Effort on the Big Wins

One of the ideas I learn from I Will Teach You To Be Rich (my review) is the importance of focusing on the big wins. Focusing on the big wins means focusing on things that make the most difference. Instead of spreading your effort on many different things, you should focus only on things that give you the most return.

你想获得成功吗？那么你就应该将你的注意力专注到可以给你带来最大回报的事情上，将你的精力灌注到你可以获得成功的地方！

你不可能做到对所有的技术精通，但是你必须能够精通某一项或两项，这样你有了生存之本，然后努力成为专家，做到这里，你已经成功了！

In personal finance, one way to apply it is by focusing on the big expenses (like the interest you pay for your mortgage) instead of the small ones (like the three-dollar latte). Many people do the opposite by focusing on the small expenses instead of the big ones. As a result, they lose money more than they save.

钱要用到点子上，花在该花的地方，不要捡了芝麻丢了西瓜，更不要贪便宜，因为你可能失去更多。

But why don’t people naturally focus on the big wins? Isn’t it clear that we should focus on things that make the most difference?

Unfortunately, that’s not case. One reason is that the big wins are often not obvious. You can’t see them right away. You can immediately see that you save three dollars by not buying latte, but the amount you save on mortgage interest can’t be seen immediately. You can only see it by looking at the big picture and thinking long term.

为什么人们不太习惯专注到盈利的事情上呢？因为这些事情并不是显而易见的，你必须具有长远的目光，而且他的盈利不是立竿见影的，而是一个日积月累的过程，所以要学会看远一点，不要急功近利！

That’s why it’s important to see the big picture when it comes to finding big wins. See how things will be in ten or twenty years. Think long term. What seems like a good deal in the short term might actually be bad in the long term. On the other hand, things that don’t give you immediate return in the short term might give you great return in the long term.

比较大的回报都是来至于长期的投资，短期的财富并不会使你变成富翁！

One more important thing to keep in mind is that not only should you identify big wins to get them, but also you should identify big losses to avoid them. If you focus only on the wins then there is a danger that one big loss could wipe them out. You need to be aware of potential losses as well so that you can avoid them before they hit you.

你需要有长远的目光发现财富，你应该也有发现风险的眼光，不有只顾进攻，防守同样非常重要！

I learned this from personal experience. A few years ago, I went overseas with my family. Since I’m a book lover, I was happy to find used book stores that sell good books at discounted prices. So I bought many books. Only at the airport was I aware that all those books made my bag overweight. I needed to pay a hefty overweight fee that wiped all the savings I made from the discounted books. I loss money, in fact.

So don’t forget to look at both sides of the coin.

有得必有失，你必须权衡得与失之间的平衡，你应该很清楚什么对自己是最重要的！
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