创始人的信#3: 春节假期玩连连消游戏学到的3件事情
For those of you who don’t know what Lianlianxiao is, it’s a game that you can find in the Taobao APP.
那些不知道连连消是什么的朋友，这是一款可以在淘宝应用中找到的游戏。
It might be a surprise for many, but sometimes I do play games.
这对很多人来说可能是个惊喜，但有时我确实会玩游戏。
Particularly when I am not in a good state of mind and just want to disconnect from everything, I procrastinate by playing this game.
尤其是当我心情不好，只想与一切脱节时，我会通过玩这个游戏来拖延。
Many people have the impression that procrastination is a bad thing.
许多人认为拖延是件坏事。
However, procrastination can be a great tool to understand our mental state if we just learn how to use it to our advanage.
然而，如果我们学会了如何利用拖延来提升自己，拖延可以成为了解我们当下的心理状态的一个很好的工具。
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One of the benefits of procrastination is that you can actually learn a lot of things while procrastinating, depending on how you look at things.
拖延的好处之一是，你可以在拖延的同时学到很多东西，这取决于你如何看待事物。
01
In Lianlianxiao’s case, success is being able to finish one level in one try.
在连连消的例子中，成功代表一次性完成一个关。
However, you can become stuck in the same level for a very long time if the game algorythm doesn’t give you the right pieces to finish one level in one try.
然而，如果游戏算法没有给你正确的棋子，以一次完成一个关，你可能会在很长一段时间被困在同一个关中。
Considering that the game is meant to nudge players to buy stuff from Taobao in order to get more moves to finish every level, the algorythm is actually programmed to give useless pieces so that players can’t finish and be tempted to buy stuff to gain more moves.
考虑到该游戏旨在轻推玩家从淘宝购买物品，以获得更多的步数来完成每一关，该算法实际上被编程为容易提供无用的棋子，这样玩家就无法一次性完成游戏，并被诱惑购买物品以获得更多的步数。
As I personally don’t fall into the trap of purchasing stuff to get extra moves, I sometimes would get stuck in the same level for a very long time and would have to play it several times until I did get the correct pieces to finish the level and move forward.
由于我个人不会陷入购买物品以获得额外步数的陷阱，我有时会在同一关中停留很长时间，不得不玩几次，直到我获得正确的棋子来过关。
But realizing that failing to finish the level in one try was not related only to my ability was very important for me not to start doubting myself.
但是，意识到没能一次性完成这一关不仅与我个人的能力有关系，就代表我不会开始怀疑自己的能力有问题。
贴士What to do?
Reflect on what are the things that are actually related to your ability and what you can control.要反思哪些事情实际上与你的能力有关系，哪些事情是在你的控制下，哪些不是。
The outcome of your actions is directly related to the environment in which you find yourself.
你行动的结果与你所处的环境直接相关。
In Lianlianxiao's case, the game algorythm is one environmental element that was influencing the outcome of my actions more than my actual ability.
在连连消的例子中，游戏算法是影响我行为结果的环境因素之一，而不是我的实际能力。
如果你觉得你所处的环境无法支持你，尽可能去了解所在环境的哪个具体元素在影响你的结果，并尽可能多次地尝试，直到合适的条件会出现，让你获得成功，而不是因为无能为力而感到无助。
02
Not being able to focus on the game for having too many things on my mind led me to make some wrong moves even when the game algorythm did give me the right pieces.
由于脑子里有太多东西，我有时候无法专注于游戏，这导致我当游戏算法确实给了我正确的棋子的时候，我也做出了一些错误的动作。
Not making the right moves led me to having to start the level all over again, even if I could have passed it by paying more attention.
没有采取正确的动作导致我不得不重新开始才能过关，即使我本可以通过更集中注意力而获得成功。
However, rather than blaming myself, I became more aware of my state of mind so I can better control my emotions.
然而，我没有责怪自己，而是更加意识到自己的心态，以便更好地控制自己的情绪。
贴士What to do?
Be mindful about your state of mind whenever you do anything.
无论何时做任何事情，都要注意自己的心态。
This way you can understand better what measures youcan take to help yourself improve your state of mind and your performance as a consequence.
通过这种方式，你可以更好地了解你可以采取哪些措施来帮助自己改善自己的心态和表现。
You may ask yourself the following questions to help you be more mindful about your state of mind whenever you are doing any task:
你可以问自己以下问题，以帮助你在做任何任务时更加注意自己的心态：
How am I feeling right now?
Why can’t I focus?
What is bothering me?
我现在感觉怎么样？
为什么我不能集中注意力？
在当下有什么事困扰着我吗？
03
In Lianlianxiao there are some levels in which some pieces move all the time or just change colors after each move you make.
在连连消中有一些关，其中一些棋子一直在移动，或者每次做一个动作后都会改变颜色。
It is very hard to predict these changes and it’s also easy to forget about them when you are trying to plan a few moves ahead.
很难预测这些变化，而且当你试图提前计划一些动作时，也很容易忽视这些变化。
This means that sometimes the moves I had planned would become impossible after some pieces would have moved around and thus lead me to not being able to finish the level successfully.
这意味着，有时我提前计划的动作在一些棋子移动后变得不可能，从而导致我无法成功过关。
I could blame myself for forgetting about these changes, however that would not change the past and the outcome of the game overall.
当时，我可以责怪自己忘记了这些变化，但这不会改变过去和游戏的结果。
Instead of blaming myself, playing the same level again trying to pay more attention or applying the things I learned from previous levels will increase my chances of successfully completing the same level in the future and help me constantly improve my skills.
与其责怪自己，不如重新玩同一个关，试着多加注意，或者运用我从之前的关中学到的东西，这将增加我在未来成功过关的机会，并帮助我不断提高技能。
总结Final words
For me, Lianlianxiao is a metaphor for life.
对我来说，连连消是生活的隐喻。
The game algorythm represents the environments in which we perform our actions.
游戏算法代表我们执行行动的环境。
And sometimes, no matter how hard we try, the environment just doesn't support our actions, thus we “fail”.
有时，无论我们多么努力，因为所在环境不支持我们的行动，因此我们将“失败”。
So it is important to learn to understand how different environments influence our actions, so that we can better assess our own abilities and improve our chances of achieving success.
因此，了解不同的环境如何影响我们的行为是很重要的，这样我们才能更好地评估自己的能力，提高成功的概率。
Ultimately, it doesn’t really matter what you do.
最终，你做什么并不重要。
What matters most is what you learn from it.
最重要的是你从中学到了什么。
Even if it is playing a game like Lianlianxiao that feels like wasting time, the most important part of it is the growth that it can bring.
即使玩连连消这样的游戏感觉像是在浪费时间，最重要的是在这个过程中能否获得成长。
Sometimes it doesn't matter what you actually do, but whether it helps you grow in any way or not.
有时候，你实际上具体在做什么并不重要，而是它是否有助于你的成长重要。