在《納瓦爾寶典》中，納瓦爾多次談到「接受」（acceptance）是通往平靜最重要也最困難的能力。他說：
這句話讓我想到一件我長期以來難以接受的事：「真正的幸福來自平靜，而大多數平靜來自接受，而不是改變外在環境。」
（Real happiness only comes as a side-effect of peace. Most of it is going to come from acceptance, not from changing your external environment.）
考試成績不能跟能力畫上等號。
在成長過程中，我曾把分數視為能力的象徵，也把自己的價值交給一張成績單來決定。
當考得好時，我覺得自己值得； 當考得不好時，我便懷疑自己的能力。
直到後來我才明白，考試只是衡量方式之一，而不是全部。
它測的是速度、記憶、技巧，但測不出：
- 一個人的創意
- 面對困難的韌性
- 解決問題的能力
- 好奇心與熱情
- 長期持續學習的力量
就像納瓦爾所說：
「你無法透過改變外在、或依附外在評分來得到平靜。」
接受現實，不是放棄，而是把注意力從「不可控」挪回「可控」。
我無法控制所有考題、所有評分標準，也無法控制別人如何解讀我的成績； 但我能控制的是：
- 我如何學習
- 我如何成長
- 我願不願意成為更好的自己
當我不再把能力等同於分數，我反而更自由，也更專注於真正的學習。
接受，正是這份自由的起點。
In The Almanack of Naval Ravikant, Naval emphasizes that acceptance is one of the hardest yet most essential skills for inner peace. He writes:
“Real happiness only comes as a side-effect of peace. Most of it is going to come from acceptance, not from changing your external environment.”
This idea reminded me of something I struggled to accept for many years:
Exam scores do not equal ability.
Growing up, I treated grades as a direct measure of my worth.
When I performed well, I felt capable; when I didn't, I questioned my intelligence and potential.
Only later did I realize how limited exam scores actually are.
They measure speed, memory, and test-taking strategies— but they cannot measure:
- Creativity
- Resilience
- Problem-solving ability
- Curiosity and intrinsic motivation
- The capacity for long-term learning
As Naval suggests, peace doesn't come from chasing external validation or perfect outcomes. It comes from shifting our focus back to what we can actually control.
I cannot control every test, every grading system, or how others interpret my results.
But I can control:
- How I learn
- How I grow
- Who I choose to become
When I stopped equating my ability with my grades, I felt freer—and more focused on real learning, not numerical judgment.
Acceptance was the beginning of that freedom.
