《納瓦爾寶典》中有一句話，讓我第一次真正理解到什麼是內在自由：
他意思不是叫人退出社會，而是提醒我們：大多數的痛苦，都來自於把人生誤當成多人競爭。「人生是一場單人遊戲。」
（Life is a single-player game.）
我曾經也是如此。
我以為某些成就能讓我看起來更優秀—— 例如高分外語檢定、海外外派機會、體面的職涯光環。
那時的我並不是在探索自己，而是在追趕別人。
直到後來我才發現：
與他人比較最大的問題，是會讓你永遠不滿足。
因為不管哪個領域，永遠有人比你更聰明、資源更多、條件更優渥。 當人生變成競賽，你會花更多力氣在追趕別人， 而不是追求那些真正讓你喜歡、讓你成長的事物。
納瓦爾說：
「所有真正的評分標準都在你心裡。」
（All real scorecards are internal.）
這句話讓我開始明白自己真正想要的是什麼。
我想要一種更能學習與探索的生活，一種永遠有餘裕挖掘新事物的生活。
而要做到這點，我必須退出多人競賽，回到自己心裡的單人遊戲。
所謂真正的優秀，不是跑得比別人快，而是每天都比昨天更接近自己想過的生活方式。
如果我不再追趕別人，我會選擇追求內在覺得重要的事， 而不是外界告訴我的事。
這，就是單人遊戲的開始。
There is a line in The Almanack of Naval Ravikant that reshaped how I view achievement:
“Life is a single-player game.”
Naval isn't telling us to withdraw from society.
He is pointing out something more subtle and profound: Most of our suffering comes from treating life as a multiplayer competition.
For a long time, I did exactly that.
I believed certain accomplishments would make me appear more successful— a high foreign-language test score, an overseas assignment, a resume that looked impressive to others.
But in reality, I wasn't exploring myself.
I was chasing others.
Eventually, I realized something important:
The biggest problem with comparison is that it makes satisfaction impossible.
No matter the field, there will always be someone smarter, faster, or more privileged. When life becomes a race, your energy goes toward catching up— not toward pursuing what actually matters to you.
Naval writes:
“All real scorecards are internal.”
This helped me understand what I truly want: I want a life filled with learning and exploration—a life where there is always room to discover something new.
And to live that way, I must exit the multiplayer mindset and return to my own single-player game.
Real excellence isn't about running faster than others.
It's about moving closer, day by day, to the life you genuinely want to live.
If I stop chasing others, I will choose to pursue what feels important to me— not what the outside world tells me to value.
That is the beginning of the single-player game.
