致谢

有太多人、太多事值得我感恩。这本书的背后凝结了很多人的付出和心血，每每想到这些，我就感到无比幸福，心底充满感激之情。下面是我写的奥斯卡式的致谢：

我非常感谢纳瓦尔信任一个网上的陌生人，信任我把他说过的话编纂成书。这一切都始于一条漫不经心的推文。因为你的信任和支持，现在，一条推文变成了一部了不起的作品。我感激你的回应、慷慨和信任。

感谢巴巴克·尼维为我提供了最简洁、最精确的写作建议。谢谢你不吝时间让这本书变得更好。

谢谢蒂姆·费里斯，你打破了自己的铁律，为本书作序。你的参与对我来说意义重大，一定会让更多人受益于纳瓦尔的智慧。

这本书的主要内容来自谢恩·帕里什、乔·罗根、萨拉·莱西和蒂姆·费里斯等杰出创作者的访谈。我非常感谢你们在访谈时付出的所有努力。在创作这本书的过程中，我和其他人都从你们的工作中受益良多。

我很感激杰克·布彻伸出援手，用他的天赋和才华为本书创作了插图。

我一直非常欣赏他在Visualize Value（扩展程序）上的作品，完全是天才之作，我们都很幸运能在本书里看到他的作品。

感谢父母赐予我的天资，也谢谢你们付出的所有努力和牺牲，让我能够创作出这本书。你们为我所做的一切奠定了本书的基础，我会永远牢记。这本书就是“消除疑惑”家庭实践的鲜活例子。

感谢让尼娜·塞德尔，你是我强大的后盾，为我提供了无尽的爱和鼓励。你总是积极耐心，一直给我提供非常好的建议。谢谢你一直为我加油鼓气。

感谢凯瑟琳·马丁。你是一位真正出色的文本编辑，为这本书付出了巨大努力（也感谢戴维·佩雷尔介绍我们认识）。

感谢库沙尔·库拉拉特纳的诸多贡献。你在本书写作之初就相信它一定可以成功，你是本书的早期读者，在它羽翼未丰、漏洞百出的阶段提供了巨大的帮助。谢谢你的付出。

感谢马克斯·奥尔森、艾米莉·霍德曼和泰勒·皮尔逊。你们都是我的挚友，在本书创作和出版的整个过程中，你们成了我的顾问，为我提供了大量帮助。如果没有你们，我现在还在网上一通乱搜，叫骂不止。

感谢我的早期读者，感谢你们付出的时间、编辑和明智的建议。你们每个人都为本书做出了宝贵的贡献。没有你们，本书就不会是现在的样子。我向你们每个人致以我最诚挚的谢意：安德鲁·法拉、特里斯坦·霍姆西、丹尼尔·杜瓦永、杰西·雅各布斯、肖恩·奥康纳、亚当·韦克斯曼、凯兰·佩里、克里斯·金特罗、乔治·麦克、布伦特·贝肖尔、沙恩·帕里什、泰勒·皮尔逊、本·克兰、坎达丝·吴、沙恩·马克、杰西·鲍尔斯、特雷弗·麦肯德里克、戴维·佩雷尔、纳塔莱·康斯坦丁、本·阿克森、诺厄·马登、克里斯·吉勒特、梅根·达内尔和扎克·安德森·佩蒂特。

感谢给本书的诞生带来灵感的书籍作者和内容创作者。在我的生命中，有一些类似的书彻底改变了我的人生，我对它们深怀感激。这也是我创作和分享本书的直接动力。在这里我想特别列出其中几本：

→彼得·考夫曼编辑的《穷查理宝典：查理·芒格智慧箴言录》

→布莱克·马斯特斯的《从0到1》

→皮特·贝弗林的《探索智慧：从达尔文到芒格》

→马克斯·奥尔森编辑的《巴菲特致股东的信》

→瑞·达利欧及其团队的《原则》

感谢Scribe媒体公司团队在本书的编撰初期给予的真诚支持。扎克·奥布朗特提供了绝佳的建议，编辑哈尔·克利福德充满耐心，精益求精。

感谢塔克·马克斯创立了Scribe媒体公司，组建了一支出色的团队，并亲自关注和支持本书的创作。我很感激你为了追求伟大的产品而忽略我的感受。我非常感谢你对我的信任，谢谢你相信我可以做好这个工作。

感谢博和扎里的整个团队，谢谢你们包容我对这本书的痴迷和努力，谢谢你们的耐心和风度。同时，我也非常感谢许多网上的朋友和陌生人，谢谢你们支持和鼓励

我完成了本书的创作。我的私信里充满了亲切的话语和热切的询问。感谢大家每一个善意的举动，你们的能量帮助我度过了上千个小时，这本书为你们而作。

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