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1、ContentsIntroduction"WhenI'mworkingonaproblem,Ineverthinkaboutbeauty.Ithinkonlyhowtosolvetheproblem.ButwhenIhavefinished,ifthesolutionisnotbeautiful,Iknowitiswrong."—R.BUCKMINSTERFULLER1•Doyouremembertheexactmomentyoufirstbecameinterestedinpersonaldevelopment?Icertainlydo.IthappenedinJ
2、anuary1991whileIwassittinginajailcell.I'djustbeenarrestedforfelonygrandtheft.Thiswasn'tmyfirstrun-inwiththelaw,soIknewwasintrouble.Iwas19yearsold.IbeganstealingshortlyaftermovingtoBerkeley,California,dur•ingmyfirstsemesteratUCBerkeley.Ididn'tstealformoneyortobuildareputation—Istolefort
3、hethrill.Iwasaddictedtothesurgeofadrenaline.Thecompulsiontostealwassostrongthatshopliftingwaspartofmyroutine,nothingmorethanmydailyespresso.UsuallyIdidn'tcarewhatIstole;itwastheactofstealingthatseducedme.Onatypicalouting,I'dliftadozencandybarsandthendropthemoffinapublicplace,figuringth
4、atotherpeoplewouldeatthem.Ididn'teatthecandybecauseIdidn'tthinkitwashealthy.AsIsatinjailforseveraldaysthatJanuarywithnothingtodobutwallowinmyownstupidity,therealityofmysituationcamecrashingdownuponme.InhighschoolI'dbeenastraight-Ahonorsstudent,presidentofthemathclub,andcaptainoftheAcad
5、emicDecathlonteam.Myfutureasacomputer-sciencemajorlookedunbelievablybright,butsomehowI'dtornittoshreds.NowIwasexpectingtospendthenextyearortwobehindbars.ixPERSONALDEVELOPMENTFORSMARTPEOPLEUponreturningtomystudioapartmentafterthreedaysinjail,IreceivedaletterfromUCBerkeleyinformingmeinno
6、uncertaintermsthatI'dbeenexpelled.Apparentlyschoolsdothatsortofthingwhenyoudon'tbothershowinguptoclassesandyourgradepointaveragestartswithadecimalpoint.Inthatmoment,IrealizedIhadtwobasicoptionsforhowtodealwithmysituation:growuporgiveup.Duringthenextfewmonthswhilewaitingformycourtdate,I
7、wasinatotalfunk.MostdaysIsleptuntilwellpastnoon.Iburiedmy•selfinvideogames,sometimesfor18hoursatatime.(We'retalkingsingle-playerNintendogameshere,notmassivemultiplayeronlinegames.)It'shardtofeelmotivatedwhenyou'reexpectingtogotojailforawhile.EventuallyIsecuredalawyerandmetwithhimathi
