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Tina Seelig: The little risks you can take to increase your luck
蒂娜 · 齐莉格: 承担风险，方能提升运气
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运气很少像闪电那样，孤立和戏剧性地来临 —— 它更像风，一直不断地吹。捕捉更多运气很容易，但并非人人都清楚如何做到。在这场鞭辟入里的演讲中，斯坦福理工学院教授蒂娜 · 齐莉格分享了三种意想不到的方法来提升你的运气—— 以及你看到和抓住机会的能力。
Tina Seelig - Educator
Tina Seelig teaches innovation and entrepreneurship and is passionate about creative problem-solving. Full bio
Tina Seelig teaches innovation and entrepreneurship and is passionate about creative problem-solving. Full bio
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I've spent nearly two decades
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我花了近二十年的时间，
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observing what makes people
luckier than others
luckier than others
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观察是什么使有些人比他人更幸运，
00:18
and trying to help people
increase their luck.
increase their luck.
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并试图帮助人们提升运气。
00:22
You see, I teach entrepreneurship,
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我教授创业学，
大家都知道，多数
新企业均以失败告终，
新企业均以失败告终，
00:25
and we all know
that most new ventures fail,
that most new ventures fail,
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创新者和企业家需要
所有可以得到的运气。
所有可以得到的运气。
00:29
and innovators and entrepreneurs
need all the luck they can get.
need all the luck they can get.
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00:34
So what is luck?
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那么，运气是什么呢？
00:35
Luck is defined as success or failure
apparently caused by chance.
apparently caused by chance.
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运气，被定义为显然由
偶然原因导致的成功或失败。
偶然原因导致的成功或失败。
00:42
Apparently.
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‘’显然‘’，
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That's the operative word.
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是其中的关键词。
00:46
It looks like it's chance
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看起来运气具有偶然性，
00:48
because we rarely see all the levers
that come into play to make people lucky.
that come into play to make people lucky.
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是因为我们极少看到所有的
因素同时作用而产生好运。
因素同时作用而产生好运。
但通过长期的观察，我发现，
00:53
But I've realized, by watching so long,
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that luck is rarely a lightning strike,
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运气很少像闪电那样，
01:00
isolated and dramatic.
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孤立而戏剧性地降临。
01:02
It's much more like the wind,
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它更像风，
01:04
blowing constantly.
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不断地吹，
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Sometimes it's calm,
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有时静止不动，
01:08
and sometimes it blows in gusts,
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有时，则阵阵袭来，
01:10
and sometimes it comes from directions
that you didn't even imagine.
that you didn't even imagine.
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有时，它会从你
根本想不到的方向吹来。
根本想不到的方向吹来。
01:14
So how do you catch the winds of luck?
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那么，如何捕捉幸运之风呢？
01:17
It's easy, but it's not obvious.
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做起来很简单，却并非
人人知晓其中的奥妙。
人人知晓其中的奥妙。
01:20
So I'm going to share
three things with you
three things with you
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所以，我要分享三件
你们可以做到的事情，
你们可以做到的事情，
01:23
that you can do to build a sail
to capture the winds of luck.
to capture the winds of luck.
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去创建一面风帆，
以捕捉幸运之风。
以捕捉幸运之风。
01:29
The first thing you want to do
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你要做的第一件事，
01:31
is to change your relationship
with yourself.
with yourself.
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就是改变你与自己的关系，
01:34
Be willing to take small risks
that get you out of your comfort zone.
that get you out of your comfort zone.
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去承担小小的风险，
走出自己的舒适区，
走出自己的舒适区，
01:38
Now, when we're children,
we do this all the time.
we do this all the time.
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这是我们儿时常做的事。
01:42
We have to do this if we're going
to learn how to walk or talk
to learn how to walk or talk
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如果要学走路、学说话、
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or ride a bike
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学骑自行车、甚至量子力学，
01:47
or even quantum mechanics. Right?
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就必须走出舒适区。
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We need to go from someone one week
who doesn't ride a bike
who doesn't ride a bike
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我们必须经历
这周还不会骑自行车呢，
这周还不会骑自行车呢，
01:52
to, next week, someone who does.
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下周就会骑的过程。
01:53
And this requires us to get
out of our comfort zone
out of our comfort zone
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这需要我们走出舒适区，
01:56
and take some risks.
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并承担一些风险。
01:58
The problem is, as we get older,
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问题是，随着年龄的增长，
我们就很少这样做了。
02:00
we rarely do this.
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我们变得喜欢固步自封，
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We sort of lock down
the sense of who we are
the sense of who we are
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02:04
and don't stretch anymore.
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不再拓展自己的能力。
02:06
Now, with my students,
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对于我的学生，
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I spend a lot of time
giving them encouragement
giving them encouragement
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我花了很多时间鼓励他们
02:10
to get out of their comfort zone
and take some risks.
and take some risks.
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走出舒适区，并承担一些风险。
02:13
How do I do this?
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我怎么做的呢？
02:15
Well, I start out by having them
fill out a risk-o-meter.
fill out a risk-o-meter.
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我先让他们填写风险承受表，
02:19
Now, it's basically a fun thing
we developed in our class
we developed in our class
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这其实就是我们在课堂
开展的一项有趣的活动，
开展的一项有趣的活动，
02:21
where they map out what risks
they're willing to take.
they're willing to take.
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让他们标出愿意承担的风险。
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And it becomes clear very quickly to them
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他们很快就会明白，
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that risk-taking is not binary.
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承担风险可不是非零即一那么简单，
02:30
There are intellectual risks
and physical risks and financial risks
and physical risks and financial risks
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有智力风险、物理风险、金融风险、
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and emotional risks and social risks
and ethical risks and political risks.
and ethical risks and political risks.
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情感风险、社会风险、
道德风险和政治风险。
道德风险和政治风险。
02:38
And once they do this, they compare
their risk profiles with others,
their risk profiles with others,
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一旦确定自己肯承担的风险后，
他们会将风险表与他人的比较，
他们会将风险表与他人的比较，
02:41
and they quickly realize
that they're all really different.
that they're all really different.
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然后很快就意识到，
大家的风险表竟然截然不同。
大家的风险表竟然截然不同。
02:46
I then encourage them to stretch,
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然后我鼓励他们挑战一下，
02:48
to take some risks that get them
out of their comfort zone.
out of their comfort zone.
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承担一些风险，
使自己走出舒适区。
使自己走出舒适区。
02:51
For example, I might ask them
to do an intellectual risk
to do an intellectual risk
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例如，我可能会要求他们
冒一下智力风险，
冒一下智力风险，
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and try to tackle a problem
they haven't tried before;
they haven't tried before;
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设法解决一个他们以前
从没尝试过的问题；
从没尝试过的问题；
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or a social risk, talking to someone
sitting next to them on the train;
sitting next to them on the train;
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或社会风险，在火车上
与邻座的旅客交谈；
与邻座的旅客交谈；
03:02
or an emotional risk,
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或者是情绪上的风险，
03:04
maybe telling someone
they really care about how they feel.
they really care about how they feel.
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比如告诉真正在乎的人
自己对他们的感受。
自己对他们的感受。
03:08
I do this myself all the time.
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我自己一直这样做。
03:11
About a dozen years ago,
I was on an airplane,
I was on an airplane,
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大约 12 年前，我在
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early, early morning flight
on my way to Ecuador.
on my way to Ecuador.
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很早的一班
去往厄瓜多尔的飞机上。
去往厄瓜多尔的飞机上。
03:16
And normally, I would just
put on my headphones
put on my headphones
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通常情况下，我会戴上耳机，
03:22
and go to sleep, wake up, do some work,
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先睡一觉，睡醒再工作一会儿，
03:24
but I decided to take a little risk,
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但我决定冒点儿风险，
03:26
and I started a conversation
with the man sitting next to me.
with the man sitting next to me.
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我开始和旁边的人聊天。
我介绍了自己，随后
得知他是一个出版商。
得知他是一个出版商。
03:29
I introduced myself,
and I learned that he was a publisher.
and I learned that he was a publisher.
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03:33
Interesting.
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还真是巧啊。
由此我们有了一段精彩的谈话，
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We ended up having
a fascinating conversation.
a fascinating conversation.
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我了解到了出版业的未来。
03:37
I learned all about the future
of the publishing industry.
of the publishing industry.
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因此，当飞行旅程
进行到大约四分之三时，
进行到大约四分之三时，
03:40
So about three quarters
of the way through the flight,
of the way through the flight,
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03:43
I decided to take another risk,
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我决定再冒一次险，
03:45
and I opened up my laptop
and I shared with him a book proposal
and I shared with him a book proposal
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我打开笔记本电脑，和他分享
我整理的一本书的提案，
我整理的一本书的提案，
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I put together for something
I was doing in my class.
I was doing in my class.
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这些东西是我上课使用的。
他很有礼貌，读完以后，
03:53
And he was very polite, he read it,
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他说， “知道吗，蒂娜，
我们这样做不太合适，
我们这样做不太合适，
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and he said, "You know what, Tina,
this isn't right for us,
this isn't right for us,
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但是，很感谢你的分享”。
03:57
but thank you so much for sharing."
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这次冒险没有成功，不过没关系。
03:59
It's OK. That risk didn't work out.
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04:01
I shut my laptop.
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我关上了笔记本电脑。
04:03
At the end of the flight,
we exchanged contact information.
we exchanged contact information.
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在飞行结束时,
我们互留了联系方式。
我们互留了联系方式。
04:07
A couple of months later,
I reached out to him,
I reached out to him,
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几个月后，我又联系他，
04:10
and I said, "Mark, would you
like to come to my class?
like to come to my class?
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说："马克，你愿意来我的课堂吗？
我在做一个有关‘重塑书本’的项目，
04:12
I'm doing a project
on reinventing the book,
on reinventing the book,
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04:15
the future of publishing."
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有关出版业的未来。”
他说："好极了。我很乐意去。”
04:16
And he said, "Great. I'd love to come."
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所以他来到我的课堂，
我们相处得非常愉快。
我们相处得非常愉快。
04:18
So he came to my class.
We had a great experience.
We had a great experience.
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04:21
A few months later, I wrote to him again.
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几个月后，我又写信给他，
04:23
This time, I sent him
a bunch of video clips
a bunch of video clips
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这次，我发给他一组视频剪辑，
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from another project my students had done.
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这些剪辑来自学生们
做的另一个项目。
做的另一个项目。
04:29
He was so intrigued
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学生们做的项目中，
04:31
by one of the projects
the students had done,
the students had done,
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有一个引起了他极大的兴趣，
04:33
he thought there might be a book in it,
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他认为可以出一本相关的书，
04:35
and he wanted to meet those students.
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而且，他想面见那些学生。
04:38
I have to tell you,
I was a little bit hurt.
I was a little bit hurt.
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实话说，我有点小小的受伤。
04:40
(Laughter)
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(笑声)
我是说，他想和我的学生们
出版一本书，而不是和我，
出版一本书，而不是和我，
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I mean, he wanted to do a book
with my students and not with me,
with my students and not with me,
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不过，没啥大不了。
04:44
but OK, it's all right.
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04:45
So I invited him to come down,
and he and his colleagues came to Stanford
and he and his colleagues came to Stanford
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因此我邀请他过来，
他和同事们来到斯坦福，
他和同事们来到斯坦福，
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and met with the students,
and afterwards, we had lunch together.
and afterwards, we had lunch together.
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和同学们见了面，
随后我们共进了午餐。
随后我们共进了午餐。
他的一位编辑问我，
04:53
And one of his editors said to me,
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04:55
"Hey, have you ever
considered writing a book?"
considered writing a book?"
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“嘿，你有没有想过要写一本书啊？”
04:59
I said, "Funny you should ask."
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我说，“你问得真巧，”
05:00
And I pulled out the exact same proposal
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于是我拿出一本书的提案给他，
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that I had showed his boss a year earlier.
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就是一年前给他老板看的那本。
05:07
Within two weeks, I had a contract,
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两周内，我们就签了合同，
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and within two years, the book had sold
over a million copies around the world.
over a million copies around the world.
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两年内，这本书在全球
销售了超过一百万本。
销售了超过一百万本。
05:14
(Applause)
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（掌声）
05:16
Now, you might say,
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现在，你可能会说，
05:18
"Oh, you're so lucky."
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“噢，你太幸运了。”
05:19
But of course I was lucky,
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当然，我是幸运的呀，
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but that luck resulted
from a series of small risks I took,
from a series of small risks I took,
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但幸运来自
我承担的一系列小风险，
我承担的一系列小风险，
05:25
starting with saying hello.
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而这一切，都是从打招呼开始的。
05:27
And anyone can do this,
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谁都能做到这一点，
05:30
no matter where you are in your life,
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无论你在人生的哪个阶段，
05:31
no matter where you are in the world --
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无论你身在何处，
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even if you think
you're the most unlucky person,
you're the most unlucky person,
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即使你认为自己是最倒霉的人，
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you can do this by taking little risks
that get you out of your comfort zone.
that get you out of your comfort zone.
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也可以通过承担小风险，
把自己带出舒适区，
把自己带出舒适区，
05:41
You start building a sail to capture luck.
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开始打造那一叶捕捉好运的帆。
05:44
The second thing you want to do
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第二件要做的事情，
05:46
is to change your relationship
with other people.
with other people.
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就是改善与他人的关系。
05:49
You need to understand that everyone
who helps you on your journey
who helps you on your journey
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要明白，每个
在旅途中帮助过你的人，
在旅途中帮助过你的人，
05:54
is playing a huge role
in getting you to your goals.
in getting you to your goals.
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在你实现目标的过程中，
都起了非常重要作用。
都起了非常重要作用。
05:58
And if you don't show appreciation,
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若你没有心怀感激之情，
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not only are you not closing the loop,
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这不仅仅是你没与
他们互动交流的问题，
他们互动交流的问题，
06:03
but you're missing an opportunity.
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而是让你错过了一次机会。
06:06
When someone does something for you,
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当有人为你做某件事时，
06:08
they're taking that time
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他们把本可以花在
06:09
that they could be spending
on themselves or someone else,
on themselves or someone else,
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自己或别人身上的时间
花在了你身上，
花在了你身上，
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and you need to acknowledge
what they're doing.
what they're doing.
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你要对他们的行为表示感谢。
06:16
Now, I run three fellowship
programs at Stanford,
programs at Stanford,
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目前，我管理着斯坦福的
三个奖学金项目，
三个奖学金项目，
06:20
and they are very competitive to get into,
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这三个项目的竞争都很激烈，
当我寄信给那些
没有入围的学生时，
没有入围的学生时，
06:23
and when I send out the letters
to those students who don't get in,
to those students who don't get in,
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我知道有人会很失望。
06:26
I always know there are going to be
people who are disappointed.
people who are disappointed.
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有些失望的人给我写信，抱怨。
06:29
Some of the people who are disappointed
send me notes, complaining.
send me notes, complaining.
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06:32
Some of them send notes
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有的人写信问我，
自己该如何做，
才能让自己下次更成功？
才能让自己下次更成功？
06:34
saying what could I do to make myself
more successful next time around?
more successful next time around?
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And every once in a while,
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时不时地，
06:39
someone sends me a note
thanking me for the opportunity.
thanking me for the opportunity.
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也有人写信来，
感谢我给他们的机会。
感谢我给他们的机会。
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This happened about seven years ago.
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有一件大概七年前发生的事，
06:44
A young man named Brian
sent me a beautiful note saying,
sent me a beautiful note saying,
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一个叫布莱恩的年轻人给
我寄来一封感人的信，他说：
我寄来一封感人的信，他说：
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"I know I've been rejected
from this program twice,
from this program twice,
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“我已经被该项目拒绝了两次，
06:50
but I want to thank you
for the opportunity.
for the opportunity.
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但我很想感谢您给的机会，
06:52
I learned so much
through the process of applying."
through the process of applying."
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在申请奖学金的过程中，
我学到了很多东西。”
我学到了很多东西。”
06:56
I was so taken by
the graciousness of his message
the graciousness of his message
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他信中的感恩话语
极大地触动了我，
极大地触动了我，
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that I invited him to come and meet me.
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因此，我邀请他来见我。
07:02
And we spent some time chatting
and cooked up an idea
and cooked up an idea
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我们一起聊了一会儿，
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for an independent study project together.
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共同想出了一个
"自主学习项目"的主意。
"自主学习项目"的主意。
07:08
He was on the football team at Stanford,
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他当时是斯坦福的足球队成员，
07:10
and he decided to do a project
on looking at leadership in that context.
on looking at leadership in that context.
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他决定做一个这方面
关于领导力的项目。
关于领导力的项目。
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We got to know each other
incredibly well through that quarter,
incredibly well through that quarter,
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那半个学期里，
我们很好地了解了彼此，
我们很好地了解了彼此，
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and he took the project
that he started working on
that he started working on
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他拿到了自己着手准备的
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in the independent study
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“自主学习项目"，
07:21
and turned it, ultimately,
into a company called Play for Tomorrow,
into a company called Play for Tomorrow,
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最终，把它变成了一个
叫做 "为明天而战" 的公司，
叫做 "为明天而战" 的公司，
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where he teaches kids
from disadvantaged backgrounds
from disadvantaged backgrounds
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在那里，他教那些家庭
状况不佳的孩子们，
状况不佳的孩子们，
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how to, essentially,
craft the lives they dream to live.
craft the lives they dream to live.
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如何从根本上精心规划
他们梦想的生活。
他们梦想的生活。
07:33
Now, the important thing about this story
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这个故事的重点是，
07:36
is that we both ended up catching
the winds of luck
the winds of luck
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我俩都抓住了幸运之风，
07:39
as a result of his thank-you note.
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一切都源于他的感谢信，
07:41
But it was the winds
that we didn't expect in the first place.
that we didn't expect in the first place.
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这是我们俩起初根本预料不到的。
07:46
Over the course
of the last couple of years,
of the last couple of years,
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在过去的几年里，
07:48
I've come up with
some tactics for my own life
some tactics for my own life
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我为自己的生活制定了一些策略，
07:51
to help me really foster appreciation.
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来帮助我真正地培养感激之心。
07:54
My favorite is that at the end
of every single day,
of every single day,
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我最喜欢在每天晚上，
07:57
I look at my calendar
and I review all the people I met with,
and I review all the people I met with,
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看着日历，回想所有
我（今天）见过的人，
我（今天）见过的人，
08:01
and I send thank-you notes
to every single person.
to every single person.
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并给每个人发一封感谢信、
08:04
It only takes a few minutes,
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只需要几分钟的时间，
08:06
but at the end of every day,
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但在每一天的结束时，
08:08
I feel incredibly grateful
and appreciative,
and appreciative,
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我都感到特别感恩和感激，
08:12
and I promise you
it has increased my luck.
it has increased my luck.
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我向各位担保，
这个过程增加了我的好运。
这个过程增加了我的好运。
08:15
So first, you need to take some risks
and get out of your comfort zone.
and get out of your comfort zone.
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因此，首先你需要冒一下险，
走出你的舒适区。
走出你的舒适区。
08:19
Second, you need to show appreciation.
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其次，你需要心怀感激。
08:21
And third, you want to change
your relationship with ideas.
your relationship with ideas.
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第三，你需要改变与想法的关系。
08:26
Most people look at new ideas
that come there way and they judge them.
that come there way and they judge them.
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大多数的人会面对新想法，
并对其进行评判，
并对其进行评判，
08:29
"That's a great idea"
or "That's a terrible idea."
or "That's a terrible idea."
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"这是一个很好的主意 "
或 "这个想法很糟糕"。
或 "这个想法很糟糕"。
08:32
But it's actually much more nuanced.
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但这个过程实际上很微妙。
08:36
Ideas are neither good or bad.
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主意并没有好坏之分。
08:38
And in fact, the seeds of terrible ideas
are often something truly remarkable.
are often something truly remarkable.
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事实上，糟糕的想法产生的结果
往往才是真正了不起的东西。
往往才是真正了不起的东西。
08:44
One of my favorite exercises
in my classes on creativity
in my classes on creativity
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在课堂上，我最喜欢的
关于创新的练习之一，
关于创新的练习之一，
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is to help students foster an attitude
of looking at terrible ideas
of looking at terrible ideas
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是帮助学生培养一种
以可能性的视角
以可能性的视角
08:51
through the lens of possibilities.
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来看待糟糕想法的态度。
08:55
So I give them a challenge:
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所以，我给了他们一个挑战：
08:57
to create an idea
for a brand new restaurant.
for a brand new restaurant.
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为一家全新的餐厅想点子。
09:01
They have to come up
with the best ideas for a new restaurant
with the best ideas for a new restaurant
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他们必须为新餐馆想出金点子
和最坏的点子。
09:04
and the worst ideas for a new restaurant.
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金点子，如欣赏美丽日落的
09:06
So the best ideas are things like
a restaurant on a mountaintop
a restaurant on a mountaintop
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山顶餐厅，
09:10
with a beautiful sunset,
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09:11
or a restaurant on a boat
with a gorgeous view.
with a gorgeous view.
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或能观赏靓丽景色的船上餐厅；
糟糕的点子，如建在
垃圾堆里的餐馆，
垃圾堆里的餐馆，
09:14
And the terrible ideas are things like
a restaurant in a garbage dump,
a restaurant in a garbage dump,
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09:19
or a restaurant with terrible service
that's really dirty,
that's really dirty,
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或一家服务差、环境脏的餐馆，
09:23
or a restaurant that serves
cockroach sushi.
cockroach sushi.
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或是一家供应蟑螂寿司的餐馆。
09:27
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
09:28
So they hand all the ideas to me,
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他们把所有的点子交给我，
09:30
I read the great ideas out loud,
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我大声读出那些金点子，
09:33
and then I rip them up
and throw them away.
and throw them away.
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然后把它们撕毁、扔掉；
09:36
I then take the horrible ideas
and redistribute them.
and redistribute them.
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接下来，我把糟糕的
点子重新分配给他们。
点子重新分配给他们。
现在，每个队都有一个
另一队认为很糟糕的点子，
另一队认为很糟糕的点子，
09:40
Each team now has an idea
that another team thought was horrible,
that another team thought was horrible,
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09:44
and their challenge is to turn it
into something brilliant.
into something brilliant.
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他们的挑战就是
让这些点子化腐朽为神奇。
让这些点子化腐朽为神奇。
09:49
Here's what happens.
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接下来，奇妙的事情发生了：
09:51
Within about 10 seconds, someone says,
"This is a fabulous idea."
"This is a fabulous idea."
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在大约10秒内，有人说，
"这真是个绝妙的主意。"
"这真是个绝妙的主意。"
09:56
And they have about three minutes
before they pitch the idea to the class.
before they pitch the idea to the class.
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他们约有三分钟的准备时间，
然后向全班兜售他们的点子。
然后向全班兜售他们的点子。
10:00
So the restaurant in the garbage dump?
What does that turn into?
What does that turn into?
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那个垃圾堆里的餐馆会变成什么呢？
10:03
Well, they collect all the extra food
from Michelin star restaurants
from Michelin star restaurants
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他们从米其林星级餐厅收集那些
将被白白扔掉的多余食物，
10:08
that was going to get thrown out,
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10:10
and they have another restaurant
at a much lower price,
at a much lower price,
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他们还有另一家价格更低的餐馆，
供应的都是剩饭。
10:13
with all the leftovers.
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10:14
Pretty cool?
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棒不棒？
那服务不好、环境肮脏的餐厅呢？
10:15
Or the restaurant that's dirty
with terrible service?
with terrible service?
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10:18
Well, that turns into a restaurant
that's a training ground
that's a training ground
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它变成了一家餐厅训练场，
10:22
for future restauranteurs to figure out
how to avoid all the pitfalls.
how to avoid all the pitfalls.
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供未来餐厅老板找出
如何避免所有的隐患。
如何避免所有的隐患。
10:27
And the restaurant with cockroach sushi?
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卖蟑螂寿司的餐厅呢？
10:29
It turns into a sushi bar
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它变成了一个寿司酒吧，
10:31
with all sorts of really interesting
and exotic ingredients.
and exotic ingredients.
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里面融入了各种真正
有趣而富有异国情调的元素。
有趣而富有异国情调的元素。
10:36
If you look around at the companies,
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如果你环顾四周的公司，
10:39
the ventures that are
really innovative around you,
really innovative around you,
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你周围那些真正创新的企业，
10:42
the ones that we now take for granted
that have changed our life,
that have changed our life,
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那些我们坦然接受的
改变我们生活的公司和企业，
改变我们生活的公司和企业，
10:45
well, you know what?
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噢，你知道吗？
10:47
They all started out as crazy ideas.
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他们都是从疯狂的想法开始的。
10:50
They started ideas
that when they pitched to other people,
that when they pitched to other people,
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在向其他人推销时，
他们就开始实施想法了，
他们就开始实施想法了，
10:52
most people said, "That's crazy,
it will never work."
it will never work."
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多数人说"这太离谱了,
根本行不通的。”
根本行不通的。”
10:58
So, yes, sometimes people
were born into terrible circumstances,
were born into terrible circumstances,
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是的，有时人们
出生在糟糕的环境中，
出生在糟糕的环境中，
11:04
and sometimes, luck is a lightning bolt
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有时，运气像一道闪电，
11:06
that hits us with something wonderful
or something terrible.
or something terrible.
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用奇妙或可怕的东西击中我们。
11:10
But the winds of luck are always there,
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但幸运之风总是在那里，
11:14
and if you're willing to take some risks,
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如果你愿意承担一些风险，
11:17
if you're willing to really go out
and show appreciation
and show appreciation
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如果你愿意真正走出去，
并心怀感激之情，
并心怀感激之情，
11:20
and willing to really look at ideas,
even if they're crazy,
even if they're crazy,
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愿意真正去正视各种想法，
即使这些想法很疯狂，
即使这些想法很疯狂，
11:25
through the lens of possibilities,
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通过可能性的视角，
11:27
you can build a bigger and bigger sail
to catch the winds of luck.
to catch the winds of luck.
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你仍然可以打造一面更大的帆，
去捕捉幸运之风。
去捕捉幸运之风。
11:31
Thank you.
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谢谢！
11:33
(Applause)
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（掌声）
Translated by Carol Wang
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Tina Seelig - EducatorTina Seelig teaches innovation and entrepreneurship and is passionate about creative problem-solving.
Why you should listen
Tina Seelig is Professor of the Practice in the Department of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University. She is also a faculty director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program, the entrepreneurship center at Stanford School of Engineering. Trained as a neuroscientist, with a PhD from Stanford School of Medicine, Seelig has always been interested in how we think, especially how we come up with bold new ideas.
Seelig runs several fellowship programs that focus on entrepreneurial leadership and teaches classes in the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, also know as the d.school. Her highly-experiential classes are crafted to explore factors that contribute to creativity and innovation in individuals and groups within organizations, with an emphasis on how to frame and reframe problems, challenge assumptions, and generate innovative ideas.
After earning her PhD, Seelig was a management consultant and entrepreneur. She is the author of 17 books, including What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20, inGenius and Creativity Rules. She is the recipient of the Gordon Prize from the National Academy of Engineering, recognizing her as a national leader in engineering education, as well as the Olympus Innovation Award and the Silicon Valley Visionary Award.
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