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Tim Ferriss: Why you should define your fears instead of your goals
蒂姆·法瑞斯: 你该认清你的恐惧而不是目标
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通常最困难的选择 － 我们最害怕做的、问的、说的 － 却恰恰是我们必须做的。我们如何才能克服自我麻痹并采取行动？蒂姆·法瑞斯鼓励我们充分地预想和写下恐惧的细节，这是一种简单但强有力的练习，他称之为“恐惧设定”。让你更多的了解这个练习，如何帮助你在高压环境中获得成功以及如何控制你无法掌控的事物。
Tim Ferriss - Investor, human guinea pig, author
Tim Ferriss is an early-stage tech investor, best-selling author and podcaster. Full bio
Tim Ferriss is an early-stage tech investor, best-selling author and podcaster. Full bio
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00:12
So, this happy pic of me
was taken in 1999.
was taken in 1999.
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我这张快乐的照片拍摄于1999年。
00:16
I was a senior in college,
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当年我大四，
00:18
and it was right after a dance practice.
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拍摄于舞蹈练习之后。
00:20
I was really, really happy.
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我当时非常开心。
00:22
And I remember exactly where I was
about a week and a half later.
about a week and a half later.
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我清楚地记得在一周半之后，
00:26
I was sitting in the back
of my used minivan
of my used minivan
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我坐在我旧的小货车后座，
00:29
in a campus parking lot,
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在校园停车场，
00:31
when I decided
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当时我决定
00:32
I was going to commit suicide.
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我要自杀。
00:35
I went from deciding
to full-blown planning very quickly.
to full-blown planning very quickly.
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我很快下定决心并有了周全的计划。
00:40
And I came this close
to the edge of the precipice.
to the edge of the precipice.
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然而我悬崖勒马。
00:43
It's the closest I've ever come.
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死亡近在咫尺。
00:45
And the only reason I took
my finger off the trigger
my finger off the trigger
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我未扣动扳机的唯一原因
00:48
was thanks to a few lucky coincidences.
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是一些幸运的巧合。
00:51
And after the fact,
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在此之后，
00:53
that's what scared me the most:
the element of chance.
the element of chance.
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我意识到真正让我恐惧的是机会。
00:57
So I became very methodical
about testing different ways
about testing different ways
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因此我开始井然有序地尝试不同方式
01:00
that I could manage my ups and downs,
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来控制我生活的跌宕起伏，
01:02
which has proven to be
a good investment. (Laughs)
a good investment. (Laughs)
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现在看来这是个不错的投资。
（笑声）
01:06
Many normal people might have,
say, six to 10 major depressive episodes
say, six to 10 major depressive episodes
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大部分普通人一生中会有 6-10 次
较为严重的抑郁阶段。
01:10
in their lives.
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01:12
I have bipolar depression.
It runs in my family.
It runs in my family.
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我有躁郁症，是我家的遗传病。
01:14
I've had 50-plus at this point,
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我大概已经有 50 多次
01:17
and I've learned a lot.
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我学到了很多。
01:19
I've had a lot of at-bats,
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我内心有很多蝙蝠，
01:21
many rounds in the ring with darkness,
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它们在黑暗中轮回着飞行，
01:24
taking good notes.
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寻找着出口。
01:25
So I thought rather than get up
and give any type of recipe for success
and give any type of recipe for success
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因此我认为与其给大家任何成功心灵鸡汤
01:29
or highlight reel,
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或者经典语录，
01:30
I would share my recipe
for avoiding self-destruction,
for avoiding self-destruction,
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我会分享如何避免自我毁灭的秘诀，
01:35
and certainly self-paralysis.
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与避免自我麻痹的秘方。
01:38
And the tool I've found which has proven
to be the most reliable safety net
to be the most reliable safety net
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我所找到的并被证实为最可靠安全的
01:42
for emotional free fall
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情绪安全网
01:44
is actually the same tool
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也正是
我用来做出最佳商业决定的工具。
01:46
that has helped me to make
my best business decisions.
my best business decisions.
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01:48
But that is secondary.
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但是这是次要的。
01:50
And it is ... stoicism.
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它就是斯多葛学派。
01:53
That sounds boring.
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听起来很无聊。
01:55
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
01:56
You might think of Spock,
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你也许会想到斯波克，
01:58
or it might conjure and image like this --
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或者会幻想到这样的画面：
02:00
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
02:02
a cow standing in the rain.
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一头站在雨中的牛。
02:04
It's not sad. It's not particularly happy.
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它不悲伤，也并非快乐。
02:07
It's just an impassive creature taking
whatever life sends its way.
whatever life sends its way.
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它不过是一个逆来顺受的
无动于衷的生物。
无动于衷的生物。
02:11
You might not think of the ultimate
competitor, say, Bill Belichick,
competitor, say, Bill Belichick,
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你也许不会想到与其相反的人，
比如比尔·贝利奇克，
比如比尔·贝利奇克，
02:16
head coach of the New England Patriots,
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新英格兰爱国者队主教练，
02:18
who has the all-time NFL record
for Super Bowl titles.
for Super Bowl titles.
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他有 NFL 历史上最多的超级碗冠军。
02:21
And stoicism has spread like wildfire
in the top of the NFL ranks
in the top of the NFL ranks
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斯多葛学派在 NFL
排行榜榜首中像野火一样蔓延，
排行榜榜首中像野火一样蔓延，
02:27
as a means of mental toughness
training in the last few years.
training in the last few years.
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作为近几年来训练心智的手段。
02:30
You might not think
of the Founding Fathers --
of the Founding Fathers --
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你也许想不到我们国家的奠基人，
02:34
Thomas Jefferson, John Adams,
George Washington
George Washington
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托马斯·杰斐逊、约翰·亚当斯、
乔治·华盛顿
乔治·华盛顿
02:37
to name but three students of stoicism.
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他们都是斯多葛学派的信奉者。
02:40
George Washington actually had
a play about a Stoic --
a play about a Stoic --
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事实上，乔治·华盛顿
有一部有关于斯多葛学派的戏剧
有一部有关于斯多葛学派的戏剧
02:44
this was "Cato, a Tragedy" --
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这就《卡托，一个悲剧》
02:46
performed for his troops at Valley Forge
to keep them motivated.
to keep them motivated.
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曾鼓励他部队在福吉谷时的军心。
02:50
So why would people of action
focus so much on an ancient philosophy?
focus so much on an ancient philosophy?
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为什么人们会如此在乎一个古老的哲学？
02:54
This seems very academic.
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这似乎非常学术。
02:56
I would encourage you to think
about stoicism a little bit differently,
about stoicism a little bit differently,
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我建议从另一个角度看待斯多葛学派，
03:00
as an operating system for thriving
in high-stress environments,
in high-stress environments,
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这是一个在高压环境中成功的机制，
03:03
for making better decisions.
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做出更好的选择。
03:05
And it all started here,
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所有的一切
03:08
kind of,
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似乎都源于
03:09
on a porch.
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一个门廊。
03:10
So around 300 BC in Athens,
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在公元前300年左右的雅典，
03:14
someone named Zeno of Citium
taught many lectures
taught many lectures
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一位叫“季蒂昂的芝诺”的导师
教授很多课程
教授很多课程
03:17
walking around a painted porch, a "stoa."
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经常游走在涂满绘画的门廊，即“拱柱”。
03:19
That later became "stoicism."
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这之后就成为“斯多葛学派”。
03:22
And in the Greco-Roman world,
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而在希腊罗马世界，
03:24
people used stoicism
as a comprehensive system
as a comprehensive system
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人们把斯多葛学派作为一个全面的系统
03:27
for doing many, many things.
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能解决很多事情。
03:29
But for our purposes, chief among them
was training yourself
was training yourself
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于我们而言，
最主要的目的是训练我们自己
最主要的目的是训练我们自己
03:33
to separate what you can control
from what you cannot control,
from what you cannot control,
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将可控和不可控的事情分开，
03:37
and then doing exercises
to focus exclusively
to focus exclusively
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然后训练如何专注于于前者。
03:40
on the former.
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03:41
This decreases emotional reactivity,
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这将降低情绪的反应力，
03:43
which can be a superpower.
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这将成为一种超能力。
03:46
Conversely, let's say
you're a quarterback.
you're a quarterback.
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相反，假设你是四分卫，
03:49
You miss a pass.
You get furious with yourself.
You get furious with yourself.
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你没有接到一个传球，对自己生气。
03:51
That could cost you a game.
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这会让你输掉比赛。
03:53
If you're a CEO, and you fly
off the handle at a very valued employee
off the handle at a very valued employee
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如果你是一个 CEO，对一位
极有价值的员工大发雷霆
极有价值的员工大发雷霆
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because of a minor infraction,
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仅因为一个小错误，
03:58
that could cost you the employee.
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你可能会失去一个员工。
04:01
If you're a college student
who, say, is in a downward spiral,
who, say, is in a downward spiral,
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如果你是一个大学生，
你处在低潮期，
你处在低潮期，
04:06
and you feel helpless and hopeless,
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你觉得无助和无望，
04:09
unabated, that could cost you your life.
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这可能让你失去生命。
04:11
So the stakes are very, very high.
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所以赌注还是非常高的。
04:14
And there are many tools
in the toolkit to get you there.
in the toolkit to get you there.
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工具箱里有很多工具能帮到你。
04:17
I'm going to focus on one
that completely changed my life in 2004.
that completely changed my life in 2004.
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我会着重分享一个在2004年
完全改变我人生的工具。
完全改变我人生的工具。
04:21
It found me then because of two things:
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两件事情让我深受触动：
04:24
a very close friend, young guy, my age,
died of pancreatic cancer unexpectedly,
died of pancreatic cancer unexpectedly,
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一个与我年龄相仿的男性挚友
意外死于胰腺癌，
意外死于胰腺癌，
04:30
and then my girlfriend, who I thought
I was going to marry, walked out.
I was going to marry, walked out.
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之后是我以为是
真命天女的女朋友离我而去。
真命天女的女朋友离我而去。
04:33
She'd had enough, and she didn't
give me a Dear John letter,
give me a Dear John letter,
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她受够了，她没有给我一封分手信，
04:37
but she did give me this,
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但她却送我了一个
04:40
a Dear John plaque.
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分手板牌。
04:41
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
04:42
I'm not making this up. I've kept it.
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这不是我编的，我还留着它。
04:44
"Business hours are over at five o'clock."
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“工作时间在5点结束。”
04:47
She gave this to me
to put on my desk for personal health,
to put on my desk for personal health,
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出于对我健康的关心，
她把这个放在我的桌上，
她把这个放在我的桌上，
04:49
because at the time, I was working
on my first real business.
on my first real business.
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因为当时我正投入于我的第一个事业。
04:53
I had no idea what I was doing.
I was working 14-plus hour days,
I was working 14-plus hour days,
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我不明白当时我在干嘛，
只知道每天工作14个小时以上，
只知道每天工作14个小时以上，
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seven days a week.
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每周7天。
04:58
I was using stimulants to get going.
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我用兴奋剂来刺激自己工作，
05:00
I was using depressants
to wind down and go to sleep.
to wind down and go to sleep.
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用镇抑剂来放松和助眠。
05:03
It was a disaster.
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这是一场灾难。
05:04
I felt completely trapped.
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我彻底沦陷了。
05:06
I bought a book on simplicity
to try to find answers.
to try to find answers.
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我买了关于简朴生活的书来寻找答案。
05:10
And I did find a quote
that made a big difference in my life,
that made a big difference in my life,
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我的确找到一个改变我人生的警句，
05:14
which was, "We suffer more often
in imagination than in reality,"
in imagination than in reality,"
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““折磨我們的往往是想像，
而不是真實””
而不是真實””
05:19
by Seneca the Younger,
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出自塞内卡，
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who was a famous Stoic writer.
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他是著名的斯多葛学派作家。
05:23
That took me to his letters,
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这引领我读他的书信，
05:25
which took me to the exercise,
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让我开始练习，
05:27
"premeditatio malorum,"
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"premeditatio malorum,"
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which means the pre-meditation of evils.
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意思是在最坏情况来临前提前预想。
05:32
In simple terms,
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简而言之，
05:33
this is visualizing the worst-case
scenarios, in detail, that you fear,
scenarios, in detail, that you fear,
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预想最坏的情景及你所恐惧的细节，
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preventing you from taking action,
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防止你采取任何行动，
05:40
so that you can take action
to overcome that paralysis.
to overcome that paralysis.
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因此你可以采取行动，来摆脱恐惧。
05:43
My problem was monkey mind --
super loud, very incessant.
super loud, very incessant.
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我当时头脑一片混乱，
充满着连续不断嘈杂的声音。
充满着连续不断嘈杂的声音。
05:47
Just thinking my way
through problems doesn't work.
through problems doesn't work.
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通过思考我的问题没有什么用处。
05:49
I needed to capture my thoughts on paper.
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我需要把想法都写在纸上。
05:51
So I created a written exercise
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因此我设计了一个写作练习
05:53
that I called "fear-setting,"
like goal-setting,
like goal-setting,
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我称之为“恐惧设置”，
就像目标设置一样。
05:56
for myself.
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05:57
It consists of three pages.
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它由3页纸组成。
05:59
Super simple.
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非常简单。
06:01
The first page is right here.
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第一页是这样的。
06:03
"What if I ...?"
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“如果我...?”
06:06
This is whatever you fear,
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这是你所恐惧的东西，
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whatever is causing you anxiety,
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让你焦虑的东西，
06:09
whatever you're putting off.
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被拖延的东西。
06:11
It could be asking someone out,
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它可能是邀约某人，
06:12
ending a relationship,
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结束一段关系，
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asking for a promotion,
quitting a job, starting a company.
quitting a job, starting a company.
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提出升职，辞职或者创业。
06:17
It could be anything.
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它可以是任何事情。
06:18
For me, it was taking
my first vacation in four years
my first vacation in four years
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与我而言，它是在工作
4年后第一次休假
4年后第一次休假
06:21
and stepping away from my business
for a month to go to London,
for a month to go to London,
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我离开公司去伦敦休息一个月，
06:24
where I could stay
in a friend's room for free,
in a friend's room for free,
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我可以免费住在伦敦朋友的房间里，
06:27
to either remove myself
as a bottleneck in the business
as a bottleneck in the business
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让我从生意的瓶颈中解放自己
06:30
or shut it down.
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或者结束它。
06:32
In the first column, "Define,"
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在第一栏“定义”中，
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you're writing down all of the worst
things you can imagine happening
things you can imagine happening
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你写下所有你预想中
会发生的最坏的事情
会发生的最坏的事情
06:38
if you take that step.
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如果你采取这一步行动。
06:39
You want 10 to 20.
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你需要写下10到20个。
06:41
I won't go through all of them,
but I'll give you two examples.
but I'll give you two examples.
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我不会每一个都详述，
但我举两个例子。
但我举两个例子。
06:44
One was, I'll go to London,
it'll be rainy, I'll get depressed,
it'll be rainy, I'll get depressed,
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一个是如果我去伦敦，
伦敦在下雨的话，我会很沮丧。
伦敦在下雨的话，我会很沮丧。
06:47
the whole thing will be
a huge waste of time.
a huge waste of time.
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整个旅程就是浪费时间。
06:50
Number two, I'll miss
a letter from the IRS,
a letter from the IRS,
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第二个是我错过了美国国税局的信，
06:53
and I'll get audited
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我将被查税
06:54
or raided or shut down or some such.
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或者被抨击或者关闭等。
06:57
And then you go to the "Prevent" column.
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这时可以使用“预防”一栏。
06:59
In that column, you write
down the answer to:
down the answer to:
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在这一栏中，你写下答案：
07:01
What could I do to prevent
each of these bullets from happening,
each of these bullets from happening,
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我能做什么来预防这些事情发生，
07:04
or, at the very least, decrease
the likelihood even a little bit?
the likelihood even a little bit?
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或者至少降低发生的可能性？
07:08
So for getting depressed in London,
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因此当我在伦敦觉得沮丧时，
07:11
I could take a portable blue light with me
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我可以随身携带便携式蓝光
07:13
and use it for 15 minutes in the morning.
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在早上使用15分钟。
07:15
I knew that helped stave off
depressive episodes.
depressive episodes.
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我知道这会帮助我摆脱抑郁。
07:17
For the IRS bit, I could change
the mailing address on file with the IRS
the mailing address on file with the IRS
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对于国税局，
我可以修改在国税局的邮寄地址，
我可以修改在国税局的邮寄地址，
07:21
so the paperwork would go to my accountant
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因此文件到我的会计手上
07:23
instead of to my UPS address.
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而不是我的UPS地址。
07:25
Easy-peasy.
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超级简单。
07:27
Then we go to "Repair."
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接下来我们到“修复”一栏。
07:30
So if the worst-case scenarios happen,
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如果最坏的情况发生，
07:32
what could you do to repair
the damage even a little bit,
the damage even a little bit,
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你能做什么来减轻损失，
07:35
or who could you ask for help?
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或者你能向谁寻求帮助？
07:38
So in the first case, London,
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因此第一个伦敦的例子，
07:39
well, I could fork over some money,
fly to Spain, get some sun --
fly to Spain, get some sun --
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我会多花点钱，去西班牙享受阳光，
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undo the damage, if I got into a funk.
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来弥补损失，如果我陷入恐慌中。
07:46
In the case of missing
a letter from the IRS,
a letter from the IRS,
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如果我错过美国国税局的来件，
07:48
I could call a friend who is a lawyer
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我可以给当律师的朋友打电话
07:51
or ask, say, a professor of law
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或者咨询法学教授
07:54
what they would recommend,
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他们的意见，
07:56
who I should talk to,
how had people handled this in the past.
how had people handled this in the past.
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我将向他们请教
过去类似的情况是如何处理的。
过去类似的情况是如何处理的。
07:59
So one question to keep in mind
as you're doing this first page is:
as you're doing this first page is:
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在填写第一页时请谨记一个问题：
08:03
Has anyone else in the history of time
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过去是否有人
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less intelligent or less driven
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不够聪明或者缺乏主动性
08:07
figured this out?
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来弄清楚这些问题吗？
08:09
Chances are, the answer is "Yes."
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答案是“是的”。
08:11
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
08:12
The second page is simple:
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第二页很简单：
08:16
What might be the benefits
of an attempt or a partial success?
of an attempt or a partial success?
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一次尝试或部分成功会带来哪些好处？
08:19
You can see we're playing up the fears
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你可以看到我们直面恐惧
08:21
and really taking a conservative
look at the upside.
look at the upside.
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同时保持谨慎。
08:24
So if you attempted whatever
you're considering,
you're considering,
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因此当你尝试你想做的事情的时候，
08:27
might you build confidence,
develop skills,
develop skills,
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也许你可以建立自信，
08:29
emotionally, financially, otherwise?
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提高情绪、经济等方面的技能。
08:32
What might be the benefits
of, say, a base hit?
of, say, a base hit?
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一个安打能带来哪些好处？
08:35
Spend 10 to 15 minutes on this.
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花10到15分钟时间思考下。
08:37
Page three.
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第三页。
08:38
This might be the most important,
so don't skip it:
so don't skip it:
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这很可能是最重要的，不要跳过。
08:41
"The Cost of Inaction."
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“不行动的代价”。
08:42
Humans are very good at considering
what might go wrong
what might go wrong
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人类非常善于设想可能出错的事情
08:45
if we try something new,
say, ask for a raise.
say, ask for a raise.
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如果我们尝试新的事情，例如加薪。
08:49
What we don't often consider
is the atrocious cost of the status quo --
is the atrocious cost of the status quo --
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我们通常忽视维持现状所付出的代价
08:54
not changing anything.
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什么都不改变。
08:56
So you should ask yourself,
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因此你要扪心自问，
08:58
if I avoid this action or decision
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如果我错过这次行动或决定
09:03
and actions and decisions like it,
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以及类似的行动和决定，
09:05
what might my life look like in,
say, six months, 12 months, three years?
say, six months, 12 months, three years?
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6个月，12个月，3年后我的
生活会是什么样子？
生活会是什么样子？
09:10
Any further out, it starts
to seem intangible.
to seem intangible.
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刚开始，这些变化非常细微。
09:12
And really get detailed --
again, emotionally, financially,
again, emotionally, financially,
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但从情感、经济、身体等方面
09:16
physically, whatever.
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再次仔细地思考。
09:18
And when I did this, it painted
a terrifying picture.
a terrifying picture.
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当我这样做的时候，
它展示一幅可怕的画面。
它展示一幅可怕的画面。
09:21
I was self-medicating,
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我当时是自我疗愈，
09:23
my business was going to implode
at any moment at all times,
at any moment at all times,
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我的生意随时都将结束
09:27
if I didn't step away.
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如果我不离开。
09:28
My relationships were fraying or failing.
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我的人际关系也在日益递减。
09:30
And I realized that inaction
was no longer an option for me.
was no longer an option for me.
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我意识到不采取行动
不再是我的一个选择。
不再是我的一个选择。
09:36
Those are the three pages. That's it.
That's fear-setting.
That's fear-setting.
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这就是恐惧设置的三页纸。
09:38
And after this, I realized
that on a scale of one to 10,
that on a scale of one to 10,
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之后，我意识到用1到10来评测，
09:42
one being minimal impact,
10 being maximal impact,
10 being maximal impact,
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1是最小的影响，10是最大的影响，
09:46
if I took the trip, I was risking
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如果我踏上旅途，我将面对
09:47
a one to three of temporary
and reversible pain
and reversible pain
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1到3个短暂的可解决的苦恼，
09:51
for an eight to 10 of positive,
life-changing impact
life-changing impact
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还有8到10个能深刻改变我生活的
09:55
that could be a semi-permanent.
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积极影响。
09:57
So I took the trip.
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因此我选择了旅程。
09:59
None of the disasters came to pass.
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然而我预想的灾难一个也没发生。
10:00
There were some hiccups, sure.
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当然会有一些小问题。
10:02
I was able to extricate myself
from the business.
from the business.
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我能将自己从生意中抽离出来。
10:05
I ended up extending that trip
for a year and a half around the world,
for a year and a half around the world,
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最后我延长了那个环球旅行，
花了一年半的时间，
花了一年半的时间，
10:08
and that became the basis
for my first book,
for my first book,
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这也是我第一本书的素材来源，
10:11
that leads me here today.
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最后让我今天站在了这里。
10:12
And I can trace all of my biggest wins
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回顾我取得赢得的最大成就
10:16
and all of my biggest disasters averted
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和避免的巨大灾难
10:18
back to doing fear-setting
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都是因为至少每一季度
10:20
at least once a quarter.
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我都做一次恐惧设置。
10:23
It's not a panacea.
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它并非灵丹妙药。
10:24
You'll find that some of your fears
are very well-founded.
are very well-founded.
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你会发现有些恐惧貨真價實。
10:27
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
10:28
But you shouldn't conclude that
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但是你不能在仔細檢視前，
10:30
without first putting them
under a microscope.
under a microscope.
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做出结论。
10:33
And it doesn't make all the hard times,
the hard choices, easy,
the hard choices, easy,
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它不会让每一次困难时期
和艰难的选择轻而易举，
和艰难的选择轻而易举，
10:36
but it can make a lot of them easier.
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但是确实会简单很多。
10:39
I'd like to close with a profile
of one of my favorite modern-day Stoics.
of one of my favorite modern-day Stoics.
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我想以一位我所钟爱的
当代斯多葛学派人物来结束。
当代斯多葛学派人物来结束。
10:44
This is Jerzy Gregorek.
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他是杰克西·格雷戈里克。
10:46
He is a four-time world champion
in Olympic weightlifting,
in Olympic weightlifting,
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他4次荣获奥林匹克举重项目冠军，
10:50
political refugee,
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政治难民，
10:51
published poet,
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出版诗人，
10:53
62 years old.
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62岁。
10:54
He can still kick my ass and probably
most asses in this room.
most asses in this room.
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他能让我甚至
在座的大部分人都甘拜下风。
在座的大部分人都甘拜下风。
10:59
He's an impressive guy.
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他令人折服。
11:00
I spent a lot of time
on his stoa, his porch,
on his stoa, his porch,
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我花了很多时间徘徊在他的拱柱
11:02
asking life and training advice.
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向他请教有关生活和训练的建议。
11:06
He was part of the Solidarity in Poland,
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他曾是波兰团结工会的一员，
11:09
which was a nonviolent
movement for social change
movement for social change
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这是一个推进社会改革的非暴力运动，
11:12
that was violently suppressed
by the government.
by the government.
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遭到了政府的暴力镇压。
11:14
He lost his career as a firefighter.
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为此他断送了做为消防员的职业生涯。
11:16
Then his mentor, a priest,
was kidnapped, tortured, killed
was kidnapped, tortured, killed
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他的导师，一个牧师被绑架、
折磨并被杀害后
折磨并被杀害后
11:20
and thrown into a river.
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抛尸河中。
11:21
He was then threatened.
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他也遭到了威胁。
11:22
He and his wife had to flee Poland,
bounce from country to country
bounce from country to country
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他和妻子逃离波兰后，
辗转于不同国家之间
辗转于不同国家之间
11:26
until they landed in the US
with next to nothing,
with next to nothing,
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直到身无分文地到达美国，
11:28
sleeping on floors.
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睡在地上。
11:30
He now lives in Woodside, California,
in a very nice place,
in a very nice place,
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他现在住在加州伍德赛德
一个很美的地方，
一个很美的地方，
11:34
and of the 10,000-plus people
I've met in my life,
I've met in my life,
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在我生命中遇到的10000多个人中，
11:37
I would put him in the top 10,
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我将他列为前10，
11:39
in terms of success and happiness.
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就成功和幸福而言。
11:42
And there's a punchline coming,
so pay attention.
so pay attention.
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大家注意，重点来了。
11:44
I sent him a text a few weeks ago,
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几周前我给他发了一个短信，
11:46
asking him: Had he ever read
any Stoic philosophy?
any Stoic philosophy?
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我问他：“你曾读过任何有关
斯多葛学派思想的书吗？”
斯多葛学派思想的书吗？”
11:49
And he replied with two pages of text.
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他用了2页的短信回复我。
11:52
This is very unlike him.
He is a terse dude.
He is a terse dude.
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这很不像他。他是个言简意赅的人。
11:54
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
11:55
And not only was he familiar
with stoicism,
with stoicism,
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他不仅熟知斯多葛学派，
11:58
but he pointed out, for all
of his most important decisions,
of his most important decisions,
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他还指出，他所有重要的决定，
12:02
his inflection points,
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他的人生转折点，
12:03
when he stood up
for his principles and ethics,
for his principles and ethics,
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当他捍卫自己的原则和遵循道德时，
12:08
how he had used stoicism
and something akin to fear-setting,
and something akin to fear-setting,
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他时如何用斯多葛学派以及
类似恐惧设定的方法，
类似恐惧设定的方法，
12:11
which blew my mind.
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这令我感到震惊。
12:12
And he closed with two things.
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他总结了两点。
12:14
Number one: he couldn't imagine
any life more beautiful
any life more beautiful
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第一：他无法想象生活中会有比
12:17
than that of a Stoic.
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拥有斯多葛学派更美好的生活。
12:20
And the last was his mantra,
which he applies to everything,
which he applies to everything,
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最后一个是他可以应用于
任何事情的格言，
任何事情的格言，
12:23
and you can apply to everything:
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你也可以用于任何事物：
12:27
"Easy choices, hard life.
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“简单选择，痛苦生活。
12:30
Hard choices, easy life."
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痛苦选择，简单生活。“
12:34
The hard choices --
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困难的选择，
12:36
what we most fear doing, asking, saying --
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我们最害怕去做的、问的、说的，
12:41
these are very often exactly
what we most need to do.
what we most need to do.
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这些有可能正是我们最需要做的。
12:45
And the biggest challenges
and problems we face
and problems we face
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我们面对的最大挑战和困难是
12:48
will never be solved
with comfortable conversations,
with comfortable conversations,
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永远不能通过一个轻松的谈话就能解决，
12:51
whether it's in your own head
or with other people.
or with other people.
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不管是你自我思考还是和别人探讨。
12:55
So I encourage you to ask yourselves:
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因此我鼓励你问自己：
12:57
Where in your lives right now
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你现在处在你人生中的哪个阶段
12:59
might defining your fears be more
important than defining your goals?
important than defining your goals?
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也许会让你看清恐惧而不是目标？
13:04
Keeping in mind all the while,
the words of Seneca:
the words of Seneca:
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请将塞內卡的话铭记在心：
13:08
"We suffer more often
in imagination than in reality."
in imagination than in reality."
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“折磨我們的往往是想像，
而不是真實”
而不是真實”
13:12
Thank you very much.
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谢谢。
13:13
(Applause)
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（掌声）
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Tim Ferriss - Investor, human guinea pig, authorTim Ferriss is an early-stage tech investor, best-selling author and podcaster.
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