ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Priya Parker - Conflict mediator, author
Priya Parker teaches people to gather better at home, at work, at school and in our communities.

Why you should listen

Priya Parker is helping us take a deeper look at how anyone can create collective meaning in modern life, one gathering at a time. A group conflict mediator, she's spent 15 years helping leaders and communities have complicated conversations during times of heat and transition. Frustrated by dull and disappointing gatherings, Parker set out to rewrite the rule book for creating transformative group experiences. 

Parker interviewed more than 100 gatherers and wove together their wisdom and her own experiences in her acclaimed book The Art of Gathering. She has worked on racial dialogues on American campuses and peace-building projects in India, Africa and the Arab world.

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Priya Parker: 3 steps to turn everyday get-togethers into transformative gatherings

普利亚·帕克: 将每日聚会变革创新的三个步骤

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为什么有些聚会成功了,而有些没有? 作者普利亚·帕克分享了三个简单的步骤,将你的派对,晚餐,会面和假期变成有意义的,变革性的聚会。
- Conflict mediator, author
Priya Parker teaches people to gather better at home, at work, at school and in our communities. Full bio

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When I was a child儿童,
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当我还是个孩子的时候,
每个周五
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every一切 other Friday星期五,
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我都会离开我妈妈和继父的家——
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I would leave离开 my mother母亲
and stepfather's继父的 home --
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一个英国和印度结合的,
不信神明的,信仰佛教的
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an Indian印度人 and British英国的, atheist无神论者, Buddhist佛教徒,
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不可知论的,素食主义的,
有时还有些前卫的
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agnostic不可知, vegetarian, new age-y年龄-y sometimes有时,
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民主制度的家庭。
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Democratic民主的 household家庭.
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And I would go 1.4 miles英里
to my father父亲 and stepmother's继母的 home
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然后我会走1.4英里,
去我爸爸和继母的家,
进入一个白色的,福音派基督教的,
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and enter输入 a white白色, Evangelical福音 Christian基督教,
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保守的,共和党的,
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conservative保守, Republican共和党人,
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每周去两次教堂
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twice-a-week-churchgoing每周两次的教会,
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并且吃肉的家庭。
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meat-eating吃肉 family家庭.
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It doesn't take a shrink收缩
to explain说明 how I ended结束 up
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不需要心理学家来解释
我是如何进入冲突解决领域的。
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in the field领域 of conflict冲突 resolution解析度.
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(笑声)
00:52
(Laughter笑声)
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Whether是否 I was facilitating促进 dialogues对话
in Charlottesville夏洛茨维尔 or Istanbul伊斯坦布尔
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无论我是在促进
夏洛茨维尔或伊斯坦布尔
亦或是阿默达巴德的对话,
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or Ahmedabad艾哈迈达巴德,
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面对的挑战永远是一样的:
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the challenge挑战 was always the same相同:
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despite尽管 all odds可能性,
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尽管有
各种各样的困难,
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and with integrity廉正,
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怎样让人们有意义的联系起来,
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how do you get people
to connect meaningfully有意义,
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去冒险,
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to take risks风险,
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通过他们的经历做出改变呢?
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to be changed by their experience经验?
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01:13
And I would witness见证 extraordinarily异常
beautiful美丽 electricity电力 in those rooms客房.
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我会在这些房间里
看到异常美丽的火花,
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And then I would leave离开 those rooms客房
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然后我会离开这些房间,
像你们一样
去参加我每天的聚会,
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and attend出席 my everyday每天
gatherings聚会 like all of you --
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婚礼,会议或者是返校野餐,
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a wedding婚礼 or a conference会议
or a back-to-school回到学校 picnic野餐 --
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而且大多数会归于平淡。
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and many许多 would fall秋季 flat平面.
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There was a meaning含义 gap间隙
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这些高度矛盾的群体
和我的日常聚会之间,
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between之间 these high-intensity高强度
conflict冲突 groups
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有一个明显的差距。
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and my everyday每天 gatherings聚会.
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Now, you could say, sure,
somebody's某人的 birthday生日 party派对
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你可能会说,
在某人的生日会上
肯定不会出现关于矛盾的对话,
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isn't going to live生活 up to a race种族 dialogue对话,
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但那不是我要回应的。
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but that's not what I was responding响应 to.
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01:45
As a facilitator主持人,
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作为一个促进者,
你被教导抛开所有的事情,
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you're taught to strip跳闸 everything away
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专注于人与人之间的相互影响,
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and focus焦点 on the interaction相互作用
between之间 people,
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然而每天,主持者
都关注怎么把事情做好
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whereas everyday每天 hosts主机
focus焦点 on getting得到 the things right --
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——食物,鲜花,餐刀——
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the food餐饮, the flowers花卉, the fish knives --
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并且把人与人之间的交流
很大程度上留给机遇。
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and leave离开 the interaction相互作用
between之间 people largely大部分 to chance机会.
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02:03
So I began开始 to wonder奇迹 how we might威力 change更改
our everyday每天 gatherings聚会
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所以我开始思考
怎样才能改变我们日常的聚会,
专注于通过人与人的联系来创造意义,
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to focus焦点 on making制造 meaning含义
by human人的 connection连接,
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而不是沉迷于开胃菜。
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not obsessing沉迷 with the canap卡纳普és.
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And I set out and interviewed采访
dozens许多 of brave勇敢 and unusual异常 hosts主机 --
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我开始去采访一些
勇敢的,与众不同的人——
一位奥林匹克曲棍球教练,
一位太阳马戏团的编舞者,
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an Olympic奥林匹克 hockey曲棍球 coach教练,
a Cirque太阳 du Soleil马戏团 choreographer编舞,
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一位犹太教士,
一位营地顾问——
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a rabbi拉比, a camp counselor-顾问--
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去更好地了解
是什么创造了有意义的
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to better understand理解
what creates创建 meaningful富有意义的
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甚至是改革性的聚会。
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and even transformative变革 gatherings聚会.
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And I want to share分享 with you
some of what I learned学到了 today今天
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我想与你们分享一些
我今天学到的
关于聚会的新规则。
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about the new rules规则 of gathering搜集.
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02:35
So when most people plan计划 a gathering搜集,
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当大多数人计划聚会的时候,
他们从现成的方式开始。
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they start开始 with an off-the-rack机架外 format格式.
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生日聚会?
蛋糕和蜡烛。
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Birthday生日 party派对? Cake蛋糕 and candles蜡烛.
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Board meeting会议?
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董事会议?
一个棕色的桌子和十二个白人。
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One brown棕色 table, 12 white白色 men男人.
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(笑声)
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(Laughter笑声)
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02:51
Assuming假设 the purpose目的 is obvious明显,
we skip跳跃 too quickly很快 to form形成.
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假设目的是显而易见的,
我们都急匆匆的直奔目的。
这不仅带来了沉闷的,
千篇一律的聚会,
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This not only leads引线 to dull平淡
and repetitive重复 gatherings聚会,
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还错过了更深层次的
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it misses错过 a deeper更深 opportunity机会
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满足我们需求的机会。
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to actually其实 address地址 our needs需求.
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03:03
The first step of creating创建
more meaningful富有意义的 everyday每天 gatherings聚会
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创造有意义的日常聚会的第一步
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is to embrace拥抱 a specific具体
disputable争议 purpose目的.
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是包含一个特定的有争议的目标。
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An expectant期待 mother母亲 I know
was dreading害怕 her baby宝宝 shower淋浴.
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我认识的一位准妈妈
为产前派对感到担忧。
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The idea理念 of "pin the diaper尿布
on the baby宝宝" games游戏
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“将尿布别在宝宝身上”的游戏
和打开礼物的想法
有些奇怪并且不扣主体。
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and opening开盘 gifts礼品 felt odd and irrelevant不相干.
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03:23
So she paused暂停 to ask:
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所以她停下来问:
产前派对的目的是什么?
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What is the purpose目的 of a baby宝宝 shower淋浴?
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我在这个时候的需求是什么?
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What is my need at this moment时刻?
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03:31
And she realized实现 it was
to address地址 her fears恐惧
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她意识到,这是为了消除
她和她丈夫向父母转变的——
记得这个家伙吗?——
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of her and her husband's丈夫 --
remember记得 that guy? --
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那种担心。
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transition过渡 to parenthood父母.
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03:38
And so she asked two friends朋友
to invent发明 a gathering搜集 based基于 on that.
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于是她请她的两个好友
在这个基础上组织一个聚会。
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And so on a sunny晴朗 afternoon下午,
six women妇女 gathered云集.
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在一个阳光明朗的下午,
六个女人聚在一起。
首先谈了谈她对分娩的恐惧——
她很害怕——
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And first, to address地址 her fear恐惧 of labor劳动 --
she was terrified --
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她们给她讲了一些她生活中的故事
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they told her stories故事 from her life
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来提醒她她已经具备的一些特点——
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to remind提醒 her of the characteristics特点
she already已经 carries携带 --
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勇敢,能干,信仰,顺服——
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bravery, wonder奇迹, faith信仰, surrender投降 --
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that they believed相信 would carry携带 her
and help her in labor劳动 as well.
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她们相信这些会带给她帮助,
也会在分娩时帮助她。
她们每说一个品质,
就将一颗珠子串在项链上,
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And as they spoke, they tied a bead珠子
for each quality质量 into a necklace项链
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这样她可以在产房里
将项链戴在脖子上。
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that she could wear穿 around her neck颈部
in the delivery交货 room房间.
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04:13
Next下一个, her husband丈夫 came来了 in,
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接着,她的丈夫进来,
他们写下新的誓约,
家庭誓约,并大声地读出来,
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and they wrote new vows誓言,
family家庭 vows誓言, and spoke them aloud高声,
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首先承诺当他们的身份
转变为父母时,
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first committing提交 to keep
their marriage婚姻 central中央
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要保持自己的婚姻的核心位置,
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as they transitioned转变 to parenthood父母,
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但同时,他们还向未来的儿子期许,
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but also future未来 vows誓言 to their future未来 son儿子
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里面包含了他们希望儿子
从两个家族继承的东西
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of what they wanted to carry携带 with them
from each of their family家庭 lines线
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和到这一代为止
不会再继续传下去的部分。
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and what would stop with this generation.
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04:32
Then more friends朋友 came来了 along沿,
including包含 men男人, for a dinner晚餐 party派对.
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接着,更多的朋友来
参加晚宴,包括男士。
取代礼物的是他们每个人都带来了
他们儿时最好的记忆
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And in lieu代替 of gifts礼品, they each brought
a favorite喜爱 memory记忆 from their childhood童年
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与大家分享。
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to share分享 with the table.
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现在你可能会觉得
这对于产前派对有点小题大做了,
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Now, you might威力 be thinking思维
this is a lot for a baby宝宝 shower淋浴,
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或者有点奇怪,
或者是过于亲密了。
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or it's a little weird奇怪的
or it's a little intimate亲密.
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很好。
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Good.
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这很具体。
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It's specific具体.
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这是有争议的。
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It's disputable争议.
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这是为他们详细制定的,
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It's specific具体 to them,
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就像是你自己的聚会
应该针对你自己的情况。
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just as your gathering搜集
should be specific具体 to you.
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04:58
The next下一个 step of creating创建
more meaningful富有意义的 everyday每天 gatherings聚会
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创造更加有意义的
日常聚会的下一个步骤,
是引起良好的争端。
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is to cause原因 good controversy争议.
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You may可能 have learned学到了, as I did,
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你可能跟我一样学到了,
不要在餐桌上谈论性,
政治或者宗教。
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never to talk about sex性别, politics政治
or religion宗教 at the dinner晚餐 table.
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It's a good rule规则 in that
it preserves果酱 harmony和谐,
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这是一个好的规则,
它保持了和谐,
或者这就是它的意图。
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or that's its intention意向.
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但是这剥夺了意义的
核心要素,即热度,
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But it strips带子 away a core核心 ingredient成分
of meaning含义, which哪一个 is heat,
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强烈的相关性。
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burning燃烧 relevance关联.
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The best最好 gatherings聚会 learn学习
to cultivate培育 good controversy争议
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最好的聚会应该通过创造条件
来学习培养良好的争端,
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by creating创建 the conditions条件 for it,
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不健康的和平和不健康的冲突
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because human人的 connection连接
is as threatened受威胁 by unhealthy不良 peace和平
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同样威胁着人类的联系。
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as by unhealthy不良 conflict冲突.
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05:37
I was once一旦 working加工
with an architecture建筑 firm公司,
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我处理过一所建筑公司的案子,
他们面临着艰难的抉择。
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and they were at a crossroads十字路口.
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他们必须弄清楚
到底应该继续作为建筑公司
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They had to figure数字 out whether是否 they wanted
to continue继续 to be an architecture建筑 firm公司
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致力于打造建筑,
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and focus焦点 on the construction施工 of buildings房屋
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还是应该转型成为一家新型设计公司,
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or pivot and become成为
the hot new thing, a design设计 firm公司,
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也专注于空间建造之外的领域。
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focusing调焦 on beyond
the construction施工 of spaces空间.
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大家的意见存在分歧,
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And there was real真实
disagreement异议 in the room房间,
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但是你并不知道,
因为没有人开诚布公地说出来。
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but you wouldn't不会 know, because no one
was actually其实 speaking请讲 up publicly公然.
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于是我们主持了一场积极的辩论。
05:58
And so we hosted托管 good controversy争议.
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在午休结束后,
所有的建筑师们回到办公室,
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After a lunch午餐 break打破,
all the architects建筑师 came来了 back,
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于是我们举办了一场铁笼赛。
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and we hosted托管 a cage match比赛.
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They walked in,
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他们走进去,
我们将一个建筑师
带到一个角落代表建筑,
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we took one architect建筑师, put him
in one corner to represent代表 architecture建筑,
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另外一个代表设计。
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the other one to represent代表 design设计.
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我们将白色毛巾挂在他们的脖子上,
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We threw white白色 towels毛巾 around their necks脖子,
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从浴室偷来的
——抱歉——
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stolen被盗 from the bathroom浴室 -- sorry --
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在ipad上播放“洛奇”配乐,
06:18
played发挥 Rocky洛基 music音乐 on an iPadiPad的,
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给每个人一个像唐·金那样的经理,
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got each a Don King-like国王般的 manager经理
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为他们加油鼓劲儿,
并为他们准备辩论,
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to rev them up and prepare准备 them
with counterarguments反驳,
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接着让他们为各自未来的愿景
06:25
and then basically基本上 made制作 them each argue争论
the best最好 possible可能 argument论据
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提出最好的,可能的观点。
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of each future未来 vision视力.
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06:31
The norm规范 of politeness礼貌
was blocking闭塞 their progress进展.
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常规的礼貌阻碍了他们的进程。
接着我们让其他人在同事面前
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And we then had everybody每个人 else其他
physically物理 choose选择 a side
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选择自己的立场。
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in front面前 of their colleagues同事.
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因为他们能够真正地展示他们的立场,
06:40
And because they were able能够
to actually其实 show显示 where they stood站在,
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他们打破了僵局。
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they broke打破 an impasse僵局.
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Architecture建筑 won韩元.
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建筑(一方)赢了。
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So that's work.
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所以这是有效的。
一场假设的,紧张的感恩节晚餐怎么样?
06:48
What about a hypothetical假想
tense紧张 Thanksgiving感恩 dinner晚餐?
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有人要参加吗?
06:54
Anyone任何人?
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(笑声)
06:55
(Laughter笑声)
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So first, ask the purpose目的.
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首先,询问目的。
这个家庭在这一年需要什么?
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What does this family家庭 need this year?
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If cultivating培育 good heat is part部分 of it,
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如果培养良好的热度是其中一个部分,
那么试着用一个晚上的时间
禁止发表言论,只要求听故事。
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then try for a night banning取缔 opinions意见
and asking for stories故事 instead代替.
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Choose选择 a theme主题
related有关 to the underlying底层 conflict冲突.
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选择一个与潜在矛盾相关的主题。
07:16
But instead代替 of opinions意见,
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但是不同于(表达)观点,
让每一个人分享在场人没有听过的
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ask everybody每个人 to share分享 a story故事
from their life and experience经验
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来自他们的生活和经历的故事,
07:21
that nobody没有人 around the table
has ever heard听说,
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关于差异或者归属,
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to difference区别 or to belonging属于
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或者某一次我改变主意(的故事),
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or to a time I changed my mind心神,
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07:29
giving people a way in to each other
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在不吵翻天的情况下,
让人们相互接近。
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without burning燃烧 the house down.
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And finally最后, to create创建 more meaningful富有意义的
everyday每天 gatherings聚会,
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最后,为了创造一个
有意义的每日聚会,
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create创建 a temporary临时 alternative替代 world世界
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通过使用弹出式规则
创造一个临时的可代替的世界。
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through通过 the use of pop-up弹出 rules规则.
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07:47
A few少数 years年份 ago, I started开始 noticing注意到
invitations邀请函 coming未来 with a set of rules规则.
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几年前,我开始注意到
邀请方会带着一系列的规则。
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Kind of boring无聊 or controlling控制, right?
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有点无聊或者受到约束,对吧?
07:55
Wrong错误.
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错了。
在这个多元化的,交互的社会里,
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In this multicultural多元文化,
intersectional交叉 society社会,
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我们中的大部分人是由
与我们遵循着不同规矩的
07:59
where more of us are gathered云集 and raised上调
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人们召集和抚养,
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by people and with etiquette礼仪
unlike不像 our own拥有,
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我们不共享这些规矩,
08:03
where we don't share分享 the etiquette礼仪,
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潜规则会造成麻烦,
08:06
unspoken norms规范 are trouble麻烦,
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08:09
whereas pop-up弹出 rules规则 allow允许 us
to connect meaningfully有意义.
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而弹出式规则能将我们
有意义地联系在一起。
它们是针对特定目的的一次性的体制。
08:12
They're one-time-only一次性 constitutions宪法
for a specific具体 purpose目的.
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所以团队聚餐,
08:16
So a team球队 dinner晚餐,
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不同代的人聚集在一起,
08:19
where different不同 generations are gathering搜集
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并不共享相同的电话礼仪假设:
08:21
and don't share分享 the same相同
assumptions假设 of phone电话 etiquette礼仪:
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08:25
whoever looks容貌 at their phone电话 first
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谁先看自己的手机,
谁买单。
08:27
foots脚灯 the bill法案.
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(笑声)
08:29
(Laughter笑声)
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试一试。
08:30
Try it.
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08:31
(Applause掌声)
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(掌声)
对于只有陌生人的创业咨询圈,
08:33
For an entrepreneurial创业 advice忠告 circle
of just strangers陌生人,
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主办方并不想要每个人
08:36
where the hosts主机 don't want
everybody每个人 to just listen
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只听一个风险资本家(的建议)——
08:38
to the one venture冒险 capitalist资本家
in the room房间 --
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(笑声)
08:40
(Laughter笑声)
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大家娄出了会心一笑——
08:41
knowing会心 laugh --
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(笑声)
08:43
(Laughter笑声)
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08:44
you can't reveal揭示 what you do for a living活的.
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你不能透漏你自己是做什么的。
08:48
For a mom's妈妈的 dinner晚餐,
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至于一个妈妈聚会,
你想要颠覆常态,
08:50
where you want to upend翻倒 the norms规范
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改变那些聚会时母亲常谈论的话题,
08:51
of what women妇女 who also happen发生
to be mothers母亲 talk about when they gather收集,
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如果你提到了你的孩子,
你需要干一杯。
08:56
if you talk about your kids孩子,
you have to take a shot射击.
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(笑声)
08:59
(Laughter笑声)
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09:02
That's a real真实 dinner晚餐.
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这是一顿真正的晚餐。
09:05
Rules规则 are powerful强大,
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规则是强大的,
因为它们让我们临时改变
和协调我们的行为。
09:07
because they allow允许 us to temporarily暂时
change更改 and harmonize our behavior行为.
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在不同的社会中,
09:12
And in diverse多种 societies社会,
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弹出式规则有着特殊的力量。
09:14
pop-up弹出 rules规则 carry携带 special特别 force.
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09:17
They allow允许 us to gather收集 across横过 difference区别,
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它们让我们跨越差别,
聚集起来,
联系起来,
09:19
to connect,
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共同创造意义
09:20
to make meaning含义 together一起
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而不用人人相同。
09:22
without having to be the same相同.
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09:25
When I was a child儿童,
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在我小时候,
09:27
I navigated导航 my two worlds世界
by becoming变得 a chameleon变色龙.
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我通过变成“变色龙”
来驾驭我的两个世界。
09:31
If somebody sneezed打个喷嚏 in my mother's母亲 home,
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如果有人在我妈妈家里打了个喷嚏,
我会说:“保佑你。”
09:33
I would say, "Bless保佑 you,"
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在我父亲家,我则会说:
“‘上帝保佑你。”
09:35
in my father's父亲的, "God bless保佑 you."
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09:38
To protect保护 myself, I hid,
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为了保护自己,我将自己隐藏起来,
就像我们中很多人那样。
09:41
as so many许多 of us do.
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09:43
And it wasn't until直到 I grew成长 up
and through通过 conflict冲突 work
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直到我长大并开始从事
解决冲突的工作,
我不再隐藏自己了。
09:46
that I began开始 to stop hiding.
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09:49
And I realized实现 that gatherings聚会 for me,
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然后我意识到,对我来说,
最好的聚会,
09:52
at their best最好,
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让我们能和他人在一起,
09:54
allow允许 us to be among其中 others其他,
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09:57
to be seen看到 for who we are,
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让别人看到我们是谁,
也让我们认识别人。
09:59
and to see.
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10:03
The way we gather收集 matters事项
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我们聚集的方式很重要,
10:07
because how we gather收集
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因为我们怎样聚集在一起,
我们就是怎样生活的。
10:09
is how we live生活.
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10:11
Thank you.
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谢谢。
(掌声)
10:12
(Applause掌声)
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Translated by Isabel Z
Reviewed by Wang Rui

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Priya Parker - Conflict mediator, author
Priya Parker teaches people to gather better at home, at work, at school and in our communities.

Why you should listen

Priya Parker is helping us take a deeper look at how anyone can create collective meaning in modern life, one gathering at a time. A group conflict mediator, she's spent 15 years helping leaders and communities have complicated conversations during times of heat and transition. Frustrated by dull and disappointing gatherings, Parker set out to rewrite the rule book for creating transformative group experiences. 

Parker interviewed more than 100 gatherers and wove together their wisdom and her own experiences in her acclaimed book The Art of Gathering. She has worked on racial dialogues on American campuses and peace-building projects in India, Africa and the Arab world.

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