"A solitary fantasy can transform a million realities."

"一個孤獨的幻想可以改變一百萬個現實。"

What dream or vision do you want to turn into reality?

你想要什麼樣的夢想或願景變成現實？

I always wanted to go into business for myself.

我一直想從商

I could be a consultant.

我可以成為一名顧問

I'm going to go gluten free, right after I eat that last piece of chocolate cake.

我要開始無麩質飲食，就在我吃的那最後一塊的巧克力蛋糕。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

You know, one day I'm going to stand up to that crabby boss.

有一天我要站起來面對那暴躁的老闆

I look good on paper, I should feel great.

我過去表現的不錯，我應該要感到很開心。

I just know there's more.

我就是知道我還可以做得更多

You know it because you feel it.

你會知道，因為你會感覺得到。

You lie awake at night. You talk about your dreams with your partner

你躺在床上徹夜難眠。你和你的另一半，你的朋友，

and your friends, but more often than not,

談及你的夢想，但更多的時候

you continue to do those same behaviors that keep you from making the change.

你只是繼續同樣的行為，而沒有任何改變

You ask yourself, "How can I make it happen?"

你問你自己“我該怎麼才能做到呢？”

Research shows, the odds against you making a change in your life --

據研究顯示，對你作出改變你的生活的可能性

-- 9 to 1.

9比1

9 to 1, even if you're facing a life-threatening illness.

9比1，即使是在你面對一個危及生命的疾病時。

But let me show you how to beat those odds.

但讓我告訴你們如何戰勝這些可能性，

You can live the life you desire. It's right there in front of you.

你可以過你想要的生活。這生活就在你的面前。

But in order to achieve it, you must first see it, then believe it,

但是，為了實現這一目標，你必須先看到它，然後相信它，

and then you must graciously ask and train your brain to help you

然後你一定要殷勤地問，並且訓練你的腦袋去幫助你

execute your vision.

去執行你的視野。

So how do we see our vision?

所以，我們該怎麼看見我們的願景呢？

Through a picture.

透過一個圖片

A picture can create movement.

一個圖片可以創造一個運動

A picture...

一個圖片...

can unite nations,

可以團結國家

a picture can pull at your heart

一個圖片可以拉扯你的心，

and fill you with a deep desire to do something.

可以使你滿腦子都在想要做什麼事的渴望

At Roche Pharmaceutical, the president asked us to create a picture

在羅氏製藥，董事長要求我們創作關於他的願景的

of his vision.

一個圖片

Prior to having one, less than 40 percent of the employees understood

在此之前，只有不到40％的員工理解

the company's vision and strategy.

公司的願景和戰略

After seeing this picture, 96 percent understood it, and 84 percent

看到這幅畫後，96％ 的人瞭解，84％的人

understood how what they did everyday align to that picture.

瞭解到他們每天作的事如何與這個圖片連結

So how can you use a picture to get what you want?

所以你怎麼能使用的圖片，以得到你想要的嗎？

By simply drawing one.

通過簡單地畫一個。

You don't have to be an artist or know how to draw.

你不需要成為一個藝術家 或著是知道該如何畫畫

As naive as your drawings might be, when you draw where you are,

就用你最天真的畫法，當你畫你現在在的位置

your current state, and where you want to be,

你的當前狀態，以及你想到達的地方

your desired new reality.

你夢想的新現實

Suddenly, you have a road map for change.

突然間，你就有一個走向改變的路徑圖

So what is your current state?

所以你的當前狀態是什麼呢？

Well, let's say you're Joe.

就舉例來說，你叫做 喬 (Joe)

Joe has a good job.

喬有一個好的工作

Joe has a lovely wife, Amy.

喬有一個可愛的妻子，艾米

Joe makes good money,

喬賺了不少錢

but like many of us, Joe wants more from life.

但就像我們當中的很多人，喬想要從生命中得到更多

And he'd like to get rid of a couple of things.

他想要擺脫一些事情

Maybe that intense workload, maybe that negative boss.

或許是那個超載的工作量，或著是他那負面的老闆

Maybe Joe has a higher purpose; he's just not sure how to get there.

或著喬他有一個更高的目標；他只是不知道該如何到達那裡。

So, now, Joe's current state is visual.

所以現在，喬的當前狀態已經視覺化

We remember things better when they're attached to a picture.

當事情連結於一個圖片時，我們可以比較記得住這些事。

65 percent better to be exact.

準確來說是百分之六十五 比較好

So now let's imagine that Joe wants to change something in his current state.

所以現在就想像喬想要改變一些他的當前狀態

He wants to build that desired new reality that he dreams about.

他想要建造一個他夢想中的理想新世界。

In order for Joe to freely dream,

為了讓喬可以自由的夢想

he must first...

他必須要，第一

...trick his brain.

...哄騙他的大腦

Because the left side of your brain, as you know, houses the critic,

因為左半邊的大腦，如你所知，是個評論家

who is forever trying to keep you safe from harm, make sure you

它總是不斷地嘗試，讓你免受傷害，確保你

don't do anything dangerous or stupid.

不做任何危險或愚蠢的事情。

So let's have Joe tell the critic that he's just going to use his imagination.

所以就讓喬告訴他的評論腦袋他只是要用用他的想像力

Using your imagination activates the right side of your brain,

用你的想像力去刺激你右半邊的頭腦

which makes you creative and filled with possibility.

就是讓你有創意和充滿可能性

So now, let's dream Joe's new life.

現在，想像喬的新的人生

In the best case scenario,

在最好的狀況下

one year from today, what is Joe's life like?

一年以後的今天，喬的生活會是什麼樣子？

Hey, Joe has a new job. Great.

嗨，喬有一個新的工作。很好

Joe has a new boss, himself.

喬有一個新的老闆，他自己。

Joe has a couple of great collaborators,

喬有一些很好的合作夥伴

and Joe is just bursting with creativity and ideas,

而且喬充滿了創意和想法

and all of those things we dream about.

和所有我們夢想的到的東西：

Connection,

連結，

and purpose,

目的，

and freedom,

自由，

and love.

和愛。

Now I'm drawing this picture as the favor to Joe today.

現在我畫的這張圖是要來幫助今天的喬，

But in real life, he'd have to draw his own picture.

但在現實生活中，他必需自己畫這張圖，

Because he can't afford me.

因為他付不起（雇用）我。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

Actually, because you get the most power when you paint your own picture.

事實上，你畫自己的圖片時最有力量，

So now, Joe has his drawing,

現在，喬有他的畫，

so now he's got to soak it in.

現在他需要沈浸於這個畫中

He has to fill it with color.

他需要在這幅畫上填滿顏色，

He has to fill it with emotion.

他需要在這幅畫上填滿情緒，

He has to get inside of it, as if he's on the inside, looking out.

他需要進到這幅畫裡，好像他是從裡面向外看，

Your brain actually emits serotonin and Oxytocin when you draw and dream.

當你畫畫或夢想的時候，你的大腦會釋放羥色胺和催產素，

So you feel happy.

所以你會感到快樂。

Capable, creative.

有能力，有創意

You feel cool.

你覺得自己很酷。

So now, we have Joe's current state and Joe's desired new reality.

現在，我們有喬現階段的狀態，以及他理想的新現實

So how can Joe get from here to there

那喬要怎麼從這裡到達那裡？

in just three bold steps?

只要三個勇敢的步驟嗎？

Three bold steps?

三個勇敢的步驟？

If I knew how to get from here to there in three bold steps,

如果我知道從這裡到那裡只要三個勇敢的步驟，

I would have done it 25 years ago

我25年前就會這麼做了，

when I had a mullet.

當我還頂著一頭mullet髮型時。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

Here is where the magic begins. Your brain knows you.

這是裡魔術開始的地方，你的大腦深知你。

It's cataloged everything you've ever seen, heard, experienced,

它將你所看見的，聽見的，經驗的，都編目起來，

real, or imagined.

真實的，或是想像的。

You just have to ask it to put the pieces together for you.

你只需要問一下大腦就會將這些片段拼湊起來，

It as simple as that.

就是這麼簡單。

We live in a three-dimensional world,

我們生活在一個三度空間的世界，

but the light falls on the retina in

但光線落在視網膜上，

a two-dimensional fashion, and the brain, it has to cope with it.

是一個兩度空間的方式，而大腦，需要去應付它。

So how does it deal with this extra dimension?

所以，要如何應付這另一個空間呢？

It guesses.

用猜的。

It guesses!

用猜的！

And just as it can guess where your cup of coffee is when

就像大腦可以用猜的知道你的那杯咖啡在哪

it goes to pick it up, it can correctly guess

當你去拿它，它也可以正確地猜到

what the three bold steps are that you should take.

你應該做的三個勇敢的步驟是什麼。

All you have to do is look at your picture and then close your eyes.

你需要做的就是看著你的圖畫然後閉上你的眼睛。

This allows the brain to recycle what it sees and reconstruct it,

這可以讓你的腦袋去回收它所看見的，並且從新組合它。

add to it everything you've ever seen, heard, experienced,

加上一切妳所看過的，聽過的。經歷過的

or fantasized about, and then it will serve you up

或著是幻想過的，然後大腦會幫你組合

with the best possible solution.

一個最棒的解答。

If you just relax and you ask it,

如果你就放輕鬆，然後你問

now what's the boldest thing I could do to get from here to there?

什麼是可以讓我從這裡到那裡最大膽的事？

Boom, immediately it will tell you.

蹦！它立刻就會告訴你

See it,

看見它

believe it,

相信它

act on it.

然後付諸行動。

Now, the danger is, if any of those three bold steps are too scary,

現在，這存在的險境是，如果這三步驟中有一個看起來太可怕

this instinctual rational side of your brain

在你大腦中理性本能的這一面

is going to try to talk you out of this.

會試著說服你：

Oh, no, no, no, I don't want to do that...

噢，不不不，我不想要這麼做...

Oh, that desk it's not too small, my legs aren't cramped under there.

噢 那張桌子不會太小，我的雙腳不會覺得擠

Oh, 20,000 a year, oh, that's a decent salary.

噢，一年兩萬圓 （美金），恩，那是一個不錯的薪水

Oh, that boss, he's not that mean to me.

噢，那個老闆，他對我沒有這麼那麼刻薄

You know what, I'm just going to stay right here.

你知道嗎，我決定要留在這裡。

I feel really comfortable here.

我在這裡感覺非常自在。

So how can you get yourself to do the boldest thing?

所以，你要怎麼讓你自己去做大膽的事情呢？

By drawing the most compelling picture, so when you look here,

透過畫出一張最具張力的圖片，所以當你看到這裡

you're in pain, it hurts.

你感覺到痛苦

When you're here, you're ecstatic,

當你在這裡呢，你欣喜若狂

it's fantastic, you're already living inside that

這太棒了，你已經住在你所畫的

connected and free life you drew.

連結又自由的生活裡面。

So, everyday, you get up, you soak in your picture, you step into the possibility,

每一天，你起床，你讓自己沈浸在你的圖片裡，你進入到一個可能裡，

and this is the most important part, you act on it.

而且最重要的一點，你去實現它。

You do one small thing.

你做一個很小的事，

You call up that friend you know who started her own business,

你打電話給一個你所認識，曾經自己創業的朋友，

you ask her "How did you do it?"

你問她“妳是怎麼做到的？”

You ask Amy, "Will you support me in my vision?"

你問艾米，“妳會支持我的願景嗎？”

You go to your boss and you ask him for a raise.

你到你的老闆那跟他要求加薪

And you become that one person out of ten to make change happen.

然後你就成為那十分之一，讓改變發生的人。

Now, I put this template on your chairs,

現在，我將這個模板放在你的椅子上，

so that you can do for yourself what I just did for Joe.

所以你可以畫你自己的圖，就像我幫喬畫的一樣

You've seen some fantastic ideas today that

你今天已經看過了一些奇妙的想法，

have inspired your dream.

去激起你去做夢，

I dare you to draw that dream into that template.

我挑戰你去將夢想畫在那個模板上，

I double dare you to choose a symbol in your drawing

我在挑戰你在妳的圖畫中選擇一個符號，

that represents that desired new reality, take a picture

那代表理想的新現實，然後將這張圖

of it with your phone and send it to us at TEDxRainier.

用你的相機照張像，傳到TEDXRainier。

Maya Angelou said, "A solitary fantasy can transform a million realities."

瑪雅安吉羅說，"一個孤獨的幻想可以改變一百萬個現實。”

Just three bold steps can transform one reality, yours.

三個大膽的步驟就可以改變一個現實，你的現實。

Thank you.

謝謝。

(Applause)

（掌聲）