And then as we started to study the data, particularly data that was just reinforced by Christine Porath from Georgetown and Harvard, that negativity is a multiple of four to seven times more powerful than positivity.

當我們開始研究數據時，尤其是來自喬治敦大學和哈佛大學的克里斯蒂娜-波拉斯教授所強化的數據，我們發現，消極的想法比積極的想法要強大４到７倍。

So think about that.

所以想想看

If I say something out loud, it's 10x.

如果我大聲說些什麼，那是 10 倍的力量。

If it's negative, it's four to seven times more powerful.

如果它是負面的，它的力量是４到７倍。

So when I say negative things out loud, it's 40 to 70 times more likely that that will happen or cause a result that won't be good for me than if I just didn't say anything.

所以，當我大聲說出負面的東西時，相比我什麼都不說。它會發生，或造成對我不利結果的可能性是４０到７０倍

So as we were going into our second year at Alabama, we made a bet.

是以，當我們進軍阿拉巴馬州的第二年時，我們打了一個賭。

What if we could just get our players to not say stupid things out loud?

如果我們讓球員不大聲地說傻話，結果會是怎樣呢？

What if we could just do that?

如果我們只做這一件事？

Not teach any element of positive thinking, but eliminate conversations about the heat, complaining about coaches, complaining about circumstances, complaining about situations, verbalizing negativity.

我們不灌輸任何積極思考的元素，而只是消除抱怨的談話。像是抱怨教練，抱怨環境，抱怨情況，口頭上的消極情緒

But we weren't going to lie to them and say, hey, be positive.

我們不會對他們撒謊。說，嘿！積極點。

We just taught them the data.

我們只是告訴他們數據。

And then what we did was some of the things that you noticed in the book, the stories in and around negativity are incredible.

然後我們所做的就是，你在書中注意到的那些事情。那些關於消極想法的故事，真的很不可思議

Tell us, Bill Buckner was one that took my breath away.

給我們講一些吧！比爾-巴克納的故事讓我驚訝不已

So Billy Buckner, who just passed away recently, was an incredible eight time gold glove, a great baseball player for the Boston Red Sox.

最近剛剛去世的比利-巴克納，他是一位令人驚豔的運動員，獲過８次金手套獎，是波士頓紅襪隊裡一位非常優秀的棒球運動員。

He made a mistake in sports that would be one of the biggest sport bloopers in history.

他在１９８６年犯了一個運動錯誤，這是歷史上最大的體育失誤之一。

And in 1986, he let the game winning run score on a ground ball through his legs that ultimately would give the Mets the World Series.

他讓比賽致勝的擊球從他的胯下穿過從而得分，最終讓大都會隊贏得了世界冠軍。

Now, I was just watching an ESPN E60 Jeremy Schaap story.

有一次我在看 ESPN E60 傑里米-沙普的報道時

And I saw an interview that was done in 1990 that resurfaced in 1995, where Buckner was interviewed 12 days before the World Series.

我看到了早前的一篇 採訪，在1995 年再次播出，巴克納在世界大賽前 12 天接受了採訪。

And he said, you know, the dreams are to win, you know, to win the World Series.

他說，［你知道嗎？我的夢想是贏得世界大賽。

And the nightmare would be for me to let the game winning run score on a ground ball through my legs.

而我的噩夢則是讓比賽致勝的擊球從我胯下穿過得分。］

You know, and then ultimately that's exactly what would happen.

然後這正是最終所發生的事情

Now, by saying that out loud, what did he do?

那麼，通過大聲說出來，他做了什麼？

He didn't make it happen, but he increased the probability.

他沒有讓它發生，但他提高了發生的概率

And this is what I want people to understand.

這就是我想讓人們理解的。

Your internal thoughts are all over the place.

你的內心想法是無處不在的

I want to push on that.

我想補充一下。

Do you think that he makes it more likely because it's going to subtly influence his behavior or because you're talking to some magical deity that then says, well, you said it.

你認為他這樣做會使事情更有可能發生，是因為這會不自覺地影響他的行為？還是因為你在與一些神奇的神靈交流，然後神靈說：［好吧！既然你說了，

And so I'm going to make it happen.

所以我就要讓它發生。］

I think that what he did is a subconscious plant.

我認為他所做的是埋下潛意識的種子。

By verbalizing it and knowing that it's 10 times more powerful, he's planting it in the subconscious.

通過口頭表達，它的力量要強大１０倍，他把它種在了自己的潛意識裡。

He's not he doesn't want it to happen, but it becomes something that's ultimately on his mind.

他不希望它發生，但這個想法深埋在它的潛意識裡了。

And he gave it more power by verbalizing it.

他通過口頭表達給了它更強大的力量。

The nightmares are that you're going to let the winning run score on a ground ball through your legs.

我的噩夢是讓比賽致勝的擊球從我跨下穿過得分。

So, you know, those those things happen, you know.

你懂得，這些事情經常發生。

Oh, oh.

哦，哦