Name: 服刑 7 年讓達蒙-韋斯特學會了什麼是溝通 (What Serving 7 Years in Prison Taught Damon West About Communication)
Uploaded: 2025-06-30T16:10:07.000Z
Duration: 45 min 11 s

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On today's episode, I have one of the wildest comeback stories you'll probably ever hear.

在今天的節目中，我將為您講述一個最瘋狂的復出故事。

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And me, personally, one of the best examples of how the next conversation truly can change everything about your life.

就我個人而言，下一次談話如何真正改變你生活的一切，這就是最好的例子之一。

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I want you to hear this story because it's just so cool.

我想讓你們聽聽這個故事，因為它太酷了。

And he's also a Southeast Texas boy like me, is Damon West.

他和我一樣也是德克薩斯州東南部的孩子，他就是達蒙-韋斯特。

We were neighbors, but we never met in person, right?

我們是鄰居，但從未見過面，對嗎？

So, Damon is from a town that's probably, what, 20 minutes away?

那麼，達蒙來自一個大概20分鐘車程的小鎮？

Actually, I was in your part of the world this past weekend.

事實上，上個週末我就在你們那裡。

My wife had me in a big lawn landscaping project in the biggest nursery in our area in the town where you are.

我妻子讓我參與一個大型草坪美化項目，地點就在你們所在的小鎮上，是我們地區最大的苗圃。

So, if you hear my accent come out a little bit more, that's because I'm talking to Damon.

所以，如果你聽到我的口音多了一點，那是因為我在跟達蒙說話。

This is going to expose both of us, right?

Everybody's going to go, that's what he really sounds like.

每個人都會走，這才是他真正的聲音。

Damon, one of the reasons I want you all to hear from Damon, aside from him just being such a cool guy, is that he has one of the best stories I truly think you'll ever hear.

達蒙，我想讓大家聽達蒙講故事的原因之一，除了他是個很酷的人之外，還因為他有一個我認為你們聽過的最棒的故事。

It's a path of how you communicate can truly change your life.

這是一條如何溝通才能真正改變生活的道路。

So, Damon, I want to start with the question right now, and then I want to talk about your story.

所以，達蒙，我想先從這個問題開始，然後再談談你的故事。

Because I'm curious how this has changed in your life.

因為我很好奇你的生活發生了怎樣的變化。

Damon, as you exist right now, Damon West, how do you daily, how do you talk to yourself?

達蒙，就像你現在一樣，達蒙-韋斯特，你每天怎麼做，你怎麼跟自己說話？

這是一個很好的問題，傑斐遜。

And I talk to this about people when I'm speaking.

我在演講的時候，也會這樣跟人說話。

我已經很少傾聽自己的聲音了。

And this is a technique I picked up when I was in prison.

Because I found out that the voice in my head sometimes was fear talking to me.

因為我發現，腦中的聲音有時是恐懼在對我說話。

And it's very hard sometimes to distinguish what's saying.

But I know that if I talk to myself, the voice that I'm hearing on the outside is the voice I want to project out there.

但我知道，如果我自言自語，我在外面聽到的聲音就是我想向外傳達的聲音。

And when I talk to myself, which is often, I'm telling myself things like,

當我自言自語時，我會告訴自己：

不，你能做到這一點。你會做到的

One of the things I really try to do, Jefferson, when I talk to myself, is I remind myself of the times that I succeeded.

傑斐遜，當我和自己談話時，我最想做的一件事就是提醒自己成功的時刻。

And I think this is very important in life.

We have to remind ourselves of the times when we've had success, the times that we won.

我們必須提醒自己，我們曾經成功過，我們曾經贏過。

And that way we can tell ourselves, I've done hard things so I can do hard things again.

這樣我們就能告訴自己，我做過困難的事，所以我還能再做困難的事。

You ever seen the movie Shawshank Redemption?

你看過電影《肖申克的救贖》嗎？

I have. I have seen the movie. It's a great movie.

我看過我看過這部電影。這是一部偉大的電影。

這是有史以來最好的電影之一。

But the last scene of the movie is Andy Dufresne.

但電影的最後一幕是安迪-杜弗瑞恩。

He's escaped prison. He's on the beach in Mexico working on his boat.

他越獄了他正在墨西哥的海灘上修船。

The town in Mexico that he's in is Zihuatanejo, Mexico.

他所在的墨西哥小鎮是齊瓦塔內霍（Zihuatanejo）。

And the reason why this Zihuatanejo place is important, because Andy visualized himself and he talked to himself while he was in prison about the town of Zihuatanejo. He was going to be there one day.

之所以說齊瓦塔內霍這個地方很重要，是因為安迪在獄中曾想象過自己，他對自己說過齊瓦塔內霍鎮。有一天他會去那裡

And so what I like to remind people is that the hardest prison to do time in is the prison of your mind.

是以，我喜歡提醒人們的是，最難坐牢的監獄是你的心靈監獄。

Jefferson, I meet more people out here in the free world that are locked up than I ever did when I served time in a real prison because more people are imprisoned by their thoughts, their things, and their prejudices than by steel bars and barbed wire and concrete combined.

傑斐遜，我在自由世界裡遇到的被關起來的人比我在真正的監獄裡服刑時遇到的人還要多，因為被思想、事物和偏見囚禁的人比被鋼筋、鐵絲網和混凝土囚禁的人加起來還要多。

So I want to make sure I tee this up the right way.

所以我想確保我的發球方式是正確的。

What I hear you saying is, you know what?

I don't know if I listen to myself, at least those negative thoughts.

我不知道我是否聽從了自己，至少是那些消極的想法。

I focus on the things where I know I've had success in the past.

我把重點放在我知道自己過去取得過成功的事情上。

So for our listeners right now, I want you in a nutshell to tell them this incredible story starting from this guy in Southeast Texas, the road that has led you here, my friend.

是以，對於我們的聽眾來說，我希望你能簡明扼要地向他們講述這個令人難以置信的故事，從德克薩斯州東南部的一個人開始，將你引向這裡的道路，我的朋友。

Yeah, I think the best place to start this story is May 18, 2009.

是的，我認為這個故事最好從 2009 年 5 月 18 日開始。

On May 18, 2009, Jefferson, I'm standing in front of a jury in Dallas.

2009 年 5 月 18 日，傑弗遜，我站在達拉斯的一個陪審團面前。

And the jury, these 12 men and women, this jury of my peers, they just set through a six-day criminal trial.

而陪審團，這12個男人和女人，這個由我的同齡人組成的陪審團，他們剛剛經歷了為期六天的刑事審判。

And I'm on trial for my life at this point.

此時此刻，我正在接受生命的審判。

And the crime that I'm standing trial for, Jefferson, is engaging organized criminal activity.

傑弗遜，我現在受審的罪名 是參與有組織犯罪活動

這是達拉斯市的一起反詐騙腐敗組織集團犯罪案。

I was the lead person of this whole organized crime ring.

It was a bunch of other meth addicts breaking into people's homes to steal for drugs.

那是一群癮君子闖入民宅偷竊毒品。

None of the crimes were aggravated, meaning no one was ever home, so no one got physically hurt.

沒有一起犯罪情節惡劣，也就是說，沒有人在家，所以沒有人受到人身傷害。

But when I broke into people's homes, Jefferson, I didn't just steal their property.

但當我闖入別人的家時，傑弗遜，我不只是偷他們的財產。

And that's something I can't replace and I can't give back.

這是我無法替代的，也是我無法回饋的。

So the jury hears the story of Damon West, this guy that grew up in Southeast Texas, grew up in a little town called Port Arthur.

陪審團聽到了達蒙-韋斯特的故事 他在德州東南部長大 在一個叫亞瑟港的小鎮長大

偉大的家庭，偉大的運動背景。

You know, in Texas, sports is everything.

要知道，在德克薩斯州，體育就是一切。

I grew up under the Friday Night Lights, went on to be a Division I starting quarterback at the University of New York, Texas, got hurt, and then got into drugs at that point after I got hurt in college.

我在 "週五之夜之光 "的薰陶下長大，後來成為德克薩斯州紐約大學的一級首發四分衛，後來受傷了，大學受傷後又開始吸毒。

但我有過幾份非常不錯的工作。

I worked for a guy running for president.

Then I worked on Wall Street in 2004 in Dallas.

2004 年，我在達拉斯的華爾街工作。

And that was the time that I was introduced to meth for the first time in 2004.

2004 年，我第一次接觸到安非他命。

I went from working on Wall Street to living on the streets of Dallas.

我從在華爾街工作到流落達拉斯街頭。

And whenever I was living on the streets, I became a drug addict.

每當我流落街頭，我就會染上毒癮。

And Dallas SWAT finally took me down in 2008.

2008 年，達拉斯特警隊終於將我拿下。

And so the jury, after a six-day criminal trial, listening to all the evidence, and the evidence was overwhelming.

陪審團經過六天的刑事審判，聽取了所有證據，證據確鑿。

I was guilty of everything they said, Jefferson.

The jury listened, and that's one of the biggest things in communication.

陪審團聽了，這是溝通中最重要的事情之一。

And they came back after a 10-minute recess.

休會 10 分鐘後，他們又回來了。

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