Name: You Haven't Earned the Right to be Confident
Uploaded: 2026-04-01T17:36:59.000Z
Duration: 6 min 51 s

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There are many, possibly infinite, potential actions that you can take at any moment.

在任何時刻，你都可以採取許多，甚至是無限的潛在行動。

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And at every moment, one action has to be singled out as the best possible action that you can take.

而在每個時刻，都必須單獨挑選出一個行動，作為你能採取的最佳可能行動。

And your confidence is the degree of certainty you have that the action you took is truly the best possible one.

而你的自信，就是你對自己採取的行動是否為最佳可能行動的確定程度。

To put it simply, your confidence is a measure of how correct you think you are.

簡單來說，你的自信就是衡量你認為自己有多正確的一種方式。

For example, let's assume that you're a waiter and you're trying to remember what drink one of your customers ordered.

例如，假設你是一位服務生，正試圖記住一位顧客點了什麼飲料。

Let's say they ordered an iced tea, but you think they ordered a Coke.

假設他們點了冰茶，但你認為他們點了可樂。

So the best possible action to take is to get them an iced tea, but

所以最佳可能行動是給他們冰茶，

And if you're highly certain that they ordered a Coke, we would say you're highly confident, even though that confidence is misguided.

如果你非常確定他們點了可樂，那我們就會說你非常有自信，即使這份自信是錯的。

And confidence, even if it's misguided, leads to action.

而自信，即使是誤導的，也會促使行動。

Lack of confidence, on the other hand, leads to hesitation.

另一方面，缺乏自信則會導致猶豫。

See, if you're not confident that your customer ordered a Coke, you would hesitate to get it for them.

你看，如果你不確定你的顧客點了可樂，你就會猶豫要不要拿給他們。

You'd probably go back and ask them what they ordered.

你可能會回去問他們點了什麼。

You would do more research and refine your hypothesis.

你會做更多研究，並修正你的假設。

They tell you that they ordered an iced tea, so you refine your hypothesis and your confidence in this hypothesis goes up.

他們告訴你點了冰茶，所以你修正了你的假設，而你對這個假設的自信就提升了。

And with increased confidence comes an increased desire to take action.

隨著自信的提升，採取行動的慾望也隨之增加。

A life without confidence is a life unlived, because a life without confidence is a life full of hesitation.

沒有自信的人生，就是沒有活過的人生，因為沒有自信的人生充滿了猶豫。

It's a life full of plans that were never acted on.

這是一個充滿未付諸行動的計畫的人生。

It's a life full of dreams that were never realised.

這是一個充滿未實現的夢想的人生。

It's a life spent in study and research without any action.

這是一個人只顧埋頭苦讀、研究，卻沒有任何行動的人生。

It's a life full of wasted potential and regret.

這是一個充滿浪費的潛在機會和後悔的人生。

On the other hand, a life of overconfidence is reckless and short-sighted.

另一方面，過度自信的人生則顯得魯莽且短視。

It's a life full of failures and poorly executed plans.

這是一個充滿失敗和執行不佳的計畫的人生。

It's a life spent acting impulsively, never reflecting on how to act better.

這是一個衝動行事，從不反思如何做得更好的行動人生。

And so similar to a life without confidence, overconfidence leads to a life of wasted potential too.

所以，就像沒有自信的人生一樣，過度自信也會導致潛在機會的浪費。

Achieving your greatest potential starts with true confidence.

發揮你最大的潛在能力，始於真實的自信。

The truly confident are neither unconfident nor overconfident.

真正自信的人，既不是不自信，也不是過度自信。

True confidence is when how correct you think you are overlaps with how correct you actually are.

真正的自信，是你認為自己有多正確，和你實際有多正確重疊的時候。

In other words, you are correct about how correct you think you are.

換句話說，你對自己認為有多正確這件事，是正確的。

Your confidence is an exact measure of your expertise.

你的自信是衡量你專業能力的精確指標。

You have an accurate view of your own knowledge.

你對自己知識的掌握是準確的。

For example, a brain surgeon with true confidence knows the limits of his own knowledge, and

舉個例子，一位真正自信的腦外科醫生知道自己知識的極限，

When he comes across problems that are outside of his domain of expertise, he passes the problem on to someone more qualified.

當他遇到超出他專業領域的問題時，他會交給更專業的人處理。

And when he comes across problems that are within his domain of expertise, he handles them without fear or hesitation.

而當他遇到在他專業領域內的問題時，他會毫不猶豫地處理。

He's neither overconfident nor unconfident, but truly confident.

他既不過度自信，也不不自信，而是真正自信。

The best way, then, to achieve your greatest potential is to focus on your expertise, not your confidence.

所以，要發揮你最大的潛在能力，最好的方法是專注於你的專業，而不是你的自信。

True confidence will always walk hand in hand with your expertise.

真正的自信總是伴隨著你的專業。

Most people, for example, would be confident in getting a glass of water in their house because they've done it a hundred times before.

大多數人，舉例來說，在自己家裡要一杯水時會很有自信，因為他們以前做過上百次了。

And the more times you've solved a problem in the past, the more certain you are that you can solve it in the future.

過去解決問題的次數越多，你就越確定自己未來也能解決。

Expertise is what leads to true confidence.

專業知識是帶來真正自信的關鍵。

And expertise comes from solving a problem so many times that you can't help but believe in your ability to solve it.

而專業知識來自於一次又一次地解決問題，讓你不得不相信自己有能力解決它。

And expertise is natural and inevitable when you consistently overcome the tests that life gives you.

當你持續克服生命給予的考驗時，專業知識就會自然而然地產生，而且是必然的。

A man who has to grow his business in difficult times through recessions, times of cultural and technological transition, and

一個必須在艱難時期，經歷經濟衰退、文化和技術轉型時期，以及

changing consumer demands will have to become an expert in order to succeed.

不斷變化的顧客需求中發展事業的男人，為了成功，必須成為專家。

And the only way to achieve expertise is to test yourself in the world.

而獲得專業知識的唯一方法就是在世界上測試自己。

It can lead to rejection, failure, or loss.

這可能會導致被拒絕、失敗或損失。

And the only way to overcome the fear that will hold you back from testing yourself is to do something so meaningful that fear becomes irrelevant.

而克服這種會阻礙你測試自己的恐懼的唯一方法，就是去做一件意義重大的事，讓恐懼變得無關緊要。

When you pursue something deeply meaningful, fear is less likely to stop you from pursuing that thing.

當你追求一件非常有意義的事時，恐懼就不太可能阻止你追求它。

And the more meaningful a goal is to you, the less relevant fear becomes as an obstacle.

而且一個目標對你來說越有意義，恐懼作為障礙就越不相關。

Because if something is meaningful to you, you'll chase it under any condition.

因為如果一件事對你來說有意義，你就會在任何條件下追求它。

And so a meaningful goal will cause you to become well-tested by the world.

所以一個有意義的目標會讓你被世界好好地考驗。

And by overcoming the world's tests, you'll achieve expertise.

而透過克服世界的考驗，你將獲得專業知識。

And by achieving expertise, you'll become truly confident.

透過獲得專業知識，你將變得真正自信。

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一如往常，感謝收看，我們下次見。