-You know there's a fine line between being cocky and being confident. -I know man, I totally hate those guys! Let's talk about that vid!

-你知道自傲跟自信只有一線之隔吧 -我知道，我超討厭那種高傲的人，我們來聊聊吧

-Hey you're watching VidTalk on VoiceTube TV, I'm JR. -I'm Ray, and JR can you tell me again the phrase you just threw at me? What was it?

-嘿你在收看 VoiceTube TV 的 VidTalk，我是 JR -我是 Ray，你可以再說一次你剛剛那句名言嗎？

I eat confidence for breakfast?

我吃自信當早餐？(自信心對我來說是小事一樁)

-You eat confidence for breakfast. -Kind of delicious.

-你吃自信當早餐 -美味美味

You know I have to reiterate, there is a fine line between being cocky, the obnoxious kind of confident, and being confident.

我要重述，自傲跟自信只有一線之差

Yeah tell me about it, people are not modest these days. They totally need to learn about it.

對啊，我也這樣覺得，人們都不太謙虛了現在，他們該好好學學

But anyways, being confident to me, confidence.

不過呢，自信心對我來說

You know it's about staying true to yourself and staying true to your goals in life, no matter what kind of pressure you're under.

就是忠於自我，並且不斷地追求自己的目標，不管面對何種困難

How about you though?

你呢？

To me, I think being confident is the belief in yourself and your ability and mastery to be able to achieve a goal?

對我來說，自信就是相信自己能夠達成目標的能力

-That doesn't sound quite confident. -That's a good point, because despite the fact that you know you might fail.

-你聽起來沒有很有自信啊 -很有道理，因為就算你知道可能會失敗

You're still going to go for it, you're still going to take the plunge.

你還是要嘗試還是要冒險，這就是自信

That's blind faith. That's another thing.

那是盲目的信心，是另一回事

Well we kind of disagree on the definition of confidence, but let's settle it with the standard definition from a dictionary,

我們對定義有些不同的意見，不過我們來看看字典的標準定義

so let's hear what the dictionary has to say about the word "confidence".

我們來看看字典是怎麼定義這個字的

So the word "confidence" in the dictionary, its definition is "the feeling or belief that one can have faith in or rely on someone or something".

所以這個字的定義是「一種可以相信以及依賴某人或某事的感覺」

So according to the dictionary, confidence is not just about believing in yourself, you can also have confidence in others.

根據字典，自信不只是相信自己，也可以相信他人

So you can have faith in others or yourself.

所以你可以對自己有自信或是對他人有信心

So we're talking about this topic, this specific video today because me and Ray, you know we've been doing speeches all around Taiwan, on campus.

我們討論這個主題，這個影片是因為我跟 Ray 常常到台灣的各大專院校演講

And we've been observing a lot of young students, and this is a general trend, something in common that we found together.

我們觀察到很多年輕學生，這是一個趨勢，我們都覺得

And it's that a lot of young Taiwanese, they lack confidence. They truly lack confidence.

很多年輕臺灣人，他們沒有自信

A lot of times, there's a lot of great opportunities lying at their doorsteps, but they shy away from it.

很多時候，機會就近在咫尺，不過他們反而避開他

-They don't dare to take that one first step. That first step out right there. -Out of their comfort zone.

-他們不敢踏出第一步 -踏出舒適圈

Yeah and get out of their comfort zone, and try to do something new or fresh. They instead stay in their comfort zone.

對啊，踏出舒適圈，嘗試做些新的事物，他們就待在自己的舒適圈

And it's not because they don't have what it takes, it's because they're just too unconfident.

也不是因為沒能力做到，只是因為沒信心

So today we're talking about this topic, this is going to be tips coming from us.

今天我們討論的這個主題，會是我們給的一些建議

-I would like to think that I'm confident. Do you think you're confident? -I'm cocky!

-我覺得，我應該是個有自信的人，你覺得你有自信嗎？ -我很高傲！

So we've been to various speeches, public speakings, we've hosted various programs, so we have some experience giving tips to people

所以我們去到不同的演講、講座、我們主持不同節目，所以我們有經驗

who are not confident enough, so today we're gonna share with you some tips but in particular we're going to talk about a video.

對於鼓舞沒自信的人這方面，所以今天要跟你們分享一些訣竅，特別是從這個影片而來的

So this is a Ted-Ed video that is on the topic of how to be more confident, so we're gonna elaborate on some tips

這是一個 Ted-Ed 的影片，有關如何更有自信，我們會特別著重於一些內容

and share with you some of our personal experiences, our stories, so that you can also learn to become more confident.

並且分享一些我們個人的經驗、故事，你們可以參考看看

So our first tip for you is to believe in your ability to improve.

所以第一個就是要相信自己能夠進步的能力

There's a catch here, you see, not just your ability but your ability to improve.

這裏有個重點喔，不只是相信自己的能力而是能夠進步的能力

So you're not believing in your current ability, you're believing in the future basically.

所以不只是相信現在有的能力，而是相信未來

-The potential. -Your potential to become better.

-潛力 -你變更好的潛力

So if you have a fixed mindset where you think your talents are fixed and you can't go anywhere.

所以如果你有個僵化的心態，覺得自己的才能是固定的，是不能進步的

Then everything is gonna be like a dead end for you. But if you view every single challenge as a way to improve,

那一切對你而言都會碰壁，不過如果你把挑戰視為一個進步的機會

then that way, you will make slow progress but then you will get better and better and you will have more and more confidence.

那這樣的話，你會慢慢有進展，而且會越來越好，會越來越有自信

So this is what the video calls the "growth mindset". It's just mainly talking about how people can grow in the future, and just picturing that in your mind.

這就是影片所謂的「成長心態」，基本上就是人們是可以發展的，只要心態改變就可以

And that's actually something I do with my own students. I'm a counselor for young college students at my church.

那也是我會對我學生做的心理建設，我在教會是年輕學生的諮商師

And usually I get a lot of questions from them, a lot of problems from them, saying that they don't have confidence.

常常我會被問一些問題，他們會覺得自己沒自信

How about this, let's do some roleplay, you be my young student.

不然這樣，我們角色扮演，你可以當我的年輕學生

-So my character is... -You're a student who lacks confidence and thinks he's not doing good in his faith. -Okay.

-我的角色是... -你是一個沒有自信心的學生，覺得自己沒有什麼進展

I'm so depressed, JR, I feel like a rotting pile of junk.

我超憂鬱，我覺得自己是團廢物

Well, maybe it's true.

嗯，說不定因為你真的是

What the heck! You have to stay in character! You're a counselor! You have to console me.

搞屁！你要好好演啊！你是諮商師你要安慰我吧

I'm sorry I couldn't help it. I'll do good this time.

對不起我忍不住，我這次會好好演

-Take two! -Take two.

-第二次拍攝 -第二次拍攝

JR, I just feel like a rotting pile of junk.

我覺得自己好廢喔

Okay so Ray right? That's your name? Ray for how long have you come to church so far?

好你的名字是 Ray 對吧，你來教會多久了呢？

-About seven years. -Seven years and you haven't made any progress?

-大概七年 -來七年了你還什麼進展都沒有？

-What the heck! You have to stay in character! You're a counselor! You're supposed to counsel me.

-搞屁！你不是要好好演嗎？你是諮商師你要諮商我啊

Okay one more take, I'll do this right this time. I can't help it.

好好再來一次，最後一次一定做對，我只是一時忍不住

-I've been here seven years. -That was so fun. -I've been here seven years.

-我在這裡七年了 -好好玩 -我在這裡七年了

So you've been here for seven years, okay Ray I want you to picture yourself sevens years ago. Look at yourself seven years ago.

所以你在這裡七年了，好我要你回想一下七年前的自己，想想當時候的你

Have you made any changes? Have you made a difference? In your personality, in your attitude in life?

你有作出改變嗎？個性、態度等？

Come to think of it, yes I did. I changed quite a lot.

這樣想想，我真的有，我有些改變

Right! You changed quite a lot! Now picture yourself seven years from now. Is it fair to say that you'll make quite the same amount of change?

對！你有改變，那你現在想像七年後的自己，是不是可以合理推論你會有一樣的改變？

Or even more change in the future?

甚至是改變更多？

It's kinda hard to picture it but if I imagine the last seven years of progress and I replicate it to the future.

有一點難想像，不過如果我想著過去七年的變化，複製到未來的話

Then maybe yeah, that seems really plausible.

那有可能，聽起來好像蠻合理的

Right. That's exactly right. That's how you build confidence. That is the so-called growth mindset,

沒錯，這就是建立信心的方法，這就是所謂的「成長心態」

when you picture yourself the potential to grow, so that's how we do it.

所以你想像自己成長的潛力，這就是方法

So as a counselor you're kind of implementing the growth mindset into your students,

所以身為諮商師，你把這種正面的心態給你的學生

so that they can believe not just in their current ability, which is kind of lacking, but also in their future ability.

好讓他們可以相信目前的能力，或許不足，不過也可以相信他們未來的發展

And it's not a trick, cos you're actually thinking about your past, the things you've actually done in the past

這不是把戲喔，因為你實際在回想的是過去的成就

-and then you just replicate it to the future. -Thinking more positively. -Wow I can do the same or even better than before.

-然後你把他複製到未來 -思考更正面 -可以想說自己會做的一樣或是更好

So that's a very good first tip.

這個訣竅不錯

Okay tip number two, practice failure.

第二個重點，練習失敗

Now face it! You're gonna fail in your lifetime once in a while. Well it doesn't apply to me but for you muggles, pretty true.

面對現實吧！你人生一定會失敗的，我不包含在內不過對於你們這些麻瓜，真的是這樣的

You're gonna fail once, twice, three times, a hundred times in your life. Everybody does. Except for me.

你會失敗一次、兩次、三次、一百次。每個人都會，除了我

You're really trying to get that point across, are you?

你真的想要強調這一點耶

I'm just kidding. I'm just joking. Just playing with you.

開玩笑的，開玩笑的

But according to studies, according to this video, it says that people who fail regularly and get back up again, challenge again.

不過根據科學研究，根據這個影片，他說失敗後會捲土重來的人

They eventually get better equipped to respond to challenges and setbacks in their life, in a very constructive way.

他們會比較可以面對挑戰跟挫折，以著一個很有建設性的方式面對

You know to me personally this is very true because I think in my sophomore year, I've always aspired to become a broadcaster.

對我來說，這是真的，因為從我大二開始，我一直想成為廣播員

You did? So this is the dream for you. We're living it.

是喔？所以其實你夢想成真啦

Right that is, but I've come a long way. In the past when I was still in college it was really a far-fetched dream

對，不過我也是經歷了很多。過去我在大學的時候想到不會想到可以成真

because it's really hard for me to get into any kind of radio station, but eventually I did,

因為不管是哪一個電台都很難進去，不過後來我成功了

I got into National Education Radio, and then I was a news anchor.

我到了國立教育廣播電台，當新聞主播

And boy did I fail hardcore. I missed lines, I stuttered, my mind went blank. I made really bad mistakes.

天阿我那時候超常崩裂式失敗，我漏唸、口吃、放空，我犯過很多錯

-I know how that feels. -And after every broadcast I'm kinda like a little bit worried, because I'd be like thinking, will they fire me after this?

-我知道那種感覺 -每次廣播完我都會有點擔心，因為我會想說，他們會開除我嗎？

-Should I resign? -Right. I made really glaring mistakes.

-該不該遞辭呈 -我犯了超大的錯誤

-As an ICRT broadcastor in the past, you should relate to this right? -Yeah I was a broadcastor there.

-你過去在 ICRT 當廣播員，應該知道我在講什麼吧？ -沒錯，我在那裡做過廣播

-However, there is a dividing line between amateur and professional. -That is the definition of cockiness right here. -I'm just playing.

-不過，業餘跟專業在這裡有個界線可以分開 -這就是高傲的人 -開玩笑的

But the message we're trying to deliver to you, the takeaway from the video is,

不過我們想傳達的訊息是，這個影片的重點是

you should not just look at your current ability. However incompetent, however miserable, however failing you current situation is,

你不應該就只是看現在的能力，不管多缺乏、多悲慘、多失敗

you should always put faith in your future self as long as you have this growth mindset, as long as you are developing,

你應該要相信未來的自己，只要你有這個成長心態，只要你不斷進步

you should believe in your future ability to improve and to conquer different obstacles.

你應該要相信你未來的潛力，是可以克服不同的挑戰的

So every failure that you're facing, every hurdle that you're taking. It's for your better good and in the future, you will reach your goal and your milestone.

所以每次失敗、每個挑戰，都是在精進你自己，你也會終究達到你的目的地

Wow I feel all pumped up right now, and if you wanna find out where Ray's inspirational speech came from,

哇我現在熱血沸騰，你想要知道 Ray 的激勵人心的演講是哪來的話

well check out this video right now and we will be back with our weekly challenge.

現在來看看這個影片，我們回來再進入每週挑戰

It isn't possible to completely untangle these three factors, but the personal choices we make certainly play a major role in confidence development.

我們不可能完全的解開這三個不同的因素，不過個人的選擇對於自信提升有很大的影響

So, by keeping in mind a few practical tips, we do actually have the power to cultivate our own confidence.

所以，只要記得這一些很實用的訣竅，我們其實有能力可以培養自己的自信心

Welcome to the weekly challenge section of VidTalk, today we've chosen one sentence out of the video and here is the sentence.

這是 VidTalk 的每週挑戰，今天我們選了一個句子，以下：

So, by keeping in mind a few practical tips, we do actually have the power to cultivate our own confidence.

所以，只要記得這一些很實用的訣竅，我們其實有能力可以培養自己的自信心

So here we're looking at the phrase keep in mind, so what does that mean JR?

我們要看的片語是 keep in mind，那是什麼意思？

-Well keep in mind means to, you remember this. -I don't think that's it, no. -Not in that tone, but it does mean to not forget.

-keep in mind 就是，你給我記住 -不是吧 -不是那種語氣，不過就是不要忘記

But there's kinda a difference between remember and keep in mind, cause like your mom would tell you, on your way home remember to...

不過 remember 跟 keep in mind 是有些差別的，可能媽媽會跟你說，回家的路上記得要

buy some eggs. Remember to buy some eggs on your way home. But you wouldn't say, on your way home keep in mind, buy some eggs.

買些蛋，記得要買一些蛋。不過你不會說，keep in mind 要買一些蛋

-Sounds really off. -It's wrong.

-聽起來不太對 -是錯的

The reason why is because remember is more used for a single event, like a short one.

Remember 比較像是記一件事情，短暫的

But keep in mind is something you need to focus on, something important. So that's keep in mind.

但是 keep in mind 是一件你要一直想著的一件事情，放在你的思念當中很重要，就是 keep in mind

So you can make a sentence using keep in mind, for example, by keeping in mind something, you can something.

所以你可以這樣照句，by keeping in mind 什麼，你可以做什麼

Or you can say keep in mind that something, but remember it needs to be important things that you want to remember for a long time.

或者是 keep in midn that 什麼，不過記得一定要是很重要的、要銘記於心的事

Like in the movie, they usually say, keep in mind I'll be watching you.

就像是在電影裡，他們會說，你注意喔，我會看著你

Right, so that's a good example.

嗯對，好例子

Alright. So leave your comments below and we just might choose your comment for the show next week.

好，留下你的留言，下一個禮拜我們可能會選到你喔

Thank you for liking, commenting, and sharing this video!

感謝你的按讚、留言、跟分享

And remember to subscribe to VoiceTube TV right up here and come back every Thursday night for a new episode of VidTalk.

記得要訂閱 VoiceTube TV 在這上面，每個禮拜四晚上也可以回來看新一集的 VidTalk

Remember to subscribe to us, JR and Ray. This is rayduenglish down here and jrleeradio down here. Subscribe.

記得要訂閱我們，JR 跟 Ray，這是 rayduenglish 跟 jrleeradio，訂閱吧

And right now let's go to our comments left by you guys in our last episode.

現在我們去看看你們上一集留的留言

Alright so this is what we got, and last week we were talking about the phrase "call it a day", "call it a career". What does that mean?

好所以這就是我們拿到的，上禮拜我們在講這一個片語 call it a day 還有 call it a career，意思是？

So to end a day's work, or to end one's career.

結束一天的工作，或是結束職業生涯

Right and we got four comments right here. This is from Taboffer, one of our favorite listeners by the way.

沒錯，我們有四個留言，這是無所謂，我們其中一個最喜歡的聽眾喔

He said: "JR and Ray will not call it a career until they're eighty." Really?

他說「JR 跟 Ray 直到八十歲都不會退休」真的嗎？

-I think that's too long. Thirty-ish? -You wouldn't want to see us on the screen when we're thirty.

-我覺得太久了，三十歲吧？ -你不會想要看到三十歲的我們上節目

Anyways he keeps on saying: "So we are gonna have thousands of episodes of VidTalk".

他說「所以我們會有上千集 VidTalk」

That is... well if you subscribe to us, we won't have to pack up and go home. Subscribe up here.

那... 如果你訂閱的話，我們就不用打包回家了，在這裡訂閱吧

This is the next one funnyputz: "Since I learned the phrase call it a career from this video, I decided to call it a day and go to my warm bed. Choose me!"

再來是 funnyputz「因為我學到了 call it a career 這個片語，我決定結束一天，窩進我溫暖的床，選我！」

-Didn't we? -Yeah we did choose you.

-我們選了你 -對啊我們選你

Next one is Mong Chi Shih, I think we selected yours last time, but this is a good sentence.

再來是 Mong Chi Shih，我們上次好像也選你，不過這次的句子也很不錯

"Undoubtedly, the best way to call it a night is relaxing by watching VidTalks on VoiceTube and to be happy with what Ray and JR share."

「無庸置疑，一晚的結束最好的方式就是看 VidTalk，然後開心地聽 Ray 跟 JR 的分享」

That's sweet. That's sweet and a good sentence. And by the way he says "I really look like a monkey."

真是個好留言，也是好句子，對了他說「我看起來真的像是猴子」

-Too much information. -(monkey sounds). That was hello.

-你讓我們知道太多了 -(猴子聲音)那是我在說嗨

Last but not least, Mou Brent, he said: "Allen dedicated to follow his father's footsteps to be a real estate agent, after his father decided to call it a career."

最後，Mou Brent，他說「艾倫立志跟隨父親腳步成為一個不動產專員，自從他父親結束了他的職業後」

-This is like a sentence that came out of a textbook. -Yeah this is a really good one. Good job.

-這個句子像是課本拿出來的一樣 -對啊，很棒的句子

These are the comments for today, remember to leave your comments for this week's challenge below within the comment section right here.

這就是今天的留言，記得要在這個影片底下也留言

And that wraps up the day!

好，收尾！

-I'm JR, -I'm Ray, -And we'll talk to you next time.

-我是 JR -我是 Ray -我們下次再聊