Name: 【TEDx】「夠好」的人生選擇：Derek Sivers at TEDxTaipei 2012
Uploaded: 2013-05-23T06:19:34.000Z
Duration: 18 min 57 s

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I'm so excited to be in Taiwan. I've always wanted to come to Taiwan.

很高興能來到台灣，我一直想造訪台灣

委婉語氣表達希望、渴望

I would actually like to meet every single person here.

我也很想認識在座的每一位佳賓

So, in case I don't get the time. I want to put my e-mail address up here.

考量到時間因素，我在投影幕上放上了我的e-mail

So that everybody here can e-mail me and say hello.

這樣一來，每個人都能寫信和我聊聊

Uh, the only thing is "I speak Chinese" So, please e-mail me in French.

還有，我會說中文，所以就請各位用法文寫信給我吧

OK, and next, I need the audience to do something for me.

OK，接下來，我要請大家配合一下

I need everybody to sing a long-low note.

So, to do a great talk in Taiwan,to live up to my assignment to be here.

為了給台灣的聽眾一場完美的演講，並履行我的義務

I'm going to talk about "the meaning of life."

我決定和大家聊聊「人生的意義」

Are you ready to learn "the meaning of life?"

我知道你們早就迫不及待了，準備好了嗎?

OK，你們覺得人生的意義是什麼呢?

究竟人生是什麼? 你們有什麼想法嗎?

Life is all about choice. We make a hundred little choices everyday.

我們的一生充滿抉擇，我們每天做出上百個無關痛癢的選擇

We make a hundred big choices in our life.

也在人生中做出上百的重要抉擇

And these little choices and the big choices we make change our entire life.

這些大大小小的選擇影響了我們的人生

So if life is choice. How do you make good choices?

若人生即是抉擇，我們又該如何做出對的選擇呢？

First, learn to ignore logic and trust emotion.

首先，試著降低對邏輯的依賴，相信自己內在感官的力量

And what this means is, you know we have different parts of our brain.

這是因為，我們的大腦分為許多區塊

At the top of our spines is the ancient brain that we share in common with lizards and rabbits.

脊椎上方的區塊是和蜥蜴、兔子沒什麼兩樣的大腦原型

So this emotional brain just stores instincts, fears and gut feelings, right?

是個儲存直覺、恐懼、內在感觀的區塊

That is a relative new development that handles logic, language and prediction.

這是一個後天演化而成的區域，負責邏輯、語言和預測計算

What's interesting is that everything we learn gets process through here...

有趣的是，「前額葉皮層」是我們在學習時必經的通道

And it's process, but it's permanently stored here as emotions.

但所有資訊最終都儲存到「杏仁核」，化為情緒

So we often like to think ourselves as smart , rational beings.

我們總認為自己是充滿智慧、理性的物種

And whenever we like to make an important choice, we try to think it through very rationally.

在做出重大決策時總會試著精打細算

But the truth is, this thing in the front is pretty new.

事實上，掌管邏輯的「前額皮葉層」在大腦演化上是相對新興的區域

Which is why a 5-dollar calculator is sill better than this at math.

這也是我們的腦袋始終不如一台百元計算機的原因

So the way you make better choices in life is to understand this about your brain.

所以，想要在人生中做出正確決定，我們得先認識大腦

And understand that this gut-feeling is the combination of everything you have ever learned in your life

理解自己內心的直覺反應是統整、分析人生經驗後

And it's been proven that people make better choices

when they trust their gut-feelings on something that is usually correct than

跟著感覺走的人，往往可以做出相對正確的選擇

when they try to over-think it and use their 5-dollar calculator brains.

比起用自己不比計算機強的大腦拼命想破頭來的更有效

So next, how to make a choice is learn to see what is only good enough.

接著，想做出對的決定，還得學會知足常樂

And what it means is in this modern world, we have more choices than ever.

因為在現代，我們暴露在以往無法想像的大量選擇中

But if you try, because all of these choices, you try to make the best possible choice.

若想在這片選項藍海中撈到一根完美無缺的針

And you drive yourselves crazy trying to find the best option to do the best thing with your life.

你八成會被自己對人生完美主義的幻想給逼瘋

To choose the best career, the best school, the best partner, then you're going to make yourself miserable.

找一個好工作、念名校、毫無缺點的朋友，這樣的高標準只會使你更不好受

If you learn to understand this feeling and saying this is good enough and I'm happy with this.

但若你試著去傾聽，學會放下和取捨

You actually make better choices and you feel better about it.

你反而能做出更棒的決定，也不至耿耿於懷

What this means is that every choice you have to make in life cost a little bit of pain.

因為你生命中做出的選擇都一定會有得有失

It's a little tough when you make a choice.

So what's true is we all need some choices in life, but it doesn't mean more choice is better.

事實是，我們都必須選擇，但愈多選擇使事情複雜化

So we find that we are actually happier when we let other people make some choices for us.

所以我們其實更喜歡別人幫我們做決定

This is why when you go to a doctor, say if you are very sick and you go to a doctor.

You don't want the doctor just say "I don't know, what do you want to do?"

你不會想聽到醫生說：「我沒意見？你覺得該怎麼辦呢？」

你會說：「你該告訴我怎麼做！」

And this is also part of appeal of religion.

類似的情況也出現在宗教信仰上

宗教總是告誡信徒要「遵循教條」

And it's been proven over history that people like having rules and to been told what to do.

歷史也應證人們多少喜歡受規範和引領

So lastly, learn to choose what's important not urgent.

最後，學著去選擇真正的「重要」而非「緊要」

That means that what is urgent are the SMS messages,the phone calls, the texts, the e-mail.

例如你的簡訊、電話、訊息和e-mail

But what is important is perhaps spending 1,000 dollars learning a new skill that will really help your career or your life.

但「重要」的事，也許會是花幾萬塊，學一個對你往後職場和人生有益的新技能

Or what's important is giving your full attention to your child, your partner or even a potential new business relationship.

也可能是把心力完全奉獻給你的孩子、朋友，甚至是潛在的商業夥伴上

And what is important is taking time to get outside and slowly eat a meal of real food.

重要的事更可以是花時間出門透透氣，不慌不忙地吃一頓好料

But none of these things will ever be urgent but these are important. Let's how to make better choices.

這些是永遠都不會成為「緊要」，卻相對「重要」的事，更是我們在選擇上應該考量到的事

So, let's say life is choice. What do you think? Pretty good argument?

因此，「人生就是抉擇」，大家同意嗎？能否接受這樣的論點?

OK, everybody, I need you to sing the note again. (hum)

好，那麼，請大家再唱一次 (哼)

下個論點，若我說「人生就是時間」呢？

We can say life is all about time. The meaning of life is time.

人的一生和時間脫不了關係，人生到頭來就是時間

Because life is defined by the time between when you born and when you die.

人生就等於出生到死亡兩者之間的時間所構成

所以我們才稱這是「人的一生」

若真是如此，我們又該如何巧妙地運用時間呢？

首先，我們得銘記一點：時間是有限的

So imagine if you only have 1 hour with an old friend you haven't seen in a long time.

試想你只剩一個小時的時間能和一位多年不見的好友相處

You'll make a very good use of that 1 hour.

Or imagine that if you find out tonight that you've only got 1 year left to live.

或是想像你在今晚得知自己的壽命僅剩一年

You'll make the most of the last year you have, more than you think if your life is infinite.

比起將人生視為理所當然，你一定會使出渾身解數，好好規劃最後一年的時間

So you can use time more wisely if you always remember that it's limited.

因此，時常提醒自己時間寶貴，便是提高時間管理效率的不二法門

Next is important to be mostly future focused.

第二，「放眼未來」是很重要的

What future focused means the people that are always working toward future.

一些人一直都為了往後的日子而有所行動

They floss their teeth, they practice hard, they exercise, they study...

他們為了健康著想會在飯後剔牙、他們為未來打拼、運動之外也發憤圖強

They are putting more importance on the future than the present moment.

未來在他們眼中的重要性遠大於當下

The problem is people who do this are usually more successful in life and even happier

而這些人確實在事業上獲得較大的成就，也更幸福

except it often comes at expense of things required a present focus.

但同時，這麼做也可能在其他方面造成傷害

The classic case of it is a CEO who's been married 6 times.

一位事業有成但婚姻失敗的CEO便是個歷久不衰的經典範例

Very successful but doesn't get any attention to the present moment.

他們或許縱橫商場，但卻疏於「珍惜當下」

So, it's important to be somewhat present focused.

因此，「放眼現在」也顯得相對重要