Name: TEDx】為什麼舒適會毀掉你的生活｜比爾-埃克斯特羅姆｜TEDxUniversityofNevada（內華達大學）。 (【TEDx】Why comfort will ruin your life | Bill Eckstrom | TEDxUniversityofNevada)
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T06:50:26.000Z
Duration: 12 min 35 s

還有年終獎金、股票選擇權等等

in a small conference room on the top floor of our building,

the president of the company wanted to have a quick meeting with me,

which wasn't unusual since he was my boss.

也沒什麼不正常的，畢竟他是我的老闆

But the meeting turned out to be even more brief than expected.

And I'll never forget how his words just sucked the breath right out of me,

我永遠也忘不了那種他的言語直接把靈魂抽離我身體的感覺

and I left the conference room in a dazed state,

and I went home and curled up in my bed in the fetal position for three hours.

回家後整整三個小時都蜷縮在床上

And while I could go on in vivid detail about how I felt,

我還可以更詳細的說明當時的感受

what it did to my self-esteem, my finances, and so on,

及對我的自尊心、財務狀況等等產生什麼變化

while that event created the greatest amount of discomfort I had ever felt,

即便那個事件造成了我有生以來最大的不舒服感

and what makes you uncomfortable is the only way to grow.

而讓你不舒服的事才是成長唯一的途徑

and only in a state of discomfort, can you continually grow.

只有在不舒服、不適應的環境，你才能持續茁壯

Now, I suppose if on January 8th, somebody come up and said,

但如果一月八日那天有人對我說

"Gee buddy, getting fired is a good thing because now you're really going to grow!"

「老兄！被炒魷魚是好事啊！這樣你才能成長！」

But, pretty quickly I became motivated to start a new journey,

但很快地，我找到了動力開創新的旅程

and after a couple years of work with my new team

and a PhD friend at the University of Nebraska,

還有一個內布拉斯加大學的博士朋友

on how to illustrate and apply the science of discomfort and growth.

決定運用科學看看不適感和成長之間的關聯是什麼

We called the concept: the "Growth Rings."

The Growth Rings represent living environments

And that includes everything from your place of work,

而這涵蓋了所有的範圍，不論是你的公司

You see, what dictates the size of a goldfish

And while this goldfish lives in a very safe environment,

it's also very limiting in most every way.

And when placed in a more robust environment,

like, say, a small pond, this can be the result.

沒錯，這也代表牠可能會被吃掉

the environments in which you work, live, and play,

你工作的環境、生活環境、娛樂的地方

they're all a proverbial fishbowl that dictates your growth.

So, the first Growth Ring represents a low-performing, low-growth environment,

所以第一個成長環代表低績效、低成長的環境

Stagnation is understood by having to follow too many steps,

「停滯」是因為需要遵循太多步驟

That stifles creativity, independent thought, and action.

這會阻礙創造力、獨立思考和行動

think no further than our state and federal governments.

可以想想我們的州政府和聯邦政府

Now, the antithesis of stagnation is chaos,

Chaos can be caused by internal or external events or conditions.

內部或外部的事件、條件都有可能造成混亂

We see chaos occur at times in business mergers,

我們會看到混亂的時刻包含企業合併

natural disasters, and horrific events like 9/11.

自然災害和恐怖攻擊事件，像九一一

Chaos is having zero predictability or control

next to stagnation is the most desirable environment: order.

「停滯」的下一個是最理想的環境「秩序」

Order is knowing that what you do, or what is happening in your environment,

「秩序」是知道你接下來該做什麼，或你所處的環境發生什麼事

人們會在可預言性中找到舒適感

But comfort is also what makes order so dangerous.

但舒適感也是讓「秩序」最危險的因素

Because science shows that anytime you continually do something,

科學顯示，若你持續的做某件事

or even think about something the same way,

如果 Aspen 有選擇權（註：Aspen 為講者的狗狗名）

she'd choose comfort six days a week and twice on Sundays.

他會選擇一週六天處於舒適環境，禮拜天要兩次

would have prevented her from becoming a therapy dog,

think of the lives this gentle soul would not be touching today.

那牠今天就無法撫慰他人的心靈

So, before your order continues to limit the way you think and act,

所以，在你的「秩序」繼續限制你思想和行動前

Growth only occurs in a state of discomfort.

Now, think about the power of that phrase:

I can unequivocally state, I wouldn't be standing on this stage today

我能明確的告訴你們，若不是因為九年前不舒服、擾亂我秩序的那天

without my uncomfortable, order-disrupting day, nine years ago -

那麼我今天不可能會站在這個舞台上

by the way I'm not recommending you go get fired to see if it leads to a TEDTalk.

對了，我不是在建議你們去把自己搞到被開除，好讓自己站上台演講喔！

that means you've entered the complexity ring.

Complexity is nothing more than changed order,

but when your order is changed, outcomes are no longer predictable,

但當你的秩序改變時，輸出便變得無法預測

and it's unpredictability that makes you uncomfortable.

your visceral response to discomfort is not just "No" but "Hell, no,"

你對不適的本能反應不只是「不」，而是「我的老天，絕不」

you can actually learn how empowering it is

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