Name: 環遊世界讓你學到的十件事！ Top 10 lessons learned in travelling the world 10 years
Uploaded: 2013-08-25T12:13:44.000Z
Duration: 11 min 24 s

Hi! My name is Benny Lewis, and I've been travelling the world for ten years,

嗨！我的名字是本尼-劉易斯，我已經旅行了十年的世界。

wandering from place to place every few months,

每隔幾個月就從一個地方流浪到另一個地方。

Everything I own in the world weighs 23 kilograms, or 50 pounds.

我在這個世界上擁有的所有東西都重23公斤，也就是50斤。

In this time I've tried to speak the local language of each country that I go to,

在這段時間裡，我嘗試著說我所去的每個國家的當地語言。

and have made many friends from vastly different cultures.

並結識了許多來自不同文化背景的朋友。

In doing so, I've learned many life lessons,

在這樣做的過程中，我學到了很多人生經驗。

a few of which I'd like to share with you today.

其中有幾個我今天想和大家分享一下。

One of the first things people say when they hear that I've been travelling for so long

當人們聽說我已經旅行了這麼久，他們首先說的一件事就是

! haven't inherited any fortune and in fact,

!"沒有繼承任何財富，事實上。

I've earned less than $1000 a month at many stages in my travels

我在我旅行的很多階段，月收入都不到1000元。

but have had very rich experiences despite this.

但儘管如此，還是有非常豐富的經驗。

I've found that some lateral thinking can get you a lot for very little money!

我發現，一些橫向思維可以讓你用很少的錢得到很多東西!

You can Couchsurf for free instead of paying for accommodation,

您可以免費使用Couchsurf，而不是支付住宿費用。

you can hitchhike very safely in many countries,

你可以在許多國家非常安全地搭車。

or fly across the planet for just a couple of hundred dollars if you're flexible,

或飛越地球只是幾百美元，如果你靈活。

or free if you know how to "hack" the system by earning miles

或免費，如果你知道如何黑客系統通過賺取英里

you can even cook at home much cheaper instead of eating out all the time,

你甚至可以在家裡做飯，而不是一直在外面吃，便宜得多。

and it will be a lot better if you give up expensive habits that don't enrich your life

和它會好很多，如果你放棄昂貴的習慣，不豐富你的生活

The best experiences do not have any price tag.

最好的體驗沒有任何價格標籤。

Money is necessary to have a basic standard of living,

要有基本的生活水準，錢是必須的。

但我們很多人，尤其是在西方，

already have more than enough of it to  be able to have many incredible experiences,

已經擁有了更多的東西，能夠有很多不可思議的經歷。

At the end of the day, time with good friends is free;

到了最後，和好朋友在一起的時間是自由的。

but can make you feel like the richest person alive.

卻能讓你覺得自己是活著的最富有的人。

Perfectionism is usually thought of as a good quality.

完美主義通常被認為是一種好品質。

whatever you're  passionate about can't be appreciated until it's 100% perfect

無論你對什麼都充滿熱情，直到它100%的完美才會被人欣賞

Generally, outside of mathematics, perfection is impossible.

一般來說，在數學之外，完美是不可能的。

There's always something missing, some improvement left, or someone who does it better.

總會有一些缺失，一些改進的地方，或者有人做得更好。

Accepting that I'm not going to be "the best" is the most freeing thought I've ever had.

接受我不會成為最好的是我有過的最自由的想法。

In fact, I go out of my way to make at least 200 mistakes a  day

事實上，我不惜每天至少犯200個錯誤。

Making no mistakes is playing it safe, but great things were never achieved by playing it safe.

不犯錯誤就是安全，但偉大的事情從來都不是靠安全來實現的。

Every single failure is a stepping stone to a success

每一次的失敗都是通往成功的墊腳石。

and a chance to learn  something important.

並有機會學到一些重要的東西。

The magic happens outside of your comfort zone

神奇的事情發生在你的舒適區之外

I once saw this image online and it's so true.

我曾經在網上看到過這個畫面，它是如此的真實。

but it's not where we learn or grow as people,

但這不是我們學習或成長的地方，作為人。

and have those incredible adventures that we can look back on proudly for the rest of our lives.

並擁有那些不可思議的冒險，我們可以自豪地回顧我們的餘生。

and many other things that I've done and seen others do,

和許多其他的事情，我已經做了，看到別人做。

I've found that rather than being naturally good at tthese things,

我發現，而不是天生擅長這些事情。

each one of us can push our boundaries to learn how to be good at them.

我們每個人都可以挑戰自己的極限，學會如何做好自己。

Your true limitations can often be how willing you are to leave your comfort zone.

你的真實侷限性往往可以是你有多願意離開你的舒適區。

where the chance of failure or embarrassment is much higher..

在那裡，失敗或尷尬的機會要高得多。

So you fail, you get embarrassed a bit - what's the big deal?

所以你失敗了，你就會有點尷尬--這有什麼大不了的？

until you soon realize that you have achieved something great!

直到你很快意識到你已經取得了偉大的成就!

Too many of us feel this incredible sense of entitlement,

我們太多人都有這種不可思議的權利感。

You deserve to meet the man  or woman of your dreams,

你應該遇到你夢想中的男人或女人。

get that book deal or have  great success.

獲得該書的交易或有很大的成功。

Personally, I don't believe in karma, or some invisible force

我個人不相信因果報應，也不相信什麼無形的力量。

that will give me what I want because I'm generally a nice guy.

會給我想要的東西，因為我一般是個好人。

I need to work for it beyond wishful thinking.

除了一廂情願，我還需要為之努力。

You have to do something tangible to get real results in this world.

在這個世界上，你必須做一些實實在在的事情，才能得到真正的結果。

From a certain perspective, the world is certainly an unfair place,

從某種角度來說，這個世界無疑是不公平的。

but rather than be an eternal pessimist about it,

但卻不願意做一個永遠的悲觀主義者。

why not find out why things are the way they are,

為什麼不找出為什麼事情是這樣的。

so that maybe you can follow t these rules, adapt to them

這樣也許你可以遵循這些規則，適應它們

We only have one life, but many of us squander it

我們的生命只有一次，但我們很多人都在浪費它。

我們把時間浪費在看電視節目上，或者

doing passive things that don't enrich our lives

做被動的事情，不豐富我們的生活

The time is going to pass anyway, why kill it?

反正時間都要過去了，何必要扼殺它呢？

Get busy living, and do so with your own life .

忙著生活，用自己的生命去做 。

and you can effectively live something as good as many lifetimes in one.

而你可以有效地在一世中活得很好的東西。

Every single person is fascinating and can teach you something

每個人都很有魅力，可以教你一些東西

is because I like to meet so many interesting and varied people.

是因為我喜歡認識很多有趣的、不同的人。

Across the planet, we share so many things in common

在這個星球上，我們有許多共同的東西。

to those taking a train in the middle of China,

給那些在中國中部地區坐火車的人。

We can relate to all these people because at their core,

我們能和這些人聯繫起來，因為在他們的核心。

they share a lot of the same values and hopes and dreams you do.

他們分享了很多相同的價值觀和希望以及你的夢想。

Despite this though, when you have the chance to really get to know someone,

不過儘管如此，當你有機會真正瞭解一個人的時候。

you'll see that our vastly different experiences can help us learn from one another.

你會發現，我們迥異的經歷可以幫助我們互相學習。

Each person can give you something to aspire to, to emulate,

每個人都能給你一些嚮往、效仿的東西。