Puppies!

小狗狗！

Alright.

好耶。

Ever go to your favorite coffee shop and when you get to the front to pay, you discover the person before you picked up the tab?

你是否曾經去你最愛的咖啡店當你走到櫃檯準備結帳時，發現前一個人已經幫你買單了？

It's a nice warm feeling, right?

感覺很溫暖是吧？

Even better than your morning coffee, if that's even possible.

甚至比你的早餐咖啡更好，如果那有可能發生的話。

So what do you do?

那麼你會怎麼做呢？

Keep it going.

延續下去。

The best thing about generosity is, it spreads.

關於慷慨最棒的事情是，它會傳播。

Research has shown that people who experience the generosity of others are more likely to pay it forward.

研究顯示，受過他人慷慨的人更有可能會傳播出去。

Being generous puts people in a good mood and tends to make them more generous, and generous people are more attractive as we know, and they will surely go on to breed more generous babies and continue the cycle.

慷慨使人擁有好心情，進而使人更加慷慨，而慷慨的人就我們所知更有吸引力，而且他們肯定會生出更多慷慨的寶寶，並持續這個循環。

I have it all summed up in this chart.

我把它總結在這個圖表中。

See?

看吧？

Easy.

簡單明瞭。

Really the trick to kicking off this whole cascade is getting that one domino at the top to fall.

要把這一連串打散的方法就是使頂端的骨牌掉下來。

Don't believe me?

不相信我嗎？

Good.

很好。

Then I get to do another experiment.

那我要做另一個實驗。

We brought in a group of volunteers and gave them the chance to do something really fun.

我們帶來一群自願者並給他們機會做非常有趣的事情。

Okay, today you guys are gonna play with...

好，今天你們大家要玩...

Oh!

喔！

Puppies!

狗狗！

Yes!

好耶！

This is the day!

今天真棒！

Oh my God!

我的天呀！

That is great.

棒呆了

We told participants they got to play in the pen with the pups for five minutes.

我們告訴參與者他們要在圍欄內和小狗玩五分鐘。

Hello there!

哈囉！

Oh my goodness gracious!

我的天呀！

Do you want a belly rub?

你想要搓肚肚嗎？

Yes, you do.

對你想要。

Yes, you do.

對你想要。

This is what I imagined heaven looks like.

這就是我想像中天堂的樣子。

Alright gents, so your five minutes in the pen is up.

好了紳士們，你們在圍欄的五分鐘時間到。

Oh.

喔。

So there's a little bit more we have to do today.

今天我們還有一點事要做。

I'm gonna give you guys a choice.

我要給你們一個機會。

We're still gonna compensate you for your time, as agreed.

我們還是會為你們的時間付出報酬，就像說好的一樣。

Okay.

好的。

But you have an opportunity to make an additional $50.

但你們有一個賺到額外 50 元的機會。

Great, I'm on it.

好極了，我參加。

So, hand you that.

那麼，給你。

You can either take the $50, just put it in your pocket, go home or you can pass on the $50, and if you pass on the additional $50, the person after you will also get five minutes to play with the puppies.

你可以拿走這 50 元，就直接放進你的口袋回家或是你可以放棄這 50元，而如果你放棄這額外的 50 元，你的下一個人也會得到五分鐘和狗狗玩的時間。

The person before you was given this same choice and they chose to pass on the $50 which is why you guys got to play with the puppies and now it's your turn to make a decision.

你的前一個人也被給予相同選擇，而他們決定放棄 50 元，這就是為什麼你們可以和狗狗玩，而現在輪到你們做出決定。

Wait, so it's either we get $50 bucks or somebody else gets to play with puppies for five minutes?

等等，所以不是我們得到 50 元就是某人可以和狗狗玩五分鐘？

Right.

沒錯。

That's really tough.

那真的很難選。

I don't know what to do!

我不知道該怎麼做！

Oh, like...

喔，就像...

I mean...

我是說...

I'm gonna give it back.

我要還回去

How do you think?

你覺得呢？

Yeah.

好。

If somebody just takes the fifty, which they can, then the person who would've gone after them, we just say, thank you very much for your time and then we show them the door.

如果有人直接拿走了 50 元，他們可以這麼做，那麼在他們之後過來的人，我們只會說，非常感謝你撥空前來，然後就會指引他們出口方向。

No!

不！

Then yeah, I'm gonna give up my $50.

那麼好的，我要放棄我的 50 元

You're gonna pass on the $50?

你要放棄你的 50 元？

Yep.

是的。

Alright.

很好。

I'll pass on the $50 too.

我也放棄 50 元。

You're also giving up the $50.

你也要放棄 50 元。

It just doesn't feel right to me, so I'm gonna give it back to you.

我就是感覺不太對勁... 所以我要將它還給你。

Yeah, because they let us play with puppies.

因為他們讓我和狗狗玩。

Yeah, I can't.

我不能。

This is too good, they gotta be here.

這太好了，他們應該在這裡。

Everyone needs a puppy.

大家都需要狗狗。

I'm not gonna deny anyone the opportunity to play with puppies.

我不要阻礙任何人和狗狗玩的機會。

There's so much we don't agree on in the world, I think.

我覺得世界上有太多我們不能認同的事情了。

We can give people time to play with puppies.

我們可以給別人和狗狗玩的時間。

Puppies are like the one thing...

狗狗就像是一切...

Okay folks, we're on a roll but how long can we keep it going?

好的大家，我們現在勢如破竹，但我們可以持續多久呢？

Let 'em play with puppies?

讓他們和小狗玩？

Let 'em play with puppies.

讓他們和小狗玩

Easy decision.

簡單的選擇。

I have to let them have time with the puppies.

我必須讓他們有時間和狗狗玩。

Okay.

好。

Yep.

對。

I'll let other people come play.

我要讓其他人來玩。

Alright, I'll let them play with the puppies.

好吧，我要讓他們和小狗玩。

I wanna let someone else play with the puppies.

我想要讓其他人和小狗玩。

Oh, puppy time, definitely.

喔。狗狗時間，一定要的啊。

I'm gonna need that $50 back then.

那麼我要要回那 50 元。

You can take this back.

你可以拿回去。

Just like that?

就像那樣？

Yeah.

對。

Oof!

嗚！

At the end of the day, 24 out of 25 participants kept that generosity wave rolling.

這一天下來，25 位參與者中有 24 位讓慷慨繼續流傳下去 。

For some of them, it was easy and for others, it was a bit harder.

對有些人來說這非常容易，而對其他人則稍難一點 。

I'm feeling, I'm feeling like indifferent 'cause I'm like yo, I don't know them but I'd be pissed if like someone was like okay, bye.

我覺得，我覺得不是很在乎，因為就像是，我不認識他們，但如果有人是一來就得說再見，我會很不爽。

It's just money, like, how many times do you get to play with puppies?

那只是錢，你有多少次機會可以和狗狗玩？

It's like make someone's week, you know?

這就像豐富了某人的一整週，你知道嗎？

Everybody deserves to have a little happiness in their day, I mean, like, look at this face.

每個人都值得在一天中獲得一些小確幸我是說，看看這張臉。

Would this not like brighten your day?

這難道不會使你的一天都明亮起來了嗎？

This just brought me joy and I wouldn't want to take that away from someone else because money is money.

這為我帶來了喜悅，而我並不想要從別人身上奪走，因為金錢就只是金錢。

Did hearing that somebody else decided to give up their $50 and let you guys come in, did that have an effect on your decision at all?

聽到有人決定放棄他們的 50 元讓你們進來玩，那是否對你們的決定有影響？

It definitely for me made me more likely give the money back just 'cause I was like, oh, other people chose to be that selfless so I'm gonna follow suit.

對我絕對有影響，讓我更有可能把錢還回去，因為我覺得其他人選擇如此無私，那我也要效法。

It's kind of like a pay it forward, kindness begets kindness.

這有點像把愛傳下去，好心招致好心。

The people before me made this decision to let me play with them and I had a fun time with them, I think it's worth it to pass that on.

我前面的人做了這個決定讓我能和牠們玩，我玩得很開心，我想是值得傳遞下去的。

You put good vibes into the world, you get good vibes back, I think.

我覺得，你給世界帶來了良善，你也會得到良善的回報。

Because everyone wants to jump on board when they see what's going on and then it can become something much bigger than the original person thought.

因為當大家了解事情的來龍去脈都想跟從，然後這就可以變成比第一個人所想的還要更大的事情。

It doesn't take much to put people in a giving mood.

使人願意付出並不需要很多代價。

Just a little generosity from the get go, a little nudge of kindness and that generosity snowball starts rolling, picking up speed and growing.

只要從一開始的一點點慷慨，一點點良善的推力，就能讓慷慨的雪球開始滾動、加速並茁壯。

If you see kindness and generosity in the world, don't be afraid to act on it and if you don't see it, start it because others will see what you do and pass it on.

如果你在世界見到了良善與慷慨別害怕去從善如流，而如果你沒有見到就從你開始吧，因為其他人會看到你所做的並且傳遞下去。