An ultra mini-series adventure

- 每集30分鐘

in 30 minutes and in eight episodes.

8集超迷你冒險節目

Episode one, The Call to Adventure.

第一集，冒險的呼喚

Before we begin, let me just establish the fact

在我們開始之前，讓我確定一個事實

that I don't know much relative to what I need to know.

其實我對於訐多我需要明白的事情都不太了解

Whatever success I've had in life

無論我在生活中取得甚麼成就

has more to do with my knowing how to deal

都與我學會處理

with my not knowing than anything I know.

我不明白的事情有關

That I should be telling other people what to do

所以要我該告訴別人該怎麼做

sounds kind of presumptuous to me.

對我來說這彷彿有點冒昧

But I'm going to do it because I believe

但我會這樣做

that the principles that have made me successful

因為我相信使我成功的原則

could help other achieve their own goals.

同樣也可以幫助其他人實現他們的目標

I'm now at a stage in my own life

我現在處於生活的一個階段

in which it is much more important to me

將我領悟到成功的經歷傳授給別人

to pass along what I've learned about how

比我自己繼續尋求更多成就

to be successful than to seek more success for myself.

這對我來說更為重要

What you choose to do with these principles is up to you.

如何使用這些原則取決於你的決定

You have to be an independent thinker because only you can

你必須成為一名獨立思考者

develop your own principles based on your own values.

因為只有你可以根據自己的價值觀來製定自己的原則

This brings me to my first and most fundamental principle

這使我想到了我的第一個也是最基本的原則

which is that you need to think

那就是你需要為自己思考

for yourself about what is true.

甚麼是真實的

So let's get started.

所以讓我們開始吧

Early on, I've discovered I needed principles.

在早期，我發現我需要的原則

Principles are smart ways for handling things

原則是用來處理在類似情況下

that happen over and over again in similar situations.

重覆發生的事情的巧妙方法

There are principles for everything.

一切都有原則

From skiing, to parenting, to cooking, and so on.

如：滑雪，育兒和烹飪等等

I'm going to share some of my most important

我將分享一些重要的生活原則

overarching life principles that influence

這些原則影響我們

how we approach everything that we do.

如何處理所有的事情

I didn't start out with principles,

我並沒有從原則出發

I acquired them over a lifetime of experiences.

而是通過一生的經歷獲得了這些原則

Mostly from making mistakes and reflecting on them.

主要來自犯錯誤和反思過錯

My life principles are simple but they're not complete.

我的人生原則很簡單，但並不完整

I still struggle to make the best decisions

我仍然很難做出最好的決定

and I still make mistakes

我仍然犯錯誤

and learn new principles all the time.

並始終學習新的原則

This is the reality.

這是現實

At the beginning, I needed to escape

一開始，我需要擺脫

the conventions that surrounded me

圍繞著我的慣例

which meant that I needed to think for myself.

這意味著我需要為自己思考

Unless you want to have a life that is directed by others,

除非你想有一種被別人控制的生活

you need to decide for yourself what to do

否則你需要自己做決定

and you need to have the courage to do it.

你需要有勇氣去做決定

But I didn't know that at first.

但起初我沒有意識到這一點

I only learned that from going on my adventure.

我只是從我的冒險中了解到這一點

Looking back on my own journey,

回顧我自己的旅程

I now see that time is like a river,

我現在看到時間就像一條河流

that carries us forward into encounters with reality

帶領我們前進與現實相遇

that require us to make decisions.

需要我們做出決定

We can't stop our movement down this river

我們無法令自己在河流停止活動

and we can't avoid the encounters.

我們無法避免面對現實

We can only approach them in the best possible way.

我們只能以最好的方式接近它們

In your lifetime, you will face millions of decisions.

在你的一生中，你將面臨數百萬次的決定

The quality of your decisions

你的決定的質量

will determine the quality of your life.

將決定你的生活質量

Over the course of my lifetime,

在我一生中

the most valuable things I've learned

我所學到的最有價值的東西

were the results of mistakes I've reflected on

是我從過錯中反思得到的結論

to help form principles so I wouldn't

這些都幫助我製定原則

make the same mistakes again.

使我不會再犯同樣的錯誤

These principles took me from being

如果用通過常規慣例來思考

a very ordinary middle-class kid

我是一名來自長島

from Long Island to becoming very successful

非常平凡的中產階級孩子

as judged by conventional measures.

這些原則使我獲得成功

They also gave me the meaningful work

比起符合常規所獲得的成功

and meaningful relationships that I value even more

我更重視它們給予我有意義的工作

than these conventional successes.

與有意義的關係

People often ask me how I did it.

人們經常問我我是怎麼做到的

I can assure you it wasn't because

我可以向你保證

of my uniqueness as a person.

這並不是因為我個人的獨特性

It was the result of a unique approach

而是我認為幾乎任何人面對生活

to life I believe almost anybody can adopt.

都可以採用的獨特生活方式的結果

It starts with embracing reality and dealing with it.

它始於擁抱現實並面對現實

In episode two, I'll explain what that means.

在第二集，我會解釋它的含意