5 ways to kill your dreams | Bel Pesce

譯者: You-Chieh Wu 審譯者: Marssi Draw

在過去兩年中，我致力於了解

I dedicated the past two years to understanding

how people achieve their dreams.

大家如何達成夢想。

When we think about the dreams we have,

當我們思考我們所擁有的夢想，

and the dent we want to leave in the universe,

以及我們想要在宇宙中 所留下的印記，

我們會很驚訝的發現，

it is striking to see how big of an overlap there is

夢想和未實現的計畫 這兩者之間有多雷同。

between the dreams that we have, and projects that never happen.

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

So I'm here to talk to you today

所以我今天在這裡要說的是，

about five ways how not to follow your dreams.

五種不追隨你夢想的方法。

第一：相信一夜成功。

One: Believe in overnight success.

You know the story, right?

你一定聽過這樣的故事，對吧？

The tech guy built a mobile app and sold it very fast for a lot of money.

有個玩科技的傢伙做了手機應用程式， 然後很快賣掉，賺了一大筆錢。

You know, the story may seem real, but I bet it's incomplete.

你知道的，這故事聽起來很真實， 但我跟你打賭這不是全貌。

If you go investigate further,

如果你更深入的去了解的話，

the guy has done 30 apps before

你會發現他已經 開發三十個應用程式了，

and he has done a master's on the topic, a PhD.

並且也得到相關領域的 專家及博士頭銜。

He has been working on the topic for 20 years.

他在這個領域已經深耕了二十年。

This is really interesting.

這真的很有意思。

I myself have a story in Brazil that people think is an overnight success.

我自己本身在巴西就有這樣一個， 大家都覺得是一夜成功的故事。

I come from a humble family,

我出身於一個卑微的家庭，

and two weeks before the deadline to apply for MIT,

在麻省理工學院 入學申請截止的兩週前，

I started the application process.

我才開始準備入學申請作業。

And, voilà! I got in.

然後，哇啦！我錄取了。

People may think it's an overnight success,

大家可能覺得這就是一夜成功，

but that only worked because for the 17 years prior to that,

但這是因為在那之前的十七年中，

I took life and education seriously.

我都很認真看待生活與教育。

Your overnight success story is always a result

這些你們所稱一夜成功的故事，

of everything you've done in your life through that moment.

都是你生命中每一刻 所付出努力的總和。

Two: Believe someone else has the answers for you.

第二：認為別人手裡有你要的答案。

Constantly, people want to help out, right?

總是有人熱心於給予幫助，對吧？

All sorts of people: your family, your friends, your business partners,

各種類型的人：你的家人、 你的朋友、你的工作夥伴，

都對你的下一步有不同的看法：

they all have opinions on which path you should take:

"And let me tell you, go through this pipe."

「我跟你說，這條管道才對。」

But whenever you go inside,

但不管你走哪一條， 之後總有更多條路要選擇。

there are other ways you have to pick as well.

And you need to make those decisions yourself.

而你必須自己去面對這些抉擇。

No one else has the perfect answers for your life.

沒有人能給你的人生 提供最完美的答案。

And you need to keep picking those decisions, right?

你需要不斷為自己做出決定，對吧？

The pipes are infinite and you're going to bump your head,

這些管線永無止盡， 你一定會撞到頭，

and it's a part of the process.

但這都是過程的一部分。

Three, and it's very subtle but very important:

三：這點很微妙，但卻十分重要：

Decide to settle when growth is guaranteed.

在你生活一路平順時安定下來。

So when your life is going great,

當你的日子過得很好，

you have put together a great team,

你有個很棒的團隊，

and you have growing revenue, and everything is set --

你的收入穩定成長， 一切都很好——

time to settle.

是該休息的時候了。

When I launched my first book,

我出版第一本書之後，

我非常非常努力 在巴西的各個角落宣傳。

I worked really, really hard to distribute it everywhere in Brazil.

因此，有超過三百萬人下載我的書，

With that, over three million people downloaded it,

over 50,000 people bought physical copies.

五萬人以上買了實體書。

When I wrote a sequel, some impact was guaranteed.

當我寫第二本書的時候， 我的影響力已經得到了保證。

Even if I did little, sales would be OK.

就算我沒做什麼努力， 銷售量也不會太差。

But OK is never OK.

但只有好是不夠的。

When you're growing towards a peak,

當你已經朝著一個巔峰邁進時，

you need to work harder than ever and find yourself another peak.

你就要更加努力去找尋另一個巔峰。

Maybe if I did little,

如果我輕鬆面對， 或許會有幾十萬人讀這本續作，

a couple hundred thousand people would read it,

and that's great already.

這樣當然已經很棒了。

But if I work harder than ever,

但如果我付出前所未有的努力，

I can bring this number up to millions.

我可以讓這個數字增加到幾百萬以上。

That's why I decided, with my new book, to go to every single state of Brazil.

這就是為什麼我決定 在巴西的每個州都宣傳我的新書。

And I can already see a higher peak.

而我已經可以看見 另一個更高的巔峰了。

There's no time to settle down.

從來就沒有時間能夠安定下來。

Fourth tip, and that's really important:

第四點，這點非常重要：

Believe the fault is someone else's.

覺得錯誤永遠都是別人造成的。

I constantly see people saying,

我常常聽到有人說：

「是呀，我之前有過這個好點子， 但就沒人有遠見要來投資。」

"Yes, I had this great idea, but no investor had the vision to invest."

「噢，我做了這個很棒的產品，

"Oh, I created this great product,

but the market is so bad, the sales didn't go well."

但因為市場環境不好， 所以就賣不好。」

Or, "I can't find good talent; my team is so below expectations."

或是，「我找不到人才， 我的團隊太不符合期待了。」

If you have dreams,

如果你有夢想的話，

it's your responsibility to make them happen.

讓它成真是你的責任。

Yes, it may be hard to find talent.

沒錯，人才或許難尋。

Yes, the market may be bad.

沒錯，市場環境可能不好。

But if no one invested in your idea,

但如果沒有人投資你的想法，

if no one bought your product,

如果沒有人買你的產品，

for sure, there is something there that is your fault.

那肯定有某部分是你的錯。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

Definitely.

真的。

You need to get your dreams and make them happen.

你要去追尋你的夢想並使之成真。

And no one achieved their goals alone.

而且沒有人只靠自己就完成夢想。

But if you didn't make them happen, it's your fault and no one else's.

但如果你沒有讓夢想實現的話， 那絕對不是別人的錯，是你的。

Be responsible for your dreams.

要為你的夢想負起責任。

最後一點，這點也非常重要：

And one last tip, and this one is really important as well:

Believe that the only things that matter are the dreams themselves.

覺得只有夢想本身最重要。

Once I saw an ad, and it was a lot of friends,

有次我看到一個廣告， 裡面有一大群好朋友，

they were going up a mountain, it was a very high mountain,

他們正要爬山， 那是一座很高的山。

and it was a lot of work.

過程非常辛苦。

You could see that they were sweating and this was tough.

你可以看見他們流著汗 克服那些難關。

And they were going up, and they finally made it to the peak.

他們繼續往上爬， 最後終於攻上山頂。

Of course, they decided to celebrate, right?

當然，他們該慶祝吧？

I'm going to celebrate, so, "Yes! We made it, we're at the top!"

於是就開始慶祝了：

「耶！我們辦到了！ 我們攻下這座山了！」

Two seconds later, one looks at the other and says,

兩秒過後，其中一個人看著 另一個人，然後說：

"OK, let's go down."

「好了，我們下山吧。」

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

Life is never about the goals themselves.

人生從來都不是只有目標而已。

Life is about the journey.

人生的重點在於旅程。

Yes, you should enjoy the goals themselves,

是啊，你當然該享受 那些達成目標的時刻，

but people think that you have dreams,

但人們總想像，當你懷抱著夢想，

and whenever you get to reaching one of those dreams,

而實現了某一個夢想時，

it's a magical place where happiness will be all around.

那將會是多神奇而美好的境界， 充滿著快樂。

But achieving a dream is a momentary sensation,

但實現夢想只在短暫的一瞬間，

而你的生命卻不是。

and your life is not.

The only way to really achieve all of your dreams

要實現你所有夢想的唯一辦法，

is to fully enjoy every step of your journey.

就是盡情享受你在旅程中 所踏下的每一步。

That's the best way.

這就是最好的方法了。

And your journey is simple -- it's made of steps.

你的旅程很簡單── 它由你的每一步所組成。

有些步伐會走得很順利，

Some steps will be right on.

Sometimes you will trip.

有些時候你會被絆倒。

If it's right on, celebrate, because some people wait a lot to celebrate.

如果很順利的話，就慶祝吧， 因為有好多人等很久才能慶祝呢。

And if you tripped, turn that into something to learn.

但如果你絆倒了， 就將它轉變成為學習的機會。

If every step becomes something to learn or something to celebrate,

如果你踏出的每一步都變成 可以學習與慶祝的事情，

you will for sure enjoy the journey.

你肯定會享受你的旅程。

So, five tips:

所以，五點：

Believe in overnight success,

相信一夜成功、

believe someone else has the answers for you,

認為別人有你要的答案、

believe that when growth is guaranteed, you should settle down,

在你生活一路平順時安定下來、

believe the fault is someone else's,

覺得錯誤永遠都是別人造成的，

and believe that only the goals themselves matter.

還有，覺得只有夢想本身才重要。

Believe me, you do that, and you will destroy your dreams.

相信我，如果你做了這些事， 你就能摧毀你的夢想。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

(Applause)

（掌聲）

Thank you.

謝謝大家。

Thanks.

(Applause)