TED英文演讲MattCutts:用30天去尝试新事物,小改变累积成巨变_百度文

TED英⽂演讲MattCutts：⽤30天去尝试新事物，⼩改变累积成巨变

Try something new for 30 days

演讲者：Matt Cutts 马特·卡茨

语⾔：英语

简介：是否有些事情，你⼀直想去做，但就是没有实现？马特?卡茨建议：尝试30天。这个简短⽽轻松愉快的演讲提出

了⼀个简洁⽅法，⽤来考虑制定和实现⽬标。马特是Google所有⼯程师中最⼴为⼈知的⼀个，他提出在⾏动前我们不妨

先来考虑制定⼀个短期计划来实现⽬标。

󰀀 中英对照翻译

A few years ago, I felt like I was stuck in a rut, so I decided to follow in the footsteps of the great American philosopher,

Morgan Spurlock, and try something new for 30 days. The idea is actually pretty simple.

⼏年前，我感觉对⽼⼀套感到枯燥乏味，所以我决定追随伟⼤的美国哲学家摩根·斯普尔洛克的脚步，尝试做新事情30

天。这个想法的确是⾮常简单。

Think about something you've always wanted to add to your life and try it for the next 30 days. It turns out, 30 days is

just about the right amount of time to add a new habit or subtract a habit -- like watching the news -- from your life.

考虑下，你常想在你⽣命中做的⼀些事情，接下来30天尝试做这些。这就是，30天刚好是这么⼀段合适的时间，去养成

⼀个新的习惯或者改掉⼀个习惯--例如看新闻--在你⽣活中。

There's a few things I learned while doing the 30-day challenges. The first was, instead of the months flying by,

forgotten, the time was much more memorable. This was part of a challenge I did to take a picture every day for a

month. And I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing that day.

当我在30天做这些挑战性事情时，我学到以下⼀些事。第⼀件事是，取代了飞逝⽽过易被遗忘的岁⽉的是这段时间⾮常

的更加令⼈难忘。挑战的⼀部分是要⼀个⽉内每天我要去拍摄⼀张照⽚。我清楚地记得那⼀天我所处的位置、我都在⼲

什么。

I also noticed that as I started to do more and harder 30-day challenges, my lf-confidence grew. I went from desk-

dwelling computer nerd to the kind of guy who bikes to work -- for fun. Even last year, I ended up hiking up Mt.

Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa. I would never have been that adventurous before I started my 30-day

challenges.

我也注意到，随着我开始做更多的，更难的30天⾥具有挑战性的事时，我⾃信⼼也增强了。我从⼀个台式计算机宅男极

客变成了⼀个爱骑⾃⾏车去⼯作的⼈--为了玩乐。甚⾄去年，我完成了在⾮洲最⾼⼭峰乞⼒马扎罗⼭的远⾜。在我开始

这30天做挑战性的事之前，我从来没有这样爱冒险过。

I also figured out that if you really want something badly enough, you can do anything for 30 days. Have you ever

wanted to write a novel? Every November, tens of thousands of people try to write their own 50,000-word novel from

scratch in 30 days. It turns out, all you have to do is write 1,667 words a day for a month. So I did.

我也认识到，如果你真想⼀些槽糕透顶的事，你可以在30天⾥做这些事。你曾想写⼩说吗？每年11⽉，数以万计的⼈们

在30天⾥，从零起点尝试写他们⾃⼰的5万字⼩说。这结果就是，你所要去做的事就是每天写1667个字要写⼀个⽉。所

以我做到了。

By the way, the cret is not to go to sleep until you've written your words for the day. You might be sleep-deprived, but

you'll finish your novel. Now is my book the next great American novel? No. I wrote it in a month. It's awful. But for the

rest of my life, if I meet John Hodgman at a TED party, I don't have to say, "I'm a computer scientist." No, no, if I want to,

I can say, "I'm a novelist."

顺便说⼀下，秘密是除⾮在⼀天⾥你已经写完了1667个字，要不你就甭想睡觉。你可能被剥夺睡眠，但你将会完成你的

⼩说。那么我写的书会是下⼀部伟⼤的美国⼩说吗？不是的我在⼀个⽉内写完它。它看上去太可怕了。但在我的余⽣，

如果我在⼀个TED聚会上遇见约翰·霍奇曼， 我不必开⼝说，“我是⼀个电脑科学家。”不，不会的，如果我想我可以

说，“我是⼀个⼩说家。”

So here's one last thing I'd like to mention. I learned that when I made small, sustainable changes, things I could keep

doing, they were more likely to stick. There's nothing wrong with big, crazy challenges. In fact, they're a ton of fun. But

they're less likely to stick. When I gave up sugar for 30 days, day 31 looked like this.

我这⼉想提的最后⼀件事。当我做些⼩的、持续性的变化，我可以不断尝试做的事时，我学到我可以把它们更容易地坚

持做下来。这和⼜⼤⼜疯狂的具有挑战性的事情⽆关。事实上，它们的乐趣⽆穷。但是，它们就不太可能坚持做下来。

当我在30天⾥拒绝吃糖果，31天后看上去就像这样。

So here's my question to you: What are you waiting for? I guarantee you the next 30 days are going to pass whether

you like it or not, so why not think about something you have always wanted to try and give it a shot for the next 30

days.

所以我给⼤家提的问题是：⼤家还在等什么呀？我保准⼤家在未来的30天会去经历你喜欢或者不喜欢的事，那么为什么

不考虑⼀些你常想去尝试，并在未来30天⾥试试。给⾃⼰⼀个机会。

Thanks.

谢谢。