When I'm seventeen years old, there's this really beautiful girl.

我十七歲的時候，有一個非常漂亮的女孩。

And I'm thinking to myself, "That could lead to pleasure."

我在想 "這可能會帶來快樂"

And then my brain went, "But it could also lead to pain."

然後我就想，"但這也可能導致疼痛"。

So there I am, walking toward this girl.

我就在那裡，走向這個女孩。

And I'm thinking, "Pleasure, my brain's going, no pain, pain!"

我在想，"快感，我的大腦在想，沒有痛苦，痛苦！"

"Careful!

"小心點

There's two people standing beside her."

有兩個人站在她旁邊。"

"And if you ask her out and she says no, you're gonna be humiliated."

"如果你約她出去 而她拒絕了 你會很丟臉"

But I read this thing when I was just a young teenager, it said, "Do what you fear and it will disappear."

但我在年少時讀過一篇文章 上面說 "做你害怕的事 它就會消失"

"Do what you fear and it will disappear."

"做你害怕的事，它就會消失"。

Which means take action and adversity is going to happen.

這意味著採取行動，逆境就會發生。

But if you approach it in a way that shapes your life, that you decide that everything happens for me, but not to me, then you become stronger.

但是，如果你以一種塑造自己生活的方式來對待它，你決定一切都為我而發生，而不是為了我，那麼你就會變得更加強大。

So there I am, walking along toward her and I probably looked like I had some kind of a problem.

於是我就在那裡，向她走去，我可能看起來有什麼問題。

Because I think at one step was like "Pleasure," the other one was "Woo, pain!"

因為我覺得一步是 "快樂" 另一步是 "嗚，痛！"

And I don't know what I'm gonna say.

我不知道該說什麼。

So I'm like, "Okay cool, now how do I reframe myself here and and really get strong with this?"

所以我就想，"好吧，酷，現在我該如何在這裡重塑自己，並真正強大起來呢？"

It was a gut feeling -- "Can I do this?

這是一種直覺--"我能做到嗎？

Should I do this?"

我應該這樣做嗎？

And the answer inside was "Yes!"

裡面的答案是 "是的！"

And I get there, and I don't know what I'm gonna say.

我到了那裡，卻不知道要說什麼。

And I look at her and I go, "Bond, James Bond."

我看著她，說："邦德，詹姆斯-邦德"

She cracks up and I think she cracked up because she realized I was really pretty much an idiot.

她崩潰了，我想她崩潰是因為她意識到我真的是個白痴。

But, she appreciated my courage.

不過，她很欣賞我的勇氣。

God!

上帝啊

If I knew what I had to do, I would absolutely said "No!"

如果我知道我必須做什麼，我絕對會說 "不！"

Absolutely!

當然！

They said, "These are all the things you're gonna have to do."

他們說 "這些都是你必須做的"

I'm like, right?

我想，對嗎？

But you need to be stronger, you need to push through and go what could be great about this.

但你需要更堅強，你需要克服困難，去尋找這一切的美好。

I did get her to come on a date, we did become girlfriend and boyfriend for a couple of months.

我確實讓她來約會了，我們也確實成為了幾個月的男女朋友。

I was never more alive in my life.

我的生命從未如此生機勃勃。

So you know what to do, but in many cases, you don't do what you know.

所以，你知道該怎麼做，但在很多情況下，你並沒有按你知道的去做。

Why is that?

為什麼會這樣？

What stops you?

是什麼阻礙了你？

What is it in your life that you've given a negative meaning to, just because it showed up for you that way, or somebody even suggested it to you?

在你的生活中，有什麼東西被你賦予了負面的意義，僅僅是因為它以這種方式出現在你面前，或者有人甚至建議你這樣做？

"You're too short, you're too tall, you're too skinny, you're too fat, your parents sucked."

"你太矮了，你太高了； 你太瘦了，你太胖了； 你父母太差勁了"

Somebody that suggested that to you, you bought it, you wrote it down your operations manual and you thought that's who you are.

有人這樣建議你，你買了它，把它寫進了你的操作手冊，你認為這就是你。

So now, you're afraid, you're afraid of just anything, because you don't know.

所以現在，你害怕了，你害怕任何事情，因為你不知道。

And if you have parents or relatives that are in the habit of saying, "Careful, watch out, you might fall," before you know it, you have very few options left.

如果你的父母或親戚總是習慣性地對你說："小心，當心，你可能會摔倒。"不知不覺中，你的選擇就所剩無幾了。

That you want to say "Yes" to, without being held back.

你想說 "是的"，而不被束縛。

Were you born shy, were you born, you know, timid or or lazy?

你是天生害羞，還是天生膽小，還是天生懶惰？

Hell no!

不可能

I don't think so.

我不這麼認為。

Nothing has meaning but the meaning that you give it.

任何事物都沒有意義，只有你賦予它的意義。

You don't need to know how, that little treadmill inside saying, "Well I don't know how I'm gonna do this."

你不需要知道怎麼做，內心的跑步機會說 "我不知道該怎麼做"。

You need to let that go as soon as you possibly can, fear is a call to action.

你需要儘快放下恐懼，恐懼是一種行動的召喚。

You want to live a legendary life, you want to make changes in your life, you want to stand for something, you have a reason to your impact people's life, I say empower yourself.

你想活出傳奇的人生，你想改變自己的生活，你想堅持一些東西，你有理由去影響他人的生活，我要說的是，增強自己的能力。

You can have a great story or you can be a great story.

你可以擁有一個偉大的故事，也可以成為一個偉大的故事。

Make your choice.

做出選擇吧