I'll start with a quick little story.

我'先講一個小故事。

1990. I took an overnight sailing trip with my girlfriend at the time

1990.我和當時的女友進行了一次通宵達旦的航海旅行。

to Santa Cruz island,

到聖克魯斯島。

that is part of the Channel Islands,

是海峽群島的一部分。

at 26 miles off the coast of Santa Barbara.

在離聖巴巴拉海岸26英里處。

It's a rugged, beautiful island but the coast is very rugged,

它&#39；是一個崎嶇不平的美麗島嶼，但海岸非常崎嶇。

sheer cliffs, a lot of rocky outcroppings.

陡峭的懸崖，大量的岩石露頭。

We anchored in a tiny little cove, there are not many of those,

我們在一個小小的小灣裡拋錨，這種小灣不多。

we anchored in one as it was getting dark.

在天黑的時候，我們在一個地方停了下來。

We went below to make dinner,

我們到下面去做晚飯。

and the wind suddenly came up to a howl

忽然間，風聲大作。

as it does in this area, by the way, pretty easily.

就像它在這個地區一樣，順便說一下，很容易。

As I'm making dinner,

當我在做晚飯的時候。

I got the queasy feeling our boat was moving

我有一種不祥的感覺，我們的船在移動。

and sure enough, our anchors were losing their grip.

果然，我們的錨失去了抓地力。

That's very uncool.

這很不酷。

In a tiny little cove, where the wind is howling,

在一個小小的海灣裡，風聲呼嘯。

and about 50 yards away, at the end of the cove,

和約50碼遠，在海灣的盡頭。

a very nasty see is brewing; so we ran up top,

醞釀著一個非常惡劣的景象；所以我們跑到了上面。

turn on the motor so we could get some control of the boat

打開電機，這樣我們就可以得到一些控制的船。

and, sure enough, I ran over the rear anchor line, which chokes the prop.

果然，我跑到了後錨線上，這就扼住了螺旋槳。

We now no longer have control of the boat.

我們現在已經無法控制這艘船了。

We are now at the mercy of wind which is actually whistling down that canyon

我們現在是在風的擺佈下，它實際上是呼嘯而下的峽谷。

and blowing us out of the cove into the open ocean,

並把我們從海灣吹到公海。

but then down along that coast, right close to those cliffs,

但沿著那條海岸線走下去，就在那些懸崖邊上。

I radioed the Coast Guard.

我通知了海岸警衛隊

They let us know it would be three hours

他們讓我們知道要三個小時

before their heavy weather rescue boat would get there.

在他們的大氣候救援船到達之前。

So we're pretty much at the mercy of all of this.

所以，我們'幾乎是在這一切的擺佈下。

We got our things ready to go overboard in case we hit the rocks.

我們把東西準備好，準備下水，以防撞到石頭上。

The boat and even our lives were at risk.

船，甚至我們的生命都有危險。

And almost simultaneously, we both looked up at one point,

而幾乎是同時，我們兩個人都抬起了頭，在一個點上。

and notice the most incredible, dramatic, beautiful full moon.

並注意到最不可思議的，戲劇性的，美麗的滿月。

And amidst all that chaos,

而在這混亂之中。

we actually had the experience of this wonderful zen-like peace.

我們居然體會到了這種奇妙的禪宗般的寧靜。

I tell you that story because everyone of you has something similar,

我告訴你這個故事，是因為你們每個人都有類似的事情。

I'm sure, in your history,

我'肯定，在你的歷史。

where you were in something you might, in retrospect, call a crisis

你在哪裡，你可能會在一些事情，你可能會在回想起來，所謂的危機。

and somewhere along the line you found yourself "in your zone".

和某個地方沿線你發現自己"在你的區域"。

Time disappeared.

時間消失了。

You were fully present.

你完全在場。

You were totally engaged with what was happening.

你完全投入到發生的事情中去了。

You were in a productive flow.

你是在生產流程中。

And if you had the luxury to stop for a minute

如果你能奢侈地停一下的話。

you may have then had the experience of a wonderful sense of being present,

你可能就會有一種奇妙的存在感的體驗。

like my girlfriend and I did that night.

就像我和我女朋友那天晚上一樣。

See, interestingly, crisis can actually produce a kind of calm

你看，有趣的是，危機其實也可以產生一種平靜。

that's rare to find sometimes.

這有時是很難得的。

Why? It demands it.

為什麼？它要求它。

Because it's the calm that comes from those behaviors

因為它'是這些行為帶來的平靜。

that create the kind of positive, productive, engaged experience

營造積極的、富有成效的、參與性的體驗。

that moves us into "our zone".

這讓我們進入了"我們的區域"。

Very clear on the outcome for us that was "live",

很清楚對我們來說，結果是"活"。

instantly making intuitive action decisions

瞬間做出直觀的行動決定

and taking actions,

並採取行動。

being meaningfully engaged toward that outcome.

有意義地參與到這一結果中來。

And everything else in our life

而我們生活中的其他一切

was put on the back burner,

被放在了後面。

so that we would be totally present about what was happening.

這樣我們就可以完全瞭解發生的事情。

And you probably experienced that too.

你可能也有過這樣的經歷。

And maybe you had this sense of that peace.

也許你有這種和平的感覺。

Wouldn't it be nice, by the way,

對了，這不是很好嗎'。

if you could experience that kind of peace that kind of productive engagement,

如果你能體驗到那種和平... ...那種富有成效的參與。

without having the danger or stress of a crisis force you to?

而沒有危機的危險或壓力迫使你?

It actually is possible.

其實是可以的。

Let me give you a little secret.

讓我給你一個小祕密。

"Getting things done" is not about getting things done.

"把事情做好"不是為了把事情做好。

It's really about being appropriately engaged

它'真的是要適當地參與進來

with what's going on.

與什麼'的事情。

"Appropriate engagement" is the real key here.

"適當的參與"是這裡的真正關鍵。

Many times,

很多時候。

not getting something done is how to appropriately engage with it.

沒有把事情做好，就是如何適當地參與其中。

Every one of you, hopefully, is appropriately not engaged

希望你們每一個人，都能適當地不參與。

with every single thing else aside from listening to me right now.

與其他每一件事 除了聽我現在。

So there's some key,

所以有'的一些關鍵。

there's something unique about being appropriately engaged.

有'關於適當參與的獨特的東西。

Why does a crisis get us there?

為什麼危機會讓我們出現？

Because it forces us to do those behaviors that get us there.

因為它迫使我們去做那些能讓我們達到目的的行為。

Now, there's a lot to unpack about this idea of appropriate engagement.

現在，關於這個適當參與的想法有很多需要解讀的地方。

I'll hit the highlights of it, but a few indicators of this would be...

我&39;會打它的亮點，但幾個指標會... ...

think about:

想想看

are you appropriately engaged right now with the project you are on?

你現在是否適當地參與了你正在進行的項目？

With the paper you need to write?

用你需要寫的論文？

With your cat?

和你的貓？

With the holiday coming towards you?

隨著假期向你走來？

Are you appropriately engaged with your health?

你是否適當地參與了你的健康？

Are you appropriately engaged, by the way,

順便說一下，你是否有適當的參與。

with all the stuff you've heard so far today that might be

與所有的東西，你'已經聽到了這麼多今天可能是

I might/would/could/should/want to do that?

我可能/應該/應該/應該/想這麼做？

Do you have appropriate engagement with that?

你對此有適當的參與嗎？

An indicator, by the way, that you don't have to go very far

順便說一下，一個指標，你不必走得太遠。

to find opportunities to be more appropriately engaged

尋找機會更適當地參與

is to just notice what's on your mind.

就是要注意到你心中的想法'。

Any of you have anything on your mind aside from listening to me?

你們除了聽我說之外，還有什麼想法嗎？

Any of you have any strategic and important stuff on your mind?

你們有什麼戰略性的重要的東西嗎？

Interestingly,

有趣的是。

the more it is on your mind, the more it's not happening,

越是在你的腦海裡，越是沒有發生。

the more you are inappropriately engaged with it.

你越是不恰當地參與其中。

Why it's not on cruise control?

為什麼不開巡航控制？

It's only on your mind because you know there's still some thinking

因為你知道你還在想什麼。

or some decisions about that you haven't made

或一些決定，你還沒有做出的。

or you haven't parked the results of that into some trusted systemic process

或者你還沒有把這些結果停放到一些值得信賴的系統進程中去

that you trust will be triggered at the right time, in the right way.

你所相信的會在正確的時間，以正確的方式被觸發。

You actually don't have to finish those things, folks,

其實你不必完成這些事情，夥計們。

to be appropriately engaged and to get them off your mind,

要適當地參與，並讓他們離開你的腦海。

but there are very specific things that you do need to do about that.

但有非常具體的事情，你確實需要做的。

So there's a number of paradoxes, by the way,

所以有'的一些悖論，對了。

that happen about all this material;

關於這些材料發生的。

there some counter-intuitive things

冥冥之中自有天意

about what I'm going to be sharing with you in the next few minutes.

關於什麼我'將與你分享在接下來的幾分鐘。

You are going to need to get comfortable with that

你需要適應這一點。

if you want to get to this place of productive engagement

如果你想進入這個富有成效的交往場所

without a crisis forcing you to do that.

沒有危機迫使你這樣做。

The big paradox is that all the complexities

最大的悖論是，所有複雜的事情

of all the stuff of your life

窮盡一生

in order to manage that

以便管理

you just need three core principles that you understand and apply.

你只需要三個核心原則，你理解並應用。

It's not about the new smartphone. It's not about a new elegant planner.

它'不是關於新的智能手機。它'不是關於一個新的優雅的計劃書。

It's not about a new piece of software.

這不是關於一個新的軟件。

Those are cool tools,

這些都是很酷的工具。

but only insofar as you use them to apply those key principles.

但只有在你使用它們來應用這些關鍵原則的情況下。

Once you get those principles, you make your own system.

得到這些原則後，你就會做出自己的系統。

A second paradox here

第二個悖論是

is that the initial moves, and behaviors, and best practice of this

是，這個最初的動作，和行為，以及最好的做法。

may very likely, for many of you, initially, feel very awkward,

很有可能，對於你們中的很多人來說，一開始會覺得很尷尬。

very unnatural, and even unnecessary.

很不自然，甚至沒有必要。

It's exactly like learning moves in a martial art, which I did years ago.

這完全就像學習國術中的招式一樣，我多年前就這樣做了。

If you want to learn how to maximally produce power with the karate punch,

如果你想學習如何用空手道拳最大限度地產生力量。

you're going to have to spend hundreds of hours

你將不得不花費數百個小時的時間。

doing something that feels very awkward and very unnatural as a movement.

做一些感覺非常笨拙、非常不自然的動作。

Hundreds of hours doing that!

幾百個小時都在做這個！

Once you do that, by the way, you'll never go back to anything less,

一旦你這樣做，順便說一句，你'永遠不會回到任何少。

in terms of producing power.

在生產功率方面。

Some of the things I'll be recommending will be just like that.

我'要推薦的一些東西就會是這樣的。

For instance, don't keep anything in your head the rest of your life.

比如說，不要把任何東西放在你的腦海裡一輩子。

That's going to feel unnatural, awkward, and unnecessary.

那會讓人覺得不自然、尷尬、沒必要。

Every single thing you're committed to finish

每一件事，你都承諾要完成。

that takes more than one step to finish it,

這需要不止一步來完成它。

you need to clarify exactly what that outcome and project is

你需要明確這個結果和項目到底是什麼？

and put that on a project list that you look at, at least once a week.

並將其列入項目清單，每週至少看一次。

Every single next action you need to take about any of your commitments

關於你的任何承諾，你需要採取的每一個下一步行動。

you are involved in, you need to clarify and park those in appropriate places

你所參與的，你需要澄清並把這些停在適當的地方。

that you'll see those actions on a regular basis.

那你'會經常看到這些行動。

That's going to feel awkward, unnatural, and unnecessary.

那會讓人覺得尷尬、不自然、沒必要。

But the final paradox about all this that wraps all that together

但是，關於這一切的最後一個悖論，將所有的一切都包裹在一起。

is that some very specific but seemingly mundane behaviors

是一些非常具體但看似平凡的行為。

when applied, produce the capacity for you to exist

當應用時，產生你存在的能力。

in a kind of sophisticated spontaneity

瀟灑自如

which, in my experience, is a key element to a successful life.

在我的經驗中，這是成功人生的一個關鍵因素。

Now, I'm going to reinforce why I think this is critical,

現在，我'要加強為什麼我認為這是至關重要的。

what it would look like if you were wildly successful doing this?

如果你做得很成功，會是什麼樣子？

And I'm going to give some hows, how to do that.

而我'要給一些如何，如何做到這一點。

But what's the problem?

但問題是什麼呢？

The problem is when you're not in crisis.

問題是當你'沒有危機的時候。

There's a more subliminal crisis that happens.

有'更潛移默化的危機發生。

Why? The whole world now is allowed into your psyche.

為什麼？現在整個世界都可以進入你的心理。

Boom!

轟！

You now get to experience all the stuff

你現在可以體驗所有的東西

that you would/could/should/ need to/might/ought to,

你將/應該/應該/需要/可能/應該：

all the stuff piling up in your in-baskets and emails while I am speaking right now.

所有的東西堆積在你的文件夾和電子郵件，而我現在正在說話。

All of that now floods into your psyche,

現在所有的一切都湧入了你的心理。

and that could easily create a sense of overwhelm,

而這很容易讓人產生一種不知所措的感覺。

a sense of confusion, a sense of conflict.

一種混亂感，一種衝突感。

Every single thing seems to demand equal kind of attention from you.

每一件事似乎都需要你同等的關注。

And then, you usually respond to that

然後，你通常會迴應

by either numbing out or getting in the crazy busy.

通過要麼麻木，要麼在瘋狂的忙碌中。

And then you blame that stress on the lack of time,

然後你把這種壓力歸咎於沒有時間。

"Oh! I just have... Oh! God!

哦，我只是...哦，天啊！

All I need is more time!"

我需要的只是更多的時間！&quot。

Well!

好吧！

I'm sorry!

我很抱歉！

Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson,

萊昂納多-達-芬奇，托馬斯-傑斐遜。

Einstein, Mother Teresa,

愛因斯坦，特蕾莎修女。

only had 24 hours.

只有24小時。

Johann Sebastian Bach only had 24 hours.

約翰-塞巴斯蒂安-巴赫只有24小時的時間。

I know he didn't have email but he had 20 kids.

我知道他沒有'電子郵件，但他有20個孩子。

(Laughter)

(笑聲)

And you say, "Just give me two more hours! David, two more hours, please!"

你說，"再給我兩個小時吧!大衛，再給我兩個小時，拜託！&quot。

You know what you'd do with two more hours?

你知道你再有兩個小時會做什麼嗎？

You'd have two more hours of overwhelming stickiness.

你'會有兩個多小時的超強粘性。

Actually, for most of you,

其實，對於大多數人來說。

it'd be a good thing you don't get two more hours.

它'會是一件好事，你不'多了兩個小時。

Because the issue is not time.

因為問題不在於時間。

How long does it take to have a creative idea?

有一個創意需要多長時間？

Zero time!

零時間！

How long does it take to be inspired?

多久才會有靈感？

Zero time!

零時間！

How long does it take to recognize an opportunity

需要多長時間才能認識到一個機會

you could leverage or you could take advantage of?

你可以利用或你可以利用？

Zero time!

零時間！

Time is not the issue for those things.

時間不是這些東西的問題。

There is something required for those things. What's that?

這些東西是需要一些東西的。那是什麼？

Psychic bandwidth. You need space to think.

心靈感應的帶寬你需要思考的空間。

Believe me.

相信我吧

Every executive I coach, once I put those words on,

我輔導的每一個高管，一旦把這些話。

"Oh yes! I need room to think.

"哦，是的!我需要思考的空間。

I need space to be able to be creative, be innovative,

我需要空間，才能有創意，有創新。

all that stuff I am being tasked to do, to be a leader, all that stuff.

所有的東西，我被任務做， 成為一個領導者，所有的東西。

I just need a room!

我只是需要一個房間！

And if you don't have psychological space

而如果你沒有心理空間的話

you could have two hours of free time and waste it.

你可以有兩個小時的空閒時間，並浪費它。

If you do have psychic bandwidth,

如果你真的有靈力帶寬。

two minutes on an elevator, you can have a cool idea

在電梯上兩分鐘，你就可以有一個很酷的想法。

and have a fabulous relationship with somebody that moves the needle.

並有一個神話般的關係 與某人移動的針。

So this is the real key issue here.

所以，這才是這裡真正的關鍵問題。

Is the lack of the bandwidth to be able to engage with that appropriately.

是缺乏帶寬，無法適當地與之接觸。

Even worse than that

比這更糟糕的是

is that our creative energy is then not available to be creative.

是我們的創新能量就無法發揮出來。

Our creative energy is being used to try to patch up, and handle,

我們的創作精力正在被用來嘗試修補、處理。

and try to remember, and remind,

並努力記住，並提醒。

and try to do all that stuff that most people are trying to manage:

並努力去做那些大多數人都在努力管理的事情。

all the details and stuff of their life in their psyche instead of in a system.

所有的細節和他們生活的東西 在他們的心理，而不是在一個系統。

Just trying to keep up with the mess.

只是想跟上亂七八糟的節奏。

And by the way, life is messy if you haven't noticed.

順便說一句，如果你沒有注意到，生活是混亂的。

Actually, mess is cool.

其實，亂七八糟的東西是很酷的。

Actually, the most productive times I'm in

其實，我最有效率的時候，我'm在

is when I have the freedom to make a creative mess; you too.

是我有自由的時候，我可以自由地進行創作的亂七八糟的東西；你也一樣。

I need room to be crazy, to make some mistakes,

我需要空間去瘋狂，去犯一些錯誤。

to brainstorm, to be chaotic, go a little off the edge.

集思廣益，亂七八糟，走點偏門。

That is going to be your most productive time.

這將是你最有效率的時間。

It is when you have that kind of freedom to do that.

當你有這種自由的時候，才能做到這一點。

However, folks, if you're already in a mess, you've no room to make one.