Caroline Paul: To raise brave girls, encourage adventure
Caroline Paul: Uppfostra modiga tjejer genom att uppmuntra äventyrslustan
Brimming with insights gained on her picaresque journey from firefighter to best-selling author, Caroline Paul’s "The Gutsy Girl: Escapades for Your Life of Epic Adventure" is a revolutionary guide for raising brave young women. Full bio
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with the Guinness Book of World Records,
av Guinness Rekordbok.
to set a world record myself.
a world record in something
världsrekordet i något
slå världsrekordet
was 12 and a half miles,
på 12,5 engelska mil,
this seemed totally manageable.
verkade det helt hanterbart.
we didn't even need to train.
inte ens behövde träna.
on the outside of our good luck jeans
utanpå våra tur-jeans
were bleeding through my jeans,
of the suffer-fest that I was undergoing,
jag led kan jag berätta att
the high school track took 10 minutes.
tog 10 minuter.
the 12-and-a-half-mile record.
som låg på 12,5.
this was a story of abject failure,
var ett totalt misslyckande,
attempting the world record,
the attributes of failure.
på misslyckanden.
in a department of 1,500 men.
i en kår med 1 500 män.
about whether we could do the job.
skulle klara av jobbet.
150-pound collegiate rower,
68 kilo tung universitetsroddare,
12 hours of searing knee pain --
bevisa hur stark och vältränad jag var.
my strength and fitness.
when my engine group pulled up,
from a building off an alleyway.
en byggnad på en bakgata.
kille som hette Skip.
and I was right behind,
var precis bakom honom.
was supposed to do:
by a water heater,
en varmvattenberedare
and ultimately it was not a big deal,
var egentligen ingen fara,
the fire hadn't been difficult physically,
hade inte varit så allvarlig.
with something like astonishment?
en riktigt trevlig kille,
that women could not be strong,
inte kunde vara starka.
could not be brave either.
inte kunde vara modiga.
under hela karriären
a male firefighter asked this.
brandsoldat få den frågan.
kvinnor skulle vara modiga?
was a big scaredy-cat,
var en sådan fegis.
the parents were anxious.
when she was outside began with,
var utomhus började med
de flesta andra föräldrar.
much more than they caution their sons.
än de varnar sina söner.
a playground fire pole, ironically,
innefattar en brandstång på en lekplats.
were very likely to be warned
väldigt ofta varnades
about the fire pole's risk,
av både mammor och pappor.
still wanted to play on the fire pole,
leka på brandstången
en förälder hjälpte till.
to play on the fire pole
that they might have,
guidance on how to use it on their own.
de skulle använda den på egen hand.
to both boys and girls?
till pojkar och flickor?
and more in need of help,
behöver mer hjälp,
master difficult tasks by themselves.
svåra uppgifter på egen hand.
very alike physically.
väldigt lika fysiskt sett.
stronger until puberty,
fram till puberteten,
that we absorb as kids,
that fully permeates as we grow up.
allt när vi växer upp.
we pass it on to our children,
det vidare till våra barn,
även som brandsoldater,
won't believe me when I tell you this,
and it's there to keep us safe.
som finns för att skydda oss.
when fear is the primary reaction
den främsta reaktionen
uppmuntrar hos dem
outside their comfort zone.
deras bekvämlighetszon.
for many years --
it looks just like a bedsheet
att den liknar ett lakan
uppe på bergstoppar
a little fear would make sense here.
vettigt i det här fallet."
to come in just right,
or I wouldn't be there.
utan rätt förutsättningar.
a thousand feet in the air.
kännas tusen fot uppe i luften.
min förväntan och
your girls must be firefighters
ska bli brandsoldater
our girls to be timid, even helpless,
att vara försagda, till och med hjälplösa,
against physical risk.
för fysiska risker.
and the experiences we don't
uteblivna erfarenheterna
that we face and try to shed:
hantera och försöker sluta med.
göra våra röster hörda,
in our own decisions.
till våra egna beslut.
on that playground fire pole.
brandstången på lekplatsen.
is really important for kids, all kids,
är viktigt för barn, alla barn,
and practice bravery,
cautioning our girls willy-nilly.
flickorna utan anledning.
what you're really telling her
säger till henne är att
practicing bravery, too.
until we teach ourselves.
förrän vi kan det själva.
the heightened heart rate,
you were scared out of your wits,
mostly exhilaration,
outside to learn to be gutsy,
utomhus och lära sig att våga
to get on hoverboards or climb trees,
åka airboard eller klättra i träd,
i en brant backe
she's too scared to go down,
för att cykla utför den,
really is too steep,
faktiskt är för brant
through courage, not fear.
genom mod istället för rädsla.
about the steep hill in front of her.
den branta backen.
ligger framför henne
that we cannot protect her from,
kan skydda henne från,
be there to guide her through,
kan vägleda henne genom,
to see a girl go break that.
att få se en tjej slå det.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Caroline Paul - AuthorBrimming with insights gained on her picaresque journey from firefighter to best-selling author, Caroline Paul’s "The Gutsy Girl: Escapades for Your Life of Epic Adventure" is a revolutionary guide for raising brave young women.
Why you should listen
Before launching her career as a writer, Caroline Paul embarked on a long list of unlikely adventures, ranging from flying experimental planes to whitewater rafting unexplored rivers in Borneo and Australia.
Paul was one of the first women to work for the San Francisco Fire Department -- a job that inspired her first work of nonfiction, Fighting Fire. Her latest book, The Gutsy Girl, uses stories from her own life as a gutsy woman to inspire girls to break the rules, take risks and accept seemingly insurmountable challenges.
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