Caroline Paul: To raise brave girls, encourage adventure
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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,
Guinnessovou knihou rekordů
nějaký rekord překonat.
to set a world record myself.
a world record in something
že stanovím rekord v něčem,
vůbec žádná dovednost.
vytvoření světového rekordu
was 12 and a half miles,
this seemed totally manageable.
se mi to zdálo jako brnkačka.
we didn't even need to train.
že ani není třeba trénovat.
o rekord,
on the outside of our good luck jeans
jsme si přidělaly podložky
were bleeding through my jeans,
tekla přes rifle,
of the suffer-fest that I was undergoing,
jaká to byla parádní muka:
the high school track took 10 minutes.
mi zabralo 10 minut.
the 12-and-a-half-mile record.
this was a story of abject failure,
jako historku o naprostém propadáku,
attempting the world record,
snažila o světový rekord,
na svou houževnatost
the attributes of failure.
známky selhání.
in a department of 1,500 men.
mezi 1500 muži.
about whether we could do the job.
jestli tu práci může dělat žena.
150-pound collegiate rower,
a 68 kg, co na vysoké veslovala
12 hours of searing knee pain --
šílené bolesti kolen...
my strength and fitness.
že jsem silná a v kondici.
when my engine group pulled up,
from a building off an alleyway.
and I was right behind,
was supposed to do:
by a water heater,
and ultimately it was not a big deal,
a nakonec se zas tak moc nestalo,
the fire hadn't been difficult physically,
nebylo těžké oheň zvládnout,
with something like astonishment?
that women could not be strong,
že ženy nemůžou být silné,
could not be brave either.
a všechno to nebezpečí,
a male firefighter asked this.
že by se na to někdo ptal chlapa.
was a big scaredy-cat,
the parents were anxious.
její rodiče byli úzkostliví.
when she was outside began with,
co většinou rodiče dělávají.
much more than they caution their sons.
mnohem více než své syny.
a playground fire pole, ironically,
zrovna hasičskou tyč na dětském hřišti.
were very likely to be warned
i otcové obvykle varují své dcerky,
about the fire pole's risk,
still wanted to play on the fire pole,
na ní chce hrát,
to play on the fire pole
that they might have,
guidance on how to use it on their own.
jak po tyči mohou sami lézt.
to both boys and girls?
and more in need of help,
a víc potřebují pomoc
master difficult tasks by themselves.
zvládat těžké překážky sami.
very alike physically.
fyzicky dost podobně.
stronger until puberty,
jsou dívky často i silnější
that we absorb as kids,
that fully permeates as we grow up.
s námi roste.
we pass it on to our children,
vlastním dětem
won't believe me when I tell you this,
nebudete věřit,
and it's there to keep us safe.
která nás má držet v bezpečí.
when fear is the primary reaction
naučíme a přesvědčíme je,
outside their comfort zone.
co je mimo jejich zónu pohodlí.
for many years --
je to jako prostěradlo,
it looks just like a bedsheet
a little fear would make sense here.
by neškodilo.
to come in just right,
or I wouldn't be there.
jinak bych tam nebyla.
a thousand feet in the air.
stovky metrů nad zemí.
někam za pocit nadšení,
your girls must be firefighters
ze všech dívek hasičky
our girls to be timid, even helpless,
že jsou nesmělé, nebo dokonce bezradné.
against physical risk.
při jakémkoli nebezpečí.
and the experiences we don't
ale ne zkušenostem
that we face and try to shed:
a čeho se snažíme zbavit:
byly oblíbené,
in our own decisions.
lezly po stromech
on that playground fire pole.
na dětském hřišti.
(tzv. risky play),
is really important for kids, all kids,
opravdu důležitá,
and practice bravery,
a trénují svou odvahu,
cautioning our girls willy-nilly.
pořád bezděky upozorňovat.
what you're really telling her
pro ni vlastně znamená,
practicing bravery, too.
začít s trénováním odvahy.
until we teach ourselves.
dokud se to nenaučíme samy.
the heightened heart rate,
srdeční tep se zrychluje,
you were scared out of your wits,
že jste strachy bez sebe,
mostly exhilaration,
outside to learn to be gutsy,
aby se otrkaly,
to get on hoverboards or climb trees,
po kolonožce nebo lezení po stromech,
koho obdivujete.
she's too scared to go down,
really is too steep,
vážně příliš strmý,
through courage, not fear.
díky své kuráži, a ne strachu.
about the steep hill in front of her.
který je před ní.
před kterými ji neochráníme,
that we cannot protect her from,
be there to guide her through,
abychom jí pomohli.
to see a girl go break that.
jak to překoná.
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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