Michele L. Sullivan: Asking for help is a strength, not a weakness
میشل ال. سالیوان: تقاضای کمک توانایی است، نه نقطه ضعف
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that we remember so vividly.
که به وضوح اونها رو به خاطر میاریم.
was when I was entering kindergarten.
که وارد مهد کودک شدم.
and by golly, it was my time.
و در کمال تعجب، حالا نوبت من بود.
تقریباً خودم را خیس کردم.
with a warm welcome,
little cubbyholes, don't we --
until class starts."
بشه با بچهها بازی کن.»
and plopped down like I owned the place,
که انگار صاحب اونجام
with blue shorts.
I didn't think he was talking to me.
فکر نمیکردم با من باشه.
و گفتم
Let's just play. We're happy.
بیا فقط بازی کنیم. ما خوشحالیم.
and about a minute later,
و حدود یه دقیقه بعد
in a white shirt and a pink skirt,
دامن صورتی کنارش وایساده بود،
why do you look so different?"
بنظر میای؟»
Again, let's just play."
بازم گفتم، بیایید فقط بازی کنیم.»
all around the circle I was in,
که توش بودم را نگاه کردم
and they were all looking at me.
و داشتند به من نگاه میکردند
it would be "OMG" or "WTF."
"خدای من" یا اینکه "این دیگه چه وضعیه"
that I went in with that morning
صبح باهاش وارد کلاس شدم
before I went home,
outside of the circle.
like nobody could see me.
تا کسی نتونه من را ببینه.
another child's curiosity,
that the real world was not built
دنیای واقعی
both literally or figuratively.
ظاهرا و باطنا مشخص بود.
as you can probably tell,
من همه جا شناخته شده بودم،
through our lifetime.
با چالشهای زیادی روبرو میشیم
اون چالشها را ببینید،
with a mental illness,
ذهنی داره یا نه،
with their gender identity,
مشکل داره یا نه،
توی خونه،
که بتونید من را درک کنید
or what I go through.
یا مسائلی که پشت سر می ذارم را بفهمید
walk in someone else's shoes,
را جای کس دیگری قرار بدید،
a new way of giving of ourselves.
را برای وفق دادن خودمون پیدا کنیم.
what it's like to be you
نمیفهمم بودن در جای شما چطوریه
what it's like to be me.
جای من بودن چطوریه.
or chase your dreams,
یا به دنبال آرزوهاتون برم،
این کار را برای من بکنید،
in each other's shoes,
قرار بگیریم،
of giving of ourselves.
را برای وفق دادن خودمون پیدا کنیم.
different than most people,
انجام بدم،
I was on equal footing with,
من با دیگران برابرم،
I excelled in the classroom.
I discovered as I grew older
to do a physical job.
of everyone for employment,
باید یه قدم جلوتر از بقیه باشم،
an advanced university degree,
دانشگاهی هم داشته باشم،
What am I going to wear?
به فکر این هستید که چی بپوشین.
who I've known all my life
یک عمره میشناسمش
the building you're going in has steps."
《میشل اون ساختمونی که داری میری پله داره.》
تغییر کرد
about how am I going to get there?
چطوری برم اونجا؟
and got in and had a great interview.
که از اونجا تو برم و مصاحبه خوبی هم داشتم.
for the day and that's OK.
سختیهایی کشیدم و ایرادی هم نداره
challenge that day was the interview,
بزرگ ترین چالش من مصاحبه بوده
without getting run over.
بدون له شدن بود.
in certain situations:
آسیب پذیرم
I travel quite a bit.
یکم سفر میکنم.
for all of us these days.
یک جور چالشه
run through security, get to the gate.
میدوید سمت حراست وبعد از اون گیت.
Did I get my upgrade?
اون ارتقاء صندلیم چی شد؟
I don't run through anything.
من به سمت هیچی نمیدوم.
the personal patdown.
توی حراست دارم.
that my parents said I was born with,
پدر و مادرم میگن باهاش بدنیا اومدم،
"By the way, my scooter weighs this much,
《راستی وزن اسکوتر من اینقدر هست،
to the door of the plane."
the city where I'm traveling to
مقصدم زنگ زدم
in case mine gets broken on the way.
کجا میتونم یکی دیگه پیدا کنم.
it's a little bit different.
کارها یکم متفاوتتره.
to put my bag up, and they graciously do.
بخوام کیفم رو بذاره بالا و اونم با لطف این کار رو می کنه.
get up and walk on the plane,
هواپیما راه برم،
it knocked and I answered.
طبیعت اومد سراغم.
I can't reach the lock."
من دستم به قفلش نمیرسه
and the door flies open.
و در یکهو باز شد
that he was sitting right across from me,
اون اقا درست بغل من نشسته،
as much as I am?"
not talking about it publicly, I am.
توی جمع صحبتی نمیکنه، من این کار را میکنم.
our families, sports, work,
و ورزش بیشتر حرف زدیم و هم را شناختیم،
someone put your bag up.
گذاشت بالا.
with that embarrassment,
اون حس شرمندگی بره،
متفاوتمون
in certain ways.
روی صندلی چرخدار.
I start to talk to the agent.
شروع کردم با مامور اونجا صحبت کنم.
about their culture and so forth,
فرهنگ و مسائل دیگه صحبت کردم
منو بلند کنه؟
getting up the steps."
یکم کمک میخوام.»
while we waited for the flight,
یک ساعتی باهم صحبت کردیم،
for both of us that day.
and wished me well,
ارزوی موفقیت کرد،
to remember that experience more
را بیشتر از
and there was a bit of hesitation.
تردید بود، بیاد بیاره.
من کمکهای زیادی گرفتم.
my friends, my colleagues
جایی که امروز هستم نبودم
that we all have a support system.
یه سیستم حمایتی داشته باشیم.
به کمک احتیاج داریم،
of other people's support systems.
دیگران هستیم.
بدیم که به دیگران کمک کنیم.
in our own successes,
in other people's successes,
داریم فکر کنید،
every single day.
برای من میکنند.
that we help each other,
placing people in silos
منزویتر میشند
that you cannot see.
شما نمیتونید ببینید.
those experiences together
با همدیگه به اشتراک بذاریم
I mentioned earlier in my stories.
بهشون اشاره کردم.
که سایزش یک هست نمیره.
courage and understanding,
و درک همدیگه،
on only what you can see.
قضاوت کنیم.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Michele L. Sullivan - Social innovatorMichele L. Sullivan is known for her sustainable and collaborative approach to philanthropic investing.
Why you should listen
Michele L. Sullivan has held various globally influential leadership positions at Caterpillar during her 29-year career. She currently is Caterpillar's Director of Corporate Social Innovation and President of the Caterpillar Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Caterpillar Inc.
Throughout Sullivan's career, she has dramatically grown the reach, influence and impact of each role. Her time with the Caterpillar Foundation is no different. She has taken the Caterpillar Foundation from a transactional Foundation into a global and strategic Foundation. She has moved the Foundation from Corporate Social Responsibility into Corporate Social Innovation. This strategy places the human need first, not as an afterthought of profit. Sullivan is well known for her global expertise and sustainable and collaborative approach to philanthropic investing.
Sullivan strongly believes monumental and sustainable change in our largest global challenges can only happen through partnerships and collaboration between public, private and non-profit entities. This strategy resulted in the Caterpillar Foundation's transformation into one of the most influential corporate foundations and, ultimately, the launch of the Foundation's collaborative impact platform, Together.Stronger.
Determination and resilience have been present throughout Sullivan;s life. She endured many years of orthopedic surgeries and other challenges. She provided leadership starting in the Little Prairie Chapter of Little People of America as a teenager. She was named by Inside Philanthropy as one of the 50 most powerful women in philanthropy and she served as a US delegate to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. She is a member of the ONE board of directors and chairs the Greater Peoria Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Advisory Board. She earned her MBA from Bradley University, and she is the first woman to be President of the Caterpillar Foundation.
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