Luvvie Ajayi: Get comfortable with being uncomfortable
لووی آجای: در عین ناراحتی چگونه راحت باشیم
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who refuse to do better,
که از عملکرد بهتر اجتناب میکنند
as a shady Nigerian --
و چه یک نیجریهای مرموز، انتقاد کنم.
که این گربه باشم.
who is looking at other people,
که این طوری به بقیه نگاه میکند،
better than we found it.
بهتر از آن چیزی که پیدا کردیم، ترک کنیم.
and by being the domino.
choiceless to do the same.
وادار به انجام همان کار میکند.
is inspired to be a domino.
الهام بگیرد و یک دومینو باشد.
looks like speaking up
این است که آزادانه حرفهایم را بزنم
that are really difficult,
will follow suit.
همین راه را ادامه دهند.
I'm the person who says
من کسی هستم که چیزی را میگوید
but dared not to say.
اما جرئت گفتنش را پیدا نکنید.
that we're fearless,
که ما از هیچ چیز نمیترسیم،
که ما نترس هستیم،
در راه بیان حقایق دربرابر قدرت انجام دهیم
که ما احساس میکنیم مجبوریم
people in the world
آن افتادن را انجام دهند.
to be when I grew up.
وقتی بزرگ شدم میخواهم چه کاره بشوم.
before it was a thing.
اصلاً به وجود بیاید.
I had to take Chemistry 101
of my academic career.
نمره D دانشگاهیام را گرفتم.
is not going to work,
I started blogging.
another was beginning.
آرزویی دیگر جان گرفت،
became my full-time job
کار بازاریابیام را ار دست دادم
به شغل تمام وقت من تبدیل شد.
to say, "I'm a writer."
تا بتوانم بگویم، "من یک نویسنده هستم."
before I said, "I'm a writer,"
بتوانم بگویم، " من یک نویسندهام،"
میترسیدم.
to keep up my shoe habit?
تا به این نتیجه برسم
the things that are our purpose.
از انجام و بیان اهدافمان دارد.
بر زندگی من حکمرانی کند.
dictate what I do."
مرا وادار به انجام کاری کند."
awesome things started happening,
I was like, "OK, 2015,
این طوری بودم، "خب، سال ۲۰۱۵،
of 'Do it anyway.'
سالِ 'هرطوری هست انجامش بده' باشد.
I'm going to actively pursue it."
فعالانه دنبال میکنم."
my first-ever solo vacation,
به تنهایی سفر کنم
to the Dominican Republic.
the forests of Punta Cana.
زیپ لاین سواری کردم.
I had on business casual.
لباس رسمی پوشیده بودم.
submerged in water.
and swam with dolphins underwater.
زیر آب شنا کردم.
that I did also that year
راهنمای بهتر انجام دادن کارها"
that I did that year
و خیلی خلاف من بود
things in life. This is one of them."
زیاد انجام دادم. این یکی از آنهاست."
as I see Earth, and I was like,
نفسم بند آمد، به خودم گفتم،
plane on purpose."
کاملاً سالم پریدم بیرون."
the best thing I could have done.
که میتوانستم انجام دهم.
when I have to speak truth.
که باید حقیقت را میگفتم.
out of that plane.
که از هواپیما بیرون پریده باشم.
when I'm at the edge of the plane,
because I realize I have to.
چون میدانستم که مجبورم.
is comfort to me.
that I'm speaking truth
who are bigger than me
که از من بزرگتر هستند
more powerful than me,
قدرتمندتر هستند بیان میکنم،
که دارم از هواپیما بیرون میافتم.
they've been is comfortable.
کار راحتی است.
is maintain the status quo.
حفظ وضعیت موجود است.
with being uncomfortable
when they're necessary.
هر جا که لازم است بیان کنیم.
that I have to speak these truths,
نزد خودم عزیز نگه داشتهام.
should be an option.
عدالت باید یک گزینه باشد.
as a core value, and --
هم یک ارزش اساسی میدانم، و --
if we were more moisturized.
اگر همه ما مرطوبتر بودیم.
as my core values,
به عنوان ارزشهای اساسی
the professional troublemakers,
committed to being these dominoes
که به ایفای نقش دومینو تعهد دارند
که اولین ضربه را میزنند.
of these acute consequences,
when we walk in rooms
که در اتاقهایی قدم میزنیم
powerful people in those rooms --
در آن اتاقها هستیم --
third-most powerful.
that our job in those times
the woman in the meeting,
در جلسه حمایت کنید،
who can't seem to get her word out,
که به نظر نمیرسد بتواند حرفش را بزند،
who can't make a point
اطمینان حاصل کنید.
they have room for that.
آنها هم جایگاهی برای آن دارند.
is community business.
we're understand that,
آن را درک کنیم،
we were somebody else's help.
tumbles and falls,
خیلی عمومی انجام دادهام،
to speak at a conference,
در یک کنفرانس صحبت کنم،
who spoke there got compensated
که آنجا سخنرانی کردند پاداش گرفتند
got their travel paid for.
پرداخت شده بود.
expected to actually pay to speak there.
باید در واقع پول بدهد تا آنجا صحبت کند.
about this publicly,
به صورت عمومی صحبت کنم،
that my silence serves no one.
به هیچ کس کمکی نخواهد کرد.
در این باره صحبت کردم،
coming out to talk about,
this type of pay inequality."
پرداخت تبعیضآمیز مواجه شدهام."
about discriminatory pay practices
پرداختهای تبعیضآمیز شکل داد
یادداشتی آزاردهنده خواندم
memoir by a public figure
than me and could impact my career,
و میتواند بر آینده شغلیام اثر بگذارد،
maybe for two hours."
روی لبه این هواپیما بنشینم."
"Publish," and I ran away.
و دکمه "نشر" را زدم و در رفتم.
I'm so glad somebody finally said this."
خوشحالم بالاخره یکی این حرف را زد."
I guess, alright, it's doing something."
خوب، به نظر دارد به جاهایی میرسد."
have been the domino
they've been assaulted by powerful men.
مردان قدرتمند به آنها تجاوز کردهاند.
join in and say, "Me Too."
و بگویند، "من هم."
for igniting that movement.
که آتش این جنبش را شعلهور کرد.
to keep us exactly where we are.
تا ما را درست همانجا که هستیم نگه دارند.
comes down to being exactly who you are.
که دقیقاً کسی باشی که هستی.
since I was three.
even that's been the domino,
that wants us to walk around
you're supposed to do this."
"آره، باید انجامش بدی."
telling thoughtful truths --
با فکر گفتن حقیقت --
should not be sacrificial, but they are.
نباید فداکارانه باشد، اما هست.
to do this for the greater good,
برای هدف والاتر تصمیم به انجام این کار بگیریم
than we are right now.
قرار خواهیم گرفت.
to telling truths to build bridges
به گفتن حقایق و ساختن پلهایی
on truth will collapse.
فروخواهند ریخت.
اینکه دومینو باشیم.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Luvvie Ajayi - CreatorLuvvie Ajayi is an author, speaker and digital strategist who thrives at the intersection of comedy, technology and activism.
Why you should listen
A 14-year blogging veteran, Luvvie Ajayi is the voice behind the blog AwesomelyLuvvie.com, where she covers all things pop culture with razor-sharp commentary and wit. Her debut book, I'm Judging You: The Do Better Manual, was released in September 2016, and was an instant New York Times best-seller.
Ajayi is Executive Director and co-founder of The Red Pump Project, a national nonprofit that educates women and girls of color about HIV/AIDS. They’ve earned a Congressional Record from the U.S. House of Representatives and Resolutions by the Illinois State Senate as well as the City Council of Chicago. The University of Illinois alum is a sought-after speaker who has spoken at the Obama White House, MAKERS Conference, SXSW, Social Media Week, among others. She has interviewed bosses like Oprah Winfrey, Geena Davis and Shonda Rhimes. She also runs AwesomelyTechie.com, a site for writers, small business owners and everyday people looking to use technology to make their lives easier as an extension of her marketing expertise.
Ajayi was selected to Oprah Winfrey’s inaugural Supersoul 100 list, voted as the Influencer of the Year at the 2016 Iris Awards and was chosen as a 2015 Black Innovator by XFINITY Comcast. She is committed to using her voice for pop culture critique and gender and racial justice.
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