Luvvie Ajayi: Get comfortable with being uncomfortable
ラヴィー・アジャイ: 心地の悪さを心地良いと感じるべきなのはなぜか
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who refuse to do better,
批評することなので
胡散臭いナイジェリア人の自分が
as a shady Nigerian --
この猫なんじゃないかと思います
who is looking at other people,
better than we found it.
良い世界であってほしい
私が選ぶ手段は
and by being the domino.
ドミノ倒しの駒になることです
他の駒も後に続くわけです
choiceless to do the same.
こう考えています
ドミノになってくれればいいな」
is inspired to be a domino.
声を大にして発言し
looks like speaking up
that are really difficult,
やってのけることです
行動してくれることを願って
will follow suit.
I'm the person who says
あえて口にしないようなことを言うので
but dared not to say.
見られることが多いのですが
that we're fearless,
起こりうる結果や
やっているのです
people in the world
最初に倒れるドミノの駒に
あまりにも少ないからです
大人になったら 絶対に
to be when I grew up.
ドックは私がオリジナルです
before it was a thing.
履修科目に「化学入門」を
I had to take Chemistry 101
Dをもらいました
of my academic career.
is not going to work,
到底無理ですから
ブログを書き始めました
I started blogging.
別の夢が始まりつつありました
another was beginning.
フルタイムの仕事になったのは
became my full-time job
2010年のことです
さらに2年経ってからです
to say, "I'm a writer."
執筆を始めてから9年もかかったのは
before I said, "I'm a writer,"
買い集められなくなったら?」と
to keep up my shoe habit?
本腰を入れるまでに
信条に沿った発言を思いとどまらせるのだと
the things that are our purpose.
人生を支配されてたまるか
恐れずにやってやる」と
dictate what I do."
awesome things started happening,
I was like, "OK, 2015,
30歳になったことだし
of 'Do it anyway.'
I'm going to actively pursue it."
積極的に追求してみよう」
一人旅に出ることにしたんです
my first-ever solo vacation,
to the Dominican Republic.
ドミニカ共和国です
ぶら下がって進むツアー
the forests of Punta Cana.
意味不明ですね
I had on business casual.
submerged in water.
嫌いなんです
着けてたいんで
イルカと一緒に水中を泳ぎました
and swam with dolphins underwater.
「山」にあたることを
that I did also that year
(辛口の私が教える改善マニュアル)』です
普段の自分とまさに正反対のこと—
that I did that year
things in life. This is one of them."
迫りくる地表を見て
頭の中では
as I see Earth, and I was like,
自ら飛び降りるなんて」
plane on purpose."
the best thing I could have done.
と思いました
when I have to speak truth.
out of that plane.
落ちる時の気分に似ています
端にいる時の気分です
when I'm at the edge of the plane,
と思うけれど
やるんです
because I realize I have to.
心地いいんです
is comfort to me.
機関や人々に対し
that I'm speaking truth
who are bigger than me
権力に対して
more powerful than me,
過大評価されています
心地良いからです
they've been is comfortable.
心地良いのです
is maintain the status quo.
現状維持しかもたらしません
不都合な真実を語ることで
with being uncomfortable
心地良く感じるべきなんです
when they're necessary.
that I have to speak these truths,
という義務感があります
本当に重要で
大事にしているからです
should be an option.
任意ではなく
大事だと思っています
as a core value, and --
世界は良くなるはずです
if we were more moisturized.
こういう価値観が中心にあるので
as my core values,
選択の余地はありません
プロのトラブルメーカーばかりが
the professional troublemakers,
committed to being these dominoes
すべきではありません
気づかないんです
of these acute consequences,
when we walk in rooms
一人であるということに
powerful people in those rooms --
third-most powerful.
そういう時に
that our job in those times
強く信じています
持っていないとしても
the woman in the meeting,
who can't seem to get her word out,
確実に伝わるよう
who can't make a point
という役割です
they have room for that.
is community business.
社会の責任です
理解できるはずです
we're understand that,
苦労しないはずだと
we were somebody else's help.
転んできたように感じます
tumbles and falls,
スピーチを依頼された時
to speak at a conference,
講演料が支払われ
who spoke there got compensated
交通費が支給され
got their travel paid for.
自己負担だと判明しました
expected to actually pay to speak there.
about this publicly,
誰の役にも立たないと思い
that my silence serves no one.
このことを公にしたところ
出てきたのです
coming out to talk about,
報酬格差を経験した」と
this type of pay inequality."
差別的な報酬体系の実態が
about discriminatory pay practices
なった気がしたのは
不快な内容の回顧録を読んで
memoir by a public figure
キャリアに響くかもしれない
than me and could impact my career,
2時間ほど考えた後に
maybe for two hours."
"Publish," and I ran away.
爆発的に拡散していて
みんな喜んでいました
I'm so glad somebody finally said this."
話題に上るようになり
役に立っているのかも」と思いました
I guess, alright, it's doing something."
ドミノ倒しの起点になり
have been the domino
経験について発言しました
they've been assaulted by powerful men.
「Me too」と声を上げました
join in and say, "Me Too."
タラナ・バークに拍手!
for igniting that movement.
現状に留めておけるのは
to keep us exactly where we are.
つまるところ
comes down to being exactly who you are.
保つことでもあります
3歳の時から変わっていません
since I was three.
変わっていませんが
一要素に感じます
even that's been the domino,
that wants us to walk around
「型破り」でもあります
you're supposed to do this."
「そうだ やるべきだよ」です
telling thoughtful truths --
おかしいと思います
捨て身の行為というのが現状です
should not be sacrificial, but they are.
みんなのために行えば
to do this for the greater good,
良くなるでしょう
than we are right now.
心がけているのは
to telling truths to build bridges
橋渡しをするためです
崩れてしまうでしょう
on truth will collapse.
ドミノ倒しを始めること
そうするのです
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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