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Nilofer Merchant: Got a meeting? Take a walk
Nilofer Merchant: 准备开会吗？边走边谈吧
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Nilofer Merchant提出一个或许将对你的生活和健康造成极大影响的点子：当你下次进行一对一会议时，不妨将它改成“散步会议”－让彼此的想法在步行中交流。
Nilofer Merchant - Corporate director, author
Business innovator Nilofer Merchant thinks deeply about the frameworks, strategies and cultural values of companies. Full bio
Business innovator Nilofer Merchant thinks deeply about the frameworks, strategies and cultural values of companies. Full bio
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What you're doing,
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你正在做的事
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right now, at this very moment,
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现在，此时此刻
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is killing you.
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将造成致命伤害
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More than cars or the Internet
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比汽车或网络
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or even that little mobile device we keep talking about,
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甚至比我们不断讨论的移动设备更加致命
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the technology you're using the most almost every day
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这是一项几乎每一天你使用最多的技术
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is this, your tush.
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就是这个，你的臀部
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Nowadays people are sitting 9.3 hours a day,
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现在人们每天坐 9.3 小时
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which is more than we're sleeping, at 7.7 hours.
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比睡眠时间－ 7.7 小时还多
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Sitting is so incredibly prevalent,
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“坐”如同家常便饭
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we don't even question how much we're doing it,
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我们甚至不曾质疑自己坐了多久
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and because everyone else is doing it,
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因为每个人都这么做
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it doesn't even occur to us that it's not okay.
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我们甚至不曾想过这并不健康
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In that way, sitting has become
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因此“坐”已成为
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the smoking of our generation.
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这个时代的烟害
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Of course there's health consequences to this,
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这当然对健康有所影响
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scary ones, besides the waist.
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围绕腰部产生的可怕问题
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Things like breast cancer and colon cancer
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例如乳癌与大肠癌等疾病
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are directly tied to our lack of physical [activity],
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与缺乏活动息息相关
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Ten percent in fact, on both of those.
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以上两项疾病的罹患率因此增加10 %
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Six percent for heart disease,
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心脏病罹患率因此增加 6 %
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seven percent for type 2 diabetes,
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第二型糖尿病罹患率因此增加 7 %
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which is what my father died of.
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这正是我父亲的死因
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Now, any of those stats should convince each of us
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现在，这些统计应该能说服我们
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to get off our duff more,
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多起身走动
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but if you're anything like me, it won't.
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但如果你像我这么懒，绝对办不到
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What did get me moving was a social interaction.
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让我动起来的力量来自于一场社交活动
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Someone invited me to a meeting,
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某人邀请我参加一场会议
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but couldn't manage to fit me in
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但无法安排我
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to a regular sort of conference room meeting, and said,
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进行一般室内会议，于是他说
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"I have to walk my dogs tomorrow. Could you come then?"
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「我明天得遛狗，妳方便来吗？」
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It seemed kind of odd to do,
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这似乎有点怪
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and actually, that first meeting, I remember thinking,
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事实上，记得首次进行这种会议时，
我不断思索
我不断思索
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"I have to be the one to ask the next question,"
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「我得设法开口问下一个问题」
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because I knew I was going to huff and puff
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「因为我知道谈话进行时」
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during this conversation.
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「我将气喘如牛」
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And yet, I've taken that idea and made it my own.
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但我借用这种做法，让它成了我的点子
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So instead of going to coffee meetings
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因此我不举行喝咖啡聊天的会议
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or fluorescent-lit conference room meetings,
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或在日光灯下进行室内会议
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I ask people to go on a walking meeting,
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我邀请人们进行散步会议
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to the tune of 20 to 30 miles a week.
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平均每周步行 20 至 30 英哩
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It's changed my life.
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这改变了我的生活
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But before that, what actually happened was,
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但在此之前的实际情况是
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I used to think about it as,
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我曾经认为
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you could take care of your health,
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你可以设法顾及自己的健康
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or you could take care of obligations,
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或设法顾及应尽的职责
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and one always came at the cost of the other.
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但无法两者兼顾
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So now, several hundred of these walking meetings later,
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因此，历经数百次散步会议后
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I've learned a few things.
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我学到几件事
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First, there's this amazing thing
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首先，跳脱既有框架
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about actually getting out of the box
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确实令人惊喜万分
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that leads to out-of-the-box thinking.
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可激发出创造性思维
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Whether it's nature or the exercise itself, it certainly works.
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无论原因在于
大自然或运动本身，这确实有效
大自然或运动本身，这确实有效
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And second, and probably the more reflective one,
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其次，这或许是更让人深思的一点
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is just about how much each of us
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就是关于我们
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can hold problems in opposition
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对对立问题的兼容性
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when they're really not that way.
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当问题本身并非如此时
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And if we're going to solve problems
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如果我们打算解决问题
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and look at the world really differently,
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以截然不同的眼光看待世事
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whether it's in governance or business
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无论是针对时政或商业
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or environmental issues, job creation,
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或环境问题、就业问题
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maybe we can think about how to reframe those problems
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或许我们可以思考如何跳脱问题的框架
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as having both things be true.
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兼顾所有需求
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Because it was when that happened
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因为这是随着
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with this walk-and-talk idea
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边走边谈的想法产生的念头
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that things became doable and sustainable and viable.
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使一切变得可行、兼容并蓄
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So I started this talk talking about the tush,
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我以臀部作为这场演讲的开场白
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so I'll end with the bottom line, which is,
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因此我将以一句话收"尾"，那就是
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walk and talk.
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边走边谈
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Walk the talk.
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边谈边走
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You'll be surprised at how fresh air drives fresh thinking,
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你将惊讶于新鲜空气如何激发创新思维
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and in the way that you do,
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藉由这种方式
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you'll bring into your life an entirely new set of ideas.
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你将为生活带来一套崭新的观点
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Thank you.
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谢谢
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(Applause)
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（掌声）
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Nilofer Merchant - Corporate director, authorBusiness innovator Nilofer Merchant thinks deeply about the frameworks, strategies and cultural values of companies.
Why you should listen
Nilofer Merchant has been helping to grow businesses -- from Fortune 500s to web startups -- for 20 years. She’s worked for major companies (like Apple and Autodesk) and early web startups (remember Golive?). Logitech, Symantec, HP, Yahoo, VMWare, and many others have turned to her guidance to develop new product strategies, enter new markets, defend against competitors and optimize revenue.
Today she serves on boards for both public and private companies, and writes books about collaboration, like The New How: Creating Business Solutions Through Collaborative Strategy, and openness -- check out her recent ebook 11 Rules for Creating Value in the #SocialEra, chosen by Fast Company as one of the Best Business Books of 2012. She also writes for HBR, including the personal and brave essay about a previous attempt on the TED stage: "What I Learned from My TED Talk."
Watch Nilofer's moving TEDxHouston talk on "onlyness" >>
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