Brittany Packnett: How to build your confidence -- and spark it in others
布列塔妮·派克尼特: 如何建立自信——并且影响他人
An activist, educator and writer, Brittany Packnett uses every platform she has to teach truth that provokes people to action -- for the sake of freedom and justice. Full bio
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in our living room,
most treasured collectibles.
十分珍爱的古董藏品。
of generations gone by
古董的中产阶级房产。
to put them in.
弄乱那个房间的危险,
that perfect room every day
赛普蒂玛·克拉克的女性。
named Septima Clark.
with her face raised to the sky.
梳成了完美的玉米辫,
just emanated from her dark skin.
流动在她深色的皮肤之下。
and an educator,
model my own career.
建立了自己的事业。
she ever spoke,
that we underestimate the importance of.
instead of a must-have.
而非必要之物。
不过是个软技能。
the soft skill of confidence.
we have more knowledge
than at any other point in history,
and challenges persist.
were all that we needed,
满足我们所有的需求,
is one of the main things
journey of my life,
我一直充满自信,
to be honest, I'm still on.
我也将保持如此。
before everything that follows.
between being inspired
帮助我们坚持下去。
even when we failed.
was "I Dream A World,"
叫作《我梦想的一个世界》,
where revolutionary confidence
most ambitious dreams into reality.
帮助我们实现最远大的梦想。
that I wanted to create in my classroom
of pure imagination,
in a low-income circumstance.
some of them were disabled,
还有一些人是残疾人,
that my classroom be a place
the muscle of confidence,
with the confidence you need
in the image of your own dreams.
你们梦想中的那样。
without the confidence to use those skills
two of my students, Jamal and Regina.
两个学生:贾迈勒和蕾吉娜。
but their stories remain the same.
但故事都是真实的。
他会在椅子上扭来扭曲,
during independent work,
3或4分钟以上的。
for more than three or four minutes.
can perplex brand new teachers
会让新老师非常困惑,
how to support young people like him.
怎么教导这类学生。
from anywhere in the classroom,
地方做事,都可以,
或是我的书桌后面,
from behind my desk,
which turned out to be his favorite place.
这是他最喜欢的地方。
subject was writing,
what he had written out loud in class,
大声朗读他写的东西,
a mock 2008 presidential election
帮他们选的候选人
and write a stump speech
or John McCain.
或是约翰·麦克凯恩。
约翰·麦克凯恩。
that he had written out loud in class,
朗读他写的稿子,
all of us with his brilliance.
John McCain was a veteran,
也是个退伍老兵,
would protect the entire country.
会保护整个国家。
但这并不重要,
but it didn't matter,
erupted into applause,
for our brave friend Jamal
as his most confident self
as brilliant, but active.
of distracting other students.
that teachers hate but kids love.
但是小孩喜欢的小纸条。
to my baser instincts,
compliance over confidence.
didn't communicate to Regina
that she herself was a distraction.
in our classroom.
for the rest of the day.
任何不可挽回的伤害,
that I did not do irreparable harm,
a little girl just like Regina,
像蕾吉娜一样的小女孩,
the process of killing her confidence
pulls us down from the bottom
做不到、不会做和不可能。
of can'ts, won'ts and impossibles.
we can't even get started.
我们甚至无法迈出第一步。
in what can get in our way,
to perform with certainty.
when we're sure we can win
to readjust your goal.
you're not rooted in something real.
for some people to gain confidence
archetype of leadership.
every single day without it.
the engine of confidence.
it takes at least three things:
I couldn't show confidence
我不自信,
like buying a new car,
put on the exact same performance.
the dealer would turn his attention
controlled the purse strings
“您今天就把车开走怎么样?”
"how do we get you into this car today?"
respond the same way.
gesture toward my mother
right back in his lap.
with a black woman in the '80s,
work these car dealers over
giving the car away for free.
she was getting a good deal on a minivan,
便宜价格买了小面包车,
to defy expectations
no matter who doubts me.
都要通过技能展现自信。
to try confidence on.
跟马赛女性学习
to learn about women's empowerment
叫作“母狮队”的
community ranger groups.
由女性组成的军队。
were making history
young ranger among them,
她的回答纹在我全身。
her response all over my entire body.
will be better than these men
lions and catch poachers,
找到狮子,追击盗猎者,
运动能力或是信仰。
or even just her faith.
propped up by sisterhood,
我陷入自我怀疑中,
was that if I am ever in doubt,
我主办了一场大型活动,
I led a large-scale event
with my manager,
was going to run down the list
beating myself up,
to learn from my own mistakes
my already fragile confidence.
to be in charge of their own learning.
approach my next project
will need to breed the confidence
to solve our greatest challenges
and where justice is real,
公正会成为现实,
on the outside and free on the inside
和外在都是自由的,
才是真正的自由。
until all of us are free.
intimidated by confidence
our preferred archetypes of leadership.
that that kind of confidence
to unlock the future that we want.
to believe that that world
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Brittany Packnett - Activist, educator, writerAn activist, educator and writer, Brittany Packnett uses every platform she has to teach truth that provokes people to action -- for the sake of freedom and justice.
Why you should listen
In her own words, Brittany Packnett is "a disciple of radical, productive candor. I found, through prayer and practice, that truth provokes change like nothing else ever will. We owe truth our fiercest loyalty.”
Packnett cohosts the award-winning Pod Save The People and has penned her first book, We Are Like Those Who Dream, due to be published in spring 2020. She writes for Teen Vogue and other publications, speaks to live and television audiences across the world, and coleads Campaign Zero. Everyday, she uses platforms on and offline to activate people toward action and equip them with the skills and mindsets to make disciplined social change.
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