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Nilofer Merchant: Got a meeting? Take a walk
Nilofer Merchant：要開會嗎？邊走邊談吧！
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Nilofer Merchant 提出了一個小點子，或許對於你的生活和健康影響極大。下次進行一對一會議時，不妨改成「散步會議」，讓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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此時此刻
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right now, at this very moment,
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你正在做的事
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is killing you.
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會殺了你。
00:20
More than cars or the Internet
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更甚於汽車或網路
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or even that little mobile device we keep talking about,
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或者甚至於我們不斷
談到的那個小小行動裝置，
談到的那個小小行動裝置，
00:25
the technology you're using the most almost every day
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幾乎每天你最常使用的科技，
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is this, your tush.
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就是這個，你的臀部。
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Nowadays people are sitting 9.3 hours a day,
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現在我們每天坐著9.3小時，
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which is more than we're sleeping, at 7.7 hours.
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相較於睡眠時間7.7小時還要多，
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Sitting is so incredibly prevalent,
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「坐」是極度普遍的，
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we don't even question how much we're doing it,
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我們甚至不曾質疑坐了多久，
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and because everyone else is doing it,
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因為每個人都這樣做，
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it doesn't even occur to us that it's not okay.
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甚至不曾想過這是不行的。
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In that way, sitting has become
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那樣，「坐」已成為
00:50
the smoking of our generation.
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這個時代的吸菸。
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Of course there's health consequences to this,
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這當然對健康有可怕的影響，
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scary ones, besides the waist.
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還有腰部。
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Things like breast cancer and colon cancer
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乳癌、大腸癌等疾病
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are directly tied to our lack of physical [activity],
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與缺乏身體活動息息相關，
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Ten percent in fact, on both of those.
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兩者罹患率實際上高達10%，
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Six percent for heart disease,
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心臟病為6%，
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seven percent for type 2 diabetes,
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第二型糖尿病為7%，
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which is what my father died of.
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這正是家父的死因。
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Now, any of those stats should convince each of us
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現在，那些統計該證明了
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to get off our duff more,
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我們要多起身走動，
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but if you're anything like me, it won't.
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但是如果你們像我一樣，就辦不到了。
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What did get me moving was a social interaction.
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社交活動能驅使我到處走動，
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Someone invited me to a meeting,
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有人邀請我參加一場會議，
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but couldn't manage to fit me in
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但無法安排
01:27
to a regular sort of conference room meeting, and said,
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我參與常規的室內會議，然後他說：
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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，到時妳能來嗎？」
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It seemed kind of odd to do,
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這似乎有點怪，
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and actually, that first meeting, I remember thinking,
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事實上，我記得當初第一次會議時想著，
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"I have to be the one to ask the next question,"
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「我要成為下一個問題的發問者，」
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because I knew I was going to huff and puff
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因為我知道談話進行時，
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during this conversation.
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我將會氣喘吁吁。
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And yet, I've taken that idea and made it my own.
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但我借用這種想法，讓它成了我的點子，
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So instead of going to coffee meetings
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因此我不會邊喝咖啡邊進行會議，
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or fluorescent-lit conference room meetings,
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也不會坐在日光燈照明下的會議室進行會議，
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I ask people to go on a walking meeting,
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我會邀請他人邊步行邊進行會議，
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to the tune of 20 to 30 miles a week.
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而每周步行距離長達20至30英哩，
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It's changed my life.
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就這樣改變了我的生活。
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But before that, what actually happened was,
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但在此之前實際情況是，
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I used to think about it as,
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我曾經認為
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you could take care of your health,
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你可以照顧好健康，
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or you could take care of obligations,
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也可以盡忠職守，
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and one always came at the cost of the other.
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雖然常常兩者無法兼顧。
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So now, several hundred of these walking meetings later,
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因此，在歷經數百次步行會議後，
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I've learned a few things.
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我學到了幾件事，
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First, there's this amazing thing
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首先，跳脫既有框架
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about actually getting out of the box
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是多麼的了不起，
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that leads to out-of-the-box thinking.
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又能激發出創新思維。
02:25
Whether it's nature or the exercise itself, it certainly works.
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不管大自然還是運動本身，
這確實真的有效。
這確實真的有效。
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And second, and probably the more reflective one,
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其次，或許這更會讓人深思，
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is just about how much each of us
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關於我們每一位
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can hold problems in opposition
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對不同問題持相反意見，
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when they're really not that way.
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當他們真的不是這樣的，
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And if we're going to solve problems
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如果我們打算解決問題，
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and look at the world really differently,
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並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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無論是管理、業務、
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or environmental issues, job creation,
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環境問題、創造就業機會等等，
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maybe we can think about how to reframe those problems
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或許我們可以思考一下，
如何重新界定那些問題，
如何重新界定那些問題，
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as having both things be true.
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使兩樣事情變得真實。
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Because it was when that happened
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因為隨著邊走邊談
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with this walk-and-talk idea
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這念頭的出現，
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that things became doable and sustainable and viable.
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使事情變得可行、持續。
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So I started this talk talking about the tush,
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我以臀部作為這場演講的開場白，
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so I'll end with the bottom line, which is,
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因此以一句話作結束，就是
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walk and talk.
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邊走邊談，
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Walk the talk.
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邊談邊走。
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You'll be surprised at how fresh air drives fresh thinking,
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你會對新鮮空氣
讓人產生創新的思維感到驚訝，
讓人產生創新的思維感到驚訝，
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and in the way that you do,
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藉由此方式，
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you'll bring into your life an entirely new set of ideas.
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你將為生活帶來嶄新的觀點。
03:17
Thank you.
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謝謝
03:19
(Applause)
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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."
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