Scott Dinsmore: How to find work you love
史考特.丁斯莫爾: 怎麼尋找你熱愛的工作?
Scott Dinsmore founded Live Your Legend, a career and connection platform to inspire people to find their passion. Full bio
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what this would feel like.
我老是在想這會是什麼感覺。
I got the worst career advice of my life.
最糟糕的職場建言。
you like the work you're doing now.
你有多喜歡現在的工作。
from living in Spain for a while,
我在那裡住了一段時間,
I thought, "This is fantastic.
《財星》 500 大企業,
我將對這世界產生巨大影響。」
big impact on the world."
And within about two months,
然後大概不到兩個月,
I had this strange urge
我都有一種奇怪的衝動,
through the monitor of my computer.
是否也有這種感覺。
that all the competitors in our space
辦工室內所有的競爭者
this sage advice to build up my resume.
這個睿智的建議,要打造亮眼履歷。
to jump out of and change things up,
試著改變一切時,
from Warren Buffett, and he said,
一段完全不同的建言,他說:
is the same as saving up sex for old age."
把性生活存起來留到老的時候用一樣!」
and that was all I needed.
知道那就是我要的。
and I left with one intention:
我離開時只有一個想法:
That's how tough it was.
就是這麼難。
It didn't matter what it was.
不管是什麼。
that I wasn't alone:
of the people around
that Deloitte has done with their studies.
調查所得的平均值。
what is it that sets these people apart,
為什麼有些人不一樣,
world-changing work,
又能改變世界的工作,
the other 80 percent
doing this inspiring work,
做有啟發性工作的人,
on purpose and career and all this,
都跟人生的目標、職業有關,
really for the selfish reason of --
真的只為了一個自私的裡由——
that I couldn't not do,
more and more people started to ask me,
愈來愈多人開始問我,
Can we sit down for lunch?"
我們可以吃個午餐聊一聊嗎?」
But I would have to warn them,
但是我都會警告他們,
my quit rate was also 80 percent.
辭職的機率是 80%。
80 percent would quit their job
80% 會在兩個月內辭去工作。
that I had any special magic.
這不是因為我有什麼特別的魔力。
one simple question.
the work that you're doing?"
told me I'm supposed to."
people around us
that someone tells them to climb,
against the wrong wall,
these people and saw this problem,
看到這個問題,
create a community,
could feel like they belonged
to do things differently,
where that was encouraged,
what I now call Live Your Legend,
「活出你的傳奇」,
I noticed a framework
我也注意到有個架構
world-changers have in common,
都有的共通點,
or if you're just, you know,
或只是個,你知道,
the bakery down the street.
that embodies who you are.
so we can use them as a lens
所以我們能用這些審視
and hopefully the rest of our life.
也希望能用在餘生。
passionate work framework
and understanding yourself,
what you're looking for,
is going to do this for us.
on passion and purpose and career.
這種主修科系。
a required double major,
不然沒完沒了。
picking out a dorm room TV set
所花的時間,
and your area of study.
it's on us to figure that out,
we need a way to navigate through this.
一種方法來探索。
finding out what our unique strengths are.
就是找出我們獨特的優勢。
loving to do no matter what,
無論如何都愛做的事,
the things that people thank us for?
大家會感謝我們的事?
is a book and also an online tool.
也有網路工具。
what it is that you're naturally good at.
找出你與生俱來的長處。
or our hierarchy for making decisions?
作決定的架構、優先順序?
our family, health,
all this stuff?
to make these decisions,
是什麼讓我們做出決定,
自己是哪種「魂」,
to some cause we don't give a shit about.
換取根本不在乎的東西。
We learn things every day, every minute
我們每時每刻都在發現
what we're terrible at.
paying attention to that
it's all for nothing.
every month of every year
just reflecting on what went right,
and what do I want to repeat,
什麼東西我還想再做一遍,
as you see people, especially today,
特別是今天,
things where you say
誰做了什麼事能讓你說出
I want to be like him."
我也想像他一樣!」
Open up a journal.
打開日記本。
that inspires you.
everything about their life,
都把它記下來,
this repository of things
and have a more passionate existence
有更熱情的存在感,
to put these things together,
把這些東西拼湊在一起,
what success actually means to us,
自己對成功的定義,
of the compass, it's impossible.
不可能做到。
we have that scripted life
就是照著劇本演人生,
going up this ladder to nowhere.
爬這個毫無目標的梯子。
if anybody saw that,
如果有人看過這部電影,
the big Wall Street banker CEO,
問華爾街大銀行的執行長:
Everyone's got a number,
每個人都有個號碼,
they'll leave it all."
他們就一走了之。」
of most of the people
understanding what matters for them,
去瞭解什麼對自己很重要,
that doesn't mean anything to us,
對自己沒什麼意義的工作,
said we're supposed to.
the things that make us come alive.
什麼東西會讓我們活起來。
could come and hit you in the face,
某種熱情可能靈光乍現,
you might throw it away
但是你把它拋諸腦後,
a way of identifying it.
that's congruent with my strengths,
你會發現有某種東西與你的強項、
等等一致,
I'm going to do something with it,
我要利用它做點什麼,
and try to make an impact with it.
試著用它發揮影響力。
and the movement we've built
this compass to identify,
除非我有這個人生羅盤去辨明,
and make a difference with."
而且我要靠它有所作為。」
we're never going to find it,
就永遠不可能找到它,
this framework, this compass,
這個人生羅盤,
and that's not me up there --
上面那個不是我——
and pushing our limits.
挑戰自己的極限。
why people don't do things.
they can't do them,
tell them they can't do them.
我們都開始相信這樣的說法。
or we never start in the first place.
要麼根本就不去做。
until somebody did it.
都是「不可能」。
every new thing in the world,
世界上每一件新事物,
it was a physical impossibility
以前大家都認為在體能上不可能
in a foot race
16 people broke the four-minute mile.
打破「四分鐘跑一哩」這項紀錄。
that we think are impossible
waiting to be accomplished
your physical body and fitness
because we can control that.
you can run a mile or two,
or whatever it is,
不管是什麼,
into the rest of your world.
of this a little bit with my friends.
其實已經有這種習慣。
We go on physical adventures,
我們會做體能冒險,
in a kind of precarious spot.
that same fear
Jaws 1, 2, 3 and 4 like six times
I can already feel it right now.
我現在已經有這個感覺了。
it's fresh water, totally unfounded fear,
我還是毫無根據怕的要死,
I find myself on this tugboat
在這艘拖船裡,
and people are getting sick on the boat,
船上的人都暈船了,
and I'm looking out the window
看著窗外,
I'm about to swim to my death.
想像自己馬上要游到死。
across the Golden Gate.
might have done that before.
who had talked me into it,
就是他說服我來搞這個,
and he could see the state I was in.
完全看到我的狀態。
what's the worst that could happen?
最糟的情況是什麼?
You're not going to sink.
你不會沉下去,
just hop on one of the 20 kayaks.
20 艘獨木舟,跳上去就好了。
why are they going to pick you
憑什麼牠們
So thanks, that helps.
謝謝喔!真有用。
just have fun with this. Good luck."
「真的啦,好好玩一玩,祝好運。」
and I felt this total feeling of calm,
我有一種完全淡定的感覺,
Jonathan was 13 years old.
強納生只有 13 歲。
the ages of nine and 13.
your world differently
會有甚麼大不同的態度,
you could swim a mile and a half
就發現你能游一哩半,
from Alcatraz to San Francisco.
水溫只有攝氏 13 度。
What would you have tried?
你還會嘗試什麼?
I get to Aquatic Park,
are already finished,
and they're all excited.
很興奮的樣子。
if anyone's ever swam in the Bay,
如果有人在灣區游過就知道,
and I'm watching people finish.
看著大家游完。
something didn't look right.
看起來不太對勁。
before he slams his head back down.
然後砰的一聲頭又沉下去了。
were watching too,
the same thing I was:
swim from Alcatraz.
讓九歲小孩從惡魔島游到這。
run up and grab him,
and they're dragging him like this,
然後像這樣拖他,
they walk a few more feet
insane show of victory I've ever seen.
我從沒見過那麼瘋狂的樣子!
and the energy on this guy
還有這個傢伙的精力,
in his wheelchair.
我曾看過他坐在輪椅上。
going to be in 20 years?
do that, that he would die if tried that?
如果他做了可能會死?
you prove yourself wrong,
你對你自己證明這是錯的,
little incremental pushes
the fastest marathoner in the world,
馬拉松跑者,
to accomplish those,
完成這些事,
with passionate people.
you don't think can be done
with people already doing them.
已經在做的人中間。
you spend the most time with."
你最常相處的五人中的平均數。」
in the history of the world
比這個更大的人生撇步了,
to where you want to be
to put in your corner.
and it's a proven fact.
而且這是已經證實過的事實。
with a bunch of cyclists,
對一群自行車選手做過此項研究,
around the track in a group,
in the group would cycle faster.
就騎得比較快。
in all kinds of walks of life since then,
都顯示同樣的結果,
and environment is everything.
環境就是一切。
because it can go both ways.
因為結果可以是兩個極端。
who don't like the work they do,
not in this room, but everywhere else,
不只在座的,其它地方也一樣,
from pursuing the things that matter to us
使我們不想追求對自己重要的事,
they poured their heart and soul into,
你對之投進全心全意,
so badly want to call it a business,
你好想好想把它變成生意,
and it doesn't make a dime?
to build this Live Your Legend movement
想把「活出你的傳奇」變成運動,
cared about and that inspired them,
又能啟發自我的工作,
three people paying attention,
my mother, father and my wife, Chelsea.
我母親、父親及妻子崔西。
it grew at zero percent for four years,
但四年來都是零成長,
to meet some pretty interesting people
開始遇到一些相當有意思的人,
lifestyles of adventure,
冒險犯難的瘋狂生活方式,
and helped people in a meaningful way.
幫助人們尋找有意義的人生道路。
now, he has a family of eight,
writes for twice a week.
in Europe, all of them together.
How does this even exist?
這怎麼可能存在?
by seeing this,
I decided, let's take it seriously.
反而決定要玩真的。
to spend my time,
trying to hound these guys,
來追逐這些傢伙,
and workouts, whatever it was.
健身,什麼都做。
of hanging around these people,
grew by 10 times.
就成長了十倍。
it grew by 160 times.
成長了 160 倍。
from 158 countries
來自 158 個國家,
on a monthly basis.
that community of passionate folks
熱情人的社群,
that I dreamed of
我許多年以前夢想的
and this is why --
這就是為什麼——
I knew nobody in this space,
that people could do this stuff,
即你可以做這個東西,
and everyone around me was doing it.
我四周的每一個人都在做這個。
from how could I possibly do this
從「我怎麼可能做到」
that switch goes on in your head,
那個轉變出現在腦海時,
your standards go from here to here.
你的標準也已經從這裡到了這裡。
You just need to change your surroundings.
你只需要改變周圍環境。
being around this whole group of people,
我愛與這整群人在一起,
每一場 TED 活動,
on the way to work, whatever it is.
用我的 iPad 看演講。
that inspires possibility.
to spend together and plenty more.
還有很多時間。
in terms of these three pillars,
more than anything else.
you can't learn about yourself.
你不能瞭解自己。
you can't push your limits
你不能挑戰極限,
and push that.
並挑戰它。
surround yourself with inspiring people
你不能與會鼓舞人心的人為伍,
who bring you down.
or getting in a car accident.
會不會被解雇或撞車。
if we decide to do something about it.
就會改變我們的世界。
on a widespread level.
reported for the first time
美國政府報告指出,
在一個月內離職的人
had quit their jobs
but it's happened three months straight.
但這現象持續了連續三個月。
it's kind of a tough environment,
to this scripted life,
say you're supposed to do,
and do the things that inspire them.
去做能啟發他們的事。
are waking up to this possibility,
這種可能性覺醒,
possibility now is imagination.
是你的想像。
what passion, what hobby.
有什麼樣的熱情,什麼樣的嗜好。
someone who is killing it knitting,
你一定能找到超棒的編織達人,
to learn from the folks speaking,
向講員學習,
on Live Your Legend every day,
「活出你的傳奇」裡寫他們的概況,
are doing the extraordinary,
or Steve Jobs, doing something crazy.
去做瘋狂的事。
that matters to you,
that only you can make.
he was a recovering lawyer,
「斷斷續續」執業的律師,
something that mattered to him,
做對他意義重大的事,
that I absolutely live by.
then they laugh at you,
然後他們會笑你,
然後你就贏了。」
until somebody did it.
都是不可為。
who tell you it can't be done
說你不可能的人
who inspire possibility,
to show the world
去告訴這個世界,
can become that new normal.
可以變成新的常態。
to do the things that inspire them.
去做啟發他們的事。
and make those discoveries.
of people love the work they do.
有 80% 的人熱愛他們的工作。
How would you treat the people around you?
你會如何對待你四周的人?
I have just one question to ask you guys,
我只有一個問題要問你們,
question that matters.
you can't not do?
but for everybody around you,
也為了你四周的每一個人,
to change the world.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Scott Dinsmore - Writer, travelerScott Dinsmore founded Live Your Legend, a career and connection platform to inspire people to find their passion.
Why you should listen
Entrepreneur Scott Dinsmore left life at a Fortune 500 company to help others do work that they love. After researching what thousands of employees truly wanted out of life, he founded the organization Live Your Legend. As the Chief Experimenter, he not only supplied practical career tools but connected more than 100,000 people worldwide to encourage each other's dreams -- putting community at the center of success. Dinsmore died in September 2015 while on a year-long trek around the world. His legacy will live on through his passion, dedication and strong community of dreamers and doers.
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