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Nilofer Merchant: Got a meeting? Take a walk
Nilofer Merchant: 參加一個會議？去走一走！
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Nilofer Merchant 提出一個小的想法，但可能對你的生活和健康有很大的影響：下一次，有一對一的會議，就來個“行走會議”吧，讓想法在行走和對話中交流。
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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你們現在正在做的事情
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right now, at this very moment,
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此時，此刻
00:18
is killing you.
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是在殘害你們。
00:20
More than cars or the Internet
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這個比車子，或者網路
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or even that little mobile device we keep talking about,
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又或者我們一直在說的，小小可攜設備，傷害還大，
00:25
the technology you're using the most almost every day
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你們基本上每天都要用到的科技產品
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is this, your tush.
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是這個，你們的臀部。
00:31
Nowadays people are sitting 9.3 hours a day,
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如今人們平均每天坐9.3個小時，
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which is more than we're sleeping, at 7.7 hours.
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這個比我們的睡覺時間，7.7個小時，還要多。
00:38
Sitting is so incredibly prevalent,
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坐著是如此令人難以置信的流行，
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we don't even question how much we're doing it,
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我們甚至沒有去想我們坐了多少時間，
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and because everyone else is doing it,
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因為所有的其他人都在幹同樣的事情，
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it doesn't even occur to us that it's not okay.
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我們甚至沒有發覺這是不好的。
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In that way, sitting has become
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從這種角度來看，坐著已經變成了
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the smoking of our generation.
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我們這一代的吸煙。
00:54
Of course there's health consequences to this,
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當然這還有健康方面的後果，
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scary ones, besides the waist.
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嚇人的，除了腰部。
00:59
Things like breast cancer and colon cancer
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如乳癌和結腸癌，
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are directly tied to our lack of physical [activity],
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跟缺少運動直接相關，
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Ten percent in fact, on both of those.
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10%。兩都都是。
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Six percent for heart disease,
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6%的心臟病，
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seven percent for type 2 diabetes,
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7%的2型糖尿病，
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which is what my father died of.
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這正是我爸爸的死因。
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Now, any of those stats should convince each of us
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現在，這些統計應該都能說服我們每個人，
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to get off our duff more,
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不要一天到晚坐著，
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but if you're anything like me, it won't.
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但是你是要是像我這樣，狀況就不會發生了。
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What did get me moving was a social interaction.
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社交互動是使我活動的原因。
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Someone invited me to a meeting,
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別人叫我去參加一個會議，
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but couldn't manage to fit me in
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但是排不到會議室，
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to a regular sort of conference room meeting, and said,
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就說，
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"I have to walk my dogs tomorrow. Could you come then?"
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"我明天會遛狗，你可以跟我一起來嗎？"
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It seemed kind of odd to do,
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這可能聽起來很奇怪，
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and actually, that first meeting, I remember thinking,
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但事實上，第一次開會的時候，我還記得我是這樣想的，
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"I have to be the one to ask the next question,"
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“我下次要做那個提問的人，”
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because I knew I was going to huff and puff
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因為我知道我會喘個不停
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during this conversation.
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在談話中。
01:45
And yet, I've taken that idea and made it my own.
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是的，我吸收了這個想法，然後把它變成我自己的。
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So instead of going to coffee meetings
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所以呢，與其去咖啡廳談事情，
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or fluorescent-lit conference room meetings,
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或者在光線充足的會議室裡，
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I ask people to go on a walking meeting,
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我建議別人在行走中開會，
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to the tune of 20 to 30 miles a week.
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一個星期大概20到30英里。
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It's changed my life.
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改變了我的人生。
02:01
But before that, what actually happened was,
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其實在這之前，真正改變的是，
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I used to think about it as,
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我曾經這樣想，
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you could take care of your health,
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你可以照顧你的健康情况，
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or you could take care of obligations,
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或者處理好你的責任，
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and one always came at the cost of the other.
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以及其中一個要為另一個付出代價。
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So now, several hundred of these walking meetings later,
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但是現在，在幾百次這樣的行走會議後，
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I've learned a few things.
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我學到了一些東西。
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First, there's this amazing thing
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首先，不用尋常的方式，
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about actually getting out of the box
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是讓人驚奇的事情，
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that leads to out-of-the-box thinking.
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會帶來不尋常的想法。
02:25
Whether it's nature or the exercise itself, it certainly works.
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不管它是自然或者是運動本身，它確實是有作用的。
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And second, and probably the more reflective one,
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第二點，或許是最重要的一點，
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is just about how much each of us
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是關於我們有多少時候，
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can hold problems in opposition
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把問題看成完全相反的方向，
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when they're really not that way.
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但它們其實不是這樣子的。
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And if we're going to solve problems
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如果我們用不同的角度去解決問題，
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and look at the world really differently,
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以及看待這個世界，
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whether it's in governance or business
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不管是在政治上，商業上，
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or environmental issues, job creation,
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或者環境問題上，創造工作機會上
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maybe we can think about how to reframe those problems
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或者我們應該想怎麼去重新定義這些問題，
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as having both things be true.
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在它們都是正確的前提下。
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Because it was when that happened
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跟在行走中談話
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with this walk-and-talk idea
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得出來的想法一樣，
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that things became doable and sustainable and viable.
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很多事情變得有能力做到的，可持續的以及切實可行的。
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So I started this talk talking about the tush,
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總的來說，我用臀部開啟這個談話，
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so I'll end with the bottom line, which is,
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我會用底線結束，那就是
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walk and talk.
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行走與談話。
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Walk the talk.
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用行走帶領談話。
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You'll be surprised at how fresh air drives fresh thinking,
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你會驚訝於新鮮空氣帶來的新鮮思維，
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and in the way that you do,
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然後在你實行的過程中，
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you'll bring into your life an entirely new set of ideas.
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會給你的人生帶來全新的想法。
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Thank you.
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謝謝大家。
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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