Luvvie Ajayi: Get comfortable with being uncomfortable
Luvvie Ajayi: Siéntete cómodo siendo incómodo
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who refuse to do better,
que se niegan a hacerlo mejor.
as a shady Nigerian --
sombría nigeriana,
who is looking at other people,
mira a otras personas,
better than we found it.
mejor de lo que lo encontramos.
and by being the domino.
e iniciando así el efecto dominó.
choiceless to do the same.
de no hacer lo mismo.
is inspired to be a domino.
se inspire y sea parte del dominó.
looks like speaking up
es hablar claro
that are really difficult,
realmente difíciles,
will follow suit.
otros hagan lo mismo.
I'm the person who says
soy la persona que dice
but dared not to say.
pero no te atreves a decir.
that we're fearless,
que no tenemos miedo,
no tenemos miedo.
que debemos hacerlo
people in the world
en el mundo
a aceptar esa caída.
to be when I grew up.
lo que quería ser de mayor.
before it was a thing.
antes de ser otra cosa.
I had to take Chemistry 101
tuve que hacer Química 101
of my academic career.
de mi carrera académica.
y le dije,
is not going to work,
no va a funcionar,
me gustan los hospitales.
I started blogging.
comencé a bloguear.
another was beginning.
otro comenzaba.
became my full-time job
convirtió en mi trabajo a tiempo completo
de marketing en 2010.
to say, "I'm a writer."
"Soy escritora".
before I said, "I'm a writer,"
escribir, antes de decir: "Soy escritora".
to keep up my shoe habit?
comprando zapatos?
the things that are our purpose.
cosas que son nuestro objetivo.
el miedo gobierne mi vida.
dictate what I do."
el miedo dicte lo que hago".
awesome things started happening,
comenzaron a suceder,
I was like, "OK, 2015,
pensé, "Bien, en 2015
of 'Do it anyway.'
'Hazlo de todos modos'.
I'm going to actively pursue it."
la voy a intentar activamente".
my first-ever solo vacation,
vacaciones en solitario,
to the Dominican Republic.
en la República Dominicana.
the forests of Punta Cana.
en los bosques de Punta Cana.
tuve una historia informal.
I had on business casual.
submerged in water.
and swam with dolphins underwater.
nadé con delfines bajo el agua.
that I did also that year
el manual de hacerlo mejor".
that I did that year
things in life. This is one of them."
en la vida. Esta es una de ellas".
as I see Earth, and I was like,
cuando veo la Tierra, y yo me decía:
plane on purpose."
de un avión muy bueno".
the best thing I could have done.
que pude haber hecho.
when I have to speak truth.
en que tengo que decir la verdad.
out of that plane.
cayendo de ese avión.
when I'm at the edge of the plane,
estoy en el borde del avión,
because I realize I have to.
porque creo que debo hacerlo.
is comfort to me.
me resulta reconfortante.
that I'm speaking truth
digo la verdad
who are bigger than me
que son más grandes que yo
more powerful than me,
más poderosas que yo,
me estoy cayendo de ese avión.
la comodidad está sobrevalorada.
they've been is comfortable.
como han estado es cómodo.
is maintain the status quo.
se ha logrado es mantener el status quo.
with being uncomfortable
cómodos siendo incómodos
when they're necessary.
cuando son necesarias.
that I have to speak these truths,
tengo que decir estas verdades,
should be an option.
la justicia deba ser una opción.
as a core value, and --
de karité como un valor central.
if we were more moisturized.
si estuviéramos más hidratados.
as my core values,
con estos como mis valores centrales,
the professional troublemakers,
los alborotadores profesionales,
committed to being these dominoes
comprometidos a ser estos dominós
of these acute consequences,
a consecuencias severas,
when we walk in rooms
cuando entramos a salas,
powerful people in those rooms --
en esas salas,
third-most powerful.
o el tercero más poderoso.
that our job in those times
nuestro trabajo en esos tiempos
the woman in the meeting,
who can't seem to get her word out,
no poder usar su voz,
otra persona que desea plantear algo
who can't make a point
they have room for that.
de que tengan espacio para eso.
es un negocio comunitario.
is community business.
we're understand that,
si lo entendemos,
en que necesitamos ayuda,
we were somebody else's help.
de ser la ayuda de otra persona.
tumbles and falls,
to speak at a conference,
que hablara en una conferencia,
que hablaron allí tuvieron incentivos
who spoke there got compensated
got their travel paid for.
hablaron allí se les pagó el viaje.
expected to actually pay to speak there.
que hablaban allí pagasen por hablar allí.
about this publicly,
de esto públicamente,
that my silence serves no one.
que mi silencio no sirve a nadie.
coming out to talk about,
this type of pay inequality."
este tipo de desigualdad salarial".
about discriminatory pay practices
prácticas salariales discriminatorias
inquietante de una figura pública
memoir by a public figure
than me and could impact my career,
que yo y que podría afectar mi carrera,
"Tengo que hacer esto.
maybe for two hours."
tal vez durante dos horas".
"Publish," and I ran away.
y me fui.
I'm so glad somebody finally said this."
estoy tan contento
finalmente haya dicho esto".
I guess, alright, it's doing something."
está bien, está pasando algo".
have been the domino
they've been assaulted by powerful men.
atacados por hombres poderosos.
join in and say, "Me Too."
se unan y digan "Me Too" (Yo también).
for igniting that movement.
por encender ese movimiento.
to keep us exactly where we are.
cuentan con nuestro silencio
exactamente donde estamos.
comes down to being exactly who you are.
a ser exactamente lo que eres.
since I was three.
desde que tenía tres años.
even that's been the domino,
ese ha sido el dominó,
that wants us to walk around
que quiere que caminemos
un acto revolucionario.
decir estas cosas difíciles,
you're supposed to do this."
"Sí, se supone que debes hacer esto".
telling thoughtful truths --
should not be sacrificial, but they are.
ser sacrificables, pero lo son.
to do this for the greater good,
por hacer esto por el bien común,
than we are right now.
de lo que estamos ahora.
to telling truths to build bridges
para construir puentes
on truth will collapse.
en la verdad colapsarán.
ser el dominó,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Luvvie Ajayi - CreatorLuvvie Ajayi is an author, speaker and digital strategist who thrives at the intersection of comedy, technology and activism.
Why you should listen
A 14-year blogging veteran, Luvvie Ajayi is the voice behind the blog AwesomelyLuvvie.com, where she covers all things pop culture with razor-sharp commentary and wit. Her debut book, I'm Judging You: The Do Better Manual, was released in September 2016, and was an instant New York Times best-seller.
Ajayi is Executive Director and co-founder of The Red Pump Project, a national nonprofit that educates women and girls of color about HIV/AIDS. They’ve earned a Congressional Record from the U.S. House of Representatives and Resolutions by the Illinois State Senate as well as the City Council of Chicago. The University of Illinois alum is a sought-after speaker who has spoken at the Obama White House, MAKERS Conference, SXSW, Social Media Week, among others. She has interviewed bosses like Oprah Winfrey, Geena Davis and Shonda Rhimes. She also runs AwesomelyTechie.com, a site for writers, small business owners and everyday people looking to use technology to make their lives easier as an extension of her marketing expertise.
Ajayi was selected to Oprah Winfrey’s inaugural Supersoul 100 list, voted as the Influencer of the Year at the 2016 Iris Awards and was chosen as a 2015 Black Innovator by XFINITY Comcast. She is committed to using her voice for pop culture critique and gender and racial justice.
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