Luvvie Ajayi: Get comfortable with being uncomfortable
לובי אז'איי: להרגיש נוח עם הרגשת אי נוחות
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who refuse to do better,
ועל האנשים שמסרבים להשתפר,
as a shady Nigerian --
who is looking at other people,
better than we found it.
במצב טוב יותר מאשר מצאנו אותו
and by being the domino.
להיות אבן הדומינו.
choiceless to do the same.
אלא לבוא בעקבותיה
is inspired to be a domino.
מקבל השראה להיות אבן דומינו.
looks like speaking up
פירושו להשמיע את קולי
that are really difficult,
will follow suit.
I'm the person who says
but dared not to say.
אך לא מעזים לומר.
that we're fearless,
שאנו חסרי פחד,
שאנו חייבים לעשות כן
people in the world
to be when I grew up.
before it was a thing.
לפני שידעו מה זה
I had to take Chemistry 101
קורס חובה במבוא לכימיה
of my academic career.
בקריירה האקדמית שלי.
is not going to work,
I started blogging.
another was beginning.
חלום אחר החל.
became my full-time job
הפך לעבודה שלי במשרה מלאה
to say, "I'm a writer."
עד שיכולתי לומר "אני סופרת"
before I said, "I'm a writer,"
יכולתי לומר "אני סופרת",
to keep up my shoe habit?
לקנות נעליים?
the things that are our purpose.
דברים שהם הייעוד שלנו.
dictate what I do."
awesome things started happening,
I was like, "OK, 2015,
"או קיי, 2015
of 'Do it anyway.'
'תעשי זאת למרות הכל'.
I'm going to actively pursue it."
אני הולכת לעשות אותו"
my first-ever solo vacation,
חופשת סולו.
to the Dominican Republic.
אל הרפובליקה הדומיניקנית.
the forests of Punta Cana.
I had on business casual.
submerged in water.
and swam with dolphins underwater.
ושחיתי עם דולפינים מתחת לפני המים.
that I did also that year
that I did that year
things in life. This is one of them."
מטומטמים בחיים שלי. זה היה אחד מהם."
as I see Earth, and I was like,
ואני רואה את האדמה, ואני כאילו,
plane on purpose."
the best thing I could have done.
שיכולתי לעשות.
when I have to speak truth.
בהן אני חייבת לדבר אמת.
out of that plane.
when I'm at the edge of the plane,
כאשר אני יושבת על הקצה של המטוס,
because I realize I have to.
כי אני מבינה שאני חייבת.
is comfort to me.
that I'm speaking truth
who are bigger than me
more powerful than me,
יש מוניטין גבוה מדי.
they've been is comfortable.
זה נוח
is maintain the status quo.
להמשיך את הסטטוס קוו
with being uncomfortable
עם לא להרגיש בנוח
when they're necessary.
that I have to speak these truths,
לדבר אמת זאת
should be an option.
as a core value, and --
כערך בסיסי, ו--
if we were more moisturized.
אילו היתה בנו יותר לחות
as my core values,
the professional troublemakers,
committed to being these dominoes
להיות אבני הדומינו הללו
of these acute consequences,
when we walk in rooms
בהם אנו נמצאים בחדרים
powerful people in those rooms --
באותם חדרים --
third-most powerful.
או קרוב לזה.
that our job in those times
באותם רגעים
the woman in the meeting,
who can't seem to get her word out,
לומר את דברה,
who can't make a point
לטעון טענה -
they have room for that.
is community business.
we're understand that,
we were somebody else's help.
tumbles and falls,
to speak at a conference,
who spoke there got compensated
got their travel paid for.
expected to actually pay to speak there.
עבור הרצאתה שלה.
about this publicly,
that my silence serves no one.
אינה משרתת איש.
coming out to talk about,
this type of pay inequality."
about discriminatory pay practices
memoir by a public figure
דמות ציבורית
than me and could impact my career,
והוא יכול להזיק לקריירה שלי,
maybe for two hours."
אולי במשך שעתיים."
"Publish," and I ran away.
וברחתי.
I'm so glad somebody finally said this."
שמישהו סוף סוף אמר את זה".
I guess, alright, it's doing something."
שזה עושה משהו."
have been the domino
they've been assaulted by powerful men.
על ידי גברים בעלי מעמד.
join in and say, "Me Too."
ולומר, "גם אני."
for igniting that movement.
to keep us exactly where we are.
לשמור אותנו בדיוק איפה שאנו.
comes down to being exactly who you are.
בלהיות בדיוק מי שאתה.
since I was three.
even that's been the domino,
that wants us to walk around
you're supposed to do this."
telling thoughtful truths --
לומר את האמת המתחשבת --
should not be sacrificial, but they are.
הקרבה, אבל הוא כן.
to do this for the greater good,
לעשות זאת לטובת הכלל,
than we are right now.
to telling truths to build bridges
על מנת לבנות גשרים
on truth will collapse.
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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