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Matt Cutts: Try something new for 30 days
Matt Cutts：用30天嘗試新事物
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是否有些事情，你一直想去做，但就是...從沒嘗試過？Matt Cutts建議：用30天嘗試做新事物。這場簡短，輕鬆愉快的演講提出了一個簡明的方法，用來思考目標的訂定和實踐。
Matt Cutts - Technologist
Matt Cutts is an engineer at Google, where he fights linkspam and helps webmasters understand how search works. Full bio
Matt Cutts is an engineer at Google, where he fights linkspam and helps webmasters understand how search works. Full bio
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A few years ago,
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幾年之前
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I felt like I was stuck in a rut,
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我感覺生活枯燥乏味
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so I decided to follow in the footsteps
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所以我決定追隨
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of the great American philosopher, Morgan Spurlock,
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美國傑出的哲學家Morgan Spurlock的腳步
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and try something new for 30 days.
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用30天的時間嘗試新事物
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The idea is actually pretty simple.
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這個想法其實非常簡單
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Think about something you've always wanted to add to your life
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想想那些你在生命中一直想做的事
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and try it for the next 30 days.
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然後在接下來的三十天裡嘗試做這件事
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It turns out,
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事實證明
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30 days is just about the right amount of time
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三十天剛好是一段合適的時間
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to add a new habit or subtract a habit --
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在你的生活中去養成一個新的習慣
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like watching the news --
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或改掉一個習慣--
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from your life.
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例如看新聞
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There's a few things I learned while doing these 30-day challenges.
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而我在這三十天的挑戰裡，學到了一些事
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The first was,
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第一件事是
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instead of the months flying by, forgotten,
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和那些匆匆流逝或被遺忘的月份相比
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the time was much more memorable.
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這段時間顯得更彌足珍貴，令人難忘
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This was part of a challenge I did to take a picture every day for a month.
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在這三十天的挑戰裡，每天我要拍攝一張照片
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And I remember exactly where I was
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我清楚記得每一天我身在何處
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and what I was doing that day.
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當天做了哪些事
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I also noticed
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我也注意到
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that as I started to do more and harder 30-day challenges,
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隨著我開始做更多更難的三十天挑戰任務
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my self-confidence grew.
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我的自信心也增強了
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I went from desk-dwelling computer nerd
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我從一位老是窩在電腦桌前的宅男
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to the kind of guy who bikes to work --
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變成一位為了玩樂
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for fun.
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而騎腳踏車去上班的人
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Even last year, I ended up hiking up Mt. Kilimanjaro,
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去年我甚至完成了非洲的最高峰－
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the highest mountain in Africa.
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乞力馬扎羅山的登山活動
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I would never have been that adventurous
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在我開始這三十天的挑戰之前
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before I started my 30-day challenges.
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我從來沒有這樣愛冒險過
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I also figured out
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我也發現
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that if you really want something badly enough,
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如果你真的非常渴望做一些事情
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you can do anything for 30 days.
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這三十天是最好的時間
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Have you ever wanted to write a novel?
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你曾想過寫小說嗎？
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Every November,
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每年十一月
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tens of thousands of people
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有數以萬計的人們
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try to write their own 50,000-word novel from scratch
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打算用三十天的時間，從頭開始撰寫
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in 30 days.
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他們自己的五萬字小說
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It turns out, all you have to do
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結果你所要去做的事
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is write 1,667 words a day
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就是每天寫1,667個字
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for a month.
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寫上一個月
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So I did.
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而我做到了
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By the way, the secret is not to go to sleep
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秘密就是除非你能在一天裡寫完1,667個字
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until you've written your words for the day.
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要不然你就別想睡覺
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You might be sleep-deprived,
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你的睡眠時間可能被剝奪
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but you'll finish your novel.
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但你將會完成你的小說
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Now is my book the next great American novel?
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那麼我寫的書會成為下一部偉大的美國小說嗎
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No. I wrote it in a month.
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不會，一個月就寫完的小說
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It's awful.
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讀起來極其可怕
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But for the rest of my life,
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但在我的後半輩子－
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if I meet John Hodgman at a TED party,
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如果我在一個TED派對上遇見John Hodgman
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I don't have to say,
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我不一定得說：
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"I'm a computer scientist."
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「我是一位電腦專家。」
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No, no, if I want to, I can say, "I'm a novelist."
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不，如果我想，我能說「我是一位小說家。」
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(Laughter)
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(笑聲)
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So here's one last thing I'd like to mention.
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我最後想提的一件事是
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I learned that when I made small, sustainable changes,
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我學到了：當我做些小的持續性的改變
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things I could keep doing,
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就是一些我可以持續做的事情時
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they were more likely to stick.
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這些事比較能夠有始有終
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There's nothing wrong with big, crazy challenges.
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又大又瘋狂的挑戰並沒有什麼不對
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In fact, they're a ton of fun.
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事實上，那些挑戰樂趣無窮
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But they're less likely to stick.
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但是那些挑戰不太可能堅持下去
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When I gave up sugar for 30 days,
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當我要在三十天裡不吃糖
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day 31 looked like this.
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第三十一天看上去就像這樣
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(Laughter)
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(笑聲)
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So here's my question to you:
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所以我想請問大家：
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What are you waiting for?
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你們還在等什麼？
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I guarantee you the next 30 days
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我保證大家在未來三十天
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are going to pass
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會去經歷
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whether you like it or not,
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你喜歡或者不喜歡的事
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so why not think about something
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那為什麼不考慮一些
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you have always wanted to try
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你一直想去嘗試做的事
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and give it a shot
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並在未來三十天裡試試
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for the next 30 days.
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給自己一個機會
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Thanks.
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謝謝
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(Applause)
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(掌聲)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Matt Cutts - TechnologistMatt Cutts is an engineer at Google, where he fights linkspam and helps webmasters understand how search works.
Why you should listen
Matt Cutts works on search at Google, specializing in search optimization. He's a friendly and public face for helping webmasters understand how Google's search actually works, making hundreds of videos that answer questions about SEO. (SearchEngineLand made this handy chart of all of them.) He's an advocate for cutting down on poor practice such as link spam. He also wrote the first version of SafeSearch, Google’s family filter.
Read about all of Cutts' "30 days" adventures here >>
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