TED演讲之生存故事 布琳·布朗:脆弱的力量(1)
So, I’ll start with this: a couple years ago, an event planner called me because I was going to do a speaking event.
那我就这么开始吧：几年前，一个活动策划人打电话给我，因为我当时要做一个演讲。
And she called, and she said, “I’m really struggling with how to write about you on the little flyer.”
她在电话里说：“我真很苦恼该如何在宣传单上介绍你。”
And I thought, “Well, what’s the struggle?” And she said, “Well, I saw you speak, and I’m going to call you a researcher, I think,
我心想，怎么会苦恼呢？她继续道：“你看，我听过你的演讲，我觉得我可以称你为研究者，
but I’m afraid if I call you a researcher, no one will come, because they’ll think you’re boring and irrelevant.”
可我担心的是，如果我这么称呼你，没人会来听，因为大家普遍认为研究员很无趣而且脱离现实。”
And I was like, “Okay.” And she said, “But the thing I liked about your talk is you’re a storyteller.
好。然后她说：“但是我喜欢你的演讲，就跟讲故事一样很吸引人。
So I think what I’ll do is just call you a storyteller.”
我想来想去，还是觉得称你为讲故事的人比较妥当。”
And of course, the academic, insecure part of me was like, “You’re going to call me a what?”
而那个做学术的，感到不安的我脱口而出道：“你要叫我什么？”
And she said, “I’m going to call you a storyteller.” And I was like, “Why not ‘magic pixie’?”
她说：“我要称你为讲故事的人。”我心想：“为什么不干脆叫魔法小精灵？”
I was like, “Let me think about this for a second.” I tried to call deep on my courage. And I thought, you know, I am a storyteller.
我说：“让我考虑一下。”我试着鼓起勇气。我对自己说，我是一个讲故事的人。
I’m a qualitative researcher. I collect stories; that’s what I do. And maybe stories are just data with a soul.
我是一个从事定性研究的科研人员。我收集故事；这就是我的工作。或许故事就是有灵魂的数据。
And maybe I’m just a storyteller. And so I said, “You know what?
或许我就是一个讲故事的人。于是我说：“听着，
Why don’t you just say I’m a researcher-storyteller.” And she went, “Ha ha. There’s no such thing.”
要不你就称我为做研究兼讲故事的人。”她说：“哈哈，没这么个说法呀。”
So I’m a researcher-storyteller, and I’m going to talk to you today — we’re talking about expanding perception —
所以我是个做研究兼讲故事的人，我今天想跟大家谈论的–我们要谈论的话题是关于拓展认知–
and so I want to talk to you and tell some stories about a piece of my research that fundamentally expanded my perception
我想给你们讲几个故事，是关于我的一份研究的，这份研究从本质上拓宽了我个人的认知，
and really actually changed the way that I live and love and work and parent.
也确确实实改变了我生活、爱、工作还有教育孩子的方式。
演讲简介：
布琳.布朗致力于研究人与人的关系–我们感同身受的能力、获得归属感的能力、爱的能力。在TEDx休斯敦一次富有感染力的幽默谈话中，她跟我们分享了她的研究发现，一个让她更想深入了解自己以及人类的发现。