The Power of Vulnerability | Brené Brown | TED

And she called, and she said, "I'm really struggling掙扎 with how to write about you on the little flyer."

她打來電話說：‘我在如何為那張小傳單撰寫關於你的介紹時，真的遇到了困難。’

And I thought, "Well, what's the struggle?"

我心想：‘嗯，這有什麼難的呢？’

And she said, "Well, I saw you speak, and I'm going to call you a researcher, I think, but I'm afraid if I call you a researcher, no one will come, because

她說：‘嗯，我看過你的演講，我覺得應該稱你為研究人員，但我擔心如果這麼稱呼，沒人會來，因為……'

they'll think you're boring and irrelevant不相關的."

他們會覺得你枯燥乏味且與當下無關。

(Laughter) And I was like, "Okay."

（笑聲）我當時就想：‘好吧。’

And she said, "But the thing I liked about your talk is you're a storyteller.

然後她說：‘但你演講中讓我喜歡的一點是，你是個講故事的人。’

So I think what I'll do is just call you a storyteller."

所以我想我會直接稱你為講故事的人。’

And of course, the academic, insecure缺乏安全感的 part of me was like, "You're going to call me a what?"

當然，我內心那個缺乏自信的學者部分立刻冒出來：‘你要叫我什麼？’

And she said, "I'm going to call you a storyteller."

她說：‘我要叫你講故事的人。’

And I was like, "Why not 'magic pixie'?"

我心想：‘那為什麼不叫“魔法小精靈”呢？’

(Laughter) I was like, "Let me think about this for a second."

（笑聲）我說：‘讓我再考慮一下。’

I tried to call deep on my courage勇氣.

我努力調動起內心的勇氣。

And I thought, you know, I am a storyteller.

我想著，你知道的，我確實是個講故事的人。

I'm a qualitative定性的 researcher.

我是一名定性研究者。

I collect stories; that's what I do.

我收集故事；這就是我的工作。

And maybe stories are just data with a soul.

也許故事只是擁有靈魂的資料。

And maybe I'm just a storyteller.

也許我只是個講故事的人。

And so I said, "You know what?

於是我說：‘你知道嗎？',

Why don't you just say I'm a researcher-storyteller."

你為什麼不直接說我既是研究者又是講故事的人呢？

And she went, "Ha ha.

她回應道：‘哈哈。’

There's no such thing."

這世上可沒有這種說法。’

(Laughter) So I'm a researcher-storyteller, and I'm going to talk to you today -- we're talking about expanding擴大 perception -- and so I want to talk to you and tell some stories

（笑聲）所以我現在是一名研究者兼講故事的人，今天我要和大家聊聊——我們要探討的是拓展感知——因此我想和大家分享一些故事。

about a piece of my research that fundamentally expanded my perception and really actually changed the way that I live and love and work and parent父母.

講述我研究中的一項成果，它從根本上拓展了我的視野，並真正改變了我生活、愛人、工作和育兒的方式。

And this is where my story starts.

而我的故事就從這裡開始。

When I was a young researcher, doctoral博士的 student, my first year, I had a research professor who said to us, "Here's the thing, if you cannot measure it, it does not exist."

當我還是個年輕的研究生、博士一年級學生時，我的研究導師曾對我們說：‘關鍵的一點是，如果你無法衡量它，那它就不存在。’

And I thought he was just sweet-talking me.

我當時以為他只是在哄我開心。

I was like, "Really?"

我就想：‘真的嗎？’

and he was like, "Absolutely."

他卻斬釘截鐵地回答：‘絕對如此。’

And so you have to understand that I have a bachelor's and a master's in social work, and I was getting my Ph.D.

所以你要明白，我擁有社會工作學士和碩士學位，當時正在攻讀博士學位。