The Power of Vulnerability | Brené Brown | TED

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

她打来电话说：‘我在如何为那张小传单撰写关于你的介绍时，真的遇到了困难。’

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

我心想：‘嗯，这有什么难的呢？’

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

她说：‘嗯，我看过你的演讲，我觉得应该称你为研究人员，但我担心如果这么称呼，没人会来，因为……'

they'll think you're boring and irrelevant不相关的."

他们会觉得你枯燥乏味且与当下无关。

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

（笑声）我当时就想：‘好吧。’

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

然后她说：‘但你演讲中让我喜欢的一点是，你是个讲故事的人。’

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

所以我想我会直接称你为讲故事的人。’

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?"

当然，我内心那个缺乏自信的学者部分立刻冒出来：‘你要叫我什么？’

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

她说：‘我要叫你讲故事的人。’

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

我心想：‘那为什么不叫“魔法小精灵”呢？’

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

（笑声）我说：‘让我再考虑一下。’

I tried to call deep on my courage勇气.

我努力调动起内心的勇气。

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

我想着，你知道的，我确实是个讲故事的人。

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；这就是我的工作。

And maybe stories are just data with a soul.

也许故事只是拥有灵魂的数据。

And maybe I'm just a storyteller.

也许我只是个讲故事的人。

And so I said, "You know what?

于是我说：‘你知道吗？',

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

你为什么不直接说我既是研究者又是讲故事的人呢？

And she went, "Ha ha.

她回应道：‘哈哈。’

There's no such thing."

这世上可没有这种说法。’

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

（笑声）所以我现在是一名研究者兼讲故事的人，今天我要和大家聊聊——我们要探讨的是拓展感知——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做父母.

讲述我研究中的一项成果，它从根本上拓展了我的视野，并真正改变了我生活、爱人、工作和育儿的方式。

And this is where my story starts.

而我的故事就从这里开始。

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."

当我还是个年轻的研究生、博士一年级学生时，我的研究导师曾对我们说：‘关键的一点是，如果你无法衡量它，那它就不存在。’

And I thought he was just sweet-talking me.

我当时以为他只是在哄我开心。

I was like, "Really?"

我就想：‘真的吗？’

and he was like, "Absolutely."

他却斩钉截铁地回答：‘绝对如此。’

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，我拥有社会工作学士和硕士学位，当时正在攻读博士学位。