TED演講者：Cordae / Cordae

演講標(biāo)題：How a "Hi Level" mindset helps you realize your potential / “高水準(zhǔn)”思維如何幫助你發(fā)揮潛能

內(nèi)容概要：What does it take to build a legacy? Hip-hop artist Cordae tells how he went from mixtape-dropping high school kid to Grammy-nominated music star whose "Hi Level" mindset helps him achieve his dreams.

我們?nèi)绾蝿?chuàng)造遺產(chǎn)呢？說(shuō)唱歌手Cordae首度在TED發(fā)表演講，向我們介紹了他奉行的“高水準(zhǔn)”思維。在這種思維的幫助下，他從高中制作混音磁帶失敗的經(jīng)歷中走出來(lái)，最終成為獲得格萊美提名的知名音樂(lè)人，實(shí)現(xiàn)了自己的夢(mèng)想。

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【1】How's everybody doing today?

大家好！

【2】So for those of you who may not know who I am, which is probably the vast majority of you all.

大家可能不太認(rèn)識(shí)我, 可能在座的絕大多數(shù)人都是這樣。

【3】My name is Cordae.

我叫Cordae,

【4】I was born in Raleigh, North Carolina.

我出生于北卡羅來(lái)納州 羅利市（Raleigh）。

【5】but was raised majority in Suitland, Maryland, which made me who I am today.

不過(guò),我基本上在馬里蘭州 蘇特蘭（Suitland）長(zhǎng)大, 在那里的生活 讓我取得了今天的成就。

【6】I'm a hip-hop artist.

我是一名說(shuō)唱歌手。

【7】More specifically, a Grammy-nominated hip-hop artist.

更具體地說(shuō), 一名獲得格萊美提名的說(shuō)唱歌手。

【8】A quote unquote critically acclaimed, world-renowned B-list celebrity.

就是所謂的“深受好評(píng)、 享譽(yù)世界“的二線明星。

【9】But to be honest, more like B minus.

但老實(shí)說(shuō),應(yīng)該比二線強(qiáng)一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)了。

【10】But again, you all can just call me Cordae and assume that I'm almost kind of a big deal because I am here doing a TED Talk.

不過(guò),大家只要 叫我Cordae就行了, 并默認(rèn)我是某個(gè)大人物, 因?yàn)楫吘刮沂莵?lái)TED演講的嘛！

【11】Now I know what you're thinking.

我知道大家是怎么想的。

【12】What does a 24-year-old rapper possibly have to say during a TED Talk?

一個(gè)才 24 歲的說(shuō)唱歌手, 在TED演講上有什么好說(shuō)的呢？

【13】Like, who cares what Ja Rule thinks, you know?

或者,誰(shuí)會(huì)關(guān)心杰.魯 （Ja Rule）怎么想呢？

【14】But I'm here to talk about my mantra and my way of life that has gotten me this far and can hopefully take me a lot further on my journey, as I'm just getting started.

不過(guò),我來(lái)這里向大家介紹 我奉行的準(zhǔn)則, 以及我的生活方式, 它們幫助我獲得了成功, 并有望引領(lǐng)我取得更大的成就, 因?yàn)槲业穆猛静艅倓傞_(kāi)始。

【15】And that's the "Hi Level mindset."

它就是“高水準(zhǔn)思維” （Hi Level mindset）。

【16】before I get into the details about the Hi Level mindset, I want to tell you about the original creator of the Hi Level mindset.

在詳細(xì)說(shuō)明 高水準(zhǔn)思維之前, 我想向大家介紹 高水準(zhǔn)思維的原創(chuàng)者。

【17】And that's my mom. She doesn't even know it.

她就是我媽媽。 她甚至都不知道這一點(diǎn)。

【18】My mom had me when she was 16 years old.

我媽媽生下我時(shí),她 16 歲。

【19】She was a single mom with all the odds stacked against her.

她是位單親媽媽,歷經(jīng)苦難。

【20】And yet, from an unbiased perspective, I like to say she did a pretty decent job.

但是,不帶偏見(jiàn)地說(shuō), 我想說(shuō),她是位偉大的母親。

【21】We lived in some pretty terrible neighborhoods, man.

我們生活的街區(qū)情況非常糟糕。

【22】I switched elementary schools about five different times.

讀小學(xué)時(shí),我就換了 五所不同的學(xué)校。

【23】I remember one time her car had got stolen twice in one week.

我記得有一次, 她的汽車(chē)在一周內(nèi)被偷了兩次。

【24】She overcame circumstance, obstacles, her environment and negativity.

她克服了各種窘境、阻礙、 惡劣環(huán)境和負(fù)面影響。

【25】As I watched, our living situations would continue to get better and better as the years went by.

我注意到,這些年來(lái), 我們的生存環(huán)境在不斷改善。

【26】Now that's Hi Level.

現(xiàn)在來(lái)說(shuō)說(shuō)高水準(zhǔn)思維。

【27】Now the Hi Level mindset wasn't something that she directly taught me or purposefully instilled in me, but something I learned simply by observation.

高水準(zhǔn)思維 不是她直接教給我, 也不是她有意灌輸給我的東西, 而是我通過(guò)觀察學(xué)到的內(nèi)容。

【28】The Hi Level mindset is a philosophy.

高水準(zhǔn)思維是一種哲學(xué)。

【29】It's a wavelength to apply to your everyday thoughts and regiment.

這種思維適用于 大家的日常思考和活動(dòng)。

【30】The Hi Level mindset will be of great service to you, especially when things aren't going as planned.

高水準(zhǔn)思維 將會(huì)給大家?guī)?lái)巨大幫助, 在出現(xiàn)意外的情況下尤其如此。

【31】These trying times that I speak of, or life testers, if you may, are what truly make us man and woman.

我提到的那些困難時(shí)刻, 或生活的考驗(yàn), 讓我們成為了真正的人。

【32】Actually scratch that.

算了,我換一種說(shuō)法。

【33】How we handle these lifetimes, these trying times, or life testers, is what decides a person's destiny.

我們?nèi)绾芜^(guò)完這一生, 如何克服困難, 或面對(duì)生活的考驗(yàn), 將決定我們個(gè)人的命運(yùn)。

【34】Which brings me to step one of the Hi Level mindset.

這就引出了高水準(zhǔn)思維的第一步。

【35】And that's always remain positive, no matter what people or life may throw at you.

也就是,不管他人 或生活如何折磨你, 都要始終保持積極樂(lè)觀。

【36】Now I'm going to give you a little bit of background about myself.

現(xiàn)在,我向大家 簡(jiǎn)單介紹一下我自己。

【37】Funny enough, I was actually voted most likely to be famous in both middle school and high school.

實(shí)際上,搞笑的是, 在初中和高中的時(shí)候, 人們就投票認(rèn)為 我最有可能會(huì)出名。

【38】Now I know what you're thinking. I'm sorry.

我知道大家在想什么。不好意思。

【39】I haven't always been this good looking, it takes a little bit of time.

我不是一直這么帥, 做出改變花了我一段時(shí)間。

【40】My goal was to graduate high school and to immediately blow up.

那時(shí),我的目標(biāo)是高中畢業(yè), 然后立即去混社會(huì)。

【41】But that didn't happen.

但并沒(méi)有發(fā)生那種情況。

【42】So I went to college and as soon as I went to college, boy, did life hit me hard.

相反,我上了大學(xué)。 不過(guò),我一到大學(xué), 就受到了生活的暴擊。

【43】Within the first couple of weeks of school, one of my best friends that I called my brother had gotten sentenced to 24 years in prison.

在到校的前幾周內(nèi), 我的一個(gè)與我稱兄道弟的好朋友 就被判處 24 年監(jiān)禁。

【44】I had gotten detained for driving with a suspended license, amongst other things, like having a pound of weed in the car before it was legal.

我曾因使用 被吊銷(xiāo)的駕照而被拘留, 還有其他事情, 比如在大麻合法之前, 在車(chē)?yán)飵Я艘话醮舐椤?/p>

【45】And my grandmother had passed.

期間我的祖母去世了。

【46】Not to mention I was already a terrible student with horrific grades and a broke teenager.

不用說(shuō),我已經(jīng)是一個(gè)差生, 不但成績(jī)?cè)愀? 而且身無(wú)分文。

【47】And I wonder why my grades were so bad.

我也不知道, 為什么我的成績(jī)會(huì)那么差。

【48】Now that's just disrespectful. I wasn't even trying to hide it.

既然已經(jīng)那樣了, 我也就破罐子破摔了。

【49】But on top of all of these things, what was really the breaking point for me was that I had released a mixtape that I worked on the entire summer and it had only gotten 200 downloads.

但除了所有這些事情, 真正讓我崩潰的是, 我花了整個(gè)夏天 制作的一盤(pán)混音磁帶, 下載量卻只有 200 次。

【50】Now my previous two mixtapes got 2,000 downloads, so I was not happy with the regression, to say the least.

如今,我的前兩盤(pán)混音磁帶 有 2000 次下載, 至少可以這樣說(shuō), 我對(duì)那個(gè)數(shù)量很不滿意。

【51】Again, this almost pushed me to the brink of quitting and insanity.

再一次,這幾乎將我推向 退學(xué)和精神失常的邊緣。

【52】But the Hi Level mindset made me think, "Man.

但是,高水準(zhǔn)思維讓我這樣想:

【53】These misfortunes are just going to make my triumph story a lot cooler."

“朋友,這些不幸只會(huì) 讓你的成功經(jīng)歷更酷一些。”

【54】I used this as fuel to the fire, motivation, if you will.

我把這當(dāng)作是一種力量, 也可以說(shuō)是生活的動(dòng)力。

【55】It made me think, you know, life is just a book.

它讓我想到, 生活就像是一本書(shū)。

【56】Not every chapter is going to be perfect.

不是每一章都是完美的。

【57】But it's about how it ends.

但重要的是,書(shū)的結(jié)尾是什么。

【58】Which brings me to the second step of the Hi Level mindset.

這引出了我要講的 高水準(zhǔn)思維的第二步。

【59】Always be intentional with your desires.

要有意識(shí)地去實(shí)現(xiàn)自己的愿望。

【60】Know exactly what you want.

知道你到底想要什么。

【61】In 2018, I created a vision board - at the beginning of 2018, excuse me - I created a vision board.

2018 年,我做了一塊愿景板 抱歉,是在 2018 年初, 我做了一塊愿景板。

【62】And I'm proud to say that with the Hi Level mindset, within one year I almost accomplished everything on here.

可以自豪地說(shuō),利用高水準(zhǔn)思維, 我在一年內(nèi)幾乎實(shí)現(xiàn)了 板子上的所有愿望。

【63】Ya'll can clap for that.

此處應(yīng)該有掌聲。

【64】So I encourage you to just write down your goals.

因此,我鼓勵(lì)大家 寫(xiě)下自己的目標(biāo)。

【65】Starting off your day with reading your goals and dreams aloud gives you a boost of positive energy.

每天一大早, 都大聲朗讀自己的目標(biāo)和夢(mèng)想, 為自己帶來(lái)滿滿的正能量。

【66】This energy can be transmuted into something we call faith.

這種能量可以轉(zhuǎn)化為某種東西, 我們稱之為信仰。

【67】Faith in your ability, faith in yourself, faith in a higher power will take you to places you can't even imagine.

相信你的能力,相信你自己, 更堅(jiān)定的信仰 將引領(lǐng)你到達(dá)無(wú)法想像的高度。

【68】Know exactly what you want.

知道你到底想要什么。

【69】How can you be Hi Level if you don't know what Hi Level is to you?

如果你都不知道你的高水準(zhǔn)是什么, 又怎么能達(dá)到高水準(zhǔn)呢？

【70】And in order to do all these things, it brings me to the third step of the Hi Level mindset.

為了做到這些, 這就引出了我要講的 高水準(zhǔn)思維的第三步。

【71】Discipline.

自律。

【72】Growing up, discipline was always taught in such a lame way that I always tried my best to avoid it.

在成長(zhǎng)的過(guò)程中, 我們一直以蹩腳的方式學(xué)習(xí)自律, 以至于我總是會(huì)設(shè)法逃避自律。

【73】But where motivation is low, that's where discipline kicks in.

但是,只有在缺乏動(dòng)力的時(shí)候, 才需要自律。

【74】Anybody who's done something noteworthy with their lives all have one thing in common, and that's discipline.

任何人如果做出了矚目的成就, 他們都有一個(gè)共同點(diǎn), 那就是自律。

【75】Mastering the art of discipline will literally change your life.

不夸張地說(shuō), 堅(jiān)持自律會(huì)改變你的命運(yùn)。

【76】I witnessed this close hand by studying a friend up close.

我通過(guò)近距離觀察一個(gè)朋友, 親自見(jiàn)證了這一點(diǎn)。

【77】This friend of mine noticed that every time he stopped doing drugs and alcohol, something good would happen.

我的這個(gè)朋友注意到, 每次他停止吸毒和飲酒, 都會(huì)有好事發(fā)生。

【78】He felt as though this was a divine calling from heaven above to halt all his vices.

他覺(jué)得這好像是來(lái)自天堂 神明的召喚, 要求他停止所有惡習(xí)。

【79】Now can anyone tell me the three main vices of a 19-year-old college student?

現(xiàn)在,有人可以說(shuō)出 一個(gè) 19 歲的大學(xué)生的 三個(gè)主要惡習(xí)嗎？

【80】It's sex, alcohol and drugs.

它們就是濫性、酗酒和吸毒。

【81】If you all didn't know that already.

如果你們還不知道的話。

【82】And after the first six months of him stopping his vices, I seen his whole life change completely.

在停止這些惡習(xí)后的前六個(gè)月, 我看到他的整個(gè)生活 發(fā)生了翻天覆地的變化。

【83】Again he thought this is a sign that maybe God doesn't want me to do drugs, drink alcohol or have sex.

而且,他認(rèn)為這是一個(gè)信號(hào): 可能上帝不希望我吸毒、 飲酒或?yàn)E性。

【84】But no, that's not the case.

但并不是這樣。

【85】Thank you.

謝謝大家！

【86】He was just simply learning discipline without knowing.

他只是不知不覺(jué)地學(xué)會(huì)了自律。

【87】Alright. I have a confession to make.

好吧,我要承認(rèn)一件事。

【88】Because I don't want to make this entire TED Talk about myself, I lied and said that this is a friend.

因?yàn)槲也幌朐谶@整段TED 演講中一直只講我自己, 于是我說(shuō)謊了, 說(shuō)這是我的一個(gè)朋友。

【89】It was actually me.

它實(shí)際上說(shuō)的就是我。

【90】Now a cheat code to ensure that you're staying disciplined to whatever you're striving for is to prime your environment for success.

現(xiàn)在,秘訣就是 確保你在追求任何目標(biāo)時(shí) 都保持自律,以便改善環(huán)境, 進(jìn)而取得成功。

【91】Your habits are based on your habitat.

你的習(xí)慣與生存環(huán)境息息相關(guān)。

【92】And the main product of your habitat are the people in your life.

你生存環(huán)境的主要“產(chǎn)品”, 是你生活中的人。

【93】Which brings me to a very important step of the Hi Level mindset.

這引出了高水準(zhǔn)思維的 一個(gè)非常重要的步驟。

【94】The fourth step, to be exact.

也就是第四步。

【95】Remove all negative people out of your life immediately.

立即將思想消極的人 從你生命中趕出去。

【96】Anybody that's semidoubtful or naysaying, get them out.

任何人只要半信半疑或表示反對(duì), 就將他們清理出去。

【97】If you're talking about your dreams and goals and they give small, sarcastic remarks ...

如果你談到自己的夢(mèng)想和目標(biāo), 而他們說(shuō)出貶低、諷刺的話……

【98】boot them.

就把他們踢出去。

【99】Just an all-around negative Nancy?

一個(gè)滿滿負(fù)能量的人？

【100】Kick them out of there, man.

朋友,把他們踢走。

【101】Does anybody in the audience know somebody that's like that?

在座的有人認(rèn)識(shí)那樣的人嗎？

【102】Please raise your hand.

請(qǐng)舉手。

【103】I need you all to do me a favor.

我需要大家?guī)臀乙粋€(gè)忙。

【104】Pull your phones out and block them immediately.

拿出手機(jī),立即把他們拉黑。

【105】No, no, no. I'm dead serious.

不,不,我沒(méi)有開(kāi)玩笑。

【106】Don't let someone else's negativity cancel out your light, for it can temporarily get in the way of you achieving what's owed to you.

不要讓任何負(fù)能量的人 熄滅你心中的光, 因?yàn)檫@會(huì)暫時(shí)阻止 你去實(shí)現(xiàn)自己的目標(biāo)。

【107】You are a product of those who you hang around.

近朱者赤,近墨者黑。

【108】Let's make sure we're hanging around other positive, Hi Level individuals.

我們要確保與其他正能量、 高水準(zhǔn)的人呆在一起。

【109】Now -- (Applause) Thank you.

現(xiàn)在 （掌聲） 謝謝大家！

【110】Now I like to consider myself a master at this Hi Level stuff.

現(xiàn)在,我認(rèn)為自己是 高水準(zhǔn)思維的大師。

【111】I mean, I am here for a reason, right?

我是說(shuō), 我來(lái)這里是有原因的,是吧？

【112】But that doesn't mean things always go my way.

但是,那并不表示 我做什么事情都會(huì)順利。

【113】Even now, I just recently released my sophomore album "From a Birds Eye View" that I spent two full years creating.

即使是現(xiàn)在, 我剛剛發(fā)行了我的第二張專輯, 《From a Bird’s Eye View》, 我花了整整兩年制作的專輯。

【114】My debut album, "The Lost Boy,"

我的首張專輯《The Lost Boy》

【115】was met with massive critical acclaim and success, and I had a lot of pressure on myself, to outdo myself.

受到了廣泛好評(píng), 取得了巨大成功, 我給了自己很大壓力, 想要超越自己。

【116】And in my eyes and in the eyes of many, I did.

在我看來(lái),在許多人看來(lái), 我做到了。

【117】I had huge expectations for this album, but when it finally released and it wasn't received as well as I'd hoped,

我對(duì)這張專輯抱有非常大的期望, 但當(dāng)它最終發(fā)行時(shí), 它并沒(méi)獲得我期待的好評(píng)。

【118】I completely broke down.

我完全崩潰了。

【119】I did my fasting. I stayed positive.

我節(jié)食。我積極樂(lè)觀。

【120】I wrote down my dreams and goals. I was disciplined.

我寫(xiě)下自己的夢(mèng)想和目標(biāo)。 我保持自律。

【121】I was doing this every day to make sure that this big moment that it was leading up to, that would change the entire world, would go perfectly.

每一天,我都努力確保 實(shí)現(xiàn)這個(gè)重大目標(biāo), 那會(huì)改變整個(gè)世界,實(shí)現(xiàn)圓滿。

【122】But that didn't happen.

但那并沒(méi)有成真。

【123】I did not meet the expectations that I had set for myself, that the world had set for me.

我沒(méi)有滿足我為自己設(shè)定的期待, 世界對(duì)我的期待。

【124】And this is the first time as a major artist that I had received mixed reviews of my art.

作為知名歌手,這是第一次 人們對(duì)我的作品褒貶不一。

【125】And again, it broke me down, man.

這又一次讓我崩潰了。

【126】I became unmotivated, I started overindulging in things that I'm not proud of.

我失去了動(dòng)力, 我開(kāi)始過(guò)于沉溺于 那些并不光彩的事情。

【127】I was almost thinking about canceling my upcoming tour.

我差點(diǎn)決定取消即將開(kāi)始的巡演。

【128】I was in a very dark place.

我的世界一片漆黑。

【129】But then I heard this Yiddish proverb that A$AP Rocky actually told me about at a most important time, and I'm sure he didn't even know it.

然后,我聽(tīng)到了這句猶太諺語(yǔ), 實(shí)際上,它是A$AP Rocky 在一個(gè)非常重要的時(shí)刻告訴我的, 我相信他也不清楚這一點(diǎn)。

【130】It's "We plan, and God laughs."

它就是“人算不如天算”。

【131】And that made me think.

那讓我陷入了思考。

【132】The Hi Level mindset is not a recipe for perfection but a commitment to honoring your potential and what you have to offer the world.

高水準(zhǔn)思維不是完美的秘訣, 而是一種承諾, 你必須尊重自己的潛能, 對(duì)世界有所貢獻(xiàn)。

【133】Don't let your small failures make you lose sight of your bigger picture.

不要因?yàn)樾⌒〉氖?而丟失更長(zhǎng)遠(yuǎn)的目標(biāo)。

【134】I'll leave you all with this.

這就是我想說(shuō)的。

【135】We only have one life to live.

我們只有一次生命。

【136】110 years maximum if you are a health guru and you have great health insurance.

即使你是健康達(dá)人, 買(mǎi)了全套醫(yī)療保險(xiǎn), 你最多也只能活 110 歲。

【137】How are you going to maximize your time on this Earth?

你如何充實(shí)地過(guò)完這一生呢？

【138】Do you want your name to be remembered long after you're gone?

你希望在你死后很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間, 人們?nèi)杂浀媚愕拿謫幔?/p>

【139】The Hi Level mindset is about doing everything that you put your hands on at the highest level that you're capable of doing.

高水準(zhǔn)思維的核心, 是以最高水準(zhǔn)、 盡最大努力去做每一件事情。

【140】Think of your life as a book.

把你的生活看作一本書(shū)。

【141】Again, each chapter isn't going to be perfect.

當(dāng)然,每一章都并不完美。

【142】But how do you want your story to end?

但是,你希望你的故事如何結(jié)束呢？

【143】In anguish?

是痛苦不堪？

【144】A bunch of what-ifs?

滿懷遺憾？

【145】Or leaving a legacy?

還是留下遺產(chǎn)？

【146】I choose legacy.

我選擇留下遺產(chǎn)。

【147】The Hi Level way. Thank you.

以高水準(zhǔn)的方式過(guò)完一生。 謝謝大家！