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TED演讲者Kat Cole分享了‘热射规则’，通过行动培养自信和领导力。适合练习如何克服惰性、提升行动力和自我激励。
So when I think about confidence, I first ground myself in the definition.
因此，当我思考“自信”这个概念时，我会首先从它的定义入手，明确其含义。
Confidence is just the reliance or assurance that we believe in someone's abilities or qualities.
自信，其实就是我们对某人的能力或品质抱有的信任或信心。
But how do we know someone's abilities or qualities?
但我们如何才能了解一个人的能力或品质呢？
How does anyone believe in mine?
怎么会有人相信我的话呢？
It's simply through actions.
这一切都只能通过实际行动来实现。
So the best way to drive and
因此，驾驶汽车的最佳方式就是……
build confidence, whether we’re looking to hone it or build a reputation for it or encourage people to have it in us,
建立信心——无论我们是为了提升自身的信心、树立良好的声誉，还是鼓励他人对我们产生信任。
is to drive action.
其目的是推动实际行动的开展。
Interestingly, many people think you need a lot of confidence to take bold action.
有趣的是，许多人认为采取大胆行动需要很强的自信。
I think the opposite is true.
我认为事实恰恰相反。
It’s action.
这就是动作场面（或：这就是充满紧张刺激的情节）。
Just getting comfortable with it over time.
随着时间的推移，我逐渐开始习惯这种情况了。
Doing more and better regularly.
定期做得更多、做得更好。
It's reps of action that drive confidence.
正是这些反复出现的行动经历，才真正增强了人们的信心。
And that action, and that confidence is what allows us to learn and grow.
正是这种行动力以及自信心，让我们能够不断学习、不断成长。
I'm someone who wants to continue to learn and grow.
我是一个渴望不断学习、不断成长的人。
No matter how old I get, how many successes or challenges, how long I've been in a role or company,
无论我变得多么衰老，无论我取得了多少成就或面临了多少挑战，无论我在某个职位或公司中工作了多久，
I want to get better.
我想变得更好。
And you’re here, so I know you do, too.
你既然来到了这里，我就知道你也有同样的感受。
So the question is, what techniques or
那么问题来了：有哪些技术或方法可以……
practices can help us cut through the challenges that are in our way to acting our way to confidence and growth.
这些实践方法可以帮助我们克服那些阻碍我们实现自信与成长的障碍。
Many people believe some of the best actions are when we show up in tough times, and that's true.
许多人认为，在困难时刻挺身而出、提供帮助，才是最值得称赞的行为之一，这确实没错。
But it's almost easier to take bold action when things are hard.
不过，当事情变得困难时，采取大胆的行动反而更容易一些。
There aren't a lot of options.
可选的方案并不多。
The more special muscle is the ability to coach ourselves to be greater, to do more, to be better,
这种特殊的肌肉功能使我们能够自我激励，从而变得更强、做得更多、表现得更好。
even when times are pretty good, and to recognize that complacency is a very real thing, and we are all blinded by our own progress.
即使在经济形势相当良好的时候，我们也必须认识到：自满情绪是真实存在的；而且我们所有人都会被自身的进步所蒙蔽（即看不到潜在的问题或风险）。
So one of the tools in my toolbox to drive action and confidence and growth is the ability to cut through that complacency.
因此，我用来推动行动、增强信心以及促进个人成长的工具之一，就是能够打破那种自满情绪（即那种安于现状、不愿改变的态度）。
And I first learned this lesson from my mom.
我最初是从妈妈那里学到这一课的。
When I was nine years old, my mom came to me and said, "That's it, I'm done.
我九岁的时候，妈妈走到我面前说：“就这样吧，我受够了。
We're leaving."
我们准备离开了。
And what she meant was we were leaving my father.
她的意思是，我们即将离开我的父亲。
My father was and is a very good man.
我的父亲过去是，现在依然是一个非常优秀的人。
But at the time, he was an alcoholic and a terrible husband and father.
但在那个时候，他是个酗酒者，同时也是一个糟糕的丈夫和父亲。
So when my mom came to me at the age of nine, I didn’t cry, and I didn’t get upset.
所以，当九岁的妈妈找到我时，我既没有哭，也没有感到难过。
I remember thinking, "What took you so long?
我记得当时自己在想：“你们为什么花了这么长时间才完成这件事？
Finally, it's about time."
终于，是时候了。
So often there are people around us just waiting on us to take the action, to do the thing,
我们周围常常有人，他们只是在等待我们采取行动、去做某件事。
to do the right thing.
做正确的事情。
And since then, I've been inspired to have practices that drive action over and over.
从那以后，我受到启发，开始设计那些能够不断激发人们采取行动的实践方式（或：我开始致力于开发能够持续促使人们采取行动的实践工具/方法）。
Little ones every day, or bigger ones, like what my mom did that day.
每天都有小孩子；也有年龄稍大的孩子，就像我妈妈那天做的那样。