The surprising habits of original thinkers | Adam Grant | TED · TED
TED演讲中，亚当·格兰特分享了原创新思维者的三个意外习惯，包括拥抱失败。适合练习思维创新、行动力和面对挑战的态度。
Seven years ago, a student came to me and asked me to invest in his company.
七年前，有一个学生找到我，请求我投资他的公司。
He said, "I'm working with three friends, and we're going to try to disrupt an industry by selling stuff online."
他说：“我和三个朋友一起合作，我们打算通过在线销售产品来颠覆某个行业。
And I said, "OK, you guys spent the whole summer on this, right?"
然后我说：“好吧，你们整个夏天都在研究这个项目，对吧？
"No, we all took internships just in case it doesn't work out."
不，我们都参加了实习培训，以防万一事情没有按计划发展。
"All right, but you're going to go in full time once you graduate."
好吧，但你毕业后就必须全职工作了。
"Not exactly.
不完全是这样。
We've all lined up backup jobs."
我们都已经找好了备用工作（即如果原来的工作无法继续时可以从事的其他工作）。
Six months go by, it's the day before the company launches, and there is still not a functioning website.
六个月过去了，距离公司正式上线只剩一天时间了，但公司的网站仍然无法正常使用（即网站功能尚未完善）。
"You guys realize, the entire company is a website.
你们应该明白：整个公司其实就是一个网站。
That's literally all it is."
实际上，就只有这些而已。
So I obviously declined to invest.
因此，我当然拒绝了这笔投资。
And they ended up naming the company Warby Parker.
最终，他们将这家公司命名为 Warby Parker。
They sell glasses online.
他们在网上销售眼镜。
They were recently recognized as the world's most innovative company and valued at over a billion dollars.
他们最近被公认为全球最具创新力的公司，其估值超过了10亿美元。
And now?
那么现在呢？
My wife handles our investments.
我的妻子负责管理我们的投资。
Why was I so wrong?
为什么我会犯这样的错误呢？
To find out, I've been studying people that I come to call "originals."
为了弄清楚这个问题，我一直在研究那些我称之为“原创者”的人。
Originals are nonconformists, people who not only have new ideas but take action to champion them.
原创者属于那些“非传统主义者”——他们不仅拥有新想法，还会付诸行动去推动这些想法的实现。
They are people who stand out and speak up.
他们是那些能够脱颖而出、勇于发声的人。
Originals drive creativity and change in the world.
原创作品能够激发创造力，并推动世界的变革。
They're the people you want to bet on.
他们就是你应该选择下注的人。
And they look nothing like I expected.
它们的样子完全出乎我的意料。
I want to show you today three things I've learned about recognizing originals and becoming a little bit more like them.
今天，我想向大家展示三件我学到的关于如何辨别真品以及如何让自己变得更像真品的事情。
So the first reason that I passed on Warby Parker was they were really slow getting off the ground.
我之所以没有选择 Warby Parker，第一个原因就是他们的业务发展速度非常缓慢。
Now, you are all intimately familiar with the mind of a procrastinator.
现在，你们都应该非常熟悉拖延者的思维方式了。
Well, I have a confession for you.
嗯，我有个秘密要告诉你们。
I'm the opposite.
我恰恰相反。
I'm a precrastinator.
我是一个喜欢拖延的人（即总是把事情推迟到最后一刻才去做的人）。
Yes, that's an actual term.
是的，这确实是一个存在的术语。
You know that panic you feel a few hours before a big deadline when you haven't done anything yet.
你知道那种在重要截止日期前的几个小时里感到的恐慌吧？那时你其实什么都没开始做。
I just feel that a few months ahead of time.
我只是觉得，事情会在几个月后发生而已。
So this started early: when I was a kid, I took Nintendo games very seriously.
这一切其实很早就开始了：在我还是个孩子的时候，我就非常认真地对待任天堂的游戏。
I would wake up at 5am, start playing and not stop until I had mastered them.
我通常会在早上5点起床，然后开始练习这些技能，直到完全掌握它们为止才会停下来。
Eventually it got so out of hand that a local newspaper came and did a story on the dark side of Nintendo,
最终情况变得失控，以至于一家当地报纸专门报道了任天堂的阴暗面。
starring me.
由我主演。
Since then, I have traded hair for teeth.
从那以后，我就用头发来换取牙齿了。
But this served me well in college, because I finished my senior thesis four months before the deadline.
不过这在大学期间对我帮助很大，因为我最终在截止日期前四个月就完成了我的毕业论文。
And I was proud of that, until a few years ago.
直到几年前，我对此还感到非常自豪。
I had a student named Jihae, who came to me and said, "I have my most creative ideas when I'm procrastinating."
我曾经有一位名叫 Jihae 的学生，她来找我说：“当我拖延事情的时候，反而会想出最具创意的点子。