今天Echo想和大家分享一个TED视频，题目叫《被拒绝的100天》。我看了好几遍，虽然演讲者口音比较重（和Echo 一样），但并不妨碍他清晰地表达自己的想法。我在里面看到了勇气和坚持，希望也能对你有所帮助。
一、两个“自己”的斗争 The struggle between two selves
1. Six-old boy who was not complimented by his classmates and he was soooo embarrassed and frustrated
六岁的自己：没有同学愿意表扬自己；严重受挫
compliment 表扬，赞扬
2. Influenced by Bill Gates’ speech and determined to be an entrepreneur and changed the world at the age of 14
14岁的自己：被比尔盖茨的演讲所触动，决定未来做一个改变世界的企业家
entrepreneur[ˌɑntrəprəˈnɝ] 企业家
二、现状 Status Quo
3. Time flied and he was still an ordinary market manager in a Fortune 500 company, without realizing his childhood dream.
光阴流转，蒋甲成为了一家500强公司里的市场经理，童年梦想遥不可及。
4. He wanted to make a change. The life of being an ordinary market manager was not what he wanted.
蒋甲想要改变，成为一个普通市场经理并不是他想要的生活。
5. Chance came. He got an chance to pitch in front of an investor.
机会来了。蒋甲得到了在投资人面前路演的机会。
be presented with 遇见
pitch 路演
6. Well-prepared, but still refused. He was so frustrated and took himself as a failure.
虽然精心准备，但最后依然没有拿到融资。蒋甲非常沮丧，认为自己就是一个loser.
三、改变 Seeking for a change
7. Tried many ways and eventually got one method called rejectiontherapy who he thought might be useful and he made up his mind to give a try. The logic of this therapy is to keep being refused within 21 days and you will not be afraid of being rejected later on.
尝试很多方法无果后，蒋甲找到了一种“被拒绝疗法”，并决定付诸实践。这种方法的背后逻辑就是你在21天的时间里，持续被拒绝，之后就会对“被拒”无感了。
later on 稍后
8. He set 100 projects which he thought would be rejected by others directly like planting a flower in other’s backyard, asking cashier to refill hamburger, borrowing 100 dollars from a stranger etc.
蒋甲给自己设了100个他认为肯定会被拒绝的项目，比如在别人后院种花，要收银员给汉堡续杯，从陌生人那借100美元等。
refill 续杯
四、感悟 What he realized from this trying
9. If you don’t run away immediately after being refused, but ask why, the possibility of being accepted will be higher.
当你被拒后，如果你不立刻跑开，而是询问原因的话，你被接纳的可能性会被提高。
10. It’s not ashamed to be rejected. All great people like Nelson Mandala、 Martin Luther King, even Jesus Christ got rejected. They became who they were not because they never got rejected but because they embraced rejection and used it as driving force to keep going.
被拒绝没有什么可耻的。所有伟大的人，像曼得拉、马丁路德金、甚至耶稣都被拒绝过。他们之所以成就自己，不是因为他们没有被拒绝，而是当他们被拒绝后，他们能知耻后勇，再接再厉。
11. Embrace rejection and pursue your dream courageously.
拥抱拒绝，勇敢追梦。
互动话题：
看了这个视频，你有什么感悟呢？／你曾经被拒绝过吗？被拒绝之后，你是怎么面对的呢？
本期推文主创简介
美化编辑 | charlene
封面图片 | Demi
审核校对 | 张津
(参考素材：TED)
