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With this in mind, I would like to talk about three things that could, could help along the journey:
想到這一點，我想談談可能有助于這個旅程的三件事。
First, reinventing yourself and welcoming change and risks.
第一，重塑自己，歡迎改變和風險。
Second, standing up for your values and ideas.
第二，堅持自己的價值觀和想法。
Third, encouraging transformational change in others.
第三，鼓勵他人轉型變革。
Now if you indulge me, I would like to introduce these points by briefly recounting personal experiences that have shaped my own life.
如果大家愿意，我想來介紹這幾點，通過借鑒我自己一生中影響重大的個人經驗。
Now of course, of course my experiences may not be the ultimate nuggets of wisdom.
當然，我的經驗不可能是最高的智慧結晶。
But as Mark Twain once said: "It is better to have old second-hand diamonds than none at all."
但是正如馬克·吐溫說過，“擁有一顆二手的鉆石總比什么都沒有好。”
So I will try. And here is my first story -- about risk and reinvention.
所以我要試一下。這是我的第一個故事：關于重塑自己和冒險。
Now let me be clear about risks.
關于冒險，我要說得更清楚點。
Although I spend a lot of time in the air, I don't jump out of airplanes;
雖然我有很長時間都待在天上，但我不會跳飛機的。
And although I move a lot of money around, I don't hang out in casinos;
雖然我可以調動大量資金，但是我不會在賭場溜達。
Although I am French, I hardly drink any wine. So far, so boring.
雖然我是個法國人，但我幾乎不喝葡萄酒。這么一看，我如此無趣。
But there is a pattern in my personal journey that I would describe as going from, from "cozy" to "crazy".
但是我的人生旅程中，有一種從舒適轉到瘋狂的模式。
As in: "Why would you give up your cozy life? Are you crazy?"
正如這個問題：“你為什么要放棄舒適的生活？你瘋了嗎？”
I heard the French version of that question 42 years ago,
42年前，我聽到了這個問題的法文版本，
when I traded my cozy world in France for a new life with my American host family, my American school in Bethesda, Maryland.
當時我用法國安逸的生活換來了一個全新的生活，寄宿在一個美國家庭、在馬里蘭州貝塞斯達的學校學習。
I was 17, and I was recovering slowly from a profound emotional and cultural shock.
當時我17歲，我正在慢慢從巨大的情感和文化沖擊中恢復過來。
And soon enough I was homesick and missing my family and friends.
很快我就想家了，想念我的家人和朋友。
But I was also incredibly excited to be exposed to new ideas, new language, a new ways of thinking.
但是我對可以接觸到新思想，新語言和新思維方式也感到異常興奮。
And I am forever indebted to those people who welcomed me and who allowed me to experience the most transformational year in my life.
我永遠感激那些歡迎我、并讓我經歷我的一生中最具變革意義的一年的人們。
