如何培养创造力和自信心.docxVIP

　　　I wanted to talk to you today about creative confidence.Im going to start way back in the third grade at Oakdale School in Barberton, Ohio.I remember one day my best friend Brian was working on a project.He was making a horse out of the clay that our teacher kept under the sink.And at one point, one of the girls who was sitting at his table,seeing what he was doing,leaned over and said to him, Thats terrible. That doesnt look anything like a horse. And Brians shoulders sank.And he wadded up the clay horse and he threw it back in the bin.I never saw Brian do a project like that ever again. 　　　今天我想讲一讲关于创造力自信心的问题。最开始我要追溯到我还在俄亥俄州巴伯顿的欧克代尔学校上三年级的时候，记得有一天，我最好的朋友布莱恩正在做手工，他在用老师放在水池下的陶土做一匹马。忽然，跟他同桌的一个女孩儿，看到他在做的东西。靠过来说道“真差劲。那看起来一点儿也不像马”，布莱恩的肩膀懈下来，把陶土小马捏成一团，扔进了垃圾箱。之后我再也没见过布莱恩做类似的手工了。 　　　 　　　And I wonder how often that happens.It seems like when I tell that story of Brian to my class,a lot of them want to come up after class and tell me about their similar experience,how a teacher shut them down or how a student was particularly cruel to them.And some opt out thinking of themselves as creative at that point.And I see that opting out that happens in childhood,and it moves in and becomes more ingrained,even by the time you get to adult life. 　　　我想知道这种事有多普遍，当我对学生们讲布莱恩的故事时，似乎有很多人想在课后留下来，告诉了我他们自己类似的经历。老师如何贬低他们、同学如何不留情面，其中一些人从此再也不相信，自己是有创意的人。我发现这种童年时的改变，会变得越来越深刻，甚至直至成年。所以我们看到很多这样的例子。 　　　So we see a lot of this.When we have a work shop or when we have clients in to work with us side-by-side,eventually we get to the point in the process thats fuzzy or unconventional.And eventually these big shot executives whip out their Blackberries and they say they have to make really important phone calls,and they head for the exits.And theyre just so uncomfortable.When we track them down and ask them whats going on,they say something like, Im just not the creative type. But we know thats not true. If they stick with the process, if they stick with it,they end up doing amazing things and they sur