No.13
So at the end of my first year at Harvard, a student who had not talked in class the entire semester, who I had said, “Look, you’ve gotta participate or else you’re going to fail,” came into my office. I really didn’t know her at all. And she said, she came in totally defeated, and she said, “I’m not supposed to be here.” And that was the moment for me. Because two things happened. One was that I realized, oh my gosh, I don’t feel like that anymore. You know. I don’t feel that anymore, but she does, and I get that feeling. And the second was, she is supposed to be here! Like, she can fake it, she can become it. So I was like, “Yes, you are! You are supposed to be here! And tomorrow you’re going to fake it, you’re going to make yourself powerful, and, you know, you’re gonna — ” (Applause) (Applause) “And you’re going to go into the classroom, and you are going to give the best comment ever. “You know? And she gave the best comment ever, and people turned around and they were like, oh my God, I didn’t even notice her sitting there, you know? (Laughter)
She comes back to me months later, and I realized that she had not just faked it till she made it, she had actually faked it till she became it. So she had changed. And so I want to say to you, don’t fake it till you make it. Fake it till you become it. You know? It’s not — Do it enough until you actually become it and internalize.
The last thing I’m going to leave you with is this. Tiny tweaks can lead to big changes. So this is two minutes. Two minutes, two minutes, two minutes. Before you go into the next stressful evaluative situation, for two minutes, try doing this, in the elevator, in a bathroom stall, at your desk behind closed doors. That’s what you want to do. Configure your brain to cope the best in that situation. Get your testosterone up. Get your cortisol down. Don’t leave that situation feeling like, oh, I didn’t show them who I am. Leave that situation feeling like, oh, I really feel like I got to say who I am and show who I am.
So I want to ask you first, you know, both to try power posing, and also I want to ask you to share the science, because this is simple. I don’t have ego involved in this. (Laughter) Give it away. Share it with people, because the people who can use it the most are the ones with no resources and no technology and no status and no power. Give it to them because they can do it in private. They need their bodies, privacy and two minutes, and it can significantly change the outcomes of their life.
Thank you. (Applause)
ボキャブラリー
So at the end of my first year at Harvard, a student who had not talked in class the entire semester, who I had said, “Look, you’ve gotta participate or else you’re going to fail,” came into my office. I really didn’t know her at all. And she said, she came in totally defeated, and she said, “I’m not supposed to be here.” And that was the moment for me. Because two things happened. One was that I realized, oh my gosh, I don’t feel like that anymore. You know. I don’t feel that anymore, but she does, and I get that feeling. And the second was, she is supposed to be here! Like, she can fake it, she can become it. So I was like, “Yes, you are! You are supposed to be here! And tomorrow you’re going to fake it, you’re going to make yourself powerful, and, you know, you’re gonna — ” (Applause) (Applause) “And you’re going to go into the classroom, and you are going to give the best comment ever. “You know? And she gave the best comment ever, and people turned around and they were like, oh my God, I didn’t even notice her sitting there, you know? (Laughter)
She comes back to me months later, and I realized that she had not just faked it till she made it, she had actually faked it till she became it. So she had changed. And so I want to say to you, don’t fake it till you make it. Fake it till you become it. You know? It’s not — Do it enough until you actually become it and internalize.
The last thing I’m going to leave you with is this. Tiny tweaks can lead to big changes. So this is two minutes. Two minutes, two minutes, two minutes. Before you go into the next stressful evaluative situation, for two minutes, try doing this, in the elevator, in a bathroom stall, at your desk behind closed doors. That’s what you want to do. Configure your brain to cope the best in that situation. Get your testosterone up. Get your cortisol down. Don’t leave that situation feeling like, oh, I didn’t show them who I am. Leave that situation feeling like, oh, I really feel like I got to say who I am and show who I am.
So I want to ask you first, you know, both to try power posing, and also I want to ask you to share the science, because this is simple. I don’t have ego involved in this. (Laughter) Give it away. Share it with people, because the people who can use it the most are the ones with no resources and no technology and no status and no power. Give it to them because they can do it in private. They need their bodies, privacy and two minutes, and it can significantly change the outcomes of their life.
Thank you. (Applause)
entire: a. 全体の、全部の、すべての
semester: n.｟主に米｠(高校・大学の)学期 (２学期制の学期で１８週間程度。３学期制の場合はterm、４学期制の場合はquarter) （cf. the first [second] semester: 前[後]期）
the entire semester: まるまる１学期
or else: あるいは、さもないと
office: n. 研究室、事務所、オフィス
totally: adv. 完全に、全く、すっかり、すっごく、とても
defeat: vt. うち負かす、倒す、破る、打倒する、くじく、失敗させる
comment: n. （〜についての）論評、批評、見解、意見、コメント；注釈、解説（on, about, upon）
internalize: vt. （習慣・基準・思想・原理など）を身につける、自分のものにする、吸収する；内面化する、内在化する
leave 人 with ~: 人に〜を残す
evaluative: a. 評価の、査定の
stall: n. （トイレやシャワールームなどの）個室、区画；売店、露店、屋台
configure: vt. 構成する、配列する、設定する、作る
cope: vi. うまく処理する、なんとか切り抜ける、対抗する、対処する、うまく処理する(with)
power posing: 力強いポーズ
share: vt. 共有する、分ける、分配する
science: n. （体系的な）技術、方法；科学、科学的知識
ego: n. 自我、自負心、自尊心；自己意識
give away: （秘密などを）漏らす、ばらす、（不要なものを）譲る、贈る、（隠しているものを）表す、表に出す
resource: n. (~s)（困難を克服する人間的）資質、性質、性格；資源；機転、才覚、能力
in private: こっそり、秘密に（⇔ in public「人前で」）
significantly: adv. 著しく、大きく、かなり、意義深く
解説
パワー・ポーズのコツは、無意識にそれができるまで続けることです。自分の心に劣等感がある場合は、それを凌駕するくらいポーズを行うことです。
姿勢が心に作用し、心が習慣になり、習慣が自己意識となり自己評価となります。
人間の心も時代とともに進化してきて、全てが自分の心によって作り出されているということが分かってきました。
できるかできないか、ではなく、やるかやらないか，の問題だけなのです。
TEDで英語学習，エイミー・カディ編はこの回で終了です。
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今後も他の教材をお楽しみください。
とても良いスピーチが盛りだくさんです。
