[필사] 맷 커츠: 30일동안 새로운 것 도전하기

Transcript of "맷 커츠: 30일동안 새로운 것 도전하기"

TED Talk Subtitles and Transcript: 여러분은 계획도 하고 할 마음도 있었지만 실제로는 한번도 실천에 옮기지 않았던 일이 있으신가요? 맷 커츠는 30일 동안 새로운 것에 도전하라고 제안합니다. 이 간결하고 유쾌한 연설은 목표를 설정하고 실행하는데 활용할 수 있는 재치있는 방법을 알려줍니다.

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A few years ago, I felt like I was stuck in a rut, so I decided to follow in the footsteps of the great American philosopher, Morgan Spurlock, and try sth new for 30 days. The idea is actually pretty simple. Think about sth you've always wanted to add to your life and try it for the next 30 days.

It turns out 30 days is just about the right amount of time to add a new habit or subtract a habit --like watching the news -- from your life.

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There's a few things I learned while doing these 30-days challenges. The first was, instead of the months flying by forgotten, the time was much more memorable. This was part of challenge I did to take a picture every day for a month. And I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing that day. I also noticed that as I started to do more and harder 30-day challenges, my self-confidence grew. I went from desk-dwelling computer nerd to the kind of guy who bikes to work. For fun!

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I also figured out that if you really want sth badly enough, you can do anything for 30 days. Have you ever wanted to write a novel? Every November, tens of thousands of people try to write their own 50,000-word novel, from scratch, in 30 days. It turns out, all you have to do is write 1,667 words a day for a month. So I did. By the way, the secret is not to go to sleep until you've written your words for the day. You might be sleep-deprived, but you'll finish your novel. Now is my book the next great American novel? No. I wrote it in a month. It's awful.

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But for the rest of my life, if I meet John Hodgman at a TED party, I don't have to say, "I'm a computer scientist." No, no, if I want to, I can say, "I'm a novelist."

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So here's one last thing I'd like to mention. I learned that when I made small, sustainable changes, things I could keep doing, they were more likely to stick. There's nothing wrong with big, crazy challenges. In fact, they're a ton of fun. But they're less likely to stick. When I gave up sugar for 30 days, day 31 looked like this.

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So here's my question to you: What are you waiting for? I guarantee you the next 30 days are going to pass whether you like it of not, so why not think about sth you have always wanted to try and give it a shot! For the next 30 days.