TED演讲:为什么最棒的雇员并没有完美的简历(3)

 I'm the fourth of five children raised by a single mother in a rough neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. 我是一位单身母亲五个孩子中的第四个，我们在纽约布鲁克林一个混乱的街区生活。

We never owned a home, a car, a washing machine, and for most of my childhood, we didn't even have a telephone. 我们从未拥有过一个家，一辆车，或是一个洗衣机，在我童年的大部分时间，我们甚至没有一部电话。

So I was highly motivated to understand the relationship between business success and Scrappers, 因此我有很强的意愿去理解生意场的成功和“拳击手”的关联，

because my life could easily have turned out very differently. 因为我的人生很容易就会发展出不同的结局。

As I met successful business people and read profiles of high-powered leaders, I noticed some commonality. 我见过成功的商人，也阅读过具备出色领导能力的人的资料，我发现了其中的一些共性。

Many of them had experienced early hardships, anywhere from poverty, abandonment, 他们中的很多人经历过早年的困顿，可能是贫穷，被抛弃，

death of a parent while young, to learning disabilities, alcoholism and violence. 亲人的早逝，也可能是学习障碍，酗酒和暴力。

The conventional thinking has been that trauma¹ leads to distress², and there's been a lot of focus on the resulting dysfunction. 传统的思维认为创伤会导致痛苦，而且还重点强调了失败的结果。

But during studies of dysfunction, data revealed an unexpected insight: 但在我研究这些不成功的案例期间，得到的数据却揭示了一个出乎意料的结论：

that even the worst circumstances can result in growth and transformation³. 即便是最糟的境遇也能导致成长和转变。

A remarkable⁴ and counterintuitive phenomenon has been discovered, which scientists call Post Traumatic Growth. 一个显著但有悖常理的现象已经被发现了，科学家们称之为“创后成长”。

1 trauma   

n.外伤，精神创伤

参考例句：

• Counselling is helping him work through this trauma.心理辅导正帮助他面对痛苦。
• The phobia may have its root in a childhood trauma.恐惧症可能源于童年时期的创伤。

2 distress   

n.苦恼，痛苦，不舒适；不幸；vt.使悲痛

参考例句：

• Nothing could alleviate his distress.什么都不能减轻他的痛苦。
• Please don't distress yourself.请你不要忧愁了。

3 transformation   

n.变化；改造；转变

参考例句：

• Going to college brought about a dramatic transformation in her outlook.上大学使她的观念发生了巨大的变化。
• He was struggling to make the transformation from single man to responsible husband.他正在努力使自己由单身汉变为可靠的丈夫。

4 remarkable   

adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的

参考例句：

• She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
• These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。