Zain Asher：比起竞争，我更相信自我创造的成功

     Zain Asher是CNN新闻主播，她出生在英国，是一位尼日利亚裔，拥有牛津大学的学士学位和哥伦比亚大学的硕士学位。在担任主播之前，也做过一段时间的记者。在这次Ted演讲上，她提出来一个很新颖的观点，一起来学习一下吧。

I honestly do not believe in competition. The corporate world will tell you that, if you want to get ahead in life, you need to be competitive, you need to have that drive to succeed and compete with one another. But I don’t believe in competing for what I want.

说实话，我并不相信竞争。在企业界，人们会说如果你想要出人头地，你需要有竞争性，你要有那种驱动力去取得成功，并与下一个人竞争。但我不信竞争能让我得到我想要的。

I believe in creating what I want. Abraham Lincoln once said that the best way to predict the future is to create it. In order for me to be successful, I don’t believe that I need to take anything away from anyone else.

我相信创造可让我得到我想要的。亚伯拉罕·林肯曾说过，预测未来的最好方式就是去创造它。为了取得成功，我不相信我需要从别人身上得到什么东西。

Now, of course, you know, there are some advantages to looking at your peers for inspiration, definitely. But I think that having a competitive spirit, having that need for one-upmanship and comparing yourself to other people again and again can actually bring out fears and insecurities that end up holding you back.

当然，现在从你的同龄人身上去寻找灵感，这样做的确有一些好处。但是我认为，秉着竞争精神，渴望胜人一筹并一次又一次地把自己和其他人进行比较，这样实际上会给自己带来恐惧和不安，最终阻碍自己前进。

So, when I was interviewing for another position in CNN, the another job, I sat next to a girl who I was competing for the same job with, and rather than not wished her well, I sat with her for hours, and I helped her, I showed her what she could improve upon, so she just got a chance of getting the job as I did. I went in for the screen test first. I came out, and I told her everything they asked me and how she should prepare.

因此，当我在CNN面试另一个职位，另一份工作时，我坐在一个女孩旁边，我们是在竞争同一份工作。我没有在心里希望她表现差一点，而是和她坐了几个小时，帮助她并告诉她哪些地方可以提高，让她能拥有和我一样的机会得到这份工作。我先参加了试镜，出来之后，我告诉她我被问到的全部问题以及她应怎么准备。

So, I don’t believe in competition. I believe in creating what I want. I don’t believe in competing for what’s already been created.

因此，我不相信竞争。我相信创造可让我得到我想要的。我不相信竞争，因为竞争里的东西都是已被别人创造出来的。