They just felt they experienced everything their community had to offer.
他们感觉自己已经经历过他们的社区可以提供的所有事了。
We call these young men Gs for gentlemen.
我们称这些年轻人为“G”, 代表“绅士”(Gentlemen)。
And while working with these gentlemen and giving them powerful first experiences, I realized it was shaping their identities in a positive way,
和这些绅士合作,给他们带来震撼的第一次, 我发现这种方式正以积极的方式塑造着他们的身份,
but it was also increasing their cultural and their social capital.
同时也在增加他们的文化和社会资本。
An individual has cultural capital because of the environment that they come from.
人们的文化资本来源于他们出身的环境。
The knowledge, skills and belief of that environment can be seen as capital or an asset.
关于这个环境的知识、 技能和信仰 都可以被视为资本或资产。
And having the combination allows an individual to have economic advantages and other advantages.
有了这些, 这个人就有了经济上的优势和其他优势。
And when you collect powerful first experiences, you're collecting cultural capital from different environments.
如果你去积累震撼的第一次,你就积累了来自不同环境的文化资本。
Social capital is a set of shared values and resources that allows individuals to come together to achieve a common goal.
社会资本指的是一些共享的价值和资源,让人们可以齐心协力达成一个共同的目标。
It can also be thought of as the ability to access resources and favors and information from your network.
也可以将其想象成从你的社交网络中获取资源、帮助和信息的能力。
Countless connections are fostered when the gentlemen develop intimate relationships in places such as Paris, London and even Montana.
随着这些绅士在巴黎、伦敦,甚至是蒙大拿发展了亲密关系,就建立起了无数联结。
As they spend time with locals, entrepreneurs and even venture capitalists.
他们和当地人、企业家,甚至是风投共度了时光。
They develop a more expansive network and idea of the world.
他们形成了更宽广的世界网络和全球视野。
And increasing cultural and social capital doesn't just benefit the gentlemen, it also benefits the communities that they bless with their presence.
增加文化和社会资本不仅仅会为绅士们带来好处,还会让他们出身的社区受益。
And a powerful first experience changes the way you see yourself and the way you see the world.
震撼的第一次会改变你看待自己和世界的方式。
Going to Big sky changed the way that I saw the world, the way that I saw myself and what I wanted to do in the world.
前往大天空的旅途改变了我看待世界的方式、 我看待自己的方式和我想在这世上做些什么事。
Instead of waiting for my cycle of experiences to repeat themselves, doing the same things over and over,
我没有坐等我的人生循环一次又一次地上演, 一遍又一遍地做同样的事情,
I decided to go out into the world and collect powerful first experiences.
而是走向世界,积累震撼的第一次。
And a powerful first experience can be anything.
震撼的第一次可以是任何事。
It's all about intention.
你的意愿才是最重要的。
The most important part of a powerful first experience or a PFE, is intention.
震撼的第一次,或 PFE 最重要的部分就是意愿。
Anyone can have them.
任何人都可以拥有它们。
You don't have to have capital or have started an organization.
你不必拥有资本或开了一家公司。
You don't even have to be a G.
你甚至不需要是一个高手。
You just have to be thoughtful about two things.
你只需要深思熟虑两件事。
One, do something you haven't done but have always wanted to do.
第一,做你没做过,但一直想做的事。
And what's important here, no matter what you choose to do -- skydiving out of a plane, learning a new language,
关键是无论你选择要做什么事—— 极限跳伞、 学习一门新语言、
switching your wardrobe -- whatever you decide to do, has to have a certain level of risk in it for you.
把衣柜里的衣服都换掉,无论你想做什么, 都得对你来说有一定的风险。
It's about courage.
这关乎勇气。
The courage to get on a plane and go to a state where most people don't look like me in order to experience something as simple as making a snow angel.
踏上飞机的勇气,前往一个大家都和我长得不一样的地区的勇气,只是为了体验 做雪天使这么简单的事。
Second thing, switch up your environment, change the stimuli and please try to be bold.
第二,换一个环境,换一个让你感到刺激的东西,大胆去做吧。
So you may be a singer, but maybe you sing on a crowded train in New York City or in the beautiful streets of Venice, Italy.
也许你是个歌手,你可以在纽约拥挤的地铁上歌唱,也可以在意大利威尼斯美丽的街道上歌唱。
Imagine what the world would be like if we decided to share and exchange in more powerful first experiences.
想象一下这样的世界, 我们都愿意分享、交换 更多震撼的第一次。
Would we feel more loved?
我们会感到更友爱吗?
Would we feel more connected?
我们会感觉到更紧密的联系?
Would we feel more brave?
我们会感到更勇敢吗?
Most importantly, would we feel more human?
最重要的是,我们会感觉更有人情味吗?
Each and every one of us has so much to experience if we allow ourselves the gift of another powerful first experience.
我们每个人,都有那么多等待我们去尝试的经历,只要我们愿意给自己一个机会体验另一个震撼的第一次。
My only ask, if you decide to go to Montana for the first time, please don't forget your horse.