Ric Elias:
HE is the CEO of Red Ventures,
a marketing services company that grew out of Elias' long experience in business.

2009年一月,當(dāng)機(jī)號(hào)1549 飛機(jī)迫降紐約哈德遜河,Ric Elias 正坐在第一排。在墜機(jī)的當(dāng)下,他的心中在想什么? 在 TED,他第一次在公開(kāi)場(chǎng)合說(shuō)出他的故事。

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George Washington Bridge
Now I want to share with you three things I learned about myself that day. I learned that it all changes in an instant. We have this bucket list, we have these things we want to do in life, and I thought about all the people I wanted to reach out to that I didn't, all the fences I wanted to mend, all the experiences I wanted to have and I never did. As I thought about that later on, I came up with a saying, which is, "I collect bad wines." Because if the wine is ready and the person is there, I'm opening it. I no longer want to postpone anything in life. And that urgency, that purpose, has really changed my life. The second thing I learned that day -- and this is as we clear the George Washington Bridge, which was by not a lot -- I thought about, wow, I really feel one real regret. I've lived a good life. In my own humanity and mistakes, I've tried to get better at everything I tried. But in my humanity, I also allow my ego to get in. And I regretted the time I wasted on things that did not matter with people that matter. And I thought about my relationship with my wife, with my friends, with people. And after, as I reflected on that, I decided to eliminate negative energy from my life. It's not perfect, but it's a lot better. I've not had a fight with my wife in two years. It feels great. I no longer try to be right; I choose to be happy.
現(xiàn)在我想和你分享那天我所學(xué)到的三件事 瞬間內(nèi)一切改變了 我們的人生目標(biāo)清單 那些我們想做的事 所有那些我想連絡(luò)卻沒(méi)有連絡(luò)的??人 那些我應(yīng)該修補(bǔ)的圍墻,人際關(guān)系 所有我想要經(jīng)歷卻沒(méi)有經(jīng)歷的事 之后我回想那些事 我想到一個(gè)說(shuō)法 那就是“我收藏的酒都很差” 因?yàn)槿绻埔殉墒?,?duì)象也有,我早就把酒打開(kāi)了 我不想再把任何事延后 這種急迫的目的性 改變了我的生命 我所學(xué)到的第二件事是 正當(dāng)我們通過(guò)喬治華盛頓大橋 那也沒(méi)過(guò)多久 我想,哇 我只有一件真正后悔的事 雖然我犯了些錯(cuò) 但我的生命其實(shí)不錯(cuò) 我試著把每件事做得更好 但因?yàn)槿诵?我難免有些自我中心 我后悔竟然花了許多時(shí)間 和生命中重要的人 討論那些不重要的事 我想到我和妻子,和朋友 和人們的關(guān)系 之后,我回想這件事 我決定除掉我人生中的負(fù)面情緒 還沒(méi)完全做到,但好多了 過(guò)去兩年我從未和妻子吵架 感覺(jué)很好 我不再嘗試爭(zhēng)論對(duì)錯(cuò) 我選擇快樂(lè)