Summary · 摘要
In this short London Real clip, Gabor Maté is asked who embodies success for him. His answer reframes success entirely: the people he finds most inspiring are not those who achieved the most external results, but those who honestly confronted their own inner struggles and turned that difficult work into something of value for the world. He draws on three very different examples — a spiritual teacher, a professional athlete, and a nineteenth-century scientist — to illustrate that the common thread is inward honesty combined with humble persistence.
在这段伦敦真实频道的短片中，加博尔·马泰被问及谁在他眼中代表成功。他的回答彻底重新定义了成功：让他最受启发的人，并非那些取得最多外部成就的人，而是那些诚实地直面自身内在挣扎、并将这一艰辛过程转化为对世界有价值之物的人。他借助三个截然不同的例子——一位灵性导师、一位职业运动员和一位十九世纪的科学家——说明其中的共同线索：向内的诚实加上谦逊的坚持。
Key points · 要点
[00:00:34] Maté defines the people who inspire him as those who have “struggled with their stuff” and produced something beneficial for the world from that struggle, rather than those who achieved purely external victories. 马泰将激励他的人定义为那些”与自身问题博弈”并从中为世界带来益处的人，而非仅仅取得外部胜利的人。
[00:01:04] He cites A. H. Almaas — a spiritual teacher he has met only once in person — as someone who has clearly done genuine psychological, emotional, and spiritual inner work and is willing to share those realizations with the world. 他举出灵性导师A·H·阿尔马斯为例，认为此人显然完成了真正的心理、情感与灵性内在工作，并愿意将这些领悟传授给世界。
[00:01:34] Rafael Nadal inspires Maté not because of his tennis titles but because of his humility in the face of losses and injuries, his refusal to compare his present self to his peak, and his willingness to accept who he is at any given moment. 拉法埃尔·纳达尔之所以激励马泰，不是因为网球冠军头衔，而是因为他面对失利和伤病时的谦逊、拒绝将现在的自己与巅峰时期相比较，以及坦然接纳当下自我的意愿。
[00:02:34] Charles Darwin worked on his theory of natural selection for twenty years before publishing it, not because he lacked confidence in his findings, but because he was not yet ready to face the storm of controversy his ideas would unleash — yet he eventually did publish. 查尔斯·达尔文在发表自然选择理论之前研究了二十年，并非因为对自己的发现缺乏信心，而是因为他尚未准备好面对随之而来的争议风暴——但他最终还是发表了。
[00:03:05] Maté contrasts his inspirations with people whose struggles are entirely external. He finds those people admirable in their own way, but he does not emulate them; his models are people who look inward. 马泰将自己的榜样与那些挣扎完全指向外部的人加以对比。他承认那些人也有其值得钦佩之处，但他不以其为效仿对象；他的模范是向内审视的人。
Selected quotes · 摘引
“The people that inspire me are people that have struggled with their stuff and brought something new out of it that benefits the world.” — 00:00:34
让他受到启发的人，是那些与自身困境博弈、并从中带出对世界有益的新事物的人。
“Maybe the old Nadal that always won the tournaments will never going to come back, but you just have to relate to who I am right at the present moment.” — 00:01:34
也许那个总是赢得冠军的老纳达尔再也不会回来了，但你只能与此刻的我建立关系，与我现在打球的方式建立关系。
“I find his honesty and his humility and his willingness to accept his own shortcomings. Um not giving up. But acceptance. I find that inspiring.” — 00:02:04
他的诚实、他的谦逊，以及他愿意接纳自身不足的态度——不是放弃，而是接纳——让我深感鼓舞。
“People that don’t struggle with themselves. Who who who struggle is all external. You know, um they can be inspiring, too. But they’re they’re they’re not the ones who I emulate.” — 00:03:05
那些不与自身博弈、把所有挣扎都指向外部的人，也可以是激励人心的，但他们不是我效仿的对象。
People & works · 人物与著作
Gabor Maté — speaker; Canadian physician and author specialising in trauma, addiction, and mind-body health. 加博尔·马泰 —— 主讲人；加拿大医生与作家，专研创伤、成瘾及身心健康。
A. H. Almaas — spiritual teacher cited by Maté as someone who has done genuine inner work and shares his psychological and spiritual realisations publicly. A·H·阿尔马斯 —— 灵性导师，被马泰列为完成了真正内在工作并公开传授其心理与灵性领悟的人。
Rafael Nadal — professional tennis player cited as an example of humility, acceptance of limitation, and present-moment orientation. 拉法埃尔·纳达尔 —— 职业网球运动员，被引为谦逊、接纳局限与活在当下的典范。
Charles Darwin — nineteenth-century naturalist who delayed publication of his theory of natural selection for twenty years out of caution, but ultimately shared his truth with the world. 查尔斯·达尔文 —— 十九世纪博物学家，出于审慎将自然选择理论推迟发表二十年，但最终还是将真相公之于世。
Source · 来源
- Original · 原始链接: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEPBvMi8usg
- Channel/Show · 频道/节目: London Real · published 2026-06-10