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蘋果出櫃了！
I’m
proud to be gay (businessweek)
Throughout my professional life, I’ve tried
to maintain a basic level of privacy. I come from humble roots, and I don’t
seek to draw attention to myself. Apple is already one of the most closely
watched companies in the world, and I like keeping the focus on our products
and the incredible things our customers achieve with them.
At the same time, I believe deeply in the
words of Dr. Martin Luther King, who said: “Life’s most persistent and urgent
question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’ ” I often challenge myself with
that question, and I’ve come to realize that my desire for personal privacy has
been holding me back from doing something more important. That’s what has led
me to today.
For years, I’ve been open with many people
about my sexual orientation. Plenty of colleagues at Apple know I’m gay, and it
doesn’t seem to make a difference in the way they treat me. Of course, I’ve had
the good fortune to work at a company that loves creativity and innovation and
knows it can only flourish when you embrace people’s differences. Not everyone
is so lucky.
While I have never denied my sexuality, I
haven’t publicly acknowledged it either, until now. So let me be clear: I’m
proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has
given me.
Being gay has given me a deeper
understanding of what it means to be in the minority and provided a window into
the challenges that people in other minority groups deal with every day. It’s made
me more empathetic, which has led to a richer life. It’s been tough and
uncomfortable at times, but it has given me the confidence to be myself, to
follow my own path, and to rise above adversity and bigotry. It’s also given me
the skin of a rhinoceros, which comes in handy when you’re the CEO of Apple.
The world has changed so much since I was a
kid. America is moving toward marriage equality, and the public figures who
have bravely come out have helped change perceptions and made our culture more
tolerant. Still, there are laws on the books in a majority of states that allow
employers to fire people based solely on their sexual orientation. There are
many places where landlords can evict tenants for being gay, or where we can be
barred from visiting sick partners and sharing in their legacies. Countless
people, particularly kids, face fear and abuse every day because of their
sexual orientation.
I don’t consider myself an activist, but I
realize how much I’ve benefited from the sacrifice of others. So if hearing
that the CEO of Apple is gay can help someone struggling to come to terms with
who he or she is, or bring comfort to anyone who feels alone, or inspire people
to insist on their equality, then it’s worth the trade-off with my own privacy.
Questions:
What do you think about that the CEO of
apple is gay?
What ago you think about the discrimination
of gay and lesbian in workplaces?
Is sexual orientation important in
workplace?
Should celebrities be more protected from
the media?
Do you support same-sex marriage? Do you
support gay rights?
How to accept that you are gay? How to
accept that you’re friend who is gay?
How to admit to your parents you're gay
What are the types of job discrimination in
the workplaces?
旅行重新打造自己
10
Ways Travel Will Change Your Life For The Better (thoughtcatalog
By Matthew Kepnes)
You become more social
It’s sink or swim on the road. You either
get better at making friends or you end up alone. You learn to make friends out
of strangers and get more comfortable approaching new people. You get better at
the small talk. When I first started traveling, I was an introvert and
uncomfortable talking to strangers. Now, I find myself able to talk to people
like we’ve known each other for years.
You get more adventurous
When you become confident in your ability
to do anything, you do everything. Skydive. Jump off cliffs. Conquer your fear
of heights. Eat bugs. Whatever. You got this. It’s all part of the journey and
the more you put yourself in uncomfortable situations, the less uncomfortable
they become. Soon, it’s all par for the course.
You learn to read people
When you don’t know the language,
non-verbal communication becomes even more essential to reading people and
situations. Being able to read body language can tell you a lot about your
surroundings and keep you away from bad situations. You learn how to
communicate with people using non-verbal skills (I once had to do “choo choo”
to get to the train station). Traveling to places that don’t speak your
language helps your ability to understand body language.
Travel broadens your horizons
As Mary Anne Radmacher said, “I am not the
same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” Once you
travel and experience other cultures, your perception of the world changes. It
teaches you about the commonality people around the world share. You’ll learn
that we are not so different after all.
You’ll learn to make it anywhere
If you can handle traveling in foreign
countries or living in a new place, you can do anything. After I moved to
Bangkok without knowing a soul and left having established an everyday life
there, I knew I could repeat that process anywhere and I had no reason to be worried
about going to unknown places.
It will make you more employable
You’ve traveled the world alone, handled
awkward situations, and dealt with a lot of different kinds of people. In
short, you learned a lot of soft people skills that can’t be taught in school.
This ability to work well with others and navigate different situations can
give you a real edge in job interviews.
It will give you friends around the
world
After years of traveling the world, there
are few places I can go where I don’t know someone. During your own travels
you’ll make friends and always have a place to stay and a friend to show you
around.
Questions:
Can travelling change our life for the
better? Benefits of traveling?
What are the ways to broadens our horizons
Is travelling good for depression?
Tips to help relieve depression and
heartache?
What are the best places to visit in Taiwan/around
the world?
How traveling/backpacking can boost our
social skills
How to become a more social person?
What are the career skills that travel will
improve?
庫克的短短一句話，瞬間震撼全球。
Apple 執行長提姆庫克（Tim Cook）出櫃了！
根據 Bloomberg Businessweek 稍早的新聞披露，庫克自述「So let me be clear: I’m proud to be gay,
and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me.」（所以讓我講清楚，我很驕傲是個同性戀，而且我認為作為一個同性戀是上帝賜給我最偉大的禮物）。驚天一句，讓這位過去一直以來傳言是同性戀的執行長，終於真相大白。
庫克坦言，過去對於同性戀的身份，一直以來雖然不曾否認，但也沒有正面承認。蘋果內部已經有大量員工都知道他是同性戀的身份，但也不會因為這樣就對他另眼相看。
他補充道，公開隱私對他來說並不簡單，自己也不是個活躍份子，但當他知道如果「Apple
執行長公開是同性戀」這件事情，可以幫助許多正在掙扎的人，讓孤單的人感到力量，可以激勵人捍衛平等，就算犧牲隱私，這樣就是有價值的了。
附帶一提，羅馬天主教教宗方濟各提案的挺同志決議，包括對同志更友善等敏感議題，才遭到教廷投票後予以否決。
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