Ovo je u stvari moja dvosatna prezentacija za učenike srednje škole, sažeta u tri minute. A sve je počelo jednog dana u avionu, na putu ka TED-u, prije sedam godina. Do mene je sjedila učenica srednje škole, tinejdžerka, a poticala je iz jako siromašne porodice. Željela je da napravi nešto od svog života, i postavila mi je jednostavno pitanje. Rekla je: "Šta vodi ka uspjehu"? I zaista sam se osjećao loše, jer nisam imao dobar odgovor.
This is really a two-hour presentation I give to high school students, cut down to three minutes. And it all started one day on a plane, on my way to TED, seven years ago. And in the seat next to me was a high school student, a teenager, and she came from a really poor family. And she wanted to make something of her life, and she asked me a simple little question. She said, "What leads to success?" And I felt really badly, because I couldn't give her a good answer.
Nakon leta sam otišao na TED. Zaboga, pomislih, nalazim se usred sobe prepune uspješnim ljudima! Zašto da ih ne pitam šta im je pomoglo da uspiju, i onda to proslijedim djeci? I sad, nakon sedam godina i 500 intervjua, reći ću vam šta zaista vodi do uspjeha i šta pokreće TED-ovce.
So I get off the plane, and I come to TED. And I think, jeez, I'm in the middle of a room of successful people! So why don't I ask them what helped them succeed, and pass it on to kids? So here we are, seven years, 500 interviews later, and I'm going to tell you what really leads to success and makes TEDsters tick.
Prva stvar je strast. Freeman Thomas kaže: "Mene vodi moja strast". TED-ovci rade to iz ljubavi, a ne zbog novca.
And the first thing is passion. Freeman Thomas says, "I'm driven by my passion." TEDsters do it for love; they don't do it for money.
Carol Coletta kaže: "Platila bih nekome da radi ovo što ja radim". A ono što je zanimljivo: ako radite to iz ljubavi, novac će ionako doći.
Carol Coletta says, "I would pay someone to do what I do." And the interesting thing is: if you do it for love, the money comes anyway.
Rad! Eupert Murdoch mi je rekao: "Sve je u napornom radu. Ništa ne dolazi samo od sebe. Ali ja se puno zabavljam". Je li to on rekao da se zabavlja? Rupert? Da!
Work! Rupert Murdoch said to me, "It's all hard work. Nothing comes easily. But I have a lot of fun." Did he say fun? Rupert? Yes!
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TED-ovci se zaista zabavljaju dok rade. A rade naporno. Shvatio sam da oni nisu radoholičari. Oni su zabavoholičari.
TEDsters do have fun working. And they work hard. I figured, they're not workaholics. They're workafrolics.
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Biti dobar!
Good!
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Alex Garden kaže: "Da biste bili uspješni, posvetite se nečemu i postanite jako dobri u tome". Nema nikakve čarolije, samo praksa, praksa, praksa.
Alex Garden says, "To be successful, put your nose down in something and get damn good at it." There's no magic; it's practice, practice, practice.
I tu je fokus. Norman Jewison mi je rekao: "Mislim da sve to ima veze sa fokusiranjem na jednu stvar".
And it's focus. Norman Jewison said to me, "I think it all has to do with focusing yourself on one thing."
I trudi se! David Gallo kaže: "Trudi se. Fizički, mentalno, moraš se truditi, truditi, truditi." Moraš savladati stidljivost i nesigurnost.
And push! David Gallo says, "Push yourself. Physically, mentally, you've got to push, push, push." You've got to push through shyness and self-doubt.
Goldie Hawn kaže, "Uvijek sam bila nesigurna u sebe. Nisam bila dovoljno dobra, dovoljno pametna. Nisam mislila da ću uspjeti."
Goldie Hawn says, "I always had self-doubts. I wasn't good enough; I wasn't smart enough. I didn't think I'd make it."
Nije uvijek lako da sam sebe tjeraš, i zato su izumili majke.
Now it's not always easy to push yourself, and that's why they invented mothers.
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(Aplauz) Frank Gehry mi je rekao: "Moja majka me je tjerala".
(Applause) Frank Gehry said to me, "My mother pushed me."
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Služi! Sherwin Nuland kaže: "Služiti kao doktor je bila privilegija".
Serve! Sherwin Nuland says, "It was a privilege to serve as a doctor."
Mnoga djeca mi kažu da žele biti milioneri. Prvo što ću im reći: "OK, ne možeš služiti sebi. Moraš pružiti drugima nešto što ima vrijednost. Jer tako zapravo ljudi postaju bogati."
A lot of kids want to be millionaires. The first thing I say is: "OK, well you can't serve yourself; you've got to serve others something of value. Because that's the way people really get rich."
Ideje! TED-ovac Bill Gates kaže: "Imao sam ideju: osnovati prvu softversku kompaniju za mikrokompjutere". Rekao bih da je to jako dobra ideja. Nema tu neke čarolije u stvaranju kreativnih ideja. Samo je bitno raditi neke jednostavne stvari. A dajem puno dokaza.
Ideas! TEDster Bill Gates says, "I had an idea: founding the first micro-computer software company." I'd say it was a pretty good idea. And there's no magic to creativity in coming up with ideas -- it's just doing some very simple things. And I give lots of evidence.
Istraj! Joe Kraus kaže: "Istrajnost je najveći razlog našeg uspjeha". Moraš istrajati uprkos neuspjehu i preprekama. Što, naravno, uključuje kritike, odbijanje, kretene i pritisak.
Persist! Joe Kraus says, "Persistence is the number one reason for our success." You've got to persist through failure. You've got to persist through crap! Which of course means "Criticism, Rejection, Assholes and Pressure."
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Odgovor na ovo pitanje je jednostavan: Plati 4.000 dolara i dođi na TED.
So, the answer to this question is simple: Pay 4,000 bucks and come to TED.
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Ili ako u tome ne uspiješ, uradi ovih osam stvari, Vjerujte mi, ovih osam važnih stvari vodi do uspjeha.
Or failing that, do the eight things -- and trust me, these are the big eight things that lead to success.
Hvala vam TED-ovci na svim intervjuima!
Thank you TEDsters for all your interviews!
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