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.
Sa totoo lang, ito ay dalawang oras na pagtalakay na binibigay ko sa mga mag-aaral ng high school na pinaikli sa tatlong minuto. Nagsimula ito isang araw sa eroplano habang papunta ako sa TED pitong taon na ang nakakalipas. At sa upuang katabi ko ay isang mag-aaral ng high school, isang dalaga, na nanggaling sa isang mahirap na pamilya. At gusto niyang gumawa ng mahalaga ang buhay nya kaya tinanong niya ako. Wika niya, "Anu-ano ang magdadala sa tagumpay?" Sumama ang loob ko, dahil wala akong maibigay na makabuluhang sagot sa kanya.
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.
Kaya nang makalapag ang eroplano, at makarating ako sa TED Naisip ko, grabe, napalilibutan ako ng mga matagumpay na tao! Paano kung itanong ko na lang kung anu-ano ang nagtulak sa kanila upang magtagumpay, at maibahagi ko sa mga bata? Kaya andito tayo, makalipas ang pitong taon, at limang daang pakikipanayam, sasabihin ko na sa inyo kung paano talaga magtagumpay at kung anong meron ang mga TED-sters.
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.
Ang pinaka-una ay ang silakbo ng damdamin. Sabi ni Freeman Thomas, "Mahal ko ang ginagawa ko." Mahal ng mga TED-ster ang ginagawa nila, at hindi lang dahil sa pera.
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.
Wika nga ni Carol Coletta, "Kahit pa magbayad ako upang gawin ang ginagawa ko ngayon." At ang maganda doon, kapag mahal mo ang ginagawa mo, susunod din naman ang pera.
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!
Pagsisikap! Sabi ni Rupert Murdoch sa akin, "Nasa pagsisikap yan. Walang madali sa buhay. Pero masaya naman ako." "Masaya" ba ang sinabi ni Rupert? Oo!
(Laughter)
Masaya ang mga TED-sters sa kanilang pagsisikap. At nagtratrabaho sila ng maigi.
TEDsters do have fun working. And they work hard. I figured, they're not workaholics. They're workafrolics.
Sa tingin ko, hindi naman sila workaholics. Sila ay workafrolics.
(Laughter)
Kahusayan! Sabi ni Alex Garden, "Para magtagumpay, pumili ka ng pagkakaabalahan
Good!
(Applause)
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.
at paghusayan mo." Walang salamangka, praktis, praktis, at praktis lang yan. At ang pagtuon ng pansin. Wika ni Norman Jewison sa akin,
And it's focus. Norman Jewison said to me, "I think it all has to do with focusing yourself on one thing."
"Palagay ko, ang pinakamahalaga ay ang pagtutok ng sarili sa iisang bagay" At paghamon! Ayon kay David Gallo, "Hamunin ang sarili.
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.
sa gawa, sa isip, hamunin mo ng lubos." Lagpasan mo ang pagkamahiyain at pagdududa sa sarili. Sabi ni Goldie Hawn, "Noon lagi akong may pagdududa sa sarili.
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."
Di sapat ang galing ko, di sapat ang talino ko. Hindi ko naisip na magagawa ko."
Now it's not always easy to push yourself, and that's why they invented mothers.
Gayunman, hindi madaling hamunin ang sarili, kaya nandiyan ang mga nanay. (Tawanan)
(Laughter)
(Applause) Frank Gehry said to me, "My mother pushed me."
Frank Gehry -- Sabi ni Frank Gehry sa akin, "Ang nanay ko ang nagtulak sa akin."
(Laughter)
Magsilbi! Sabi ni Sherwin Nuland, "Isang karangalan ang magsilbi bilang doktor."
Serve! Sherwin Nuland says, "It was a privilege to serve as a doctor."
Gayunman, maraming bata ang nagsasabi sa akin na gusto nilang maging milyonaryo.
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."
At ang una kong sinasabi sa kanila ay, "OK, ngunit hindi naman maaring pagsilbihan ang sarili, kaya't marapat lang na magbigay ng pagpapahalaga sa iba. Dahil iyon ang tunay na yaman."
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.
Ideya. Sabi ni TED-ster Bill Gates, "May naisip akong ideya -- na simulan ang pinaka-unang kumpanya ng micro-computer software." Masasabi kong napakaganda ng ideyang iyon. At walang salamangka sa paglikha ng mga ideya, Kinakailangan lang na gumawa ng mga madadaling bagay. At marami akong binibigay na halimbawa.
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."
Magtiyaga. Sabi ni Joe Kraus, "Pagtitiyaga ang pangunahing dahilan ng aming tagumpay." Magtiyaga ka kahit mabigo man. Magtiyaga ka, kahit ito ay CRAP(basura)! na ang ibig sabihin ay "Criticism (panlalait), Rejection (pagtakwil), Assholes (mga gago), at Pressure (sapilitan)." (Tawanan)
(Laughter)
Kung kaya, ang malaking sagot sa ating tanong ay simple lang:
So, the answer to this question is simple: Pay 4,000 bucks and come to TED.
Magbayad ka ng apat na libong dolyar at dumalo sa TED.
(Laughter)
Kung hindi man, gawin mo ang walong ito -- at maniwala ka sa akin,
Or failing that, do the eight things -- and trust me, these are the big eight things that lead to success.
ito ang walong malalaking bagay na magdadala ng tagumpay.
Thank you TEDsters for all your interviews!
Salamat mga TED-ster sa lahat ng pakikipanayam!
(Applause)