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.
Ovo je u stvari prezentacija od dva sata za učenike srednjih škola, sažeta u tri minute. Sve je počelo na jednom letu, na putu za TED konferenciju prije sedam godina. U avionu do mene sjedila je jedna srednjoškolka, tinejdžerica, koja je potekla iz vrlo siromašne obitelji. Htjela je nešto napraviti od svog života, pa me pitala vrlo jednostavno pitanje: "Što je potrebno za uspjeh?" U tom trenutku sam se osjećao poprilično loše jer nisam imao pravi odgovor na to pitanje.
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.
Kad sam došao na TED konferenciju, odjednom mi je sinulo – Hej! Pa ovdje sam okružen uspješnim ljudima! Zašto njih ne bih pitao što im je pomoglo da uspiju i onda to prenio klincima? I evo nas ovdje, sedam godina i 500 intervjua kasnije, i reći ću vam što stvarno vodi do uspjeha i što pokreće TED-ovce.
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.
Prva stvar je strast! Freeman Thomas kaže, "Mene pokreće strast." TED-ovci rade zbog ljubavi, ne zbog novaca.
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.
Carlo Colleta kaže, "Platila bih nekome da radim ono što radim." Što je najzanimljivije, ako radite posao zbog ljubavi, novac će ionako doći.
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!
Rad! Rupert Mudroch mi je rekao, "Sve je to težak posao. Ništa ne dolazi samo po sebi. Ali se pri tome dobro zabavljam." Jesam li dobro čuo - zabava? Rupert? Da!
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TED-ovci se dobro provode dok rade. A rade puno.
TEDsters do have fun working. And they work hard. I figured, they're not workaholics. They're workafrolics.
Zaključio sam oni nisu radoholičari. Oni su "zabavoholičari".
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Biti dobar! Alex Garden kaže, "Da bi bio uspješan u nečemu,
Good!
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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.
moraš se tome posvetiti i postati jako dobar u tome." Nema čarobnog štapića, sve je stvar vježbe, vježbe, vježbe. Usredotoči se. Norman Jewison mi je rekao,
And it's focus. Norman Jewison said to me, "I think it all has to do with focusing yourself on one thing."
"Mislim da je sve stvar usredotočenja na jednu stvar." Trudi se! David Gallo kaže, "Trudi se.
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.
Fizički, mentalno, moraš se truditi, truditi, truditi." Moraš prevladati sramežljivost i nesigurnost. Goldie Hawn kaže, "Uvijek sam bila nesigurna u sebe.
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."
Nisam mislila da sam dovoljno dobra, da sam dovoljno pametna. Nisam mislila da ću uspjeti."
Now it's not always easy to push yourself, and that's why they invented mothers.
Nije uvijek lako sam sebe gurati, ali zato su izmislili mame!
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(Applause) Frank Gehry said to me, "My mother pushed me."
Frank Gehry -- Frank Gehry mi je rekao, "Moja mama me gurala."
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Služi! Sherwin Nuland kaže, "Bila mi je privilegija služiti kao liječnik."
Serve! Sherwin Nuland says, "It was a privilege to serve as a doctor."
Mnogo klinaca mi kaže da bi željeli biti milijunaši.
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."
I prva stvar koju im kažem je: "U redu. No ne možeš raditi samo za sebe, treba drugima pružiti nešto, nešto što ima vrijednost. Jer to je pravi način na koji se ljudi zaista obogate."
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.
Ideje. TED-ovac Bill Gates kaže, "Imao sam ideju - osnovati prvu tvrtku, koja proizvodi software za mikro-računala." Rekao bih da je to poprilično dobra ideja." I nema neke velike čarolije u stvaranju dobrih ideja, treba samo raditi par jednostavnih stvari." I popratiti ih s puno primjera.
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."
Ustraj! Joe Kraus kaže: "Ustrajnost je osnova našeg uspjeha". Ustraj uprkos padovima i porazima. Moraš ustrajati! To uključuje i kritike, odbijanja, kretene i pritiske." ...
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Prema tome, odgovor na pitanje je jednostavan:
So, the answer to this question is simple: Pay 4,000 bucks and come to TED.
Plati 4000 dolara i dođi na TED.
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Ili ako ti to ne uspije, prakticiraj ovih osam stvari - i vjeruj mi,
Or failing that, do the eight things -- and trust me, these are the big eight things that lead to success.
ovo je osam ključnih stvari, koje dovode do uspjeha.
Thank you TEDsters for all your interviews!
Hvala TED-ovcima na svim njihovim savjetima!
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