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.
Šī patiesībā ir divu stundu prezentācija, ko pasniedzu vidusskolēniem, saīsināta līdz trim minūtēm. Tas viss sākās kādudien lidmašīnā, kad devos uz TED pirms septiņiem gadiem. Man blakus sēdēja vidusskolniece, pusaudze, un viņa nāca no ļoti nabadzīgas ģimenes. Viņa gribēja dzīvē kaut ko sasniegt un uzdeva man ļoti vienkāršu jautājumu. Viņa jautāja: „Kas noved pie panākumiem?” Es sajutos ļoti slikti, jo nespēju viņai sniegt labu atbildi.
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.
Es izkāpju no lidmašīnas un ierodos TED, un nodomāju, jēziņ, es taču esmu telpā, kas pilna ar veiksmīgiem cilvēkiem! Kāpēc gan nepajautāt, kas palīdzēja gūt panākumus viņiem un nenodot to tālāk bērniem? Te nu mēs esam, septiņus gadus, 500 intervijas vēlāk, un es tūlīt pateikšu, kas patiešām noved pie panākumiem, un dzen uz priekšu TEDerus.
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.
Pirmais ir aizrautība. Frīmens Tomass teica: „Mani dzen uz priekšu aizrautība.” TEDeri dara to prieka, nevis naudas dēļ.
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.
Kerola Koleta saka: „Es otram maksātu, lai viņš darītu to, ko daru es.” Interesanti ir tas, ka darot to prieka pēc, nauda nāk pati pa sevi.
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!
Darbs! Ruperts Mēdoks man teica: „Tas viss ir smags darbs. Nekas nenāk viegli, taču man vismaz iet ļoti jautri.” Vai viņš teica „jautri”? Ruperts? Jā!
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TEDsters do have fun working. And they work hard. I figured, they're not workaholics. They're workafrolics.
TEDeri tiešām izbauda strādāšanu, un viņi arī strādā uzcītīgi. Es sapratu, viņi nav darbaholiķi. Viņi ir darbamīļi.
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Good!
Labs!
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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.
Alekss Gārdens saka: „Lai gūtu panākumus, ierocieties kaut kur, un kļūstiet tajā sasodīti labs.” Brīnumi nenotiek, tas viss ir treniņš, treniņš, treniņš.
And it's focus. Norman Jewison said to me, "I think it all has to do with focusing yourself on one thing."
Un koncentrēšanās. Normens Džuisons man teica: „Manuprāt, visa pamatā ir koncentrēšanās uz vienu lietu.”
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.
Un piespied sevi! Deivids Galo saka: „Piespied sevi. Fiziski un garīgi, tev ir sevi jāpiespiež, jāpiespiež.” Tev jātiek galā ar kautrību un šaubām par sevi.
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."
Goldijs Hauns saka: „Es vienmēr šaubījos par sevi. Es nebiju gana labs, es nebiju gana gudrs. Es nedomāju, ka man izdosies.”
Now it's not always easy to push yourself, and that's why they invented mothers.
Ne vienmēr ir viegli sevi piespiest ko izdarīt, un tādēļ ir izgudrota tāda lieta kā mātes.
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(Applause) Frank Gehry said to me, "My mother pushed me."
Frenks Gerijs man teica: „Mani piespieda māte.”
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Serve! Sherwin Nuland says, "It was a privilege to serve as a doctor."
Kalpojiet! Šervins Nūlands saka: „Man ir bijis tas gods kalpot kā ārstam.”
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."
Daudzi bērni grib būt miljonāri. Pirmais, ko viņiem saku ir: „Labi, bet tu nevari kalpot sev, tev jākalpo citiem, sniedzot kaut ko vērtīgu, jo tieši tā cilvēki kļūst bagāti.”
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.
Idejas! TEDers Bils Geitss saka: „Man bija doma: nodibināt pirmo mikrodatoru programmatūras kompāniju.” Jāsaka, tā bija diezgan laba doma. Radošums un ideju radīšana nav nekāda burvju māksla, tā ir ļoti vienkāršu lietu darīšana. Es minu daudzus piemērus.
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."
Neatlaidieties! Džo Krauss saka: „Neatlaidība ir galvenais mūsu panākumu iemesls.” Jums jābūt neatlaidīgam par spīti neveiksmēm, neskatoties ne uz ko, kas, protams, nozīmē ignorēt kritiku, atraidījumu, kretīnus un spiedienu.
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So, the answer to this question is simple: Pay 4,000 bucks and come to TED.
Tāpēc atbilde uz šo jautājumu ir vienkārša: Samaksājiet 4 000 zaļos un nāciet uz TED.
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Or failing that, do the eight things -- and trust me, these are the big eight things that lead to success.
Vai, ja nē, dariet šīs 8 lietas, un ticiet man, šīs ir tās lielās astoņas lietas, kas noved pie panākumiem.
Thank you TEDsters for all your interviews!
Paldies jums, TEDeri, par jūsu intervijām!
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