Why do so many people reach success and then fail? One of the big reasons is, we think success is a one-way street. So we do everything that leads up to success, but then we get there. We figure we've made it, we sit back in our comfort zone, and we actually stop doing everything that made us successful. And it doesn't take long to go downhill. And I can tell you this happens, because it happened to me.
Prečo tak veľa ľudí dosiahne úspech a potom zlyhá? Jedným z podstatných dôvodov je, že si myslíme, že úspech je jednosmerná ulica. A tak robíme všetko, čo nás vedie k úspechu. Ale potom sa tam dostaneme. A pomyslíme si, dokázali sme to, pohodlne sa usadíme a vlastne prestaneme robiť všetko, čo nás urobilo úspešnými. Netrvá dlho, kým sa pustíme dolu kopcom. A môžem Vám povedať, stáva sa to. Pretože sa mi to stalo.
Reaching success, I worked hard, I pushed myself. But then I stopped, because I figured, "Oh, you know, I made it. I can just sit back and relax."
Keď som sa snažil uspieť, ťažko som pracoval, tlačil som na seba. Ale potom som prestal, pretože si vravím: "No, veď viete, už som to dokázal. Môžem sa posadiť a odpočívať."
Reaching success, I always tried to improve and do good work. But then I stopped because I figured, "Hey, I'm good enough. I don't need to improve any more."
Keď som sa snažil uspieť, vždy som sa snažil zlepšiť sa a odviesť dobrú prácu. Ale potom som prestal, pretože si vravím: "Hej, už som dosť dobrý. Nepotrebujem sa ďalej zlepšovať."
Reaching success, I was pretty good at coming up with good ideas. Because I did all these simple things that led to ideas. But then I stopped, because I figured I was this hot-shot guy and I shouldn't have to work at ideas, they should just come like magic. And the only thing that came was creative block. I couldn't come up with any ideas.
Keď som sa snažil uspieť, vedel som prísť s fakt dobrými nápadmi. Pretože som robil všetky tieto jednoduché veci, ktoré viedli k nápadom. Ale potom som prestal. Pretože si vravím, že som predsa ten chlapík, čo vždy niečo vymyslí, a nemal by som pracovať na nápadoch. Oni by mali sami ku mne prísť ako zázrakom. A jediná vec, ktorá prišla, bolo blokovanie tvorivosti. Nemohol som prísť na žiadne nové nápady.
Reaching success, I always focused on clients and projects, and ignored the money. Then all this money started pouring in. And I got distracted by it. And suddenly I was on the phone to my stockbroker and my real estate agent, when I should have been talking to my clients.
Keď som sa snažil uspieť, vždy som sa sústredil na klientov a projekty a ignoroval som peniaze. Potom sa peniaze začali sypať. A odviedli moju pozornosť. Zrazu som telefonoval so svojím burzovým maklérom a realitným agentom, keď som sa mal rozprávať so svojimi klientmi.
And reaching success, I always did what I loved. But then I got into stuff that I didn't love, like management. I am the world's worst manager, but I figured I should be doing it, because I was, after all, the president of the company.
Keď som sa snažil uspieť, vždy som robil to, čo som miloval. Ale potom som sa dostal k veciam, ktoré som nemal rád, ako manažment. Som najhorší manažér na svete. Ale vravel som si, že je to moja práca. Pretože ja som bol predsa generálny riaditeľ spoločnosti.
Well, soon a black cloud formed over my head and here I was, outwardly very successful, but inwardly very depressed. But I'm a guy; I knew how to fix it. I bought a fast car. (Laughter) It didn't help. I was faster but just as depressed.
Nuž, čoskoro som mal nad hlavou čierny mrak a tam som stál, navonok veľmi úspešný, ale vo vnútri s depresiou. Ale ja som chlap, viem, ako to napraviť. Kúpil som si rýchle auto. (Smiech) Nepomohlo. Bol som rýchlejší, ale stále v rovnakej depresii.
So I went to my doctor. I said, "Doc, I can buy anything I want. But I'm not happy. I'm depressed. It's true what they say, and I didn't believe it until it happened to me. But money can't buy happiness." He said, "No. But it can buy Prozac." And he put me on anti-depressants. And yeah, the black cloud faded a little bit, but so did all the work, because I was just floating along. I couldn't care less if clients ever called. (Laughter)
A tak som šiel za mojím lekárom. Vravím mu: "Pán doktor, môžem si kúpiť, čo len chcem. Ale nie som šťastný. Mám depresiu. Čo hovoria, je pravda, a ja som tomu neveril, kým sa to nestalo aj mne. Za peniaze si šťastie nekúpite." Vraví mi: "Nie. Ale môžete si za ne kúpiť Prozac." A nasadil mi antidepresíva. A čierny mrak trochu vybledol. Ale to aj všetka práca. Pretože som sa len vznášal, vôbec ma nezaujímalo, či klienti zavolajú. (Smiech)
And clients didn't call. (Laughter) Because they could see I was no longer serving them, I was only serving myself. So they took their money and their projects to others who would serve them better.
A klienti nezavolali. (Smiech) Pretože videli, že už neslúžim im, že slúžim už len sebe. A tak vzali svoje peniaze a projekty k iným, ktorí im budú slúžili lepšie.
Well, it didn't take long for business to drop like a rock. My partner and I, Thom, we had to let all our employees go. It was down to just the two of us, and we were about to go under. And that was great. Because with no employees, there was nobody for me to manage.
Nuž, netrvalo dlho a obchod spadol na dno ako skala. Môj partner,Thom, a ja sme museli prepustiť všetkým zamestnancov. Zostali sme len dvaja a aj my sme sa chystali ísť ku dnu. A to bolo skvelé. Pretože bez zamestnancov tam nebol nikto, komu by som šéfoval.
So I went back to doing the projects I loved. I had fun again, I worked harder and, to cut a long story short, did all the things that took me back up to success. But it wasn't a quick trip. It took seven years.
A tak som sa vrátil k projektom, ktoré som miloval. A znovu som sa bavil. Pracoval som ešte ťažšie. A aby som to skrátil: robil som všetky tie veci, ktoré ma priviedli naspäť k úspechu. Ale nebola to rýchla jazda. Trvalo to sedem rokov.
But in the end, business grew bigger than ever. And when I went back to following these eight principles, the black cloud over my head disappeared altogether. And I woke up one day and I said, "I don't need Prozac anymore." And I threw it away and haven't needed it since.
A na konci, biznis bol väčší ako kedykoľvek predtým. Keď som sa vrátil k dodržiavaniu týchto ôsmich princípov, čierny mrak nad mojou hlavou úplne zmizol. A jedno ráno som sa zobudil a povedal som si: "Už nepotrebujem Prozac." Zahodil som ho a odvtedy som ho nepotreboval.
I learned that success isn't a one-way street. It doesn't look like this; it really looks more like this. It's a continuous journey. And if we want to avoid "success-to-failure-syndrome," we just keep following these eight principles, because that is not only how we achieve success, it's how we sustain it. So here is to your continued success. Thank you very much. (Applause)
Naučil som sa, že úspech nie je jednosmerka. Nevyzerá takto. V skutočnosti to vyzerá viac takto. Je to nekončiaca cesta. A ak sa chceme vyhnúť "syndrómu od úspechu k zlyhaniu", musíme len naďalej dodržiavať týchto osem princípov. Pretože tak úspech nielen dosiahneme, ale si ho aj udržíme. Takže, na Váš pokračujúci úspech. Ďakujem veľmi pekne. (Potlesk)