I'm used to thinking of the TED audience as a wonderful collection of some of the most effective, intelligent, intellectual, savvy, worldly and innovative people in the world. And I think that's true. However, I also have reason to believe that many, if not most, of you are actually tying your shoes incorrectly.
Naučen sam da mislim o TED publici kao prekrasnoj zbirci najučinkovitijih, inteligentnih, intelektualnih, razumnih, svjetskih i inovativnih ljudi na svijetu. I mislim kako je to istina. Kakogod, isto tako imam razlog vjerovati da mnogi, ako ne i većina vas neispravno veže svoje cipele.
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Now I know that seems ludicrous. I know that seems ludicrous. And believe me, I lived the same sad life until about three years ago. And what happened to me was I bought, what was for me, a very expensive pair of shoes. But those shoes came with round nylon laces, and I couldn't keep them tied. So I went back to the store and said to the owner, "I love the shoes, but I hate the laces." He took a look and said, "Oh, you're tying them wrong." Now up until that moment, I would have thought that, by age 50, one of the life skills that I had really nailed was tying my shoes.
Znam da vam se to čini smiješnim. Znam da se to čini smiješno. I vjerujte mi, ja sam živio isti tužan život sve do prije tri godine. A ono što mi se dogodilo je da sam kupio, za mene, jako skup par cipela. I te cipele su došle u paketu s okruglim vezicama od najlona, i nisam ih mogao zadržati zavezanima. Stoga sam otišao natrag do trgovine i rekao sam vlasniku, "volim cipele, ali mrzim vezice." Pogledao je i rekao, "O, ne vežete ih ispravno." Dakle, sve do tog trenutka, pomislio bih kako je, do 50. godine, jedna od vještina koju sam uistinu savladao bila vezanje cipela.
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Ali čini se da nije tako -- dopustite da vam demonstriram.
But not so -- let me demonstrate.
This is the way that most of us were taught to tie our shoes. Now as it turns out -- thank you.
Ovo je način koji je većina nas naučila za vezanje cipela. Sada, ispostavlja se -- hvala vam.
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Čekajte, ima još.
Wait, there's more. As it turns out --
Ispostavlja se,
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there's a strong form and a weak form of this knot, and we were taught the weak form. And here's how to tell. If you pull the strands at the base of the knot, you will see that the bow will orient itself down the long axis of the shoe. That's the weak form of the knot.
kako postoji snažan oblik i slab oblik ovog čvora, a mi smo naučeni da vežemo slab oblik. A ovako to možete saznati. Ako povučete krajeve na podnožju čvora, vidjet ćete kako će se luk orijentirati prema dugačkoj osi cipele. To je slab oblik čvora.
But not to worry. If we start over and simply go the other direction around the bow, we get this, the strong form of the knot. And if you pull the cords under the knot, you will see that the bow orients itself along the transverse axis of the shoe. This is a stronger knot. It will come untied less often. It will let you down less, and not only that, it looks better.
Ali ne brinite. Ako počnemo ispočetka i jednostavno odemo u drugom smjeru oko luka, dobijemo ovo, snažan oblik čvora. I ako povučete vrpce ispod čvora, vidjet ćete kako se luk orijentira uzduž poprečne osi cipele. Ovo je snažniji čvor. Rjeđe će se razvezati. Rjeđe će vas ostaviti na cjedilu. I ne samo to, izgleda bolje.
We're going to do this one more time.
Napravit ćemo ovo još jednom.
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Start as usual --
Počnite normalno,
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idite u suprotnom smjeru oko petlje.
go the other way around the loop. This is a little hard for children, but I think you can handle it. Pull the knot. There it is: the strong form of the shoe knot.
Ovo je malo teže za djecu, ali mislim kako vi to možete savladati. Povucite čvor. Evo ga: snažan oblik čvora za cipele.
Now, in keeping with today's theme, I'd like to point out -- something you already know -- that sometimes a small advantage someplace in life can yield tremendous results someplace else.
Sada, u duhu današnje teme, volio bih naglasiti -- nešto što već znate -- kako nekad malen napredak negdje u životu može polučiti ogormne rezultate negdje drugdje.
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Živite dugo i uspješno.
Live long and prosper.
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