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.
Navikao sam da razmišljam o TED publici kao o divnoj zbirci jednih od najsposobnijih, najinteligentinijih, najintelektualnijih, najinformisanijih, najsvetovnijih i najinovativnijih ljudi na svetu. I mislim da je to istina. Međutim, imam razlog da verujem da dosta vas, ako ne i većina, u stvari pogrešno pokušava da veže pertle.
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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 sada to zvuči smešno. Znam da zvuči apsurdno. I verujete mi, i ja sam živeo isti tužan život do pre tri godine. Ono što se desilo meni jeste da sam kupio, za moj standard, vrlo skup par cipela. Ali te cipele su došle sa okruglim najlonskim pertlama, i nisam uspeo da ih održim zavezanim. Tako da sam se vratio u prodavnicu i rekao vlasniku: "Volim ove cipele, ali mrzim pertle." On ih je pogledao i rekao, "Pa vezujete ih pogrešno." Dakle, do tog trenutka, sa 50 godina, ja sam bio siguran da je jedna od životnih veština kojom sam stvarno ovladao bila vezivanje pertli.
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Ali nije bilo tako - dopustite mi da 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 na koji su mnogi od nas naučeni da vezuju pertle. Na kraju ispada -- hvala vam.
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Čekajte, ima još.
Wait, there's more. As it turns out --
Na kraju ispada da
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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.
postoji čvrst i slab oblik ovog čvora, i mi smo naučeni da vežemo slab. Ovako možete otkriti. Ako povučete deo pertle u osnovi čvora, videćete da se mašna orijentiše prema vertikalnoj osi cipele. To je slaba forma 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 nema brige. Ako počnemo ponovo i jednostavno odemo u drugom smeru oko mašne, dobijamo ovo, jaču formu čvora. I ako povučete niti ispod čvora, videćete da se mašna orijentiše prema poprečnoj osi cipele. To je črvšći čvor. Ređe će se odvezivati. Manje će vas razočarati. I ne samo to - izgleda bolje.
We're going to do this one more time.
Uradićemo ovo još jednom.
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Start as usual --
Počećemo uobičajno,
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otići drugom stranom 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 decu, ali siguran sam da vi možete da se snađete. Povucite čvor. I evo ga: čvrsta forma čvora na pertlama.
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 skladu sa današnjom temom, hteo bih da naglasim, i to je nešto što već znate, da ponekad mala prednost u nekom delu života može dati jake rezultate u nekom drugom.
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Živite dugo i napredujte.
Live long and prosper.
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