Write your story, change history - Brad Meltzer

Transcriber: Andrea McDonough Reviewer: Bedirhan Cinar

Translator: Ade Indarta Reviewer: Made Pramana

You know what the greatest secret of history is?

Tahukah kamu rahasia terbesar sejarah?

It's that history can be changed.

Bahwa sejarah itu dapat diubah.

And, yeah, yeah, I know,

Ya, aku tahu,

everyone says history can't be changed,

semua bilang sejarah tak bisa diubah,

but it can.

tapi ia bisa.

And today we're going to talk about

Hari ini kita akan bicara

how history isn't just something that goes backwards,

bagaimana sejarah tidak hanya mundur ke belakang,

history goes forward too.

sejarah juga bergerak maju.

And all those great things that haven't happened yet,

Hal-hal besar yang belum terjadi,

that's history that's just waiting to be written.

itulah sejarah yang menanti untuk ditulis.

So how do you change history?

Bagaimana kamu mengubah sejarah?

I'm going to tell you by sharing with you

Aku akan berbagi dengan kalian

the three things that I tell my kids every night

tiga hal yang kusampaikan pada anak-anakku setiap malam

when I tuck them into bed.

menjelang mereka tidur.

It's true.

Aku mencuri gagasan temanku

I stole the idea from a friend of mine

who told me what his father used to share with him.

yang disampaikan ayahnya.

Every single night, when I tuck my kids into bed,

Setiap malam, aku menyampaikan tiga hal berikut:

I tell them these three things:

dream big,

bermimpilah besar,

work hard,

bekerja keraslah,

and stay humble.

dan tetaplah rendah hati.

So let's look at them all.

Pertama, bermimpilah besar.

First, dream big.

You know who has the biggest, best dreams of all?

Siapa yang punya mimpi terbesar dan terhebat?

Itulah kalian, anak-anak muda.

You, young people.

Kau tahu berapa usia Martin Luther King. Jr

You know how old Martin Luther King, Jr. was

when he became the leader

saat memimpin aksi boikot bus terkenal dalam sejarah?

of the most famous bus boycott in history?

He was 26.

Usianya 26 tahun.

You know how old Amelia Earhart was

Kau tahu berapa usia Amelia Earhart saat memecahkan rekor dunia pertamanya?

when she broke her first world record?

25 tahun.

25

You know how old Steve Jobs was

Tahukah kalian berapa usia Steve Jobs saat ikut mendirikan Apple Computer?

when he co-founded Apple Computer?

21

21 tahun.

And you know how old Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster were

Kau tahu usia Jerry Siegel dan Joe Shuster

when they came up with their idea for the greatest superhero of all time,

saat mereka menghadirkan gagasan superhero terbesar sepanjang masa,

the first one, that they named "Superman"?

superhero pertama, yang mereka namai "Superman"?

These guys were 17 years old!

Mereka baru berusia 17 tahun!

Two 17-year-old kids created Superman.

Dua bocah 17 tahun menciptakan Superman.

Mereka tak begitu ganteng.

They weren't good looking.

(Look at the picture, right?)

Lihat fotonya

They weren't popular.

Mereka tidak populer.

They had no money,

Mereka tidak punya uang,

but they were two best friends with one dream.

tapi mereka adalah dua sahabat dengan satu mimpi.

And with just their imaginations,

Hanya dengan imajinasi mereka, mereka menghadirkan Superman kepada dunia.

they gave the world Superman.

And I know, creating Superman is a once-in-a-lifetime big dream,

Aku tahu membuat Superman itu mimpi besar dan terjadi sekali dalam hidup,

so I want to tell you about Alexandra Scott.

jadi aku ingin bercerita tentang Alexandra Scott.

She goes by Alex.

Panggilannya Alex.

Alex was diagnosed with cancer

Alex didiagnosis menderita kanker

before she was even a year old,

sebelum usianya satu tahun,

and that was the only life she knew:

dan hanya itu kehidupan yang dia tahu:

sickness, chemotherapy, and surgery.

sakit, kemoterapi, dan operasi.

Saat usianya empat tahun, Alex meminta izin orangtuanya

When she was four, Alex asked her parents

could she put a lemonade stand in the front yard?

untuk menjual limun di halaman depan.

Dia tidak ingin membeli apa pun untuk dirinya sendiri,

She didn't want to buy anything for herself,

she wanted to use the money

to give it to doctors to help other kids with cancer.

dia ingin memberikannya kepada dokter

untuk menolong anak-anak penderita kanker lainnya.

OK, in a single day, Alex's lemonade stand raised $2,000!

Dalam sehari, stan limun Alex berhasil mengumpulkan 2.000 dolar!

Tapi, ini yang kusuka:

But, here's what I love:

soon after that, other lemonade stands started popping up,

Tak lama kemudian, stan-stan limun lain mulai bermunculan

all with Alex's name on it.

semua memakai nama Alex.

Eventually, they raised $200,000.

Pada akhirnya, mereka mengumpulkan $200.000.

Kemudian Alex memiliki target lain.

And then Alex had a new goal.

She said let's raise $1,000,000.

Dia bilang, mari kumpulkan 1.000.000 dolar.

On June 12, 2004,

Pada 12 Juni 2004,

hundreds of lemonade stands started opening up

ratusan stan limun mulai bermunculan

in every state in the country.

di setiap kota.

Orang-orang biasa menjual air, gula, dan lemon

Ordinary people selling water and sugar and lemons

to help kids with cancer.

untuk menolong anak-anak penderita kanker.

Nearly two months later,

Hampir dua bulan kemudian, Alex meninggal saat orangtuanya memegang tangannya.

Alex died while her parents were holding her hands.

She was 8 years old.

Usianya 8 tahun.

But before she died, Alex said that next year's goal

Sebelum meninggal, Alex berpesan target tahun depan yaitu 5.000.000 dolar.

should be $5,000,000.

Today, her dream has raised over $45,000,000

Hari ini, mimpinya telah mengumpulkan lebih dari 45.000.000 dolar

dan masih terus bertambah!

and it is still going strong!

One idea, one girl, one big dream.

Satu gagasan, satu anak, satu mimpi besar.

And you know what she said?

Dan tahukah kalian apa yang dikatakannya?

This is a direct quote before she died.

She said, "Oh, we can do it!

Dia bilang, "Oh, kita pasti bisa!

If other people will help me, I think we can do it.

Kalau orang lain mau membantuku, menurutku kita bisa.

I know we can do it!"

Aku tahu kita pasti bisa!"

You dream big,

Bermimpilah besar,

I don't care how old you are,

tak peduli berapa umurmu,

and don't let anyone tell you otherwise,

dan jangan dengarkan orang lain berkata sebaliknya,

you will change history.

kamu pasti bisa mengubah sejarah.

And that leads me to the second thing I tell my kids:

Hal kedua yang kukatakan:

work hard.

bekerja keraslah.

Such a simple one, everyone knows this one.

Pesan sederhana, semua orang tahu. Bekerja keraslah

Work hard.

I saw this one for my father

Aku mencontoh ayahku.

and my father died a few months ago.

Ayahku meninggal beberapa bulan lalu.

Saat aku tumbuh besar di Brooklyn,

When I was growing up in Brooklyn,

ok, my father, he worked hard.

ayahku pekerja keras.

He had no money, we had, no money growing up.

Dia tak punya uang. Kami tak punya uang saat itu.

He worked every Saturday, every Sunday.

Dia bekerja Sabtu dan Minggu.

I watched first-hand every weekend what hard work was.

Aku melihat langsung kerja kerasnya di akhir pekan.

And I saw that the hardest work of all

Dan aku sadar bahwa yang paling berat adalah

is being resilient when you're facing failure.

bersikap tahan banting saat kamu menghadapi kegagalan.

When I started writing my first book,

Saat aku menulis buku pertamaku,

my first book got me 24 rejection letters.

buku pertamaku mendapat 24 surat penolakan.

Sebenarnya, hanya ada 20 penerbit,

To be clear, there are only 20 publishers,

I got 24 rejection letters, OK?

tapi aku menerima 24 surat penolakan.

Itu artinya ada orang yang menuliskan suratnya dua kali

That means that some people were writing me twice

to make sure I got the point.

memastikan aku paham maksud mereka.

But it wasn't until I was writing my ninth book,

Saat aku menulis buku kesembilan,

buku tentang para pahlawan untuk anakku,

a book of heroes for my son,

that I found my favorite story of working hard through failure.

kisah favoritku adalah ketangguhan saat menghadapi kegagalan.

Itu kisah yang disampaikan kawanku tentang Wright bersaudara.

It was a story that a friend told me about the Wright brothers.

That every time the Wright brothers went out to fly their plane,

setiap kali mereka pergi menerbangkan pesawat,

they would bring enough extra materials for multiple crashes.

mereka membawa material tambahan untuk menghadapi tabrakan berkali-kali.

Itu artinya setiap kali mereka pergi,

That means for every time they went out,

they knew they would fail.

mereka sudah tahu akan gagal.

And they would crash and rebuild,

Mereka akan jatuh dan bangun kembali,

and crash and rebuild,

and that's why they took off.

itu sebabnya mereka akhirnya terbang.

I love that story.

Aku suka kisah itu.

I wanted my son to hear that story,

Aku ingin putraku tahu itu

I wanted my daughter to hear that story,

aku mau putriku tahu itu

I wanted everyone to know that if you dream big

aku ingin semua tahu, jika bermimpi besar

and you work hard and you fight failure,

bekerja keras dan melawan kegagalan,

you will change history

kau pasti bisa mengubah sejarah

and do what no one on this planet has ever done before.

dan melakukan yang belum pernah dilakukan orang lain.

Hal terakhir yang kusampaikan pada mereka:

And that leads me to the final thing I tell them:

stay humble.

tetaplah rendah hati.

Here's the thing:

Begini masalahnya:

if you invent the world's first airplane,

jika kau penemu pesawat pertama

atau Superman,

or Superman,

stan limun berjuta dolar,

or a multi-million dollar lemonade stand,

kau tidak perlu rendah hati.

you don't need to be humble.

You can get a tattoo on your face that says, "I'm the best!"

Kau bisa menato wajahmu, "Aku paling hebat!"

Right?

Betul?

But pay attention here:

Tapi camkanlah:

no one likes a jerk.

orang brengsek tidak sukai.

In fact, the world needs fewer loudmouths,

Malahan, dunia perlu mengurangi orang-orang sombong.

so stay humble!

Jadi tetaplah rendah hati!

When Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence,

Ketika Thomas Jefferson menulis Deklarasi Kemerdekaan,

you know he never took credit for writing it while he was alive?

dia tak pernah mengaku menuliskannya saat masih hidup.

Baru ketika dia meninggal dan ditulis di obituarinya,

It wasn't until he died and it was in his obituary

warga Amerika tahu bahwa dia penulisnya.

that the average American found out that he was the author.

That's humble.

Itu sungguh rendah hati.

Itulah rahasia besarnya:

So there's the big secret:

dream big,

bermimpilah besar,

work hard,

kerja keraslah,

stay humble.

tetap rendah hati.

"Wait," you're saying, "that's it?"

"Tunggu," kalian bilang, "itu saja?"

"What, you tell me a bunch of stories and what?

"Apa maksudmu membeberkan banyak cerita?

How do I change history?"

Jadi bagaimana mengubah sejarah?

Here's the answer:

Berikut jawabannya:

all history ever is

sejarah itu sebenarnya hanyalah...

is a bunch of stories,

sekumpulan cerita,

conflicting stories,

kisah yang bertentangan,

big stories,

kisah besar, kisah kecil,

little stories,

our stories.

kisah-kisah kita.

So how do you change history?

Bagaimana kamu mengubah sejarah?

All you got to do is write your story.

Yang perlu kamu lakukan adalah menuliskan kisahmu.

Aku sungguh-sungguh. Itu saja.

OK? No, I'm serious, this is it.

Jika sejarah dianggap sekumpulan fakta dan tanggal yang harus dihapal,

If people think history is a bunch of facts and dates you got to memorize,

itu salah besar

that's not what history is at all.

History is a selection process,

Sejarah adalah proses seleksi,

and it chooses every single one of us every single day.

dan ia memilih setiap orang dari kita

setiap harinya.

The only question is, do you hear the call?

Pertanyaannya adalah, apakah kau mendengar panggilannya?

And that leads me to the most important thing I'm going to tell you here:

Dan satu hal penting yang akan kusampaikan

you will change history.

kamu akan mengubah sejarah.

Sebagian darimu akan mengubah sejarah dengan cara-cara besar,

Some of you will change it in big ways,

affecting millions of people.

mempengaruhi jutaan orang.

Others of you will do it in more personal ways,

Sebagian lagi akan melakukannya dengan cara yang personal,

helping a family member or someone who needs it.

membantu yang membutuhkan.

Namun biar kusampaikan kepada kalian,

But let me tell you right now,

one is not more important than the other.

semua sama-sama penting.

If you help people in mass or one-by-one,

Kalau kamu menolong banyak orang

that's how history gets changed,

atau satu per satu

begitulah cara sejarah diubah,

when you take action.

ketika kamu mengambil tindakan.

But when you start writing your story

Ketika kamu mulai menulis kisahmu

and you get scared, as we all inevitably do,

dan kamu ketakutan, yang sungguh dimaklumi,

I want you to know one thing:

aku ingin kalian mengetahui satu hal:

no one is born a hero.

tidak ada yang terlahir jagoan.

Every single person that we talked about today,

Setiap orang yang kita bicarakan hari ini,

whether they were a 26 year old preacher,

entah mereka penceramah usia 26 tahun,

or two 17 year old nerds,

atau dua kutu buku usia 17 tahun,

or little girl who had cancer,

atau gadis penderita kanker,

every single one of them had moments

setiap mereka memiliki momen

saat mereka meragukan dirinya,

where they doubted themselves,

like you, like me.

seperti kamu, seperti aku.

They had moments where they worried about school

Mereka memiliki momen mencemaskan sekolah

and friendships

dan pertemanan

and would they be accepted by others,

dan akankah mereka diterima lainnya

like you, like me.

sama seperti kamu, seperti aku.

They had moments where they worried about loneliness and failure

Mereka juga pernah cemas akan kesepian dan kegagalan

and would they ever succeed,

dan akankah mereka pernah berhasil,

like you, like me.

sama seperti kamu, seperti aku.

But the best part is, you don't have to start

Tapi hal terhebatnya adalah,

kamu tak perlu stan limun bernilai jutaan dolar untuk perubahan,

a multi-million dollar lemonade stand to change the world,

all you got to do is help one person,

yang perlu kamu lakukan adalah menolong satu orang,

be kind to one person, that's the answer.

bersikap baik pada satu orang,

itu jawabannya.

It's my core belief,

Itulah yang kuyakini,

it is in every story I just told you.

Itulah yang terkandung di tiap kisah yang kusampaikan.

I believe ordinary people change the world.

Aku yakin kita bisa mengubah dunia

I don't care how much money you have,

Tak peduli berapa uang yang kau punya,

I don't care where you go to school,

Tak peduli di mana sekolahmu,

that is all nonsense to me.

tak berarti bagiku.

I believe in regular people and their ability to affect change in this world.

Aku yakin orang biasa dan kemampuannya membuat perubahan di dunia.

I believe in my father,

Aku percaya pada ayahku,

and a 25 year old daredevil named Amelia,

dan Amelia, penantang-maut usia 25 tahun

dan seorang gadis kecil yang menjual limun penuh semangat.

and a little girl who sells lemonade like nobody's business.

Itulah alasan aku percaya pada superhero yang kita bicarakan awal tadi

And it's why I believe in that very first hero we were talking about today, Superman.

Superman.

To me, the most important part of the story isn't Superman.

Bagiku, bagian terpenting dari kisah itu bukanlah tentang Superman.

The most important part of the story is Clark Kent.

Bagian terpenting dari kisah itu adalah Clark Kent.

And you want to know why?

Kalian tahu kenapa?

Because we're all Clark Kent.

Karena kita adalah Clark Kent.

We all know what it's like to be boring and ordinary

Kita tahu rasanya jadi orang yang membosankan dan biasa

and wish we could do something incredibly beyond ourselves.

dan berandai untuk melakukan sesuatu yang hebat.

But here's the real news:

Namun ini kabar baiknya:

we all can do something incredibly beyond ourselves.

kita bisa melakukan hal yang hebat.

Aku menerima 24 surat penolakan buku pertamaku

I got 24 rejection letters on my first book,

24 people who told me to give it up,

24 orang yang menyuruhku untuk menyerah,

and I don't look back on the experience and say,

tapi aku tidak melihat hal itu dengan berkata

"I was right, and they were wrong, and haha on them."

"Lihat aku benar dan mereka salah"

Saat mengenang kembali, kusadari bahwa setiap surat penolakan itu

What I look back and realize is that every single one of those rejection letters

telah memacuku untuk bekerja lebih keras, bermimpi lebih besar,

told me to work harder, to dream bigger,

and you better believe it,

dan sudah tentu, menjadikanku lebih rendah hati,

made me more humble,

but it also made me want it more than anything.

tapi ia juga semakin memacu motivasiku.

Jadi apa pun mimpimu,

So whatever it is you dream big about,

whatever it is you work hard for,

untuk apa pun kamu bekerja keras,

don't let anyone tell you,

jangan biarkan siapa pun berkata,

you're too young

kamu terlalu muda

and don't let anyone tell you no.

jangan biarkan siapa pun berkata sebaliknya padamu.

Every life makes history.

Setiap kehidupan mencatat sejarah.

And every life is a story.

Setiap kehidupan adalah sebuah kisah.

Thank you.

Terima kasih.