Secrets of success in 8 words, 3 minutes | Richard St. John

Translator: Ingrid Lezar Reviewer: Christo Crafford

This is really a two-hour presentation I give to high school students,

Hierdie is eintlik ’n twee-uur aanbieding vir hoërskoolleerders,

cut down to three minutes.

kortgeknip na drie minute.

And it all started one day on a plane, on my way to TED,

Dit begin op ’n vliegtuig, op pad TED toe,

seven years ago.

sewe jaar gelede.

And in the seat next to me was a high school student, a teenager,

In die sitplek langs my was ’n hoërskoolleerder, ’n tiener,

and she came from a really poor family.

van ’n baie arm gesin.

And she wanted to make something of her life,

Sy wou iets van haar lewe maak.

and she asked me a simple little question.

Sy't my ’n eenvoudige vraag gevra:

She said, "What leads to success?"

"Wat lei tot sukses?"

And I felt really badly,

Ek't rêrig sleg gevoel,

because I couldn't give her a good answer.

want ek kon haar nie ’n goeie antwoord gee nie.

So I get off the plane, and I come to TED.

So ek klim van die vliegtuig af, en ek kom TED toe.

And I think, jeez, I'm in the middle of a room of successful people!

Ek dink toe, jissie, ek's in ’n kamer vól suksesvolle mense!

So why don't I ask them what helped them succeed,

So hoekom vra ek hulle nie uit oor hulle sukses en

and pass it on to kids?

dra dit dan oor aan kinders nie?

So here we are, seven years, 500 interviews later,

So hier is ons, sewe jaar en 500 onderhoude later

and I'm going to tell you what really leads to success

en ek gaan vir julle vertel wat rêrig tot sukses lei

and makes TEDsters tick.

en hoe TEDsters se koppe werk.

And the first thing is passion.

Die eerste ding is passie.

Freeman Thomas says, "I'm driven by my passion."

Freeman Thomas sê: "My passie dryf my."

TEDsters do it for love; they don't do it for money.

TEDsters doen dit vir die liefde; nie vir geld nie.

Carol Coletta says, "I would pay someone to do what I do."

Carol Coletta sê: "Ek sou iemand betaal om te mag doen wat ek doen."

And the interesting thing is:

Interessant:

if you do it for love, the money comes anyway.

as jy dit doen vir die liefde, kom die geld in elk geval.

Work! Rupert Murdoch said to me, "It's all hard work.

"Werk!" sê Rupert Murdoch vir my. "Dis alles harde werk.

Nothing comes easily. But I have a lot of fun."

Niks kom maklik nie. Maar ek't baie pret."

Did he say fun? Rupert? Yes!

Het hy gesê pret? Rupert? Ja!

(Laughter)

(Gelag)

TEDsters do have fun working. And they work hard.

TEDsters geniet hulle werk. En hulle werk hard.

I figured, they're not workaholics. They're workafrolics.

Hulle's nie "workaholics" nie. Hulle's "workafrolics".

(Laughter)

Good!

(Gelag)

(Applause)

Goed!

Alex Garden says, "To be successful, put your nose down in something

(Applous)

Alex Garden sê: "Om suksesvol te wees, klim in die ding in

and get damn good at it."

en raak goed, raak kundig daarin."

There's no magic; it's practice, practice, practice.

Daar's geen toorkuns nie; dis oefen, oefen, oefen.

And it's focus.

En dis fokus.

Norman Jewison said to me,

Norman Jewison sê vir my:

"I think it all has to do with focusing yourself on one thing."

"Dit het alles te doen met jouself op een ding fokus."

And push!

En druk!

David Gallo says, "Push yourself.

David Gallo sê: "Druk jouself.

Physically, mentally, you've got to push, push, push."

Fisies, verstandelik, jy moet druk, druk, druk."

You've got to push through shyness and self-doubt.

Jy moet druk deur bedeesdheid en selftwyfel.

Goldie Hawn says, "I always had self-doubts.

Goldie Hawn sê: "Ek't altyd getwyfel aan myself.

I wasn't good enough; I wasn't smart enough.

Ek was nie good genoeg of slim genoeg nie.

I didn't think I'd make it."

Ek't nie gedink ek sou dit maak nie."

Now it's not always easy to push yourself,

Dis nie altyd maklik om jouself te druk nie,

and that's why they invented mothers.

en dis hoekom ma's gemaak is.

(Laughter)

(Gelag)

(Applause)

(Applous)

Frank Gehry said to me,

Frank Gehry sê:

"My mother pushed me."

"My ma het my gedruk."

(Laughter)

Serve!

(Gelag)

Dien!

Sherwin Nuland says, "It was a privilege to serve as a doctor."

Sherwin Nuland sê: "Dit was ’n voorreg om as ’n dokter te dien."

A lot of kids want to be millionaires.

Baie kinders wil miljoenêrs wees.

The first thing I say is:

Die eerste ding wat ek sê is:

"OK, well you can't serve yourself;

"OK, jy kan nie jouself dien nie;

you've got to serve others something of value.

jy moet ander iets van waarde bied.

Because that's the way people really get rich."

Want dis hoe mense rêrig ryk raak."

Ideas!

Idees!

TEDster Bill Gates says, "I had an idea:

TEDster Bill Gates sê: "Ek't ’n idee gehad:

founding the first micro-computer software company."

om die eerste mikrorekenaar- sagtewaremaatskappy te stig."

I'd say it was a pretty good idea.

Ek sou sê dit was ’n redelike goeie idee.

And there's no magic to creativity in coming up with ideas --

En daar's geen toorkuns agter kreatiewe idees nie --

it's just doing some very simple things.

dis net ’n paar eenvoudige dinge.

And I give lots of evidence.

En ek gee baie getuienis.

Persist!

Hou aan!

Joe Kraus says,

Joe Kraus sê:

"Persistence is the number one reason for our success."

"Aanhou is die nommer een rede vir ons sukses."

You've got to persist through failure. You've got to persist through crap!

Jy moet deur mislukkings aanhou. Jy moet deur stront (crap) aanhou:

Which of course means "Criticism, Rejection, Assholes and Pressure."

"Kritiek, Verwerping, Poepholle en Druk. (C-R-A-P)"

(Laughter)

(Gelag)

So, the answer to this question is simple:

So, die antwoord op die vraag is eenvoudig:

Pay 4,000 bucks and come to TED.

Betaal $4000 en kom TED toe.

(Laughter)

(Gelag)

Or failing that, do the eight things -- and trust me,

Of, as dit nie werk nie, doen die agt dinge -- en glo my,

these are the big eight things that lead to success.

hierdie is die groot agt dinge wat lei tot sukses.

Thank you TEDsters for all your interviews!

Dankie TEDsters vir al julle onderhoude!

(Applause)

(Applous)