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

Translator: Ḥafiḍ BENḤAḌRIYA Reviewer: Ḥafiḍ BENḤAḌRIYA

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

F el-ḥeqq, hadi muḥaḍara ntaɛ saɛtin nmedha l el-ṭalaba ntaɛ el-lisiyat,

cut down to three minutes.

meqṣuṣa hnaya l telt dqayeq

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

Kul ši bda f waḥed el-nhar fi ṭeyyara, f ṭriqi beš neḥḍer l TED,

seven years ago.

hadi sebɛ snin fatet.

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

W f el-kursi elli quddami

kanet qaɛda waḥed el-ɛziba, teqra f el-lisi,

and she came from a really poor family.

Ɛaylatha zawaliya w meɛduma b el-bezzaf.

And she wanted to make something of her life,

W kanet baġya tdir keš ḥaja fi ḥyatha,

and she asked me a simple little question.

w seqsatni swal ṣġir w sahel.

Qaletli: "Weš huwa elli yweṣṣel l el-njaḥ?"

She said, "What leads to success?"

W ḥessit ruḥi ṣeḥḥ kelli tfukert,

And I felt really badly,

because I couldn't give her a good answer.

laxaṭerš ma qdertš neɛṭilha jwab wafi.

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

'Beɛdatik, nzelt m el-ṭeyyara, w jit l TED.

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

W xemmemt temmatik: Ya el-Zeḥḥ! Rani fi weṣṭ ṣala mɛemra b nas najḥin!

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

Ɛlah ma nseqsihumš weš elli ɛawenhum beš nejḥu,

and pass it on to kids?

w nqerrih l el-drari?

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

'Amala, rana hna, sebɛ snin, 500 'intervyu beɛdatik,

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

w ġadi nqullkum šahuwala ṣeḥḥ elli yweṣṣel l el-njaḥ

and makes TEDsters tick.

w yxelli nas TED yezzeġdu.

And the first thing is passion.

W el-ḥeyya el-'ewla hiya el-welɛa (ki el-waḥed ykun muluɛ b keš ḥaja)

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

Freeman Thomas yqul: "el-welɛa hiya elli tseyyerni."

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

Nas TED ydiru weš rahum ydiru laxaṭerš yebġu weš rahum ywasu; mši ɛla jal el-drahem.

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

Carol Coletta tqul: "Madabiya nxelleṣ keš waḥed ġir beš neqder ndir weš rani nwasi."

And the interesting thing is:

W el-ḥeyya el-muhhima hiya:

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

lakan tdirha b sebba't el-rešqa, el-drahem yju waḥedhum.

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

Xedma! Rupert Murdoch qalli: "Kulši yji b el-thenbir."

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

Ḥetta ḥaja ma tji sahla. Beṣṣaḥ, netsella b el-bezzaf."

Qal tselya? Rupert? Wah!

Did he say fun? Rupert? Yes!

(Laughter)

Nas TED yetsellaw w huwa yexxedmu. W yhenbru.

TEDsters do have fun working. And they work hard.

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

Fhemt belli huma mši henbriyin. Huma meḍrubin ɛla el-xedma.

(Laughter)

Good!

Mliḥ - Mxeyyer! Alex Garden yqul: "Beš tkun najeḥ, dexxel rasek fi keš ḥaja

(Applause)

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

and get damn good at it."

w redd ruḥek el-mxeyyer fiha."

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

Ma fiha ḥetta sḥur; tmerren, tmerren, tmerren.

And it's focus.

W hiya gana Terkaz. Norman Jewison qalli:

Norman Jewison said to me,

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

" Fi mizi, kul ši merbuṭ b el-terkaz ntaɛek ɛla ḥaja weḥda."

And push!

W zeyyer! David Gallo yqul, "Zeyyer ruḥek.

David Gallo says, "Push yourself.

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

F el-kor ntaɛek w fi ɛeqlek, yliqlek tzeyyer, tzeyyer w tzeyyer."

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

Lazemlek tzeyyer ruḥek beš tbeɛɛed el-ḥešma w el-šekk fi datek.

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

Goldie Hawn tqul: "Dima šekkit fi dati.

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

Ma kuntš mliḥa kima yelzem; ma kuntš faṭna kima yelzem.

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

Ma ḥsebtš bellli ndirha."

Now it's not always easy to push yourself,

Ḍerwek, mši dima sahla beš tzeyyer ruḥek,

and that's why they invented mothers.

ɛla biha xtarɛu el-yemmayen. (Ḍeḥk)

(Laughter)

(Applause)

Frank Gehry said to me,

Frank Gehry -- Frank Gehry qalli:

"My mother pushed me."

"'Ana, yemma zeyretni."

(Laughter)

Serve!

Xdem w Dir mziyat! Sherwin Nuland yqul: "Kunt mezhar ki xdemt ṭbib."

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

Ḍerwek, bezzaf bzuza yqululi belli rahum ḥabin ywellu málin mlayen.

A lot of kids want to be millionaires.

The first thing I say is:

W el-ḥaja el-'ewla elli nqulhalhum hiya:

"OK, well you can't serve yourself;

"Ṣeḥḥa, ma teqderš texdem ruḥek;

you've got to serve others something of value.

lazelmek texdem (w tdir mziya fi) ġirek b ḥaja fiha qima (fayda)

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

Laxaṭerš hadi hiya el-sira elli el-nas twelli biha mrefḥa."

Ideas!

Fkar! Men nas TED, yqul Bill Gates: "Kanet ɛendi fekra:

TEDster Bill Gates says, "I had an idea:

founding the first micro-computer software company."

nṭelleɛ el-šarika el-'ewla ntaɛ el-baramej dyal el-ḥasub el-ṣġir

I'd say it was a pretty good idea.

Neqder nqul kanet fekra mxeyra.

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

W ma fiha ḥetta sḥur f el-bdaɛ (kreyativite) ki el-waḥed yjib fkar --

it's just doing some very simple things.

hiya, ġir, ki ydir el-waḥed ṣwaleḥ sahlin. [Smeɛ, Šuf, Kunek qerɛaji, Seqsi, Ḥell el-mašakil, Rbeṭ bin el-ṣwaleḥ]

And I give lots of evidence.

W nmedd šḥal men bayan.

Persist!

Ɛeṣṣeṣ! Joe Kraus yqul:

Joe Kraus says,

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

"el-teɛṣaṣ huwa el-sebba el-'ewla elli txelli el-waḥed yenjeḥ."

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

Yliqlek tɛeṣṣeṣ mɛa kul xsara. Yliqlek tɛeṣṣeṣ mɛa el-CRAP (xra, ḥbuba)

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

elli bayen meɛnatu: "neqd, refḍ, bhalil w ḍeġṭ."

(Laughter)

(Ḍeḥk)

So, the answer to this question is simple:

'Amala el-jwab -- el-kbir, ntaɛ had el-swal... sahel:

Pay 4,000 bucks and come to TED.

Xelleṣ 4.000 ḥebba (dollars) and rwaḥ l TED.

(Laughter)

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

W 'ida ma nejjemtš, dir el-temn ṣwaleḥ -- w ṣeddeqni,

these are the big eight things that lead to success.

hadu huma el-temn ṣwaleḥ el-kbar elli ywweṣlu l el-njaḥ.

Thank you TEDsters for all your interviews!

Ṣeḥḥitu ya nas TED ɛla jal gaɛ el-intervyu ntaweɛkum!

(Applause)