How to tie your shoes | Terry Moore

Translator: Ena Mehić Reviewer: Jasmin Panjeta

I'm used to thinking of the TED audience

Smatrao sam da je TED publika prelijepa zbirka

as a wonderful collection of some of the most effective,

nekih najuspješnijih, inteligentnih,

intelligent, intellectual, savvy,

intelektualnih, iskusnih,

worldly and innovative people in the world.

svjetskih i inovativnih ljudi na svijetu.

And I think that's true.

I smatram da je to istina.

However, I also have reason to believe that many, if not most, of you

Međutim, također imam razloga vjerovati

da mnogi, ako ne i većina vas

are actually tying your shoes incorrectly.

zapravo pogrešno veže vezice na svojim cipelama.

Smijeh

(Laughter)

Now I know that seems ludicrous.

Ja znam da ovo sada zvuči smješno.

Znam da se čini smješno.

I know that seems ludicrous.

And believe me, I lived the same sad life until about three years ago.

I vjerujte mi, živio sam isti tužan život

do oko prije tri godine.

And what happened to me

I ono što se meni dogodilo

was I bought, what was for me, a very expensive pair of shoes.

je bilo to da sam kupio ono što je za mene bio veoma skup par cipela.

But those shoes came with round nylon laces,

Ali te cipele su imale okrugle sintetičke vezice,

and I couldn't keep them tied.

i nisam ih mogao držati svezanim.

So I went back to the store and said to the owner,

Tako da sam se vratio u prodavnicu i rekao vlasniku,

"I love the shoes, but I hate the laces."

"Sviđaju mi se cipele ali mrzim vezice."

He took a look and said, "Oh, you're tying them wrong."

On me pogledao i rekao, "Vi ih pogrešno vežete."

Do tog trenutka,

Now up until that moment,

I would have thought that, by age 50,

smatrao sam da do 50 godine,

one of the life skills that I had really nailed

jedna od životnih vještina koju sam zaista savladao

was tying my shoes.

jeste vezanje vezica na cipelama.

(Laughter)

But not so -- let me demonstrate.

Ali očigledno ne -- dopustite da vam pokažem.

Ovo je način

This is the way

na koji je većina nas naučila da veže vezice na cipelama.

that most of us were taught to tie our shoes.

Now as it turns out -- thank you.

Kako se ispostavilo -- hvala vam.

(Applause)

Wait, there's more.

Čekajte, ima još.

As it turns out --

Kako se ispostavilo,

(Laughter)

there's a strong form and a weak form of this knot,

postoji čvrsti i slabi oblik ovog čvora,

a mi smo naučeni da vežemo slabiji oblik čvora.

and we were taught the weak form.

And here's how to tell.

A ovo je pokazatelj.

If you pull the strands at the base of the knot,

Ako povučete vezice na osnovi čvora,

you will see that the bow will orient itself

vidjećete da će se mašna sama okrenuti

down the long axis of the shoe.

niz dugu osu cipele.

That's the weak form of the knot.

Ovo je slabi oblik čvora.

But not to worry.

Ali ne brinite.

If we start over

Ako ponovo krenemo

and simply go the other direction around the bow,

i jednostavno idemo u suprotnom smjeru

oko mašne,

dobijemo ovo, čvrsti oblik čvora.

we get this, the strong form of the knot.

I ako povučete vezu ispod čvora,

And if you pull the cords under the knot,

you will see that the bow orients itself

vidjećete da se mašna sama okreće

duž dijagonalne ose cipele.

along the transverse axis of the shoe.

This is a stronger knot.

Ovo je jači čvor. Rjeđe će se odvezivati.

It will come untied less often.

Manje ćete se spuštati dole.

It will let you down less, and not only that, it looks better.

I ne samo to, izgleda bolje.

We're going to do this one more time.

Ponovićemo ovo još jednom.

(Applause)

Aplauz

Počnite kao inače,

Start as usual --

(Applause)

go the other way around the loop.

idite drugim putem oko petlje.

This is a little hard for children,

Ovo je malo teže za djecu,

but I think you can handle it.

ali mislim da to možete.

Pull the knot.

Povucite čvor.

There it is: the strong form of the shoe knot.

Eto ga: čvrsti oblik čvora vezica na cipeli.

Now, in keeping with today's theme,

U skladu sa današnjom teme,

I'd like to point out -- something you already know --

želio bih istaknuti -- nešto što već znate --

that sometimes a small advantage someplace in life

da ponekad mala korist

nekad u životu

can yield tremendous results someplace else.

može donijeti ogromne rezultate negdje drugo.

(Laughter)

Live long and prosper.

Živite dugo i uspješno.

(Applause)

Aplauz