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

Translator: Maria Vilaubí Monllaó Reviewer: Carles Caño

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

Aquesta és una presentació de dues hores per a estudiants de secundària.

cut down to three minutes.

abreviada a tres minuts.

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

Tot va començar un dia a un avió, anant a una xerrada TED,

seven years ago.

fa set anys.

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

I al seient del meu costat

hi havia una estudiant de secundària, una adolescent,

and she came from a really poor family.

de familia molt pobra.

And she wanted to make something of her life,

Volia fer alguna cosa de profit amb la seva vida,

and she asked me a simple little question.

i em va fer una simple pregunta.

Em va dir: " Quina és la clau de l'èxit?"

She said, "What leads to success?"

Em vaig sentir molt malament

And I felt really badly,

because I couldn't give her a good answer.

perquè no li podia donar una bona resposta.

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

Vaig baixar de l'avió, vaig venir al TED,

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

I vaig pensar "Ostres! Estic al mig d'una sala plena de triomfadors!

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

Per què no els pregunto què els va portar a l'èxit

and pass it on to kids?

i ho explico als nois?"

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

I aquí estem, set anys i 500 entrevistes més tard,

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

i us diré quines són les claus de l'èxit

and makes TEDsters tick.

i què mou a la gent TED.

And the first thing is passion.

La primera cosa és la passió.

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

Freeman Thomas diu: "Em mou la meva passió."

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

La gent TED fan les coses per amor, no per diners.

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

Carol Coletta diu, "Pagaria per fer la meva feina"

And the interesting thing is:

I allò més interessant és que,

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

si ho fas per amor, els diners arriben igualment.

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

Treball! Rupert Murdoch em va dir: "Es tracta d'escarrassar-se"

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

Res ve regalat. Però em diverteixo molt!"

Diu que es diverteix? Rupert? Sí!

Did he say fun? Rupert? Yes!

(Laughter)

La gent TED es diverteix treballant. I s'hi escarrassen.

TEDsters do have fun working. And they work hard.

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

Tal com m'ho imagino, no són addictes a la feina. S'ho munten amb la feina.

(Laughter)

Good!

Bé! Alex Garden diu que "per triomfar, has de dedicar-te a alguna cosa seriosament

(Applause)

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

and get damn good at it."

i fer-t'hi molt bo"

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

No és màgia. És pràctica, pràctica i pràctica.

And it's focus.

I centrar-se. Norman Jewison em va dir

Norman Jewison said to me,

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

"Crec que tot té a veure amb estar centrat en una cosa"

And push!

I tira endavant! David Gallo diu: "Empeny.

David Gallo says, "Push yourself.

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

Físicament, mentalment, has d'empènyer, empènyer, empènyer"

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

Has d'empènyer més enllà de la timidesa i de la inseguretat.

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

Goldie Hawn diu: "Sempre he estat insegura.

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

No era prou bona, ni prou intel·ligent.

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

No creia en mi mateixa.

Now it's not always easy to push yourself,

No sempre és fàcil tirar endavant,

and that's why they invented mothers.

i és per això que es van inventar les mares. (Riures)

(Laughter)

(Applause)

Frank Gehry said to me,

Frank Gehry -- Frank Gehry em va dir,

"My mother pushed me."

"La meva mare em va empènyer."

(Laughter)

Serve!

Serveix! Sherwin Nuland diu, "Va ser un privilegi exercir de metge."

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

Molts nens em diuen que volen ser milionaris

A lot of kids want to be millionaires.

The first thing I say is:

I la primera cosa que els dic és:

"OK, well you can't serve yourself;

"Val, però no et pots servir a tu mateix,

you've got to serve others something of value.

has de servir als altres alguna cosa de valor.

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

Perquè és així com la gent es fa rica."

Ideas!

Idees. Bill Gates diu, "vaig tenir una idea--

TEDster Bill Gates says, "I had an idea:

founding the first micro-computer software company."

fundant la primera companyia de software per micro-ordinadors"

I'd say it was a pretty good idea.

Jo diria que va ser una molt bona idea.

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

I no hi ha màgia per a la creativitat a l'hora de trobar bones idees,

it's just doing some very simple things.

només es tracta de fer algunes coses molt simples.

And I give lots of evidence.

N'he donat moltes proves.

Persist!

Persisteix. Joe Kraus diu,

Joe Kraus says,

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

"La persistència és la raó número 1 per al nostre èxit."

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

Has de persistir a pesar del fracàs. Has de persistir a pesar de la merda (CRAP)!

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

Que significa "Crítica, Rebuig, Ases i Pressió"

(Laughter)

(Riures)

So, the answer to this question is simple:

Així doncs, la resposta per a aquesta pregunta és simple:

Pay 4,000 bucks and come to TED.

Paga 4.000 dòlars i vine a TED.

(Laughter)

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

Si no, fes les vuit coses -- i confia en mi,

these are the big eight things that lead to success.

aquestes són les vuit accions que et portaràn a l'èxit

Thank you TEDsters for all your interviews!

Gràcies gent de TED per les vostres entrevistes!

(Applause)