How to Find Laughter Anywhere | Chris Duffy | TED

Translator: Àngels Medrano

My favorite part about working in an elementary school

La part preferida de treballar a una escola primària

is that I could never predict what was going to happen next.

és que mai podria predir què passaria després.

Every day was a new, incredible day.

Cada dia era un dia nou, increïble.

There was never a boring moment.

Mai hi va haver un moment avorrit.

Sometimes, you think that you're handing out a worksheet

De vegades penseu que esteu repartint un full de treball

just reviewing the names of shapes.

per repassar els noms de les formes.

But then instead of getting back hexagon and octagon,

Però després en comptes de tornar hexàgon i octògon,

you get back this.

recuperes això.

["Amy" "Gabriella"]

[“Amy” “Gabriella”]

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

And I think we can agree that is just correct.

I crec que podem estar d’acord en què això és correcte.

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

That’s right, that is Gabriella.

És cert, aquesta és la Gabriella.

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

Or, another time I was teaching a class

O, una altra vegada, estava donant una classe

on human biology to my fifth-grade students

sobre biologia humana als meus alumnes de cinquè

when one of them afterwards handed in this anonymous question card.

quan un d’ells va proposar aquesta pregunta anònima.

[What are balls for.]

[Per a què serveixen les pilotes.]

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

And you know what really gets me about this, what kills me,

I sabeu què és el que realment m’impressiona, què em mata,

is we had spent so long studying punctuation.

és que havíem passat molt de temps estudiant la puntuació.

And he still used a period instead of a question mark.

I feia servir un punt en lloc d’un signe d’interrogació.

“What are balls for.” Period.

“Per a què són les pilotes.” Punt.

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

At the same time that I was teaching elementary school students,

Mentre feia classes a alumnes de primària, també ensenyava

I was also teaching adults improv comedy at a local theater on the weekends.

comèdia improvisada per a adults en un teatre local els caps de setmana.

This was a group of retired folks,

Aquest era un grup de jubilats,

graduate students and semi-successful business people

estudiants de grau i gent de negocis semi-exitosos

who were paying money to spend their Saturday mornings

que estaven pagant diners per passar els dissabtes al matí

in an unventilated basement with me.

en un soterrani sense ventilació amb mi.

And most of the exercises that we were doing together

I la majoria dels exercicis que estàvem fent junts

were to get them to let go of the self-critical part of their brain,

havien de fer-los alliberar de la part autocrítica del seu cervell,

to release the idea that there was a "right" answer to find,

per treure la idea que hi havia una resposta “correcta” per trobar,

and to instead be more comfortable with their honest, creative,

i en canvi estar més còmodes amb el seus honestos, creatius,

idiosyncratic thoughts.

pensaments idiosincràtics.

Now any elementary school teacher can tell you

A qualsevol escola de primària el mestre et pot dir

that getting kids to share their honest, unexpected thoughts,

que fer que els nens comparteixin els seus pensaments honestos i inesperats,

that's not something you have to cultivate.

no és quelcom que hagis de cultivar.

They will do that whether you want them to or not.

Això ho faran tant si vols com si no.

I mean, here are some real questions that kids asked me out of the blue

Vull dir, aquí hi ha algunes preguntes que em van fer els nens de sobte

with no context,

sense context,

during what was supposed to be a silent work time.

durant el que havia de ser un treball silenciós.

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

"Is it possible to make myself live longer so that I can see the Sun explode?"

“És possible que viure més temps perquè pugui veure explotar el Sol?”

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

"Are pigs actually prejudiced against women,

“Els porcs tenen prejudicis? contra les dones,

or is that just an expression?"

o és només una expressió?”

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

"If your brother isn't married yet,

“Si el teu germà encara no està casat,

why doesn't he just marry your mom?"

per què no es casa amb la teva mare?”

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

And actually, that brings up a really important point,

I, de fet, això ens duu a un punt molt important,

which is that kids' ideas are not always good.

les idees dels nens no sempre són bones.

Sometimes they're very bad.

De vegades són dolentes.

I'm personally very grateful that my mom and my brother are not married.

Personalment estic agraït que la meva mare i el meu germà no s’hagin casat.

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

There's some research that suggests that for many of us,

Hi ha alguna investigació que suggereix que per a molts,

fifth grade is close to the peak of this kind of wildly free,

el 5è. grau està a prop del cim d’aquesta llibertat salvatge,

uninhibited, creative thinking.

desinhibició, i idea creativa.

But that does not have to be the case.

Però això no sempre és així.

In my experience, the difference between people with an amazing sense of humor

Segons la meva experiència, la diferència entre gent amb o sense un increïble

and those without is often just whether they are willing to accept

sentit de l’humor, és sovint si estan disposats a acceptar

and notice their honest reactions,

i observar les seves reaccions honestes,

or whether they try their hardest to fit them into a box.

o si s’esforcen al màxim per encaixar-les en una caixa.

And that can shift over time.

I pot canviar amb el temps.

I saw that shift with my adult improv students.

Vaig veure el canvi als meus alumnes de teatre.

At first, when we would do an exercise

Al principi, quan feiem un exercici

where they were asked to name seven things in a given category

on se’ls va demanar el nom de 7 coses d’una classe concreta

as quickly and creatively as possible,

de manera ràpida i creativa possible,

many of them would get stuck.

molts d’ells es van encallar.

One guy, Rick, a corporate tax lawyer,

Rick, un advocat d’impostos de societats,

answered the prompt,

va respondre la pregunta,

"Seven weird types of shoes"

“Set tipus estranys de sabates”

by saying, "Brown shoes, white shoes,

dient: “Sabates marrons, sabates blanques,

black shoes, gray shoes."

sabates negres, sabates grises”.

I'm not going to name all the shoes,

No diré el nom de totes les sabates,

it was all a lot of boring shoes, you get it.

van ser moltes sabates avorrides, ho enteneu.

But then, after we practiced celebrating our more bizarre thoughts

Però després de practicar i celebrar els pensaments més estranys

instead of repressing them,

en comptes de reprimir-los,

Rick eventually came up with a list a list that included things like,

Rick finalment va fer una llista una llista que incloïa coses com,

"Shoes covered in mud, shoes covered in gold,

“Sabates cobertes de fang, sabates cobertes d’or,

shoes covered in the blood of my enemies.”

sabates cobertes amb sang dels meus enemics”.

Which is like, that’s a lot, Rick,

És com, com a molt, Rick,

actually, that's a lot, it's really a lot.

en realitat, això és molt, és realment molt.

But it's also definitely more interesting.

Però sens dubte també és més interessant.

And I think that's the point.

I crec que aquest és el punt.

When we turn off our self-judgment

Quan apaguem el nostre auto-judici

and we just notice the things that stand out to us,

i només observem les coses que ens destaca,

or that we think,

o que pensem,

we can surprise ourselves in ways that are hilarious and delightful.

podem sorprendre’ns de maneres que són divertides.

Every comedian that I know has a notebook or some sort of document

Tots els còmics que conec té una llibreta o algun tipus de document

where they keep track of all the little odd things

on fan un seguiment de les petites coses estranyes

that they notice or think throughout the day.

que noten o pensen durant tot el dia.

And what you find, when you start keeping track,

I el que trobes, quan comences a observar,

is that there is no shortage of material out there.

és que no hi falta de material.

There [is] so much to laugh at.

Hi ha molt de què riure.

And if you have a little bit of courage to allow yourself to be laughed at

I si tens una mica de coratge per deixar-te riure

and to laugh at yourself,

i riure’t de tu mateix,

you can make discoveries

pots fer descobriments

that you never would have otherwise, right?

que mai tindries en cas contrari, oi?

If you want to know what balls are for, sometimes you've got to ask.

Si vols saber per a què són les pilotes, de vegades has de preguntar.

I have found that you can find laughter in even the driest places

He descobert que pots trobar el riure fins i tot als llocs més secs

if you bring some of that mischievous fifth-grade energy

si en portes una mica d’energia entremaliada de cinquè grau

to the instructions and to what you're "supposed" to be doing, right?

a les instruccions i a què “Se suposa” que estàs fent, oi?

It doesn't have to be geometry class.

No ha de ser una classe de geometria.

It can be an opportunity for you

Pot ser una oportunitat per a tu

to hang out with your good friend Gabriella.

per gaudir amb la teva bona amiga Gabriella.

Now I have had the most fun when I applied these lessons

M’ho he passat d’allò més bé quan vaig aplicar aquestes lliçons

that I got from my fifth graders to self-serious adult spaces.

que vaig rebre dels meus alumnes de 5è als espais d’adults auto-seriosos.

To places where I maybe feel intimidated or like I don't necessarily belong.

A llocs on potser em sento intimidat o com si jo no hi pertanyés.

So, for example, for me personally, LinkedIn.

Així, per exemple, per a mi personalment, LinkedIn.

Terrifying.

Aterridor.

I've never had a professional resume,

Mai he tingut un CV professional,

I've never been comfortable with business networking,

Mai he estat còmode amb xarxes empresarials,

but I've also always been kind of fascinated by LinkedIn.

però també he estat sempre una mica fascinat per LinkedIn.

Like, they let you make a profile,

Perquè, et permeten fer un perfil,

and they don't verify that you work at the place you say you work.

i no verifiquen que treballes al lloc on dius que treballes.

So I decided I was going to test this out and have some fun.

Així que vaig decidir que anava a provar això i diverteix-me.

I made a profile on LinkedIn

Vaig fer un perfil a LinkedIn

where I said that I was the CEO of LinkedIn.

on vaig dir que era el CEO de LinkedIn.

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

And I didn't think they would even let me do that.

I no pensava que ho fins i tot m’ho deixarien fer.

But not only did they, after I made the profile,

Però no només ells, després de fer el perfil,

one of the most incredible things

una de les coses més increïbles

that has ever happened in my entire life happened.

que mai m’ha passat en tota la meva vida, va passar.

Which is that LinkedIn sent this email to everyone in my contact list.

És a dir, LinkedIn va enviar un correu electrònic a la meva llista de contactes.

They sent that email.

Em van enviar un correu.

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

"Congratulate Chris on the new job.

“Feliciteu a Chris pel nou treball.

Chris Duffy is now CEO of LinkedIn."

Chris Duffy és ara CEO de LinkedIn”.

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

That's a better joke than anything I could ever write in my entire life.

És la millor broma que mai podria escriure en tota la meva vida.

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

I was the CEO of LinkedIn on LinkedIn for one year.

Vaig ser el CEO de LinkedIn durant un any.

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

And at that one-year mark,

I en aquell any,

LinkedIn sent yet another email to everyone in my contact list

LinkedIn encara va enviar un altre correu a la meva llista de contactes

asking them to congratulate me on my work anniversary.

demanant-los que em felicitessin per l’aniversari del treball.

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

And at that point,

I en aquell moment,

I received a message from a woman named Faith

Vaig rebre un missatge d’una dona, Faith

who worked on LinkedIn's Trust and Security team.

de l’Equip de confiança i seguretat de LinkedIn.

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

She said my account was being locked due to concerns about its inaccuracy.

Va dir que el meu compte seria bloquejat per la inexactitud de les dades.

So I sent her back a photo of my license,

Així que li vaig enviar una foto de la meva llicència,

front and back,

davant i darrere,

to prove that my name was, in fact, Chris Duffy.

per demostrar que el meu nom era, Chris Duffy.

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

Faith responded.

Faith va respondre.

"The thing that we are concerned about is not that your name is not Chris Duffy.

“El que ens preocupa no és que el teu nom no sigui Chris Duffy.

It's that you are claiming to be the CEO of LinkedIn."

És que estàs declarant que ets el CEO de LinkedIn”.

So I responded,

Així que vaig respondre,

"Faith, you are taking a pretty disrespectful tone

“Faith, estàs utilitzant un to força irrespectuós

for someone who works for me."

per algú que treballa per a mi”.

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

10 seconds later, she permanently deactivated my account.

10 segons després, va desactivat el meu compte definitivament.

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

It was a short but glorious stint, running my own personal social network.

Va ser una etapa curta però gloriosa, gestionant la meva pròpia xarxa social.

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

And now, what am I up to these days?

I ara, què estic fent aquests dies?

I'm so glad you asked.

M’alegro que m’hagis preguntat.

I'm more than just a fifth-grade graduate.

Soc més que un graduat de cinquè grau.

I'm actually,

En realitat soc,

I'm the founder and owner of TED.

Soc el fundador i propietari de TED.

(Laughter)

(Rialles)

Congratulate me, you know you want to.

Feliciteu-me, segur que voleu.

Thanks for coming to my conference.

Gràcies per venir a la xerrada.

(Applause and cheers)

(Aplaudiments i felicitacions)