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

Translator: Ainhoa Eguren Bengoa Reviewer: Jon del Olmo

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

Hau, izatez, bigarren hezkuntzako ikasleei egiten diedan bi orduko aurkezpen bat da,

cut down to three minutes.

baina hiru minututan laburtuko dut.

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

Hegaldi batean hasi zen guztia, TEDera bidean nindoala,

seven years ago.

orain dela zazpi urte.

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

Nire alboko aulkian

bigarren hezkuntzako ikasle bat neukan, neska nerabe bat,

and she came from a really poor family.

eta oso familia txirokoa zen.

And she wanted to make something of her life,

Zerbait izatera heldu nahi zuen bizitzan,

and she asked me a simple little question.

eta horregatik, galdera sinple bat egin zidan.

Hauxe galdetu zidan:

She said, "What leads to success?"

"Nola lortzen da arrakasta?"

And I felt really badly,

because I couldn't give her a good answer.

Ni oso gaizki sentitu nintzen, ezin baitnion behar bezala erantzun.

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

Hegazkinetik irten eta TEDera abiatu nintzen.

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

Orduan ohartu nintzen, ai ama, jende arrakastatsuz beteriko gela batean nago!

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

Hortaz, zergatik ez beraiei galdetu nola lortu duten arrakasta,

and pass it on to kids?

eta gaztetxoei erakutsi?

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

Orain hemen gaude, zazpi urteren ostean, 500 elkarrizketa egin eta gero,

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

eta esango dizuet arrakasta nola lor daitekeen

and makes TEDsters tick.

eta zerk motibatzen dituen TEDeko kideak.

And the first thing is passion.

Lehen pausoa pasioa da.

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

Freeman Thomasek dio: "pasioak ematen dit indarra".

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

TEDeko kideek maitasunagatik egiten dute, eta ez dirua lortzeagatik.

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

Carol Colettak dio: "ordaindu egingo nioke norbaiti nik egiten dudana egiteagatik".

And the interesting thing is:

Eta interesgarriena da

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

maitasunagatik egiten baduzu, edozelan ere dirua jasoko duzula.

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

Lana! Esan zidan Rupert Murdoch-ek, "Lan gogorra da.

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

Ezer ez da lortzen ahaleginik gabe. Baina oso ondo pasatzen dut".

"Ondo pasatu" esan al du Rupertek? Bai!

Did he say fun? Rupert? Yes!

(Laughter)

TEDeko kideek ondo pasatzen dute lanean. Eta gogor egiten dute lan.

TEDsters do have fun working. And they work hard.

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

Nire ustez ez daude lanaren mende, lana maite dute.

(Laughter)

Good!

Ona izateko, dio Alex Gardenek, "arrakasta lortzeko lan egin behar da

(Applause)

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

and get damn good at it."

eta gainera, ona izan".

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

Ez dago magiarik; jardun, jardun eta jardun egin behar da

And it's focus.

Eta kontzentratu baita ere. Norman Jewisonek esan zidan:

Norman Jewison said to me,

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

"Nik uste dut gauza bakarrean kontzentratzea dela kontua".

And push!

"Eta bultzatzea!" Dio David Gallok "Bultzatu zeure burua".

David Gallo says, "Push yourself.

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

"Fisikoki zein mentalki, bultza eta bultza egin behar duzu".

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

"Bultzatu zeure burua lotsari eta zalantzei aurre eginez".

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

Goldie Hawn-en arabera, "Beti izan ditut nire buruarekiko zalantzak.

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

Ez nintzen nahikoa ona, ez nintzen nahikoa argia.

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

Ez nuen uste lortuko nuenik".

Now it's not always easy to push yourself,

Baina beti ez da erraza zeure burua bultzatzea,

and that's why they invented mothers.

horregatik asmatu zituzten amak. (Barreak)

(Laughter)

(Applause)

Frank Gehry said to me,

Frank Gehryk esan zidan

"My mother pushed me."

"Nire amak eman zidan bultzada".

(Laughter)

Serve!

"Zerbitzatzea!" Dio Sherwin Nuland-ek, "Mediku gisa aritzea ohore bat izan zen".

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

Orain haur askok aberatsa izan nahi du.

A lot of kids want to be millionaires.

The first thing I say is:

Nik leheneik zera esaten diet:

"OK, well you can't serve yourself;

"Ados, zeure burua ezin duzu zerbitzatu,

you've got to serve others something of value.

besteei zerbait baliagarria eskaini beharko diezu.

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

Horrela soilik lortzen baita aberats izatea".

Ideas!

Ideiak! Dio Bill Gates TEDeko kideak, "Ideia bat izan nuen:

TEDster Bill Gates says, "I had an idea:

founding the first micro-computer software company."

mikroordenagailuentzako softwarearen lehen enpresa sortzea".

I'd say it was a pretty good idea.

Nahiko ideia ona izan zela esango nuke.

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

Eta magiak ez digu laguntzen sormenezko ideiak izaten--

it's just doing some very simple things.

kontua da zerbait sinplea sortu,

And I give lots of evidence.

eta froga asko eskaintzea

Persist!

Ekin! Dio Joe Krausek,

Joe Kraus says,

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

"Ekitea da gure arrakastaren giltza".

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

Porrot egin arren ekin egin behar da. Kaka (crap) egin arren ekin egin behar da!

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

Eta noski, kakak esan nahi du: "Kritika, Arnegua, Kolpea eta Astakirtena".

(Laughter)

(Barreak)

So, the answer to this question is simple:

Beraz, galderaren erantzuna erraza da:

Pay 4,000 bucks and come to TED.

Ordaindu itzatzue 4.000 dolar eta etorri TEDera.

(Laughter)

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

Eta ezin baduzue, jarraitu esandako zortzi pausoak eta fidatu nitaz.

these are the big eight things that lead to success.

Horiek dira arrakasta lortzeko jarraitu beharreko zortzi pausuak.

Thank you TEDsters for all your interviews!

Mila esker TEDeko kideoi elkarrizketengatik!

(Applause)