Keep your goals to yourself | Derek Sivers

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Molim vas da svi razmislite

Everyone, please think of your biggest personal goal.

o svojem najvećem osobnom cilju.

For real -- you can take a second. You've got to feel this to learn it.

Zbilja. Razmislite na trenutak. Morate to osjetiti kako biste naučili.

Take a few seconds and think of your personal biggest goal, okay?

Uzmite par trenutaka i razmislite o svom najvećem osobnom cilju, može?

Zamislite kako ste baš sada odlučili

Imagine deciding right now that you're going to do it.

da ćete ga ostvariti.

Imagine telling someone that you meet today what you're going to do.

Zamislite kako ćete nekome koga ćete danas sresti reći što ćete napraviti.

Imagine their congratulations,

Zamislite kako vam čestitaju

and their high image of you.

i kako vas zbog toga cijene.

Doesn't it feel good to say it out loud?

Zar nije dobar osjećaj reći to glasno?

Don't you feel one step closer already,

Zar se već ne osjećate kako ste jedan korak bliže ostvarenju,

like it's already becoming part of your identity?

kao da je već postao dio vaše osobnosti?

Well, bad news: you should have kept your mouth shut,

Dobro, loša vijest: trebali ste o tome šutjeti,

because that good feeling

jer baš taj dobar osjećaj

now will make you less likely to do it.

će vam smanjiti vjerojatnost da ćete to stvarno i napraviti.

The repeated psychology tests have proven

Više puta ponavljana psihološka ispitivanja dokazuju

that telling someone your goal makes it less likely to happen.

kako kada nekome kažemo o svojim ciljevima

smanjujemo šansu da ih ostvarimo.

Any time you have a goal,

Kady god si postavite cilj

there are some steps that need to be done,

postoje koraci koje trebate napraviti, posao kojeg treba obaviti

some work that needs to be done in order to achieve it.

kako bi se cilj ostvario.

Ideally you would not be satisfied until you'd actually done the work.

U idealnom slučaju, nećete biti zadovoljni sve dok ne ostvarite zacrtano,

But when you tell someone your goal and they acknowledge it,

ali kad nekome kažete svoj cilj, i onim vam za tu ideju odaju priznanje,

psychologists have found that it's called a "social reality."

psiholozi su otkrili kako se to zove "društvena stvarnost".

The mind is kind of tricked into feeling that it's already done.

Um je na neki način prevaren i misli kako je cilj već ostvaren.

And then because you've felt that satisfaction,

I onda, jer ste već osjetili zadovoljstvo,

you're less motivated to do the actual hard work necessary.

manje ste motivirani da

odradite stvarno potreban posao do ostvarenja cilja.

(Laughter)

So this goes against conventional wisdom

To je suprotno našem instinktu

that we should tell our friends our goals, right?

kako trebamo reći prijateljima, točno? --

So they hold us to it.

tako da nas drže za riječ, zar ne?

So, let's look at the proof.

Dakle, pogledajmo dokaz.

1926: Kurt Lewin, founder of social psychology,

1926. Kurt Lewin, osnivač socijalne psihologije,

nazvao je to "zamjenom".

called this "substitution."

1933: Wera Mahler found when it was acknowledged by others,

1933. Wera Mahler je otkrila kako,

kada nam drugi odaju priznanje za ideju, umu se ona čini već ostvarenom.

it felt real in the mind.

1982, Peter Gollwitzer wrote a whole book about this,

1982. Peter Gollwitzer je napisao cijelu knjigu o tome,

and in 2009,

a 2009.

he did some new tests that were published.

je objavio rezultate nekih novih ispitivanja.

It goes like this:

Evo što su otkrili:

163 people across four separate tests.

163 ispitanika u četiri različita testa --

Everyone wrote down their personal goal.

svaki su zapisali svoj osobni cilj.

Then half of them announced their commitment to this goal to the room,

Zatim je polovina objavila svoj cilj ostalima u sobi,

and half didn't.

a polovina nije.

Then everyone was given 45 minutes of work

I onda je svima dano 45 minuta da rade na onome

that would directly lead them towards their goal,

što će ih izravno dovesti do ostvarenja njihovog cilja,

but they were told that they could stop at any time.

ali im je rečeno kako mogu odustati kada god požele.

Now, those who kept their mouths shut

Sada, oni koji su šutjeli o svom cilju

worked the entire 45 minutes on average,

su u prosjeku radili svih 45 minuta,

and when asked afterward,

i kad su ih poslije pitali

said that they felt that they had a long way to go still

rekli su kako misle da moraju još puno raditi ne bi li došli do cilja.

to achieve their goal.

But those who had announced it

No, oni koji su objavili svoje ciljeve

quit after only 33 minutes, on average,

prestali su raditi u prosjeku nakon samo 33 minute,

and when asked afterward,

i kad su ih poslije pitali,

said that they felt much closer to achieving their goal.

rekli su kako misle da su blizu cilju.

So if this is true, what can we do?

Dakle, ako je to istina,

što možemo učiniti?

Well, you could resist the temptation to announce your goal.

Pa, možemo odoljeti iskušenju

da obznanimo svoj cilj.

You can delay the gratification that the social acknowledgment brings,

Možete odgoditi zadovoljstvo

koje donosi priznanje okoline.

and you can understand that your mind mistakes the talking for the doing.

I možete prihvatiti da vaš um

pobrka govorenje i činjenje.

But if you do need to talk about something,

Ali ako morate govoriti o nečemu,

you can state it in a way that gives you no satisfaction,

možete to reći na način

koji vam ne donosi zadovoljstvo,

such as, "I really want to run this marathon,

poput: "Zbilja želim trčati ovaj maraton

so I need to train five times a week

pa moram trenirati pet puta na tjedan

and kick my ass if I don't, okay?"

i samog sebe kazniti ako neću, OK?"

So audience, next time you're tempted to tell someone your goal,

Dakle, moja publiko, idući put kada ste u iskušenju nekome reći svoje ciljeve

what will you say?

što ćete reći?

(Silence)

Exactly! Well done.

Točno. Dobro napravljeno.

(Laughter)

(Applause)

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