Smash fear, learn anything | Tim Ferriss

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This is Tim Ferriss circa 1979 A.D. Age two.

Ovo je Tim Ferris oko 1979. godine Gospodnje. Dvije godine star.

You can tell by the power squat, I was a very confident boy --

Možete reći po mom čučnju, bio sam jako samouvjeren dječak --

and not without reason.

i ne bez razloga.

I had a very charming routine at the time,

Imao sam jako šarmantnu rutinu u to vrijeme,

which was to wait until late in the evening

a to je bilo da čekam kasno navečer

when my parents were decompressing from a hard day's work,

dok se moji roditelji ne ispušu od teškog dana na poslu,

doing their crossword puzzles, watching television.

rješavajući svoje križaljke, gledajući televiziju.

I would run into the living room, jump up on the couch,

Utrčao bih u dnevnu sobu, skočio na kauč,

rip the cushions off, throw them on the floor,

potrgao jastuke, pobacao ih na pod,

scream at the top of my lungs and run out

vrištao iz petnih žila i otrčao van

because I was the Incredible Hulk.

jer sam bio Nevjerojatni Hulk.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Obviously, you see the resemblance.

Očito, vidite sličnost.

And this routine went on for some time.

I ovaj običaj je trajao neko vrijeme.

When I was seven I went to summer camp.

Kad sam imao 7 godina, otišao sam u ljetni kamp.

My parents found it necessary for peace of mind.

Moji roditelji su smatrali to nužnim za svoj mir.

And at noon each day

I u podne svakog dana

the campers would go to a pond,

kamperi bi otišli na jezerce

where they had floating docks.

gdje su imali splavi uz obalu.

You could jump off the end into the deep end.

Moglo se skočiti sa kraja u duboki dio.

I was born premature. I was always very small.

Rodio sam se prerano. Uvijek sam bio jako malen.

My left lung had collapsed when I was born.

Lijevo plućno krilo mi je kolabiralo kad sam se rodio.

And I've always had buoyancy problems.

I uvijek sam imao problema s pritiskom zraka.

So water was something that scared me to begin with.

Tako da je voda bila nešto što me automatski plašilo.

But I would go in on occasion.

Ali u nekim prilikama bih ušao.

And on one particular day,

I baš na taj dan,

the campers were jumping through inner tubes,

kamperi su skakali kroz gume na napuhivanje.

They were diving through inner tubes. And I thought this would be great fun.

Ronili su kroz te gume. I mislio sam da bi to bilo jako zabavno.

So I dove through the inner tube,

Tako sam zaronio kroz gumu,

and the bully of the camp grabbed my ankles.

i nasilnik kampa me zgrabio za gležnjeve.

And I tried to come up for air,

Pokušao sam izroniti da udahnem,

and my lower back hit the bottom of the inner tube.

i donjim dijelom leđa udario u dno gume.

And I went wild eyed and thought I was going to die.

I raširio sam oči u strahu jer sam mislio da ću umrijeti.

A camp counselor fortunately came over and separated us.

Savjetnik u kampu je na sreću došao i razdvojio nas.

From that point onward I was terrified of swimming.

Od tada sam bio prestravljen od pomisli na plivanje.

That is something that I did not get over.

To je nešto preko čega nisam prešao.

My inability to swim has been

Moja nesposobnost da plivam je bila

one of my greatest humiliations and embarrassments.

jedna od mojih najvećih poniženja i sramota.

That is when I realized that I was not the Incredible Hulk.

Tad sam shvatio da ja nisam Nevjerojatni Hulk.

But there is a happy ending to this story.

Ali ova priča ima sretan kraj.

At age 31 -- that's my age now --

U dobi od 31 godine -- toliko imam sada --

in August I took two weeks to re-examine swimming,

u kolovozu sam uzeo dva tjedna da ponovno ispitam plivanje,

and question all the of the obvious aspects of swimming.

i preispitam sve očite aspekte plivanja.

And went from swimming one lap --

I prešao sam od plivanja jedne dužine bazena --

so 20 yards -- like a drowning monkey,

dakle oko 18 metara -- kao majmun koji se utapa,

at about 200 beats per minute heart rate --

s oko 200 otkucaja srca po minuti --

I measured it --

mjerio sam --

to going to Montauk on Long Island,

do toga da sam išao na Montauk na Long Islandu --

close to where I grew up,

blizu mjesta gdje sam odrastao,

and jumping into the ocean and swimming one kilometer in open water,

i skočio u ocean i plivao jedan kilometar u otvorenoj vodi,

getting out and feeling better than when I went in.

osjećajući se bolje dok sam izlazio nego dok sam ulazio.

And I came out,

I izašao sam,

in my Speedos, European style,

u svojim slip kupaćim gaćama,

feeling like the Incredible Hulk.

osjećajući se kao Nevjerojatni Hulk.

And that's what I want everyone in here to feel like,

I želim da se svi ovdje tako osjećaju,

the Incredible Hulk, at the end of this presentation.

kao Nevjerojatni Hulk, na kraju ove prezentacije.

More specifically, I want you to feel like you're capable

Točnije, želim da se osjećate kao da ste sposobni

of becoming an excellent long-distance swimmer,

postati izvrstan plivač na duge staze,

a world-class language learner,

učenik jezika svjetske klase,

and a tango champion.

i šampion u tangu.

And I would like to share my art.

I volio bih podijeliti svoju umjetnost.

If I have an art, it's deconstructing things

Imam umjetnost, rastavljam stvari

that really scare the living hell out of me.

koje me plaše više od ičega.

So, moving onward.

Dakle, nastavimo.

Swimming, first principles.

Plivanje, prvi principi.

First principles, this is very important.

Prvi principi, ovo je veoma važno.

I find that the best results in life

Smatram da se najbolji rezultati u životu

are often held back by false constructs and untested assumptions.

često zadržavaju zbog lažnih konstrukata i netestiranih pretpostavki.

And the turnaround in swimming came

I preokret u plivanju je došao

when a friend of mine said, "I will go a year without any stimulants" --

kad je moj prijatelj rekao: "Godinu dana ću biti bez stimulansa",

this is a six-double-espresso-per-day type of guy --

ovo je vrsta čovjeka koji dnevno pije šest dvostrukih espressa,

"if you can complete a one kilometer open water race."

"ako ti uspiješ završiti kilometar dugu utrku u otvorenoj vodi."

So the clock started ticking.

Tako je sat počeo otkucavati.

I started seeking out triathletes

Počeo sam tražiti triatlonce

because I found that lifelong swimmers often couldn't teach what they did.

jer sam shvatio da plivači s dugim stažom ne mogu poučiti o tome što rade.

I tried kickboards.

Pokušao sam s kratkom daskom za plivanje.

My feet would slice through the water like razors,

Stopala su mi išla kroz vodu kao oštrice,

I wouldn't even move. I would leave demoralized, staring at my feet.

ne bih se uopće pomicao. Otišao bih demoraliziran, zureći u pod.

Hand paddles, everything.

Ručne peraje, sve.

Even did lessons with Olympians -- nothing helped.

Čak i lekcije sa Olimpijcima -- ništa nije pomoglo.

And then Chris Sacca, who is now a dear friend mine,

I onda je Chris Sacca, koji mi je sad drag prijatelj,

had completed an Iron Man with 103 degree temperature,

dovršio utrku Iron Man s temperaturom od 40°C,

said, "I have the answer to your prayers."

i rekao: "Imam odgovor na tvoje molitve."

And he introduced me to

I uveo me u

the work of a man named Terry Laughlin

posao čovjeka po imenu Terry Laughlin

who is the founder of Total Immersion Swimming.

koji je osnovao Plivanje s potpunim uronom.

That set me on the road to examining biomechanics.

To me odvelo na put ispitivanja biomehanike.

So here are the new rules of swimming,

Dakle, tu su nova pravila plivanja,

if any of you are afraid of swimming, or not good at it.

ako se bilo tko od vas boji plivanja, ili nije dobar u tome.

The first is, forget about kicking. Very counterintuitive.

Prvo je, zaboravite na odgurivanje. Nema veze s razumom.

So it turns out that propulsion isn't really the problem.

Dakle, ispostavilo se da pogon uopće nije problem.

Kicking harder doesn't solve the problem

Jače odgurivanje ne rješava problem

because the average swimmer only transfers about three percent

zato što prosječan plivač prenosi tek oko 3%

of their energy expenditure into forward motion.

utroška energije u pomicanje prema naprijed.

The problem is hydrodynamics.

Problem je hidrodinamika.

So what you want to focus on instead

Dakle, ono na što se umjesto toga želite fokusirati je

is allowing your lower body to draft behind your upper body,

da dopustite donjem dijelu tijela da se vuča za gornjim dijelom,

much like a small car behind a big car on the highway.

jako slično tome kako se mali auto vuče iza velikog na cesti.

And you do that by maintaining a horizontal body position.

A to činite održavanjem horizontalnog položaja tijela.

The only way you can do that

Jedini način da to činite je

is to not swim on top of the water.

da ne plivate na površini vode.

The body is denser than water. 95 percent of it would be,

Tijelo je gušće od vode, barem 95% tijela

at least, submerged naturally.

bi prirodno bilo zaronjeno.

So you end up, number three,

Tako završite, pod broj tri,

not swimming, in the case of freestyle,

ne plivajući, u slučaju slobodnog stila,

on your stomach, as many people think, reaching on top of the water.

na trbuhu, kao što mnogo ljudi misli, na površini vode,

But actually rotating from streamlined right

nego se okrećući aerodinamično s desna

to streamlined left,

na lijevo,

maintaining that fuselage position as long as possible.

zadržavajući položaj kao trup aviona što je duže moguće.

So let's look at some examples. This is Terry.

Pa pogledajmo neke primjere. Ovo je Terry.

And you can see that he's extending his right arm

I možete vidjeti kako pruža svoju desnu ruku

below his head and far in front.

ispod glave i daleko naprijed.

And so his entire body really is underwater.

Tako je njegovo tijelo potpuno pod vodom.

The arm is extended below the head.

Ruka je pružena ispod glave.

The head is held in line with the spine,

Glava se drži u ravnini s kralježnicom,

so that you use strategic water pressure to raise your legs up --

tako da koristite strateški otpor vode da vam podigne noge --

very important, especially for people with lower body fat.

vrlo važno, osobito za ljude s debljim donjim dijelom.

Here is an example of the stroke.

Evo primjera zamaha.

So you don't kick. But you do use a small flick.

Tako da ne gurate. Ali koristite mali trzaj.

You can see this is the left extension.

Ovo možete vidjeti na lijevom produljenju.

Then you see his left leg.

Onda vidite njegovu lijevu nogu.

Small flick, and the only purpose of that

Maleni trzaj, i jedina mu je svrha

is to rotate his hips so he can get to the opposite side.

da zarotira kukove tako da bi došao na suprotnu stranu.

And the entry point for his right hand -- notice this,

I ulazna točka za njegovu desnu ruku -- pogledajte to,

he's not reaching in front and catching the water.

ne pruža ruku naprijed i lovi vodu.

Rather, he is entering the water

Radije, ulazi u vodu

at a 45-degree angle with his forearm,

s ramenom pod kutem od 45 stupnjeva,

and then propelling himself by streamlining -- very important.

i onda se odguruje aerodinamično -- jako važno.

Incorrect, above, which is what almost every swimming coach will teach you.

Netočno, gore, je ono što će vas gotovo svaki učitelj plivanja poučiti.

Not their fault, honestly.

Iskreno, nije to njihova krivica.

And I'll get to implicit versus explicit in a moment.

Za tren ću doći na pitanje implicitnog i eksplicitnog.

Below is what most swimmers

Niže je ono što će većina plivača

will find enables them to do what I did,

zaključiti da im pomaže da učine što sam ja učinio,

which is going from 21 strokes per 20-yard length

a to je da dođu od 21 zamaha za 18 metara

to 11 strokes

do 11 zamaha

in two workouts with no coach, no video monitoring.

u dvije vježbe bez učitelja, i video nadzora.

And now I love swimming. I can't wait to go swimming.

I sad obožavam plivanje. Jedva čekam da odem plivati.

I'll be doing a swimming lesson later, for myself, if anyone wants to join me.

Kasnije ću odraditi lekciju plivanja, za sebe, ako mi se itko želi pridružiti.

Last thing, breathing. A problem a lot of us have, certainly, when you're swimming.

Posljedna stvar, disanje. Problem koji mnogi od nas imaju, zasigurno, kad plivate.

In freestyle, easiest way to remedy this is

U slobodnom stilu, ovo je najlakše zaliječiti

to turn with body roll,

tako da se okrene tijelom,

and just to look at your recovery hand as it enters the water.

i da samo gledate u svoju ruku dok ulazi u vodu.

And that will get you very far.

I to će vas odvesti jako daleko.

That's it. That's really all you need to know.

To je to. To je zapravo sve što trebate znati.

Languages. Material versus method.

Jezici. Materijali protiv metode.

I, like many people, came to the conclusion

Ja, kao većina ljudi, sam došao do zaključka

that I was terrible at languages.

da sam grozan u jezicima.

I suffered through Spanish for junior high, first year of high school,

Patio sam kroz satove španjolskog u srednjoj, prvoj godini srednje škole,

and the sum total of my knowledge

i zbroj mog kompletnog znanja

was pretty much, "Donde esta el bano?"

se uglavnom sveo na: "Donde esta el bano?"

And I wouldn't even catch the response. A sad state of affairs.

I ne bih ni uhvatio odgovor. Tužno stanje stvari.

Then I transferred to a different school sophomore year, and

Onda sam se na drugoj godini premjestio u drugu školu,

I had a choice of other languages. Most of my friends were taking Japanese.

i imao sam izbor iz drugih jezika. Većina mojih prijatelja je slušala japanski.

So I thought why not punish myself? I'll do Japanese.

Pa sam mislio, zašto se ne bih kaznio? Uzet ću japanski.

Six months later I had the chance to go to Japan.

Šest mjeseci kasnije imao sam priliku ići u Japan.

My teachers assured me, they said, "Don't worry.

Učitelj me uvjerio, rekao je: "Ne brini.

You'll have Japanese language classes every day to help you cope.

Imat ćeš satove japanskog svaki dan da ti pomognu nositi se sa svim.

It will be an amazing experience." My first overseas experience in fact.

Bit će to predivno iskustvo." Moje prvo iskustvo preko mora, ustvari.

So my parents encouraged me to do it. I left.

Tako su me i roditelji nagovorili da idem. Otišao sam.

I arrived in Tokyo. Amazing.

Stigao sam u Tokio. Predivno.

I couldn't believe I was on the other side of the world.

Nisam mogao vjerovati da sam na drugoj strani svijeta.

I met my host family. Things went quite well I think,

Upoznao sam obitelj domaćine. Išlo je poprilično dobro, mislim,

all things considered.

kad se sve uzme u obzir.

My first evening, before my first day of school,

Moje prve večeri, upravo pred prvi dan škole,

I said to my mother, very politely,

rekao sam mojoj majci, jako pristojno,

"Please wake me up at eight a.m."

"Molim te probudi me u 8 ujutro."

So, (Japanese)

Pa, (japanski)

But I didn't say (Japanese). I said, (Japanese). Pretty close.

Ali nisam rekao (japanski). Rekao sam, (japanski). Prilično blizu.

But I said, "Please rape me at eight a.m."

Ali rekao sam: "Molim vas, silujte me u 8 ujutro".

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

You've never seen a more confused Japanese woman.

Nikad niste vidjeli zbunjeniju Japanku.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

I walked in to school.

Išao sam pješice u školu.

And a teacher came up to me and handed me a piece of paper.

Učitelj mi je prišao i dao mi list papira.

I couldn't read any of it -- hieroglyphics, it could have been --

Ništa od toga nisam mogao pročitati -- mogli su to biti hijeroglifi --

because it was Kanji,

jer je to bio Kanji,

Chinese characters adapted into the Japanese language.

kineski simboli prilagođeni japanskom jeziku.

Asked him what this said.

Pitao sam ga što to znači.

And he goes, "Ahh, okay okay,

I on kaže: "Ahaa, ok, ok,

eehto, World History, ehh, Calculus,

eehto, Svjetska povijest, eh, Matematika,

Traditional Japanese." And so on.

tradicionalni japanski." I tako dalje.

And so it came to me in waves.

I tako mi je došlo u naletima.

There had been something lost in translation.

Nešto je bilo izgubljeno u prijevodu.

The Japanese classes were not Japanese instruction classes, per se.

Satovi japanskog nisu bili satovi japanskog jezika, sami po sebi.

They were the normal high school curriculum for Japanese students --

To je bio normalan srednjoškolski kurikulum za japanske učenike --

the other 4,999 students in the school, who were Japanese, besides the American.

ostalih 4.999 učenika škole, koji su bili Japanci, osim Amerikanca.

And that's pretty much my response.

I to je uglavnom moj odgovor.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

And that set me on this panic driven search for the perfect language method.

I to me poslalo na paničnu potragu za savršenom metodom učenja jezika.

I tried everything. I went to Kinokuniya.

Pokušao sam sve. Išao sam u Kinokuniya.

I tried every possible book, every possible CD.

Pokušao sam sa svakom mogućom knjigom, CD-om.

Nothing worked until I found this.

Ništa nije upalilo dok nisam našao ovo.

This is the Joyo Kanji. This is a Tablet rather,

Ovo je Joyo Kanji. Ovo je, recimo, tablet,

or a poster of the 1,945 common-use characters

ili poster sa 1.945 često korištenih simbola

as determined by the Ministry of Education in 1981.

koje je ustanovilo Ministarstvo obrazovanja 1981.g.

Many of the publications in Japan limit themselves to these characters,

Mnoge objavljene stvari u Japanu se ograničavaju na ove simbole,

to facilitate literacy -- some are required to.

da bi olakšale pismenost -- od nekih se to zahtijeva.

And this became my Holy Grail, my Rosetta Stone.

I ovo mi je postao Sveti gral, Rosetta Stone.

As soon as I focused on this material,

Čim sam se usredotočio na ovaj materijal,

I took off.

poletio sam.

I ended up being able to read Asahi Shinbu, Asahi newspaper,

Na kraju sam mogao čitati Asahi Shinbu, Asahi novine,

about six months later -- so a total of 11 months later --

šest mjeseci kasnije -- dakle ukupno 11 mjeseci kasnije --

and went from Japanese I to Japanese VI.

prešao sam s prvog na šesti stupanj japanskog.

Ended up doing translation work at age 16 when I returned to the U.S.,

Na kraju sam radio prijevode u dobi od 16 godina kad sam se vratio u SAD,

and have continued to apply this material

i radije sam nastavio primjenjivati ovaj materijal

over method approach to close to a dozen languages now.

nego pristup metodom za oko desetak jezika sad.

Someone who was terrible at languages,

Netko tko je bio grozan u jezicima,

and at any given time, speak, read and write five or six.

u bilo koje vrijeme govori, čita i piše pet ili šest jezika.

This brings us to the point,

Ovo nas dovodi do glavne teme,

which is, it's oftentimes what you do,

a ta je da je često ono što činite,

not how you do it, that is the determining factor.

a ne kako to činite, odlučujući faktor.

This is the difference between being effective -- doing the right things --

Ovo je razlika između toga da si učinkovit -- činiti prave stvari --

and being efficient -- doing things well whether or not they're important.

i toga da si učinkovit -- činiti stvari dobro bez obzira jesu li važne ili ne.

You can also do this with grammar.

Ovo možete napraviti i s gramatikom.

I came up with these six sentences after much experimentation.

Nakon mnogo eksperimentiranja sam smislio ovih šest rečenica.

Having a native speaker allow you to deconstruct their grammar,

Dopuštenje izvornog govornika da rekonstruirate njegovu gramatiku,

by translating these sentences into past, present, future,

prevodeći ove rečenice u prošlo, sadašnje i buduće vrijeme,

will show you subject, object, verb,

pokazat će vam subjekt, objekt, glagol,

placement of indirect, direct objects, gender and so forth.

smještaj indirektnih i direktnih objekata, roda i tako dalje.

From that point, you can then, if you want to,

Od te točke, onda možete, ako želite,

acquire multiple languages, alternate them so there is no interference.

usvojiti više jezika, bez da dolazi do miješanja pri prebacivanju s jednog na drugi.

We can talk about that if anyone in interested.

Možemo razgovarati o tome ako vas zanima.

And now I love languages.

I sad obožavam jezike.

So ballroom dancing, implicit versus explicit --

Pa klasični plesovi, skriveno u suprotnosti s otkrivenim --

very important.

jako važno.

You might look at me and say, "That guy must be a ballroom dancer."

Možete me pogledati i reći: "Taj tip mora biti klasični plesač."

But no, you'd be wrong

Ali ne, prevarili biste se

because my body is very poorly designed for most things --

jer je moje tijelo slabo dizajnirano za većinu stvari --

pretty well designed for lifting heavy rocks perhaps.

možda poprilično dobro dizajnirano za podizanje teškog kamenja.

I used to be much bigger, much more muscular.

Nekad sam bio mnogo veći, mišićaviji.

And so I ended up walking like this.

I tako na kraju počeo hodati ovako.

I looked a lot like an orangutan, our close cousins, or the Incredible Hulk.

Poprilično sam nalikovao orangutanu, našem bliskom rođaku, ili Nevjerojatnom Hulku.

Not very good for ballroom dancing.

Ne baš dobro za klasično plesanje.

I found myself in Argentina in 2005,

2005. sam se našao u Argentini,

decided to watch a tango class -- had no intention of participating.

odlučivši gledati sat tanga -- nisam imao namjeru sudjelovati.

Went in, paid my ten pesos,

Ušao sam, platio svojih 10 pesosa,

walked up -- 10 women two guys, usually a good ratio.

prišao -- 10 žena dva tipa, obično dobar omjer.

The instructor says, "You are participating."

Instruktor kaže: "Sudjeluješ."

Immediately: death sweat.

Odmah: smrtni znoj.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Fight-or-flight fear sweat, because I tried ballroom dancing in college --

Znoj straha bori-se-ili-bježi, jer sam se iskušao u klasičnom plesu na koledžu --

stepped on the girl's foot with my heel. She screamed.

nagazio sam curi na stopalo petom. Vrisnula je.

I was so concerned with her perception of what I was doing,

Bio sam tako zabrinut oko njenog viđenja onog što sam činio,

that it exploded in my face,

da mi je eksplodiralo u lice,

never to return to the ballroom dancing club.

da se nikad više ne vratim u klub klasičnog plesa.

She comes up, and this was her approach, the teacher.

Prišla je, a ovo je bio njen pristup, učiteljica.

"Okay, come on, grab me."

"OK, dođi, zgrabi me."

Gorgeous assistant instructor.

Prekrasna pomoćnica instruktora.

She was very pissed off that I had pulled her from her advanced practice.

Bila je jako bijesna što sam je odvukao od njene napredne prakse.

So I did my best. I didn't know where to put my hands.

Pa sam dao sve od sebe. Nisam znao gdje staviti ruke.

And she pulled back, threw down her arms,

I povukla se, objesila ruke,

put them on her hips, turned around and yelled across the room,

stavila ih na svoje kukove, okrenula se i viknula preko cijele prostorije,

"This guy is built like a god-damned mountain of muscle,

"Ovaj tip je građen kao prokleta planina mišića,

and he's grabbing me like a fucking Frenchman,"

i grabi me kao jebeni Francuz,"

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

which I found encouraging.

što me ohrabrilo.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Everyone burst into laughter. I was humiliated.

Svi su puknuli od smijeha. Bio sam ponižen.

She came back. She goes, "Come on. I don't have all day."

Vratila se. Kaže mi: "Dođi. Nemam cijeli dan."

As someone who wrestled since age eight, I proceeded to crush her,

Kao netko tko se s osam godina hrvao, nastavio sam je gnječiti.

"Of Mice and Men" style.

U stilu "O miševima i ljudima."

And she looked up and said,

Pogledala me i rekla,

"Now that's better."

"E, to je bolje."

So I bought a month's worth of classes.

Tako sam platio sate za mjesec dana.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

And proceeded to look at --

I nastavio sam gledati u --

I wanted to set competition so I'd have a deadline --

želio sam dogovoriti natjecanje tako da imam rok --

Parkinson's Law,

Parkinsonov zakon,

the perceived complexity of a task will expand to fill the time you allot it.

viđena kompleksnost zadatka će se se razvući na vrijeme koje joj odredite.

So I had a very short deadline for a competition.

Tako sam imao jako kratak rok do natjecanja.

I got a female instructor first,

Najprije sam dobio žensku instruktoricu,

to teach me the female role, the follow,

da me nauči žensku ulogu, da slijedim,

because I wanted to understand the sensitivities and abilities

jer sam želio razumjeti osjetljivost i mogućnosti

that the follow needed to develop, so I wouldn't have a repeat of college.

koje je praćenje trebalo razviti, da ne ponovim ono s koledža.

And then I took an inventory of the characteristics,

Onda sam napravio inventar karakteristika,

along with her, of the

skupa s njom,

of the capabilities and elements of different dancers who'd won championships.

mogućnosti i elemenata različitih plesača koji su pobijedili na prvenstvima.

I interviewed these people because they all taught in Buenos Aires.

Intervjuirao sam ove ljude jer su svi poučavali u Buenos Airesu.

I compared the two lists,

Usporedio sam dvije liste,

and what you find is that there is explicitly,

i ono što otkrijete je da eksplicitno postoji

expertise they recommended, certain training methods.

stručnost koju preporučaju, određene metode treniranja.

Then there were implicit commonalities

Onda su tu i implicitne uobičajene stvari

that none of them seemed to be practicing.

za koje se čini da nitko od njih ne vježba.

Now the protectionism of Argentine dance teachers aside,

Sad na stranu s protekcionizmom argentinskih učitelja plesa,

I found this very interesting. So I decided to focus on three of those commonalities.

ovo mi je bilo jako zanimljivo. Odlučio sam se usredotočiti na tri od ovih uobičajenih praksi.

Long steps. So a lot of milongueros --

Dugi koraci. Mnogo milonguerosa --

the tango dancers will use very short steps.

plesači tanga će koristiti jako kratke korake.

I found that longer steps were much more elegant.

Čini mi se da su dugi koraci mnogo elegantniji.

So you can have --

Pa možete imati --

and you can do it in a very small space in fact.

i zapravo to možete činiti u jako malom prostoru.

Secondly, different types of pivots.

Drugo, različiti tipovi vrtnji.

Thirdly, variation in tempo.

Treće, varijacija u tempu.

These seemed to be the three areas that I could exploit to compete

Činilo se da su ovo tri područja koja sam mogao iskoristiti da se natječem

if I wanted to comptete against people who'd been practicing for 20 to 30 years.

ako sam se želio natjecati protiv ljudi koji vježbaju 20 do 30 godina.

That photo is of the

Ova fotografija je sa

semi-finals of the Buenos Aires championships, four months later.

polufinala prvenstva u Buenos Airesu, četiri mjeseca poslije.

Then one month later, went to the world championships,

Onda mjesec kasnije, išao sam na svjetska prvenstva,

made it to the semi-final. And then set a world record, following that,

dospio do polufinala. I onda postavio svjetski rekord, nakon toga,

two weeks later.

dva tjedna kasnije.

I want you to see part of what I practiced.

Želim da vidite dio onog što sam vježbao.

I'm going to jump forward here.

Malo ću preskočiti do tu.

This is the instructor that Alicia and I chose for the male lead.

Ovo je instruktor kojeg smo Alicia i ja izabrali za muško vođenje.

His name is Gabriel Misse.

Zove se Gabriel Misse.

One of the most elegant dancers of his generation,

Jedan od najelegantnijih plesača svoje generacije,

known for his long steps, and his tempo changes

poznat po dugim koracima, promjenama tempa

and his pivots.

i vrtnjama.

Alicia, in her own right, very famous.

Alicia je sama po sebi veoma poznata.

So I think you'll agree, they look quite good together.

Tako da vjerujem da ćete se složiti, izgledaju jako dobro zajedno.

Now what I like about this video

Sad, ono što mi se sviđa kod ovog videa

is it's actually a video of the first time they ever danced together

je da je to video prvog puta što su ikad plesali skupa

because of his lead. He had a strong lead.

zbog njegova vodstva. Snažno vodi.

He didn't lead with his chest, which requires you lean forward.

Ne vodi prsima, što zahtijeva da se nagnete naprijed.

I couldn't develop the attributes in my toes,

Nisam mogao razviti svojstva u svojim nožnim prstima,

the strength in my feet, to do that.

snagu u stopalima, da to radim.

So he uses a lead that focuses on

On vodi na način da se fokusira

his shoulder girdle and his arm.

na pojas ramena i ruke.

So he can lift the woman to break her, for example.

Tako može podići ženu da je slomi, na primjer.

That's just one benefit of that.

To je samo jedna prednost.

So then we broke it down.

Onda sam to razlomio.

This would be an example of one pivot.

Ovo bi bio primjer jedne vrtnje.

This is a back step pivot.

Ovo je vrtnja s korakom unatrag.

There are many different types.

Postoji mnogo različitih tipova.

I have hundreds of hours of footage --

Imam stotine sati snimki --

all categorized, much like George Carlin

sve kategorizirano, podosta kao što je George Carlin

categorized his comedy.

kategorizirao svoju komediju.

So using my arch-nemesis,

Tako koristeći svog smrtnog neprijatelja,

Spanish, no less, to learn tango.

španjolski, ni više ni manje, da naučim tango.

So fear is your friend. Fear is an indicator.

Tako da vam je strah prijatelj. Strah je indikator.

Sometimes it shows you what you shouldn't do.

Ponekad vam pokazuje što ne biste trebali raditi.

More often than not it shows you exactly what you should do.

Češće vam zapravo pokazuje što biste trebali raditi.

And the best results that I've had in life,

I najbolji rezultati u mom životu,

the most enjoyable times, have all been from asking a simple question:

najugodnije provedena vremena, su sva bila zbog postavljanja jednostavnog pitanja:

what's the worst that can happen?

što je najgore što se može dogoditi?

Especially with fears you gained when you were a child.

Osobito sa strahovima koje steknete kao dijete.

Take the analytical frameworks,

Uzmite analitički okvir,

the capabilities you have, apply them to old fears.

sposobnosti koje imate, primijenite ih na stare strahove.

Apply them to very big dreams.

Primijenite ih na jako velike snove.

And when I think of what I fear now, it's very simple.

I kad pomislim čega se bojim sad, jako je jednostavno.

When I imagine my life,

Kad zamislim svoj život,

what my life would have been like

kakav bi moj život bio

without the educational opportunities that I had,

bez obrazovnih mogućnosti koje sam imao,

it makes me wonder.

zapitam se.

I've spent the last two years trying to deconstruct

Proveo sam prošle dvije godine pokušavajući rekonstruirati

the American public school system,

sustav američkih javnih škola,

to either fix it or replace it.

da ga ili popravim ili zamijenim.

And have done experiments with about 50,000 students thus far --

I provodio sam pokuse sa oko 50.000 učenika do sad --

built, I'd say, about a half dozen schools,

izgradio, rekao bih, oko 5-6 škola,

my readers, at this point.

svojih čitatelja, u ovom trenu.

And if any of you are interested in that,

I ako je itko od vas zainteresiran za to,

I would love to speak with you.

volio bih razgovarati s vama.

I know nothing. I'm a beginner.

Ne znam ništa. Početnik sam.

But I ask a lot of questions, and I would love your advice.

Ali mnogo ispitujem, i volio bih vaš savjet.

Thank you very much.

Hvala vam puno.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)