We should aim for perfection -- and stop fearing failure | Jon Bowers

Prevoditelj: Lucija Jelić Recezent: Sanda L

Have you ever heard of typosquatting?

Jeste li ikada čuli za "typosquatting"?

Well, typosquatting is where companies like Google

Pa, typosquatting je kada kompanije kao što je Google

post advertisements on websites that are commonly miskeyed,

objavljuju oglase na stranicama koje obično sadrže grešku prilikom unosa,

and then they sit back and rake in millions

a oni se onda naslone i zarađuju milijune

banking on the fact that you're visiting something like gmale.com

na temelju činjenice da vi posjećujete stranice poput gmale.com

or mikerowesoft.com.

ili mikerowesoft.com.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

It just seems kind of silly, doesn't it?

Zvuči pomalo smiješno, zar ne?

How about this?

A što kažete na ovo?

On February 28, an engineer at Amazon

28. veljače, inženjer u Amazonu

made a similar, seemingly small key error.

napravio je sličnu, naizgled malu tipkarsku grešku.

Only I say seemingly small

Samo ja kažem "naizgled" malu

because this one little typo on Amazon's supercode

jer je ova greškica na Amazonovom superkôdu

produced a massive internet slowdown

proizvela ogromno usporavanje interneta

that cost the company over 160 million dollars

koje je tvrtku koštalo preko 160 milijuna dolara

in the span of just four hours.

u razmaku od samo 4 sata.

But this is actually really scary.

No, to je zapravo vrlo zastrašujuće.

You see, recently, an employee at the New England Compound,

Vidite, nedavno, jedan zaposlenik u New England Compound-u,

which is a pharmaceutical manufacturer,

što je farmaceutski proizvođač,

didn't clean a lab properly

nije ispravno očistio laboratorij

and now 76 people have died

i onda je 76 ljudi umrlo

and 700 more have contracted meningitis.

i još 700 oboljelo od meningitisa.

I mean, these examples are crazy, right?

Mislim, ti su primjeri nevjerojatni, zar ne?

When did we come to live in a world where these types of typos,

Kada smo počeli živjeti u svijetu gdje su ovakve pogreške,

common errors, this do-your-best attitude or just good enough was acceptable?

česti propusti, taj daj-sve-od-sebe ili stav dovoljno-dobar, postali prihvatljivi?

At some point, we've stopped valuing perfection,

U jednom trenu, prestali smo cijeniti savršenstvo

and now, these are the type of results that we get.

i sada dobivamo ovakve rezultate.

You see, I think that we should all seek perfection,

Vidite, mislim da bismo mi svi trebali težiti savršenstvu,

all the time,

neprestano,

and I think we need to get to it quick.

i mislim da to moramo ostvariti brzo.

You see, I run a training facility

Vidite, ja vodim tvrtku za obuku

where I'm responsible for the education of professional delivery drivers,

u kojoj sam odgovoran za edukaciju profesionalnih dostavljača

and in my line of work,

i u mom poslu

we have a unique understanding of the cost of failure,

postoji jedinstveno shvaćanje troška neuspjeha,

the cost of just 99 percent,

troška od 99%,

because in the world of professional driving,

jer u svijetu profesionalnih vožnji,

just 99 percent of the job means somebody dies.

samo 99% odrađenog znači da će netko umrijeti.

Look, a hundred people die every day

Gledajte, stotinu ljudi umire svaki dan

due to vehicular crashes.

zbog sudara vozila.

Think about that for a second.

Razmislite na sekundu o tome.

That's like the equivalent of four commercial airliners

To je jednako kao da se četiri putnička aviona

crashing every week,

sruše svaki tjedan,

yet we still can't convince ourselves to pay perfect attention behind the wheel.

ali mi se ipak ne možemo uvjeriti da savršeno pazimo za volanom.

So I teach my drivers to value perfection.

Zato učim svoje vozače da cijene savršenstvo.

It's why I have them memorize

Tražim od njih da znaju napamet

our 131-word defensive driving program

naš program obrambene vožnje od 131 riječi

perfectly,

savršeno,

and then I have them rewrite it.

a zatim da ga napišu.

One wrong word, one misspelled word, one missing comma, it's a failed test.

Jedna kriva riječ, krivo napisana riječ, zarez koji nedostaje - padaju na testu.

It's why I do uniform inspections daily.

Zato provjeravam uniforme svaki dan.

Undershirts are white or brown only,

Potkošulje su bijele ili smeđe,

shoes are black or brown polished leather

cipele su od sjajne crne ili smeđe kože

and frankly, don't come to my class wrinkled and expect me to let you stay.

i iskreno, nemojte doći na moj sat izgužvani i očekivati da to dopustim.

It's why I insist that my drivers are on time.

Zato insistiram da su moji vozači točni.

Don't be late, not to class, not to break, not to lunch.

Nemojte kasniti, ni na sat, ni na pauzu, ni na ručak.

When you're supposed to be somewhere, be there.

Ako trebate negdje biti tada i tada, budite tamo.

You see, I do this so that my students understand

Vidite, radim ovo kako bi moji učenici razumjeli

that when I'm training them to drive a car and I say,

da kada ih treniram da voze auto i kažem,

"Clear every intersection,"

"Očistite svako križanje,"

they understand that I mean every traffic signal, every cross street,

znaju da mislim na svaki prometni znak, svaku poprečnu ulicu,

every side street, every parking lot, every dirt road, every crosswalk,

svaku sporednu ulicu, svako parkiralište, svaku prljavu cestu, svaku zebru,

every intersection without fail.

svako križanje bez greške.

Now, new students will often ask me

I sad, novi studenti često me pitaju

why my class is so difficult, strict, or uniform,

zašto je moj tečaj toliko težak, strog, ili jednoličan,

and the answer is simple.

a odgovor je jednostavan.

You see, perfectionism is an attitude developed in the small things

Vidite, perfekcionizam je stav koji se stekne s malim stvarima

and then applied to the larger job.

i onda implementira u veći posao.

So basically, if you can't get the little things right,

Zapravo, ako ne možete male stvari napraviti dobro,

you're going to fail when it counts,

nećete uspjeti kad se bude računalo,

and when you're driving a car, it counts.

a kada vozite auto, to se računa.

A car traveling at 55 miles an hour

Auto koji vozi 88 km/h

covers the length of an American football field

pređe dužinu igrališta američkog nogometa

in just under four and a half seconds,

u samo 4,5 sekunde,

but just so happens to be the same amount of time

i ispada da je baš toliko vremena potrebno

it takes the average person to check a text message.

prosječnoj osobi da provjeri sms poruke.

So I don't allow my drivers to lose focus,

Zato svojim vozačima ne dozvoljavam da gube fokus

and I don't accept anything less than perfection out of them.

i od njih ne prihvaćam ništa manje od savršenstva.

And you know what?

I znate što?

I'm tired of everybody else accepting 99 percent as good enough.

Umoran sam od toga da svi drugi prihvaćaju 99% kao dovoljno dobro.

I mean, being less than perfect has real consequences, doesn't it?

Mislim, biti lošiji od savršenog ima stvarne posljedice, zar ne?

Think about it.

Razmislite o tome.

If the makers of our credit cards were only 99.9 percent effective,

Kad bi proizvođači naših kreditnih kartica bili samo 99,9% učinkoviti,

there would be over a million cards in circulation today

danas bi u svijetu bilo u opticaju preko milijun kartica

that had the wrong information on the magnetic strip on the back.

s krivom informacijom na magnetnoj traci sa stražnje strane.

Or, if the Webster's Dictionary was only 99.9 percent accurate,

Ili, kada bi Websterov rječnik bio samo 99,9 posto točan,

it would have 470 misspelled words in it.

sadržavao bi 470 pogrešno napisanih riječi.

How about this?

Što kažete na ovo?

If our doctors were only 99.9 percent correct,

Kada bi naši liječnici bili samo 99,9 posto u pravu,

then every year, 4,453,000 prescriptions would be written incorrectly,

tada bi svake godine, 4 453 000 recepata bilo napisano pogrešno

and probably even scarier,

i vjerojatno još strašnije,

11 newborns would be given to the wrong parents every day

11 novorođenčadi bi bilo predano krivim roditeljima svaki dan

in the United States.

u Sjedinjenim Državama.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

And those are just the odds, thank you.

To su samo izgledi, hvala vam.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

The reality is that the US government crashed a 1.4-billion-dollar aircraft

Stvarnost je da je američka vlada srušila zrakoplov vrijedan 1,4 milijarde dolara

because the maintenance crew only did 99 percent of their job.

jer je tim za održavanje odradio samo 99 posto svog posla.

Someone forgot to check a sensor.

Netko je zaboravio provjeriti senzor.

The reality is that 16 people are now dead,

Realnost je da je 16 ljudi sada mrtvo,

180 have now been injured,

180 je ozlijeđeno

and 34 million cars are being recalled

i 34 milijuna automobila je opozvano

because the producers of a car airbag produced and distributed a product

jer su proizvođači zračnih jastuka proizveli i distribuirali proizvod

that they thought was, you know, good enough.

za koji su mislili da je, znate, dovoljno dobar.

The reality is that medical errors

Realnost je da su liječničke pogreške

are now the third leading cause of death in America.

trenutno treći najveći uzrok smrti u Americi.

250,000 people die each year

250 000 ljudi umre svake godine

because somebody who probably thought they were doing their job good enough

jer je netko tko je vjerojatno mislio da radi svoj posao dovoljno dobro,

messed up.

pogriješio.

And you don't believe me?

A vi meni ne vjerujete?

Well, I can certainly understand why.

Pa, razumijem i zašto.

You see, it's hard for us to believe anything these days

Vidite, danas nam je teško vjerovati u bilo što,

kada je manje od pola onoga što mediji kažu

when less than 50 percent of what news pundits say

utemeljeno na činjenicama.

is actually grounded in fact.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

So it comes down to this:

Sve se svodi na ovo:

trying our best is not good enough.

davati sve od sebe nije dovoljno dobro.

So how do we change?

Pa kako da se promijenimo?

We seek perfection

Zahtjevanjem savršenstva

and settle for nothing less.

i ne pristajanjem na ništa manje.

Now, I know. I need to give you a minute on that,

Dobro, znam. Sada vam trebam dati minutu,

because I know what you've been told.

jer znam što vam je rečeno.

It probably goes something like, perfection is impossible for humans,

Nešto kao, ljudi ne mogu postići savršenstvo

so therefore, seeking perfection will not only ruin your self-esteem

pa stoga vam traženje savršenstva neće samo uništiti samopouzdanje,

but it will render you a failure.

nego i biti vaš neuspjeh.

But there's the irony.

Ali u tome i jest ironija.

See, today we're all so afraid of that word failure,

Vidite, danas se toliko bojimo te riječi neuspjeh,

but the truth is, we need to fail.

a zapravo, trebamo pogriješiti.

Failure is a natural stepping stone towards perfection,

Neuspjeh je prirodna odskočna daska prema savršenstvu,

but at some point, because we became so afraid of that idea of failure

ali u jednom trenu, zbog našeg velikog straha od neuspjeha

and so afraid of that idea of perfection,

i straha od same ideje savršenstva,

we dismissed it because of what might happen to our egos when we fall short.

to smo odbacili jer se bojimo što bi se tada moglo dogoditi našem egu.

I mean, do you really think that failure's going to ruin you?

Mislim, mislite li zaista da će vas neuspjeh uništiti?

Or is that just the easy answer that gets us slow websites,

Ili je to samo izgovor koji nas je doveo do sporih web stranica,

scary healthcare and dangerous roads?

zastrašujućeg zdravstva i opasnih cesta?

I mean, are you ready to make perfection the bad guy in all this?

Mislim, jeste li spremni da okrivite savršenstvo u svemu ovome?

Look, failure and imperfection are basically the same thing.

Gledajte, neuspjeh i nesavršenstvo zapravo su ista stvar.

We all know that imperfection exists all around us.

Svi mi znamo da je nesavršenstvo svugdje oko nas.

Nothing and nobody is perfect.

Ništa i nitko nije savršen.

But at some point, because it was too difficult or too painful,

Ali u jednom trenu, bilo je preteško ili prebolno

we decided to dismiss our natural ability to deal with failure

pa smo odlučili odbaciti prirodnu sposobnost nošenja s neuspjehom

and replace it with a lower acceptance level.

i zamijeniti je nižim standardima.

And now we're all forced to sit back

I sad smo svi prisiljeni opustiti se

and just accept this new norm or good-enough attitude

i jednostavno prihvatiti ovaj novi oblik ili stav dovoljno-dobro

and the results that come with it.

te rezultate koje to donosi.

So even with all that said,

I unatoč svemu rečenom,

people will still tell me, you know,

ljudi će opet reći, znate,

"Didn't the medical staff, the maintenance crew, the engineer,

"Nije li liječničko osoblje, tim za održavanje, inžinjer,

nisu li dali sve od sebe i nije li to dovoljno dobro?"

didn't they try their best, and isn't that good enough?"

Well, truthfully, not for me and especially not in these examples.

Pa, iskreno, ne za mene i definitivno ne u ovim primjerima.

Yeah, but, you know, trying to be perfect is so stressful, right?

Da, ali, znate, pokušavati biti savršen je tako stresno, zar ne?

And, you know, Oprah talked about it, universities study it,

I, znate, Oprah je o tome govorila, sveučilišta to proučavaju,

I bet your high school counselor even warned you about it.

sigurno vas je i školski savjetnik upozorio na to.

Stres je loš za nas, zar ne?

Stress is bad for us, isn't it?

Well, maybe,

Pa, možda,

but to say that seeking perfection is too stressful

no reći da je samo traženje savršenstva prestresno,

is like saying that exercise is too exhausting.

isto je kao reći da je vježbanje previše iscrpljujuće.

In both cases, if you want the results, you've got to endure the pain.

U oba slučaja, ako želite rezultate, morate podnijeti bol.

So truthfully, saying that seeking perfection is too stressful

Pa iskreno, reći da je traženje savršenstva prestresno,

is just an excuse to be lazy.

samo je isprika za lijenost.

But here's the really scary part.

Ali ovo je najstrašniji dio.

Today, doctors, therapists

Danas, liječnici, terapeuti

and the nearly 10-billion- dollar-a-year self-help industry

i industrija za samopomoć vrijedna skoro 10 mlrd. dolara godišnje,

are all advocating against the idea of perfection

zalažu se protiv ideje savršenstva

under this guise that somehow not trying to be perfect

pretvarajući se da će, ako ne pokušavate biti savršeni,

will save your self-esteem and protect your ego.

to spasiti vaše samopouzdanje i zaštititi vaš ego.

But, see, it's not working,

Ali, vidite, to ne funkcionira,

because the self-help industry today has a higher recidivism rate

industrija za samopomoć danas ima veću stopu recidivizma

because it's more focused on teaching you how to accept being a failure

zato što je fokusiranija na učenje vas da prihvatite neuspjeh

and lower your acceptance level

i snizite svoje standarde,

nego na poticanje da budete savršeni.

than it is about pushing you to be perfect.

See, these doctors, therapists and self-help gurus

Vidite, ti liječnici, terapeuti i gurui za samopomoć,

are all focused on a symptom and not the illness.

svi su oni fokusirani na simptome, a ne na bolest.

The true illness in our society today is our unwillingness to confront failure.

Prava bolest današnjeg društva je odbijanje suočavanja s neuspjehom.

See, we're more comfortable resting on our efforts

Vidite, radije ćemo se zadovoljiti našim trudom,

than we are with focusing on our results.

nego se fokusirati na rezultate.

Like at Dublin Jerome High School in Ohio,

Kao u srednjoj školi Dublin Jerome u Ohiu,

where they name 30 percent of a graduating class valedictorian.

gdje je 30 posto maturanata proglašeno najboljima.

I mean, come on, right?

Mislim, zbilja?

Somebody had the highest GPA.

Netko je morao imati najviši prosjek.

I guarantee you it wasn't a 72-way tie.

Garantiram da njih 72 nije izjednačeno.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

But, see, we're more comfortable offering up an equal outcome

Ali, vidite, radije ćemo ponuditi jednak rezultat svima,

than we are with confronting the failure, the loser or the underachiever.

nego se suočiti s neuspjehom, gubitnikom ili ispodprosječnom osobom.

I tako svi dobiju nagradu, svi napreduju,

And when everybody gets a prize, everybody advances,

or everybody gets a pay raise despite results,

ili svi dobiju povišicu unatoč rezultatima,

the perfectionist in all of us is left to wonder,

a perfekcionist u svima nama se i dalje pita,

what do I have to do to get better?

što trebam učiniti da budem bolji?

How do I raise above the crowd?

Kako da se istaknem u gomili?

And see, if we continue to cultivate this culture,

Vidite, nastavimo li njegovati ovakvu kulturu,

where nobody fails or nobody is told that they will fail,

u kojoj nitko ne griješi ili nikome nije rečeno da neće uspjeti,

then nobody's going to reach their potential, either.

nitko ni neće ostvariti svoj potencijal.

Failure and loss are necessary for success.

Neuspjeh i gubitak su nužni za uspjeh.

It's the acceptance of failure that's not.

Ono što nije jest prihvaćanje neuspjeha.

Michelangelo is credited with saying that the greatest danger for most of us

Michelangelo je poznat po izreci da najveća opasnost za većinu nas

nije to što ciljamo previsoko i onda promašimo,

is not that our aim is too high and we miss it,

but it's too low and we reach it.

nego to što ciljamo prenisko i uspijemo to doseći.

Failure should be a motivating force,

Neuspjeh bi trebao biti motivacija,

not some type of pathetic excuse to give up.

a ne nekakva jadna izlika da odustanemo.

So I have an idea.

I zato imam ideju.

Instead of defining perfectionism as a destructive intolerance for failure,

Umjesto definiranja perfekcionizma kao destruktivne netolerancije neuspjeha,

why don't we try giving it a new definition?

zašto ga ne pokušamo drugačije definirati?

Why don't we try defining perfectionism as a willingness to do what is difficult

Zašto ne definiramo perfekcionizam kao volju za učiniti nešto teško

to achieve what is right?

kako bismo postigli ono ispravno?

You see, then we can agree

Vidite, tada se možemo složiti

that failure is a good thing in our quest for perfection,

da je neuspjeh dobar u našem traganju za savršenstvom

and when we seek perfection without fear of failure,

i kada stremimo savršenstvu bez straha od neuspjeha,

just think about what we can accomplish.

pomislite samo što možemo ostvariti.

Like NBA superstar Steph Curry:

Kao NBA zvijezda Steph Curry:

he hit 77 three-point shots in a row.

pogodio je 77 trica u nizu.

Think about that.

Razmislite o tome.

The guy was able to accurately deliver a nine-and-a-half inch ball

Tip je uspio precizno baciti loptu od 24 cm

through an 18-inch rim that's suspended 10 feet in the air

kroz obruč od 46 cm, koji se nalazi na visini od 3 m

from nearly 24 feet away

s udaljenosti od 7,3 m

almost 80 times without failure.

skoro 80 puta bez promašaja.

Or like the computer programmers

Ili računalni programeri

at the aerospace giant Lockheed Martin,

diva zrakoplovne industrije Lockheed Martin,

who have now written a program

koji su sada napisali program

that uses 420,000 lines of near-flawless code

od 420 000 redova gotovo savršenog kôda,

to control every aspect of igniting four million pounds of rocket fuel

koji kontrolira svaki aspekt paljenja raketnog goriva od gotovo 2 mil. kg

and putting a 120-ton spaceship into orbit.

i šalje svemirski brod težak 120 t u orbitu.

Or maybe like the researchers

Ili kao istraživači

at the Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri,

u bolnici Children's Mercy u Kansasu, u Missouriju,

who have now developed a device

koji su razvili uređaj

that can complete human genome coding in just 26 hours.

koji može završiti kodiranje ljudskog genoma u samo 26 sati.

So this device is able to diagnose genetic diseases

Taj uređaj time može dijagnosticirati genetske bolesti

in babies and newborns sooner,

kod beba i novorođenčadi ranije,

giving doctors an opportunity to start treatments earlier

što liječnicima daje priliku da počnu ranije s liječenjem

and potentially save the baby's life.

i potencijalno spase bebin život.

See, that's what happens when we seek perfection.

Vidite, to se događa kada stremimo savršenstvu.

So maybe we should be more like the professional athlete,

I možda bismo trebali biti više kao profesionalni sportaši,

or we should be more like that tireless programmer,

ili kao taj neumorni programer,

or like that passionate researcher.

ili kao onaj strastveni istraživač.

Then we could stop fearing failure

Tad se možemo prestati bojati neuspjeha

and we could stop living in a world filled with the consequences

i prestati živjeti u svijetu punom posljedica

of good enough.

zbog dovoljno dobrog.

Thank you.

Hvala vam.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)