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

Translator: Mohamed Aanoy Reviewer: Ibrahim Warsame

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

Runtii waa bandhig labo saacadood ah oo aan siiyo ardeyda dugsiga sare ah,

cut down to three minutes.

Oo aan ku soo gaabiyey sadax daqiiqo

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

Waxkasta waxey bilaabmeen maalin Anigoo diyaarad saaran, oo u socda TED,

seven years ago.

Todobo sano ka hor.

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

Iyo fadhiga dhinecay ah

Waxa ahaa ardeyga dugsiga sare ah , dhalanyaro ah,

and she came from a really poor family.

Waxeyna ka soo jeeda reer aad faqiir u ah.

And she wanted to make something of her life,

Waxeyna rabtey in ay nolosheeda wax u sameyso,

and she asked me a simple little question.

Waxeyna i weydisey su'aal fudud.

Waxey tiri, "maxaa guul lagu gaaraa"?

She said, "What leads to success?"

Dhab ahaantii murugo ayaan dareemey.

And I felt really badly,

because I couldn't give her a good answer.

Sababtoo ah ma aanan awoodin in aan siiyo jawaab fiican.

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

Marka diyaarada ayaan kasoo dagey, TED ayaan imaadey.

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

Waxaan ku fikirey, Hoogayey, waxaan ku dhax jira qol oo dad guuleystey ku jiraan!

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

Marka maan waydiiyo maxaa guul idin gaarsiyey

and pass it on to kids?

0on aan u gudbiyo ilmaha yer yer?

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

Sidaas awgeed halkaan ayaan wada joognaa, todobo sano, 500 oo wareysi ka bacdi,

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

Waxaan idin sheegaya waxa dhab ahaanti guul lagu gaaro

and makes TEDsters tick.

oo ka dhiga kuwa TED'ka sax.

And the first thing is passion.

Midka uga horeeyana waa Dareen.

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

Free man Thomas wuxuu yiri, "Aniga waxa i kaxeeya waa dareenkeyga."

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

ReernTED waxey u sameeyaan jecel; ma u sameeyaan lacag awgeed

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

Carol Coletta ayaa yiri, "Waxaan ku bixin lahaa qof in uu sameeyo wixii aan sameyn lahaa."

And the interesting thing is:

waxa xiisaha leh ayaa ah:

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

Hadaad jecel aad u sameyso, lacag ayada aa iska imaaneyso.

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

dadaal! Rupert Murdoch ayaa igu yiri , "waxa dhan waa dadaal.

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

Wax si fudud ku imaaneya ma jiraan, laakiin waxaan leeyahay waqti fiican."

Ma kaftan buu yiri? Rupert? haa!

Did he say fun? Rupert? Yes!

(Laughter)

dadka TED waxey leeyihiin waqti fiican ayago oo aad u dadaalaayo

TEDsters do have fun working. And they work hard.

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

waxaan ogaadey in aysan jirin damuur. waxa ay ayaga yihiin kuwo shaqo baabaceyn ah.

(Laughter)

Good!

Good! Alex Garden ayaa yiri, "si aad u guuleysitid waa in aad hal wax ku dadaashid

(Applause)

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

and get damn good at it."

sida aad ugu fiicnaatid."

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

Wax sixir ah ma jiraan ; waa dadaal, dadaa, dadaal.

And it's focus.

Iyo in aad diirada saartid. Norman Jewison ayaa igu yiri,

Norman Jewison said to me,

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

" Waxaan u maleynaa waxa dhan in ay yihiin in aad nafsadaada diirada ay saarto hal shey."

And push!

IIyo riixid! David Gallo ayaa yiri, "naftaada riix.

David Gallo says, "Push yourself.

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

Jismi ahaan, masqax ahaan, waad in aad riixdaa, riix, riix."

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

Waaa in aad riixdaa marka la joogo Xishood iyo is-Shaki.

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

Goldie Hawn ayaa tiri," aniga mar walba waxaan lahaa iska-shaki badan.

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

Aniga saas uma fiicneyn; aniga saas uma caqli badneen.

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

Mana ku fakiri jirin in aan sameyn karo."

Now it's not always easy to push yourself,

Hada la joogo marwalba ma fududa in aad nafsadaada aad riixdid,

and that's why they invented mothers.

Waayo taasina waa sababta ay hooyada u soo ikhtiraaceen.(Qosol)

(Laughter)

(Applause)

Frank Gehry said to me,

Frank Gehry -- Frank Gehry ayaa igu yiri,

"My mother pushed me."

"hooyadey ayaa i riixi jirtey."

(Laughter)

Serve!

adeeg! Sherwin Nuland ayaa yiri, "Waxa ay ahayd maamuus inay aad u adeegto sida dhakhtar. "

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

Hada ayaa ilmo badan ayaa ii sheega in ay rabaan in ay noqdaan milyaneerka.

A lot of kids want to be millionaires.

The first thing I say is:

waxa ugu horeeya aan ku dhaho waxaa :

"OK, well you can't serve yourself;

"Hagaag, si fiican naftaada uma adeegi karto;

you've got to serve others something of value.

waan in aad dadka kele aad ugu adeegtaa sheey muhiim ah.

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

Sababta taasi waa wadada dadka dhab ahaantii ay ku taajiraan."

Ideas!

Fikradadha! Bill gates ayaa yiri,," waxaan hayaa fikrad:

TEDster Bill Gates says, "I had an idea:

founding the first micro-computer software company."

asagoo aasaasaya shirkadii ugu horeysey ee soo saartey softwereka kombuyuutarada yer yer."

I'd say it was a pretty good idea.

Waxaa dhihi karaa waxey aheed fikrad aad u wanaagsan.

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

Mana jiraan wax sixir ah si aad wax u soo saartid adigoo la imaanayo fikrad---

it's just doing some very simple things.

Waa keliya adigoo sameynayo waxyaabo aad u yer.

And I give lots of evidence.

Waxaana siisaa caddeymo badan.

Persist!

Ku adkeysasho! Joe Kraus ayaa yiri,

Joe Kraus says,

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

"Adkeysiga ayaa ah sababta ugu horeeya ee aan ku gaarno guul."

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

Waa in aad ku adkeysataa guuldarada, waa in aad ku adkeysataa waqtiga dhibka!

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

Taas oo dhab ahaantii ula micno ah ""Naqdiga, Diidmada, maasuq ah iyo Cadaadiska."

(Laughter)

(Qosol)

So, the answer to this question is simple:

marka waxa weyn-- suaashaan jawaabteeda waa fudeed:

Pay 4,000 bucks and come to TED.

ama bixi 4,000 oo doolar waxaadna imaadaa TED

(Laughter)

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

hadii taas aad ku guul dareysitidna, fuli sideedaan sheey-- i aamin

these are the big eight things that lead to success.

ku wani waa sideeda shey ee ugu weyn taas oo ku gaarsiineyso guul

Thank you TEDsters for all your interviews!

waad mahadsantihiin reer TED wareysigiina oo dhan!

(Applause)