The power of introverts | Susan Cain | TED

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When I was nine years old,

Prvi put sam otišla u letnju školu

I went off to summer camp for the first time.

kada mi je bilo devet godina.

And my mother packed me a suitcase full of books,

Majka mi je spakovala pun kofer knjiga,

which to me seemed like a perfectly natural thing to do.

što sam smatrala potpuno prirodnim činom,

Because in my family, reading was the primary group activity.

jer je u mojoj porodici

čitanje glavna zajednička aktivnost.

And this might sound antisocial to you,

To vam može zvučati asocijalno,

but for us it was really just a different way of being social.

ali to je zaista samo drukčiji način socijalizacije.

You have the animal warmth of your family sitting right next to you,

Okruženi ste toplinom porodičnog doma, oni su tu oko vas,

but you are also free to go roaming around the adventureland

a istovremeno možete odlutati u mislima

inside your own mind.

u svoju avanturu.

And I had this idea

Imala sam zamisao

that camp was going to be just like this, but better.

da je letnja škola isto to, samo bolje.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

I had a vision of 10 girls sitting in a cabin

Zamišljala sam deset devojčica kako čitaju u sobi,

cozily reading books in their matching nightgowns.

udobno smeštene, obučene u slične spavaćice.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Camp was more like a keg party without any alcohol.

Letnja škola je više ličila na divlju žurku bez alkohola.

And on the very first day,

Prvog dana nas je vaspitačica sve okupila na jednom mestu

our counselor gathered us all together

and she taught us a cheer that she said we would be doing

i naučila nas je pozdravu za koji nam je objasnila

every day for the rest of the summer to instill camp spirit.

da ćemo svakog dana, do kraja leta ponavljati

kako bismo ojačali duh letnje škole.

And it went like this:

Ovo su reči:

"R-O-W-D-I-E,

B-U-Č-M-O,

that's the way we spell rowdie.

tako izgovaramo bučno.

Rowdie, rowdie, let's get rowdie."

Bučmo, bučmo, budimo bučmi."

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Yeah.

Aha.

So I couldn't figure out for the life of me

Nisam uspela nikako da shvatim

why we were supposed to be so rowdy,

zašto je trebalo da budemo tako bučni,

or why we had to spell this word incorrectly.

i zašto je trebalo da pišemo reč pogrešno.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

But I recited a cheer. I recited a cheer along with everybody else.

Ali sam učestvovala u tome. Zajedno sa drugima sam to pevala.

I did my best.

Dala sam sve od sebe.

And I just waited for the time that I could go off and read my books.

Čekala sam momenat

kada bih mogla da se povučem i čitam knjige.

But the first time that I took my book out of my suitcase,

Kada sam po prvi put uzela knjigu iz kofera,

the coolest girl in the bunk came up to me

najpopularnija devojka u grupi mi je prišla

and she asked me, "Why are you being so mellow?" --

i pitala me: "Zašto si tako povučena?" -

povučen je naravno potpuna suprotnost

mellow, of course, being the exact opposite

b-u-č-m-o-m.

of R-O-W-D-I-E.

And then the second time I tried it,

Kada sam drugi put pokušala,

the counselor came up to me with a concerned expression on her face

vođa kampa mi je prišla zabrinutog izraza lica

and she repeated the point about camp spirit

i ponovila mi je kako je važan duh kampa

and said we should all work very hard to be outgoing.

i koliko je važno da se trudimo da budemo otvoreni.

And so I put my books away,

I tako sam sklonila svoje knjige,

back in their suitcase,

stavila ih u kofer,

and I put them under my bed,

ispod kreveta,

and there they stayed for the rest of the summer.

i tamo su provele celo leto.

And I felt kind of guilty about this.

Osećala sam se krivom zbog toga.

I felt as if the books needed me somehow,

Osećala sam da sam potrebna knjigama,

and they were calling out to me and I was forsaking them.

i zvale su me, a ja sam ih izneverila.

But I did forsake them and I didn't open that suitcase again

I izneverila sam ih, nisam otvorila kofer

until I was back home with my family at the end of the summer.

dok se nisam vratila svojoj porodici, na kraju leta.

Now, I tell you this story about summer camp.

Ispričala sam vam priču o letnjoj školi.

I could have told you 50 others just like it --

Mogla bih još 50 istih da vam ispričam,

all the times that I got the message

svaki put mi je preneta poruka

that somehow my quiet and introverted style of being

da moj tih i introvertan način postojanja,

was not necessarily the right way to go,

nije neophodno i ispravan pristup životu,

that I should be trying to pass as more of an extrovert.

da bi trebalo da se potrudim da budem ekstrovertnija.

And I always sensed deep down that this was wrong

Uvek sam duboko u sebi osećala da je to pogrešno,

and that introverts were pretty excellent just as they were.

i da su introvertne osobe odlične takve kakve jesu.

But for years I denied this intuition,

Godinama sam potiskivala taj predosećaj,

and so I became a Wall Street lawyer, of all things,

pa sam od svega postala advokat na Vol Stritu,

instead of the writer that I had always longed to be --

a ne pisac, što sam oduvek želela da budem,

partly because I needed to prove to myself that I could be bold and assertive too.

delom i zbog toga što sam morala da dokažem sebi,

da mogu takođe biti neustrašiva i samouverena.

And I was always going off to crowded bars

Izlazila sam u prepune barove,

when I really would have preferred to just have a nice dinner with friends.

a ustvari sam želela da odem na večeru sa prijateljima.

And I made these self-negating choices so reflexively,

Refleksno sam donosila ove odluke koje nisu u skladu sa mnom,

that I wasn't even aware that I was making them.

da nisam bila ni svesna da ih donosim.

Now this is what many introverts do,

To rade mnoge introvertne osobe,

and it's our loss for sure,

to je zasigurno naš gubitak,

but it is also our colleagues' loss

ali je i gubitak za naše saradnike, za našu zajednicu.

and our communities' loss.

And at the risk of sounding grandiose, it is the world's loss.

Zvučaću možda dramatično, ali to je gubitak i za svet.

Because when it comes to creativity and to leadership,

U kreativnosti i upravljanju je neophodno

we need introverts doing what they do best.

da introvertne osobe čine ono u čemu su najbolje.

A third to a half of the population are introverts --

Trećina do polovine populacije je introvertna, trećina do polovine.

a third to a half.

So that's one out of every two or three people you know.

Znači, pričamo o jednoj od dve ili tri osobe koju poznajete.

So even if you're an extrovert yourself,

Čak iako ste vi ekstrovertni,

I'm talking about your coworkers

pomislite na svoje kolege, partnere i decu,

and your spouses and your children

and the person sitting next to you right now --

na osobu koja baš sada sedi pored vas,

all of them subject to this bias

na sve njih se primenjuje ova slika

that is pretty deep and real in our society.

koja je poprilično ukorenjena u našem društvu.

We all internalize it from a very early age

Svi to usvojimo veoma rano u životu,

without even having a language for what we're doing.

pre nego što možemo i da verbalizujemo to što radimo.

Now, to see the bias clearly,

Da biste jasno uvideli problem,

you need to understand what introversion is.

morate razumeti šta je introvertnost.

It's different from being shy.

To nije stidljivost.

Shyness is about fear of social judgment.

Stid je povezan sa strahom od društvene osude.

Introversion is more about,

Intorvertnost se odnosi

how do you respond to stimulation,

na način kako odgovarate na nadražaje,

including social stimulation.

uključujući i društvene stimuluse.

So extroverts really crave large amounts of stimulation,

Ekstrovertne osobe traže mnogo nadražaja,

whereas introverts feel at their most alive

dok se introvertni osećaju najbolje,

and their most switched-on and their most capable

najbudnije, najproduktivnije kada se nalaze u tišem okruženju.

when they're in quieter, more low-key environments.

Not all the time -- these things aren't absolute --

Ne sve vreme, to nije apsolutna stvar, ali veoma često.

but a lot of the time.

So the key then to maximizing our talents

Ključna stvar

u izvlačenju maksimuma iz naših talenata

is for us all to put ourselves

je da se svi mi nađemo u okruženju koje nama prija.

in the zone of stimulation that is right for us.

But now here's where the bias comes in.

U ovom momentu se susrećemo sa predrasudama.

Our most important institutions,

Najvažnije institucije našeg društva, škole i radna mesta,

our schools and our workplaces,

they are designed mostly for extroverts

su dizajnirane za ekstrovertne osobe,

and for extroverts' need for lots of stimulation.

i prema njihovim potrebama za mnogo stimulacije.

And also we have this belief system right now

Takođe, trenutno slavimo i sistem verovanja

that I call the new groupthink,

koji ja nazivam novo kolektivno razmišljanje,

which holds that all creativity and all productivity

koji podrazumeva da sva kreativnost i stvaranje

comes from a very oddly gregarious place.

dolazi sa nekog čudno društvenog mesta.

So if you picture the typical classroom nowadays:

Zamislite klasičnu učionicu danas:

When I was going to school, we sat in rows.

kada sam ja išla u školu sedeli smo u klupama.

We sat in rows of desks like this,

Sedeli smo u klupama poređanim u redove,

and we did most of our work pretty autonomously.

i veći deo zadataka smo obavljali nezavisno.

But nowadays, your typical classroom has pods of desks --

Ali danas su u klasičnoj učionici radni stolovi spojeni,

four or five or six or seven kids all facing each other.

četvoro, petoro, šestoro ili sedmoro dece sedi zajedno.

And kids are working in countless group assignments.

Deca rade na bezbrojnim grupnim zadacima.

Even in subjects like math and creative writing,

Čak i u slučaju matematike i kreativnog pisanja,

which you think would depend on solo flights of thought,

za koje biste mislili da zavise od individulanih razmišljanja,

kids are now expected to act as committee members.

očekujemo danas od dece da funkcionišu kao grupa.

And for the kids who prefer to go off by themselves or just to work alone,

A decu koja više vole

da su sama sa sobom ili da rade sama,

those kids are seen as outliers often

doživljavamo kao izuzetke

or, worse, as problem cases.

ili još gore kao problematične osobe.

And the vast majority of teachers

Većina nastavnika veruje da su idealni učenici ekstrovertne osobe,

reports believing that the ideal student is an extrovert

as opposed to an introvert,

a ne introvertne,

even though introverts actually get better grades

iako je istraživanje pokazalo

and are more knowledgeable,

da introvertni đaci imaju bolje ocene i više znanja.

according to research.

(Smeh)

(Laughter)

Okay, same thing is true in our workplaces.

Okej, ista stvar se dešava na našim poslovima.

Now, most of us work in open plan offices,

Većina nas radi u kancelarijama bez zidova,

without walls,

otvorenom prostoru,

where we are subject to the constant noise and gaze of our coworkers.

gde smo izloženi konstantnoj buci i pogledima saradnika.

And when it comes to leadership,

Introvertne osobe uglavnom ne dobijaju čelne pozicije,

introverts are routinely passed over for leadership positions,

iako su introvertne osobe veoma pažljive,

even though introverts tend to be very careful,

manja je verovatnoća da se upuste u velike rizike,

much less likely to take outsize risks --

which is something we might all favor nowadays.

što bi trebalo da poštujemo u današnje vreme.

And interesting research by Adam Grant at the Wharton School

Adam Grant je u školi "Wharton" sproveo interesantno istraživanje

has found that introverted leaders

koje je ukazalo da introvertne vođe

often deliver better outcomes than extroverts do,

često dolaze do boljih rezultata u odnosu na ekstrovertne,

because when they are managing proactive employees,

jer kada posluju sa proaktivnim ljudima,

they're much more likely to let those employees run with their ideas,

postoji veća šansa da dozvole zaposlenima da slede svoje ideje,

whereas an extrovert can, quite unwittingly,

dok ekstrovertne osobe nenamerno budu toliko ushićene stvarima,

get so excited about things

that they're putting their own stamp on things,

da prosto sve vode po svom nahođenju,

and other people's ideas might not as easily then bubble up to the surface.

i ideje drugih ljudi ne isplivaju na površinu tako lagano.

Now in fact, some of our transformative leaders in history have been introverts.

Činjenica je da su vođe koje su dovele do velikih promena bile intorvertne osobe.

I'll give you some examples.

Evo nekoliko primera.

Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosa Parks, Gandhi --

Eleonora Ruzvelt, Roza Parks, Gandi,

all these people described themselves as quiet and soft-spoken and even shy.

oni su sami sebe opisali kao tihe i nenametljive osobe, čak stidljive.

And they all took the spotlight,

Svi oni su preuzeli palicu,

even though every bone in their bodies was telling them not to.

iako im je svaki atom njihovog bića

govorio da ne rade to.

And this turns out to have a special power all its own,

Ispostavilo se da je to imalo posebne moći,

because people could feel that these leaders were at the helm

jer su ljudi prosto osetili da su oni vođe

ne zato što uživaju u tome da komanduju drugima,

not because they enjoyed directing others

and not out of the pleasure of being looked at;

ne zato što uživaju da budu u žiži dešavanja,

they were there because they had no choice,

već zato što nisu imali izbora,

zato što ih je vodila misao da treba da urade ono što smatraju ispravnim.

because they were driven to do what they thought was right.

Now I think at this point it's important for me to say

Smatram da je važno da u ovom trenutku istaknem

that I actually love extroverts.

da ja volim ekstrovertne osobe.

I always like to say some of my best friends are extroverts,

Uvek naglašavam da su neki od mojih najboljih prijatelja ekstrovertni,

including my beloved husband.

uključujući i mog voljenog muža.

And we all fall at different points, of course,

Naravno, svi se mi nalazimo negde na skali

along the introvert/extrovert spectrum.

između ekstrema introvertno-ekstrovertno.

Even Carl Jung, the psychologist who first popularized these terms,

Čak je i Karl Jung, psiholog koji je popularizovao ove pojmove,

said that there's no such thing as a pure introvert

rekao da ne postoji isključivo introvertna

or a pure extrovert.

ili isključivo ekstrovertna osoba.

He said that such a man would be in a lunatic asylum,

Rekao je da bi takav čovek trebalo da bude u ludnici,

if he existed at all.

ukoliko bi uopšte postojao.

And some people fall smack in the middle of the introvert/extrovert spectrum,

Neki ljudi se nalaze tačno na sredini ovog spektra,

and we call these people ambiverts.

to su ambivertne osobe.

And I often think that they have the best of all worlds.

Često pomislim kako su dobili najbolje iz oba sveta.

But many of us do recognize ourselves as one type or the other.

Mnogi smatraju sebe ili jednim ili drugim tipom.

And what I'm saying is that culturally, we need a much better balance.

Ja želim da poručim da nam je, kulturološki, potrebna bolja ravnoteža.

We need more of a yin and yang between these two types.

Treba nam više jin i jang odnosa između ova dva tipa.

This is especially important

Ovo je naročito važno u domenu kreativnosti i stvaralaštva,

when it comes to creativity and to productivity,

because when psychologists look at the lives of the most creative people,

jer kad psiholozi pogledaju živote najkreativnijih ljudi,

what they find

nalaze ljude koji uspešno razmenjuju i razvijaju svoje ideje,

are people who are very good at exchanging ideas

and advancing ideas,

but who also have a serious streak of introversion in them.

ali imaju izraženu introvertnu crtu u sebi.

And this is because solitude

To se dešava zato što je osamljivanje često sastavni deo kreativnosti

is a crucial ingredient often to creativity.

So Darwin,

Darvin je imao običaj da odlazi u duge šetnje u šumi,

he took long walks alone in the woods

and emphatically turned down dinner-party invitations.

i ljubazno je odbijao pozive za večere.

Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss,

Teodor Gajzel, poznatiji kao dr Sus,

he dreamed up many of his amazing creations

je izmaštao mnoga svoja neverovatna dela

in a lonely bell tower office that he had

u usamljenoj kancelariji u potkrovlju svoje kuće u La Hoji, u Kaliforniji.

in the back of his house in La Jolla, California.

And he was actually afraid to meet the young children who read his books

Plašio se upoznavanja dece, njegove publike,

for fear that they were expecting him this kind of jolly Santa Claus-like figure

jer se plašio da ga oni zamišljaju kao veselog Deda Mraza,

and would be disappointed with his more reserved persona.

i da bi bili razočarani njegovim rezervisanim stavom.

Steve Wozniak invented the first Apple computer

Stiv Voznijak je izumeo prvi Epl računar,

sitting alone in his cubicle in Hewlett-Packard

dok je sam sedeo u svom odeljku

u Hjulit-Pakard firmi gde je tada radio.

where he was working at the time.

And he says that he never would have become such an expert in the first place

On objašanjava kako nikada ne bi postao takav stručnjak,

had he not been too introverted to leave the house

da nije bio toliko povučen u sebe i nije napuštao kuću u detinjstvu.

when he was growing up.

Now, of course,

this does not mean that we should all stop collaborating --

Naravno, sve ovo ne znači da ne treba da sarađujemo,

and case in point, is Steve Wozniak famously coming together with Steve Jobs

tome u prilog ide i čuveno upoznavanje Stiva Voznijaka i Stiva Džobsa,

to start Apple Computer --

koji su osnovali Epl kompaniju.

but it does mean that solitude matters

Ali znači da je usamljenost značajna,

and that for some people it is the air that they breathe.

i da je nekim ljudima apsolutno neophodna.

And in fact, we have known for centuries about the transcendent power of solitude.

Činjenica je da nam je vekovima poznata

transcedentalna moć osamljivanja.

It's only recently that we've strangely begun to forget it.

Od skora smo počeli da zaboravljamo to.

If you look at most of the world's major religions,

Ukoliko analizirate najveće svetske religije,

you will find seekers --

svi poslanici,

Moses, Jesus, Buddha, Muhammad --

Mojsije, Isus, Buda, Muhamed,

seekers who are going off by themselves alone to the wilderness,

oni odlaze u divljinu, sami,

where they then have profound epiphanies and revelations

gde doživljavaju duboka prosvetljenja i otkrića,

that they then bring back to the rest of the community.

koja zatim prenose svojoj zajednici.

So, no wilderness, no revelations.

Dakle, bez divljine nema ni otkrića.

This is no surprise, though,

Ukoliko razmotrite savremenu psihologiju, to nije iznenađujuće.

if you look at the insights of contemporary psychology.

It turns out that we can't even be in a group of people

Ispostavlja se da mi ne možemo biti deo grupe,

without instinctively mirroring, mimicking their opinions.

a da instiktivno ne reflektujemo i oponašamo mišljenja drugih.

Even about seemingly personal and visceral things

Čak i kada su u pitanju stvari koje se čine ličnim i suštinskim,

like who you're attracted to,

you will start aping the beliefs of the people around you

kao: ko vam se sviđa,

počećete da imitirate verovanja ljudi oko vas,

without even realizing that that's what you're doing.

a i da ne shvatite da to radite.

And groups famously follow the opinions

Grupe tradicionalno slede mišljenja

of the most dominant or charismatic person in the room,

najdominantnije i najharizmatičnije osobe,

even though there's zero correlation

iako ne postoji veza između dobrog govorništva i dobrih ideja,

between being the best talker and having the best ideas --

I mean zero.

zaista je nema.

So --

Tako da...

(Smeh)

(Laughter)

You might be following the person with the best ideas,

Tako da možda sledite osobu koja ima najbolje ideje, ali možda i ne.

but you might not.

And do you really want to leave it up to chance?

Da li zaista želite da prepustite to slučaju?

Much better for everybody to go off by themselves,

Bilo bi mnogo bolje za sve da se osame, dođu do svojih ideja

generate their own ideas

freed from the distortions of group dynamics,

kada su oslobođeni pritiska grupe, a onda da se okupe

and then come together as a team

to talk them through in a well-managed environment

i porazgovaraju o idejama u dobro regulisanoj sredini

and take it from there.

i nastave od te tačke.

Now if all this is true,

then why are we getting it so wrong?

Ukoliko je sve ovo tačno, zašto to i ne shvatimo?

Why are we setting up our schools this way, and our workplaces?

Zašto su škole i radna mesta organizovana na taj način?

And why are we making these introverts feel so guilty

Zašto introvertnim osobama namećemo osećaj krivice

about wanting to just go off by themselves some of the time?

što ponekada žele da se odvoje od drugih?

One answer lies deep in our cultural history.

Deo odgovora je u istoriji naše kulture.

Western societies,

Zapadno društvo, a naročito Sjedinjene Države,

and in particular the U.S.,

have always favored the man of action over the "man" of contemplation.

je uvek veličalo ljude od akcije, na uštrb mislioca,

"čoveka" koji razmišlja.

But in America's early days,

Ali ranu istoriju Amerike,

we lived in what historians call a culture of character,

karakteriše ono što istoričari nazivaju kulturom karaktera,

where we still, at that point, valued people

tada smo još uvek vrednovali

for their inner selves and their moral rectitude.

duhovnost ljudi i njihove moralne osobine.

And if you look at the self-help books from this era,

Ukoliko analizirate knjige samopomoći iz tog perioda,

they all had titles with things like

sve su imale naslove tipa

"Character, the Grandest Thing in the World."

"Karakter, najveća stvar na svetu".

And they featured role models like Abraham Lincoln,

Te knjige su slavile uzore kao što je Abraham Linkoln,

who was praised for being modest and unassuming.

koji je poštovan zvog svoje umerenosti i nepretencioznosti.

Ralph Waldo Emerson called him

Ralf Valdo Emerson ga je nazvao

"A man who does not offend by superiority."

"čovekom koji ne koristi svoju superiornost."

But then we hit the 20th century,

Početkom 20. veka ušli smo u novo razdoblje kulture,

and we entered a new culture

that historians call the culture of personality.

koje istoričari nazivaju kulturom ličnosti.

What happened is we had evolved an agricultural economy

Desilo se to da smo se razvili od agroekonomije

to a world of big business.

do sveta velikih poslovanja.

And so suddenly people are moving from small towns to the cities.

Odjednom ljudi počinju da napuštaju mala mesta i odlaze u gradove.

And instead of working alongside people they've known all their lives,

Sada se ljudi dokazuju gomili stranaca,

now they are having to prove themselves in a crowd of strangers.

a ne rade zajedno sa onima koje su poznavali celog života.

So, quite understandably,

Tako da je razumljivo da su osobine

qualities like magnetism and charisma suddenly come to seem really important.

kao što su privlačnost i harizmatičnost

iznenada postale veoma značajne.

And sure enough, the self-help books change to meet these new needs

Naravno, knjige samopomoći su se promenile kako bi zadovoljile prohteve

and they start to have names

u "Kako osvojiti prijtalje i uticati na ljude".

like "How to Win Friends and Influence People."

And they feature as their role models really great salesmen.

Kao uzore propagiraju zaista uspešne trgovce.

So that's the world we're living in today.

To je svet u kom živimo danas.

That's our cultural inheritance.

To je naše kulturno nasleđe.

Now none of this is to say that social skills are unimportant,

Ja ne impliciram da je društvena snalažljivost nevažna,

and I'm also not calling for the abolishing of teamwork at all.

i ne pozivam na ukidanje timskog rada.

The same religions who send their sages off to lonely mountain tops

Religije koje su slale svoje poklonike na usamljene vrhove planina,

also teach us love and trust.

nas podučavaju ljubavi i poverenju.

And the problems that we are facing today

Problemi sa kojima se suočavamo u nauci i ekonomiji našeg vremena

in fields like science and in economics

are so vast and so complex

su takvih razmera,

that we are going to need armies of people coming together

da su neophodne vojske ljudi koje udruženim snagama

rade na rešavanju istih.

to solve them working together.

But I am saying that the more freedom that we give introverts to be themselves,

Prosto poručujem da što više slobode damo intorvertnim osobama,

the more likely that they are

veća je verovatnoća da dođu

to come up with their own unique solutions to these problems.

do svojih jedinstvenih rešenja za ove probleme.

So now I'd like to share with you what's in my suitcase today.

Volela bih sada da podelim ono što je danas u mom koferu.

Guess what?

Pogađate?

Books.

Knjige.

I have a suitcase full of books.

Moj kofer je pun knjiga.

Here's Margaret Atwood, "Cat's Eye."

"Mačje oko" Margaret Atvud.

Here's a novel by Milan Kundera.

Roman Milana Kundere.

And here's "The Guide for the Perplexed" by Maimonides.

I Majmonidov "Vodič zbunjenima".

But these are not exactly my books.

Ali ovo nisu zaista moje knjige.

I brought these books with me

Ponela sam ih jer su ih napisali omiljeni pisci moga dede.

because they were written by my grandfather's favorite authors.

My grandfather was a rabbi

Moj deda je bio rabin, bio je udovac

and he was a widower

who lived alone in a small apartment in Brooklyn

i živeo je sam u malom stanu u Bruklinu,

that was my favorite place in the world when I was growing up,

a to je bilo moje omiljeno mesto u detinjstvu,

partly because it was filled with his very gentle, very courtly presence

delom zato što je bilo ispunjeno njegovim finim i gospodsvetnim prisustvom,

and partly because it was filled with books.

a delom zbog toga što je bilo ispunjeno knjigama.

I mean literally every table, every chair in this apartment

Zaista, bukvalno, svaki sto, svaka stolica u stanu

had yielded its original function

nisu služili iskonskim funkcijama,

to now serve as a surface for swaying stacks of books.

već kao podloge za gomile knjiga koje se ljuljaju.

Just like the rest of my family,

Kao i svima u mojoj porodici

my grandfather's favorite thing to do in the whole world was to read.

omiljena delatnost moga dede je bila da čita.

But he also loved his congregation,

Ali je voleo i svoju pastvu

and you could feel this love in the sermons that he gave

i mogli ste da osetite tu ljubav u njegovim službama

every week for the 62 years that he was a rabbi.

svake nedelje u toku 62 godine dok je bio rabin.

He would takes the fruits of each week's reading

Mudrosti iz knjiga koje je čitao svake nedelje, složene

and he would weave

these intricate tapestries of ancient and humanist thought.

slojeve stare i humanističke misli utkao bi u propovedi.

And people would come from all over to hear him speak.

Ljudi bi dolazili sa svih strana da ga slušaju.

But here's the thing about my grandfather.

Ali u ovome je caka kod moga dede.

Underneath this ceremonial role,

Ispod te ceremonijalne ljušture,

he was really modest and really introverted --

bio je veoma skroman i introvertan,

so much so that when he delivered these sermons,

toliko da mu, tokom same službe,

he had trouble making eye contact

nije bilo lako da uspostavi kontakt očima

with the very same congregation that he had been speaking to for 62 years.

sa istim ljudima kojima je držao službe već šezdeset i dve godine.

And even away from the podium,

Čak i van sinagoge, kad biste mu se javili

when you called him to say hello,

he would often end the conversation prematurely

on bi i same razgovore završavao prebrzo,

for fear that he was taking up too much of your time.

jer nije želeo da oduzima bilo kome previše vremena.

But when he died at the age of 94,

Kada je umro u 94. godini

the police had to close down the streets of his neighborhood

milicija je morala da zaustavi saobraćaj u komšiluku

to accommodate the crowd of people who came out to mourn him.

kako bi se smestili svi ljudi koji su došli da ga isprate.

And so these days I try to learn from my grandfather's example

Pokušavam na svoj način da naučim nešto do mog dede.

in my own way.

So I just published a book about introversion,

Upravo sam objavila knjigu o introvertnosti,

and it took me about seven years to write.

trebalo mi je oko sedam godina da je napišem.

And for me, that seven years was like total bliss,

To su za mene bile blagoslovene godine

because I was reading, I was writing,

jer sam čitala, pisala, razmišljala i istaživala.

I was thinking, I was researching.

It was my version

To je bila moja verzija dana u biblioteci moga dede.

of my grandfather's hours of the day alone in his library.

But now all of a sudden my job is very different,

Ali iznenada moj posao je potpuno drukčiji,

and my job is to be out here talking about it,

treba da držim predavanja, da pričam o introvertnosti.

talking about introversion.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

And that's a lot harder for me,

To mi mnogo teže pada,

because as honored as I am to be here with all of you right now,

jer koliko god da sam počastvovana da sam ovde sa vama,

this is not my natural milieu.

to nije moja prirodna okolina.

So I prepared for moments like these as best I could.

Pripremala sam se za ovakve nastupe što sam bolje mogla.

I spent the last year practicing public speaking

Prošle godine sam vežbala javne nastupe kada god mi se ukazala prilika.

every chance I could get.

And I call this my "year of speaking dangerously."

Ovo je moja "godina opasnih predavanja".

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

And that actually helped a lot.

To mi je mnogo pomoglo.

But I'll tell you, what helps even more

Ali ono što mi još više pomaže je moj osećaj, verovanje, nada

is my sense, my belief, my hope that when it comes to our attitudes

da su naši stavovi prema introvertnosti, nenametljivim osobama i samoći

to introversion and to quiet and to solitude,

we truly are poised on the brink on dramatic change.

zaista na samom pragu dramatičnih promena.

I mean, we are.

And so I am going to leave you now

Zaista to mislim.

with three calls for action for those who share this vision.

Završiću svoje izlaganje pozivom na delanje

onima koji imaju stav sličan mom.

Number one:

Broj jedan: prestanite sa preokupiranošću timskim radom.

Stop the madness for constant group work.

Just stop it.

Prosto, prestanite.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Thank you.

Hvala.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

And I want to be clear about what I'm saying,

Želim da jasno iznesem svoje stavove,

because I deeply believe our offices

jer zaista verujem da naša radna sredina treba da promoviše

should be encouraging casual, chatty cafe-style types of interactions --

kulture neobaveznih razgovora,

you know, the kind where people come together

prijatnu atmosferu gde se ljudi okupe i spontano razmene ideje.

and serendipitously have an exchange of ideas.

That is great.

To je odlično.

It's great for introverts and it's great for extroverts.

To prija i introvertnim i ekstrovertnim osobama.

But we need much more privacy and much more freedom

Ali potrebno nam je više privatnosti i slobode,

and much more autonomy at work.

i mnogo više nazavisnosti na poslu.

School, same thing.

Ista stvar je preslikana u školama.

We need to be teaching kids to work together, for sure,

Neophodno je da učimo decu kako da rade zajedno,

but we also need to be teaching them how to work on their own.

ali važno je i da ih naučimo kako da rade sama.

This is especially important for extroverted children too.

Ovo je takođe veoma važno za ekstrovertnu decu.

Moraju da rade sama,

They need to work on their own

because that is where deep thought comes from in part.

jer se delom velike misli na taj način rađaju.

Okej, druga misao: idite u divljinu.

Okay, number two: Go to the wilderness.

Be like Buddha, have your own revelations.

Budite kao Buda, dođite do svojih otkrića.

I'm not saying

Ne propagiram ideju da svi treba da izgradimo kolibe u šumi

that we all have to now go off and build our own cabins in the woods

and never talk to each other again,

i nikada više ne progovorimo međusobno,

but I am saying that we could all stand to unplug

ali predlažem da treba da se isključimo

and get inside our own heads a little more often.

i pozabavimo se svojim mislima malo češće.

Number three:

Broj tri:

Take a good look at what's inside your own suitcase

razmislite dobro o stvarima koje ste stavili u kofer

and why you put it there.

i zašto ste ih tamo stavili.

So extroverts,

Ekstroverti,

maybe your suitcases are also full of books.

možda su vaši koferi takođe puni knjiga.

Or maybe they're full of champagne glasses or skydiving equipment.

Ili možda čaša za šampanjac ili padobrana.

Whatever it is, I hope you take these things out every chance you get

Šta god da je u pitanju, nadam se da se bavite time kada god možete

and grace us with your energy and your joy.

i počastvujete nas tako svojom energijom i radošću.

But introverts, you being you,

Ali introvertne osobe, takvi kakvi ste

you probably have the impulse to guard very carefully

verovatno imate potrebu da pažljivo čuvate sadržaj vaših kofera.

what's inside your own suitcase.

And that's okay.

To je u redu.

But occasionally, just occasionally,

Ali s vremena na vreme, samo ponekad,

I hope you will open up your suitcases for other people to see,

nadam se da ćete otvoriti svoj kofer kako bi ih i drugi ljudi videli,

because the world needs you and it needs the things you carry.

jer ste ovom svetu neophodni vi i stvari koje sa sobom nosite.

So I wish you the best of all possible journeys

Želim vam najbolje moguće putovanje i hrabrost da tiho pričate.

and the courage to speak softly.

Thank you very much.

Mnogo vam hvala.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

Thank you. Thank you.

Hvala vam. Hvala vam.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)