How to Find Laughter Anywhere | Chris Duffy | TED

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My favorite part about working in an elementary school

Moja omiljena stvar u radu sa osnovcima jeste

is that I could never predict what was going to happen next.

što nikada nisam mogao da predvidim šta će se sledeće dogoditi.

Every day was a new, incredible day.

Svaki dan je bio nov i divan.

There was never a boring moment.

NIje bilo dosadnog trenutka.

Sometimes, you think that you're handing out a worksheet

Ponekad pomislite da samo delite radne listove,

just reviewing the names of shapes.

obnavljate nazive geometrijskih oblika.

But then instead of getting back hexagon and octagon,

Međutim, umesto odgovora, heksagon, oktagon

you get back this.

dobijete ovo:

["Amy" "Gabriella"]

[“Ejmi”, “Gabrijela”]

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

And I think we can agree that is just correct.

I mislim da se možemo složiti da je to prosto tačno.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

That’s right, that is Gabriella.

Tako je, to je Gabrijela.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Or, another time I was teaching a class

Drugi put, radili smo biologiju,

on human biology to my fifth-grade students

anatomija čoveka, peti razred,

when one of them afterwards handed in this anonymous question card.

kada mi je jedan od njih, posle časa predao ovu nepotpisanu karticu:

[What are balls for.]

[Čemu služe jaja.]

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

And you know what really gets me about this, what kills me,

A, znate šta mi je u ovome najgore, šta me je dokusurilo?

is we had spent so long studying punctuation.

Toliko dugo smo učili pravila pravopisa.

And he still used a period instead of a question mark.

I, pored toga, stavio je tačku umesto znaka pitanja.

“What are balls for.” Period.

“Čemu služe jaja.“ Tačka.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

At the same time that I was teaching elementary school students,

Dok sam podučavao osnovce, držao sam i časove improvizacije

I was also teaching adults improv comedy at a local theater on the weekends.

grupi odraslih osoba u lokalnom pozorištu, vikendom.

This was a group of retired folks,

Tu su bili penzioneri,

graduate students and semi-successful business people

diplomirani studenti i polu-uspešni biznismeni

who were paying money to spend their Saturday mornings

koji su plaćali za to da subotnja jutra provode sa mnom

in an unventilated basement with me.

u zagušljivom podrumu.

And most of the exercises that we were doing together

Vežbe koje smo radili zajedno

were to get them to let go of the self-critical part of their brain,

služile su tome da pokušaju da se oslobode samokritike,

to release the idea that there was a "right" answer to find,

da se oslobode pomisli da treba naći “ispravan” odgovor,

and to instead be more comfortable with their honest, creative,

i da se bolje osećaju u pogledu svojih iskrenih, kreativnih,

idiosyncratic thoughts.

idiosinkretičkih misli.

Now any elementary school teacher can tell you

Svaki nastavnik u osnovnoj školi će vam reći

that getting kids to share their honest, unexpected thoughts,

da deca dele svoje iskrene, neočekivane misli

that's not something you have to cultivate.

bez ikakvog podsticaja.

They will do that whether you want them to or not.

Deca će to učiniti, želeli vi to ili ne.

I mean, here are some real questions that kids asked me out of the blue

Evo nekih pitanja koja su mi deca postavila iznebuha,

with no context,

bez ikakvog konteksta,

during what was supposed to be a silent work time.

tokom vremena predviđenog za rad u tišini.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

"Is it possible to make myself live longer so that I can see the Sun explode?"

“Da li mogu sebi toliko da produžim život da vidim Sunce kako eksplodira?”

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

"Are pigs actually prejudiced against women,

“Da li svinje zaista imaju predrasude prema ženama

or is that just an expression?"

ili se samo tako kaže?”

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

"If your brother isn't married yet,

“Ako tvoj brat još uvek nije oženjen,

why doesn't he just marry your mom?"

zašto se prosto ne oženi tvojom mamom?”

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

And actually, that brings up a really important point,

A ovim dolazimo i do vrlo bitne činjenice,

which is that kids' ideas are not always good.

a to je da dečje ideje nisu uvek dobre.

Sometimes they're very bad.

Ponekad su veoma loše.

I'm personally very grateful that my mom and my brother are not married.

Iskreno, veoma sam zahvalan što moja mama i moj brat nisu venčani.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

There's some research that suggests that for many of us,

Neka istraživanja ukazuju na to da, za mnoge od nas,

fifth grade is close to the peak of this kind of wildly free,

peti razred predstavlja vrhunac ovakvog slobodnog,

uninhibited, creative thinking.

kreativnog mišljenja.

But that does not have to be the case.

Međutim, to ne mora da bude tako.

In my experience, the difference between people with an amazing sense of humor

Iz mog iskustva, razlika između ljudi sa sjajnim smislom za humor

and those without is often just whether they are willing to accept

i onih koji ga nemaju, često je u tome da li žele da prihvate

and notice their honest reactions,

i budu svesni svojih iskrenih reakcija

or whether they try their hardest to fit them into a box.

ili se svojski trude da ih potisnu.

And that can shift over time.

Ali, to može da se promeni.

I saw that shift with my adult improv students.

To sam video kod svojih učenika improvizacije.

At first, when we would do an exercise

Na početku, kada smo radili jednu vežbu,

where they were asked to name seven things in a given category

u kojoj je trebalo da navedu sedam stvari iz date oblasti,

as quickly and creatively as possible,

što brže i što kreativnije,

many of them would get stuck.

mnogi bi se zbunili.

One guy, Rick, a corporate tax lawyer,

Jedan polaznik, Rik, poreski pravnik,

answered the prompt,

odgovorio je na zadatak

"Seven weird types of shoes"

“Sedam vrsta čudnih cipela”

by saying, "Brown shoes, white shoes,

time što je rekao: “Braon cipele, bele cipele,

black shoes, gray shoes."

crne cipele, sive cipele.”

I'm not going to name all the shoes,

Neću da ih imenujem sve,

it was all a lot of boring shoes, you get it.

shvatate da je tu bilo mnogo dosadnih cipela.

But then, after we practiced celebrating our more bizarre thoughts

Ali kasnije, pošto smo vežbali da iskažemo svoje bizarnije misli,

instead of repressing them,

umesto da ih potiskujemo,

Rick eventually came up with a list a list that included things like,

Rik je smislio spisak, koji je uključivao stvari poput:

"Shoes covered in mud, shoes covered in gold,

“Cipele prekrivene blatom, cipele prekrivene zlatom,

shoes covered in the blood of my enemies.”

cipele prekrivene krvlju mojih neprijatelja.”

Which is like, that’s a lot, Rick,

U redu, Rik, to je malo preterano.

actually, that's a lot, it's really a lot.

Zapravo, veoma je preterano.

But it's also definitely more interesting.

Ali definitivno je interesantnije.

And I think that's the point.

I mislim da je u tome suština.

When we turn off our self-judgment

Kada isključimo samoosudu

and we just notice the things that stand out to us,

i samo primetimo stvari koje se ističu,

or that we think,

ili o kojima mislimo,

we can surprise ourselves in ways that are hilarious and delightful.

možemo se iznenaditi na veoma smešne i divne načine.

Every comedian that I know has a notebook or some sort of document

Svaki komičar kojeg poznajem ima neku svesku ili papire

where they keep track of all the little odd things

na kojima zapisuje sve te male, čudne stvari

that they notice or think throughout the day.

koje primeti ili na koje pomisli tokom dana.

And what you find, when you start keeping track,

A kada počnete sve to da beležite, shvatite

is that there is no shortage of material out there.

da oko vas ima baš mnogo materijala.

There [is] so much to laugh at.

Ima mnogo toga smešnog.

And if you have a little bit of courage to allow yourself to be laughed at

A ako ste bar malo hrabri da dopustite da se vama smeju

and to laugh at yourself,

i da se smejete samim sebi,

you can make discoveries

možete otkriti nešto

that you never would have otherwise, right?

što inače ne biste, zar ne?

If you want to know what balls are for, sometimes you've got to ask.

Ako želite da znate čemu služe jaja, nekad prosto morate da pitate.

I have found that you can find laughter in even the driest places

Shvatio sam da se smeh može naći i na najmanje inspirativnim mestima,

if you bring some of that mischievous fifth-grade energy

ako ubacite malo te nevaljale energije učenika petog razreda

to the instructions and to what you're "supposed" to be doing, right?

u uputstva i u ono što bi “trebalo” da radite, zar ne?

It doesn't have to be geometry class.

Ne mora to da bude čas geometrije.

It can be an opportunity for you

To može biti prilika

to hang out with your good friend Gabriella.

da se družite sa svojom dobrom drugaricom Gabrijelom.

Now I have had the most fun when I applied these lessons

Najviše sam se zabavljao kada sam te lekcije,

that I got from my fifth graders to self-serious adult spaces.

dobijene od svojih učenika, primenjivao u ozbiljnim, odraslim prostorima.

To places where I maybe feel intimidated or like I don't necessarily belong.

Na mestima gde sam bio uplašen ili gde nisam nužno pripadao.

So, for example, for me personally, LinkedIn.

Za mene je to, na primer, Linkdin.

Terrifying.

Zastrašujuće.

I've never had a professional resume,

Nikada nisam imao profesionalni CV,

I've never been comfortable with business networking,

nikada nisam voleo poslovno umrežavanje,

but I've also always been kind of fascinated by LinkedIn.

ali sam uvek bio nekako fasciniran Linkdinom.

Like, they let you make a profile,

Oni vam daju da napravite profil,

and they don't verify that you work at the place you say you work.

ali ne proveravaju da li radite na mestu koje ste naveli.

So I decided I was going to test this out and have some fun.

Tako da sam odlučio da ovo testiram i da se malo zabavim.

I made a profile on LinkedIn

Napravio sam profil na Linkdinu

where I said that I was the CEO of LinkedIn.

u kojem sam naveo da sam izvršni direktor Linkdina.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

And I didn't think they would even let me do that.

Mislio sam da mi to neće dozvoliti.

But not only did they, after I made the profile,

Međutim, ne samo da jesu, nego, pošto sam napravio profil,

one of the most incredible things

desilo se nešto fenomenalno

that has ever happened in my entire life happened.

što se do tad u mom životu nije desilo.

Which is that LinkedIn sent this email to everyone in my contact list.

A to je da je Linkdin poslao ovaj imejl svim mojim kontaktima.

They sent that email.

Poslali su ovaj imejl.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

"Congratulate Chris on the new job.

“Čestitajte Krisu na novom poslu.

Chris Duffy is now CEO of LinkedIn."

Kris Dafi je sada izvršni direktor Linkdina.”

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

That's a better joke than anything I could ever write in my entire life.

To je bolja šala od bilo čega što bih ikada mogao da napišem.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

I was the CEO of LinkedIn on LinkedIn for one year.

Bio sam izvršni direktor Linkdina, na Linkdinu, godinu dana.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

And at that one-year mark,

A na tu godišnjicu,

LinkedIn sent yet another email to everyone in my contact list

Linkdin je poslao još jedan imejl svim mojim kontaktima

asking them to congratulate me on my work anniversary.

kojim ih obaveštava da mi mogu čestitati godišnjicu rada.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

And at that point,

U tom trenutku,

I received a message from a woman named Faith

dobio sam poruku od gospođe po imenu Fejt,

koja je radila u Linkdinovom timu za poverljivost i sigurnost.

who worked on LinkedIn's Trust and Security team.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

She said my account was being locked due to concerns about its inaccuracy.

Rekla je da mi je nalog blokiran zbog sumnji u njegovu tačnost.

So I sent her back a photo of my license,

Zato sam joj poslao fotografiju svoje vozačke dozvole,

front and back,

prednju i zadnju stranu,

to prove that my name was, in fact, Chris Duffy.

kako bih dokazao da se zaista zovem Kris Dafi.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Faith responded.

Fejt je odgovorila.

"The thing that we are concerned about is not that your name is not Chris Duffy.

“Nas ne brine to da li se vi zovete Kris Dafi,

It's that you are claiming to be the CEO of LinkedIn."

već to što tvrdite da ste izvršni direktor Linkdina.”

So I responded,

Pa sam joj odgovorio:

"Faith, you are taking a pretty disrespectful tone

“Fejt, obraćate mi se sa priličnim nepoštovanjem

for someone who works for me."

s obzirom na to da radite za mene.”

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

10 seconds later, she permanently deactivated my account.

Deset sekundi kasnije, trajno je deaktivirala moj nalog.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

It was a short but glorious stint, running my own personal social network.

Bila je to kratka, ali sjajna tezga - vodio sam ličnu društvenu mrežu.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

And now, what am I up to these days?

A sada, čime se bavim sada?

I'm so glad you asked.

Drago mi je što ste pitali.

I'm more than just a fifth-grade graduate.

Napredovao sam dalje od petog razreda.

I'm actually,

Sada sam, zapravo,

I'm the founder and owner of TED.

osnivač i vlasnik TED-a.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Congratulate me, you know you want to.

Čestitajte mi, znate da to želite.

Thanks for coming to my conference.

Hvala vam što ste došli na moju konferenciju.

(Applause and cheers)

(Aplauz i ovacije)