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

Prevodilac: Mirjana Čutura Lektor: Tijana Mihajlović

Have you ever heard of typosquatting?

Da li ste ikada čuli za „lažno preusmeravanje“?

Well, typosquatting is where companies like Google

Lažno preusmeravanje je kada kompanije kao što je Gugl

post advertisements on websites that are commonly miskeyed,

postavljaju reklame na veb-sajtovima čije adrese često pogrešno otkucamo,

and then they sit back and rake in millions

a koje se tada zavale i zgrću milione

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

zbog toga što posećujete veb-sajt

kao što je gmale.com ili mikerowesoft.com.

or mikerowesoft.com.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

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

Zvuči baš šašavo, zar ne?

How about this?

Šta mislite o ovome?

On February 28, an engineer at Amazon

Dana 28. februara inženjer u Amazonu

made a similar, seemingly small key error.

napravio je sličnu, naizgled malu grešku pri kucanju.

Only I say seemingly small

Međutim, kažem „naizgled malu“

because this one little typo on Amazon's supercode

jer je ova jedna mala greška u kucanju na Amazonovom superkodu

produced a massive internet slowdown

dovela do ogromnog usporavanja interneta

that cost the company over 160 million dollars

koje je kompaniju koštalo preko 160 miliona dolara

in the span of just four hours.

u periodu od samo četiri sata.

But this is actually really scary.

Ipak, ovo je, zapravo, veoma zastrašujuće.

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

Vidite, nedavno se desilo da radnik farmaceutske kompanije

which is a pharmaceutical manufacturer,

Nju Ingland Kompaund

didn't clean a lab properly

nije propisno očistio laboratoriju

and now 76 people have died

i sada je 76 ljudi umrlo

and 700 more have contracted meningitis.

i još 700 je zaraženo meningitisom.

I mean, these examples are crazy, right?

Ovi primeri su sumanuti, zar ne?

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

Kada smo počeli da živimo u svetu gde su greške u kucanju,

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

uobičajene greške, stav „uradi najbolje što možeš“

ili „uradi dovoljno dobro“ postali prihvatljivi?

At some point, we've stopped valuing perfection,

U nekom trenutku smo prestali da vrednujemo savršenstvo,

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

a ovo su sada posledice koje dobijamo.

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

Mislim da svi treba da težimo savršenstvu

all the time,

sve vreme

and I think we need to get to it quick.

i mislim da treba brzo da stignemo do njega.

You see, I run a training facility

Upravljam centrom za obuku

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

u kojem sam odgovoran za obuku profesionalnih vozača za dostavu,

and in my line of work,

a u mojoj profesiji

we have a unique understanding of the cost of failure,

imamo jedinstven pogled na cenu neuspeha,

the cost of just 99 percent,

cenu davanja samo 99 posto,

because in the world of professional driving,

jer u svetu profesionalnih vozača

just 99 percent of the job means somebody dies.

obavljanje samo 99 posto posla znači da će neko umreti.

Look, a hundred people die every day

Sto ljudi umre svakog dana u sudarima u saobraćaju.

due to vehicular crashes.

Think about that for a second.

Razmislite o tome na trenutak.

That's like the equivalent of four commercial airliners

To je isto kao da se četiri putnička aviona

crashing every week,

sruše svake nedelje,

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

ali ipak još uvek ne možemo ubediti sebe da budemo skroz koncentrisani iza volana.

So I teach my drivers to value perfection.

Stoga učim moje vozače da vrednuju savršenstvo.

It's why I have them memorize

Zbog toga ih teram da bez greške zapamte naš program odbrambene vožnje od 131 reči

our 131-word defensive driving program

perfectly,

and then I have them rewrite it.

i onda ih teram da ga prepišu.

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

Jedna pogrešna reč, pogrešno napisana reč, jedan izostavljen zarez i pali su test.

It's why I do uniform inspections daily.

Zato kontrolišem uniforme svaki dan.

Undershirts are white or brown only,

Potkošulje su jedino bele ili braon,

shoes are black or brown polished leather

cipele su izglancane i od crne ili braon kože,

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

pa nemojte doći izgužvani na čas i očekivati da ćete moći da ostanete.

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

Zato insistiram da moji vozači budu tačni.

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

Nemojte kasniti na čas, pauzu ili ručak.

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

Ako treba da budete negde, budite tamo.

You see, I do this so that my students understand

Vidite, ovo radim da bi moji učenici shvatili da,

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

kada ih obučavam da voze automobil i kada im kažem:

"Clear every intersection,"

„Bezbedno prođite kroz svaku raskrsnicu“,

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

oni shvate da mislim na svaki semafor, svako raskršće,

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

svaku sporednu ulicu, svaki parking, svaki zemljani put, svaki pešački prelaz,

every intersection without fail.

svaku raskrsnicu bez izuzetka.

Now, new students will often ask me

Novi učenici me često pitaju

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

zašto je moj kurs toliko težak, strog ili jednolik,

and the answer is simple.

a odgovor je jednostavan.

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

Perfekcionizam je stav koji se razvija na malim stvarima,

and then applied to the larger job.

a potom se primenjuje na veće stvari.

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

Tako, ako male stvari ne možete uraditi kako treba,

you're going to fail when it counts,

bićete neuspešni kada to bude važno,

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

a kada vozite automobil, važno je.

A car traveling at 55 miles an hour

Automobil koji putuje brzinom od 90 km/h

covers the length of an American football field

prevali dužinu stadiona za američki fudbal

in just under four and a half seconds,

za nešto manje od četiri i po sekunde,

but just so happens to be the same amount of time

što je, sasvim slučajno, jednako vremenu

it takes the average person to check a text message.

da prosečna osoba proveri SMS poruku.

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

Ne dopuštam svojim vozačima da izgube koncentraciju,

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

a ne prihvatam ništa manje od savršenstva.

And you know what?

I znate šta?

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

Dosta mi je kada svi ostali prihvataju 99 posto kao dovoljno dobro.

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

Sve manje od savršenstva ima ozbiljne posledice, zar ne?

Think about it.

Razmislite o tome.

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

Da su proizvođači naših kreditnih kartica samo 99,9 posto uspešni,

there would be over a million cards in circulation today

danas bi postojalo preko milion kartica u upotrebi

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

koje bi imale pogrešne informacije na magnetnoj traci na zadnjoj strani.

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

Da je Vebsterov rečnik samo 99,9 posto tačan,

it would have 470 misspelled words in it.

sadržao bi 470 pogrešno napisanih reči.

How about this?

Šta kažete na ovo?

If our doctors were only 99.9 percent correct,

Da su naši doktori samo 99,9 posto precizni,

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

svake godine 4 453 000 recepata bilo bi pogrešno napisano,

and probably even scarier,

a što je još strašnije -

11 newborns would be given to the wrong parents every day

jedanaest novorođenčadi bi bilo predato pogrešnim roditeljima svaki dan

in the United States.

u Sjedinjenim Državama.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

And those are just the odds, thank you.

Ovo su samo pretpostavke. Hvala vam.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

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

Stvarnost je da je američka vlada slupala letelicu vrednu 1,4 milijade dolara

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

jer su radnici održavanja uradili samo 99 posto svog posla.

Someone forgot to check a sensor.

Neko je zaboravio da proveri senzor.

The reality is that 16 people are now dead,

Stvarnost je da je šesnaestoro ljudi sada mrtvo,

180 have now been injured,

sto osamdeset povređeno,

and 34 million cars are being recalled

a iz prodaje je povučeno 34 miliona automobila

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

jer su proizvođači vazdušnih jastuka proizveli i plasirali proizvod

that they thought was, you know, good enough.

za koji su smatrali da je, znate već, dovoljno dobar.

The reality is that medical errors

Stvarnost je da su greške u medicini

are now the third leading cause of death in America.

sada treći po redu uzročnik smrtnosti u Americi.

250,000 people die each year

Svake godine 250 000 ljudi umre

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

jer je neko ko je verovatno smatrao da je dovoljno dobro uradio svoj posao,

messed up.

u stvari, zabrljao.

And you don't believe me?

A vi mi ne verujete?

Well, I can certainly understand why.

Svakako mogu da razumem zašto.

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

Vidite, teško je da verujemo u bilo šta ovih dana

kada je manje od 50 posto svega što novinski stručnjaci kažu

when less than 50 percent of what news pundits say

is actually grounded in fact.

zaista zasnovano na činjenicama.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

So it comes down to this:

Svodi se 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 promenimo?

We seek perfection

Težimo ka savršenstvu

and settle for nothing less.

i ne zadovoljavajmo se ničim drugim.

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

Znam da treba da razmislite o tome na trenutak

because I know what you've been told.

jer znam šta vam govore.

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

Verovatno nešto slično ovome: savršenstvo je nemoguće za ljude,

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

stoga će vam težnja ka savršenstvu ne samo uništiti samopouzdanje,

but it will render you a failure.

već će vas učiniti neuspešnim.

But there's the irony.

Međutim, u tome je ironija.

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

Vidite, danas se svi toliko plašimo reči „neuspeh“,

but the truth is, we need to fail.

ali istina je da moramo doživeti neuspeh.

Failure is a natural stepping stone towards perfection,

Neuspeh je prirodan korak ka savršenstvu,

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

ali, u nekom trenutku, zato što smo toliko počeli da se bojimo te ideje o neuspehu

and so afraid of that idea of perfection,

i te ideje o savršenstvu,

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

odbacili smo ga zbog onoga što se može dogoditi našem egu kada ne uspemo.

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

Da li zaista mislite da će vas neuspeh upropastiti?

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

Ili je to samo jednostavno rešenje koje prouzrokuje spore veb-sajtove,

scary healthcare and dangerous roads?

zastrašujuće zdravstvo i opasne puteve?

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

Da li ste spremni da proglasite savršenstvo za negativca u svemu ovome?

Look, failure and imperfection are basically the same thing.

Vidite, neuspeh i nesavršenost su, u osnovi, ista stvar.

We all know that imperfection exists all around us.

Svi znamo da nesavršenost postoji svuda oko nas.

Nothing and nobody is perfect.

Ništa nije savršeno i niko nije savršen.

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

Međutim, u nekom trenutku bilo je suviše teško ili bolno,

we decided to dismiss our natural ability to deal with failure

pa smo odlučili da odbacimo našu prirodnu sposobnost nošenja sa neuspehom

and replace it with a lower acceptance level.

i da je zamenimo nižim kriterijumima.

And now we're all forced to sit back

Sada smo prinuđeni da budemo pasivni

and just accept this new norm or good-enough attitude

i da jednostavno prihvatamo

ovaj novi standard ili „dovoljno dobar“ stav

and the results that come with it.

i posledice koje dolaze sa tim.

So even with all that said,

Čak i posle svega ranije rečenog

people will still tell me, you know,

ljudi me i dalje pitaju:

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

„Nisu li medicinsko osoblje, radnici održavanja i inženjer

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

dali sve od sebe i nije li to dovoljno dobro?“

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

Ako mene pitate, da budem iskren - ne, a naročito ne u ovim slučajevima.

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

Da, ali težiti ka savršenstvu toliko je stresno, zar ne?

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

Opra je pričala o tome, univerziteti su to proučavali

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

i sigurno vas je psiholog u srednjoj školi upozorio na to.

Stress is bad for us, isn't it?

Stres je loš za vas, zar ne?

Well, maybe,

Možda,

but to say that seeking perfection is too stressful

ali reći da je težnja ka savršenstvu suviše stresna

is like saying that exercise is too exhausting.

je kao da kažete da je fizička aktivnost suviše iscrpljujuća.

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

Ako želite rezultate u oba slučaja morate da istrpite bol.

So truthfully, saying that seeking perfection is too stressful

Da budem iskren - reći da je težiti ka savršenstvu suviše stresno

is just an excuse to be lazy.

je, jednostavno, izgovor za lenjost.

But here's the really scary part.

Međutim, ovo je zaista zastrašujući deo.

Today, doctors, therapists

Danas doktori, terapeuti

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

i industrija samopomoći koja godišnje zarađuje skoro 10 milijardi dolara

are all advocating against the idea of perfection

takođe se suprotstavljaju ideji savršenstva

under this guise that somehow not trying to be perfect

pod izgovorom da ćete nekako, ako ne pokušavate da budete savršeni,

will save your self-esteem and protect your ego.

sačuvati svoje samopouzdanje i sačuvati svoj ego.

But, see, it's not working,

Ipak, vidite, ne ide to tako

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

jer industrija samopomoći sada ima višu stopu recidivizma

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

jer se više fokusira da vas nauči kako da prihvatite da ste neuspešni

and lower your acceptance level

i da smanjite svoje kriterijume

nego da vas tera da budete savršeni.

than it is about pushing you to be perfect.

See, these doctors, therapists and self-help gurus

Vidite, ovi doktori, terapeuti i gurui samopomoći

are all focused on a symptom and not the illness.

usredsređeni su na simptome, a ne na bolest.

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

Prava bolest u našem društvu je sada nespremnost da se suočimo sa neuspehom.

See, we're more comfortable resting on our efforts

Lakše nam je da se oslanjamo na naš trud

nego da se usredsredimo na rezultate.

than we are with focusing on our results.

Like at Dublin Jerome High School in Ohio,

Kao u srednjoj školi „Dablin Džerom“ u Ohaju

where they name 30 percent of a graduating class valedictorian.

u kojoj je trideset posto maturanata proglašeno za učenike generacije.

I mean, come on, right?

Ma, hajde. Je l' da?

Somebody had the highest GPA.

Neko je imao najviši prosek.

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

Siguran sam da 72 učenika nije imalo isti prosek.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

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

Lakše nam je da ponudimo podjednak ishod

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

nego da se nosimo sa neuspehom, gubitnicima ili neradnicima.

And when everybody gets a prize, everybody advances,

Ako svako dobije nagradu, napreduje

or everybody gets a pay raise despite results,

ili dobije povišicu uprkos rezultatima,

the perfectionist in all of us is left to wonder,

perfekcionista u svima nama mora se zapitati:

what do I have to do to get better?

„Šta treba da uradim da bih bio bolji?

How do I raise above the crowd?

Kako da budem bolji od ostalih?“

And see, if we continue to cultivate this culture,

Vidite, ako nastavimo da gajimo ovu kulturu

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

u kojoj niko nije neuspešan ili se nikom ne kaže da će biti neuspešan,

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

onda, isto tako, niko neće dostići svoj puni potencijal.

Failure and loss are necessary for success.

Neuspeh i gubitak su neophodni za uspeh.

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

Prihvatanje neuspeha nije.

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

Mikelanđelu se pripisuje izreka: „Najveća opasnost za većinu nas

nije u tome da previsoko postavimo svoj cilj, pa da podbacimo,

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

but it's too low and we reach it.

nego u tome da prenisko postavimo svoj cilj, te da ga ostvarimo.“

Failure should be a motivating force,

Neuspeh treba da nas motiviše,

not some type of pathetic excuse to give up.

a ne da bude patetičan izgovor za odustajanje.

So I have an idea.

Stoga imam jednu ideju.

Instead of defining perfectionism as a destructive intolerance for failure,

Umesto da definišemo perfekcionizam kao destruktivnu netolerantnost neuspeha,

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

zašto ne bismo pokušali da mu damo novu definiciju?

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

Zašto ne bismo pokušali da definišemo perfekcionizam

kao spremnost da uradimo nešto teško da bismo postigli nešto dobro?

to achieve what is right?

You see, then we can agree

Tada se možemo složiti

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

da je neuspeh dobra stvar u našoj potrazi za savršenstvom,

and when we seek perfection without fear of failure,

a kada tražimo savršenstvo bez straha od neuspeha,

just think about what we can accomplish.

pomislite samo šta možemo postići.

Like NBA superstar Steph Curry:

Kao zvezda NBA-a, Stef Kari,

he hit 77 three-point shots in a row.

koji je postigao 77 trojki zaredom.

Think about that.

Razmislite o tome.

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

Momak je bio sposoban da precizno ubaci loptu prečnika 24 centimetara

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

kroz obruč prečnika 46 centimetar na tri metara visine

from nearly 24 feet away

sa udaljenosti od skoro 7,5 metara

almost 80 times without failure.

skoro 80 puta bez promašaja.

Or like the computer programmers

Kao kompjuterski programeri

at the aerospace giant Lockheed Martin,

u vazduhoplovnom i svemirskom gigantu „Lokhid Martinu“

who have now written a program

koji su napravili program

that uses 420,000 lines of near-flawless code

koji koristi 420 000 reda skoro savršenog koda

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

kako bi kontrolisali svaki aspekt paljenja raketnog goriva težine 1 800 tona

and putting a 120-ton spaceship into orbit.

i lansirali svemirsku letelicu od 120 tona u orbitu.

Or maybe like the researchers

Ili možda kao istraživači

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

u dečijoj bolnici „Mersi“ u Kanzas Sitiju u Misuriju

who have now developed a device

koji su napravili spravu

that can complete human genome coding in just 26 hours.

koja može izvršiti kodiranje ljudskog genoma za samo 26 sati.

So this device is able to diagnose genetic diseases

Ova sprava može ranije da dijagnostifikuje genetska oboljenja

in babies and newborns sooner,

kod beba i novorođenčadi

giving doctors an opportunity to start treatments earlier

što doktorima daje priliku da ranije započnu lečenje

and potentially save the baby's life.

i da možda spasu bebin život.

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

Vidite, to se dešava kada težimo savršenstvu.

So maybe we should be more like the professional athlete,

Možda treba da budemo više nalik tom profesionalnom sportisti,

or we should be more like that tireless programmer,

tom neumornom programeru

or like that passionate researcher.

ili tom ostrašćenom istraživaču.

Then we could stop fearing failure

Tada možemo da prestanemo da se bojimo neuspeha

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

i da prestanemo da živimo u svetu

ispunjenom posledicama dovoljno dobrog.

of good enough.

Thank you.

Hvala.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)