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

翻译人员: Lu Meng 校对人员: Yang Zhao

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

这真的是一个我给高中学生做的2个小时的演讲

cut down to three minutes.

现在缩到了3分钟

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

所有的一切都是从7年前的一天开始，

seven years ago.

我坐在飞往TED会议的飞机上。

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

在我邻座坐的是一个

高中生，一个十几岁的年轻人。

and she came from a really poor family.

她生于一个贫穷的家庭

And she wanted to make something of her life,

而且她的愿望是成就一番事业

and she asked me a simple little question.

所以她问了我一个简单的小问题。

她说：“怎样做才能成功呢？”

She said, "What leads to success?"

我当时觉得糟透了

And I felt really badly,

because I couldn't give her a good answer.

因为我不能给她一个满意的答案

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

后来我下了飞机，来到TED

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

忽然间我想到，天啊，我置身于一屋子成功人士之中！

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

为什么我不问问他们是怎样走向成功的呢。

and pass it on to kids?

这样我就可以把答案告诉孩子们了。

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

所以就这样，7年中我坐了500次采访。

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

现在我就要告诉你们是什么带来了成功

and makes TEDsters tick.

是什么启发了TED演讲者们。

And the first thing is passion.

第一点是激情

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

Freeman Thomas 说：“我总是被我的热情所牵引着”

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

TED的讲演者因为有爱才做事情，不是为了钱。

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

Carol Colletta 说：“我会付给别人钱去做我的工作。”

And the interesting thing is:

有趣的是

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

如果你是为了爱而做的，钱自然而然就来了。

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

刻苦！Rupert Murdoch 曾经告诉过我 “都是刻苦“ 为努力”

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

“天下没有白吃的午餐。但是我得到了很多乐趣。”

他提到了乐趣？？Rupert？是的！

Did he say fun? Rupert? Yes!

(Laughter)

TED讲演者都有一份充满乐趣的工作，而且他们都很刻苦。

TEDsters do have fun working. And they work hard.

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

我觉得，他们都不是工作狂，他们是享受工作狂

(Laughter)

Good!

精通！Alex Garden说：”要想成功，就要真的深入其中“

(Applause)

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

and get damn good at it."

“然后做到精通。”

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

想要做到精通没有秘诀，就是练习，练习，再练习。

And it's focus.

还有就是专注。Norman Jewison 告诉过我，

Norman Jewison said to me,

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

“我想成功就要使自己专注于一件事情”

And push!

强迫！David Gallo说：“强迫你自己，”

David Gallo says, "Push yourself.

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

“心灵上，神情上。你一定要强迫，强迫，强迫。”

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

“你要强迫自己去战胜羞涩和自我怀疑”

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

Goldie Hawn说：“我总是怀疑自己。

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

怀疑自己不够优秀，不用聪明。

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

我从不相信我会成功。”

Now it's not always easy to push yourself,

想要成功地强迫自己并不总容易，

and that's why they invented mothers.

这就是为什么要发明妈妈。

(Laughter)

(Applause)

Frank Gehry said to me,

Frank Gehry-Frank Gehry对我说：

"My mother pushed me."

"我妈妈过去总是督促我。"

(Laughter)

Serve!

服务！Sherwin Nuland 说：“能够作为一名医生为他人服务是一种荣幸。”

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

现在很多孩子告诉我他们想成为百万富翁。

A lot of kids want to be millionaires.

The first thing I say is:

但是一件事我对他们说的是，

"OK, well you can't serve yourself;

“好的，但是你不能为你自己服务，”

you've got to serve others something of value.

“你需要为他人提供对他人有利的服务。”

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

”因为这就是人们致富的方式。“

Ideas!

点子。TED演讲者 Bill Gates 说：”我曾经有过一个点子，“

TEDster Bill Gates says, "I had an idea:

founding the first micro-computer software company."

”成立第一个微机软件公司。“

I'd say it was a pretty good idea.

我必须承认这真的是很好的一个点子。

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

对于能想出点子的创造力来讲没有什么魔力可言。

it's just doing some very simple things.

都是些简单平常的事情。

And I give lots of evidence.

而且我可以举出很多证据。

Persist!

坚持。Joe Kraus 说

Joe Kraus says,

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

”恒心是我们成功地第一条原因。“

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

”你必须坚持度过失败，你必须坚持度过crap“

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

”这里的crap是指”批评，拒绝，卑鄙小人和压力““

(Laughter)

（大笑）

So, the answer to this question is simple:

所以，这个问题的答案很简单：

Pay 4,000 bucks and come to TED.

付4000块来TED会场。

(Laughter)

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

如果不能来，就做到以上八点---相信我，

these are the big eight things that lead to success.

这重要的八点就是通向成功的秘诀。

Thank you TEDsters for all your interviews!

谢谢TED讲演者参与我的采访！

(Applause)