Richard St. John: Secrets of success in 8 words
|
Edit video information Language: English (English) Subtitles: 
English
(English)
[Edit subtitles]
Other languages: 
Slovenščina
Italiano
Bosanski
Srpski
עברית
日本語
Transcribe video | Upload subtitles OR Translate this English subtitles to Transcript belowThis is really a two-hour presentation I give to high school students, cut down to three minutes.And it all started one day on a plane, on my way to TED, seven years ago. And in the seat next to me was a high school student, a teenager, and she came from a really poor family. And she wanted to make something of her life. And she asked me a simple little question: she said, what leads to success? And I felt really badly, because I couldn't give her a good answer. So I get off the plane and I come to TED. And I think, geez, I'm in a middle of a room of successful people. So why don't I ask them what helped them succeed and pass it on to kids? So here we are, seven years, 500 interviews later and I'm going to tell you what really leads to success. The first thing is passion Freeman Thomas says: "I'm driven by my passion". TEDsters do it for love, they don't do it for money. Carol Colleta says: "I would pay someone to do what I do". The interesting thin is, if you do it for love, the money comes anyway. Work. Rupert murdoch said to me: "It's all hard work. Nothing comes easily. " "But I have a lot of fun. " -Did he say fun? Rupert? Yes! TEDsters do have fun working, and they work hard. I figure they're not workaholics, they're workafrolics. Good. Alex Garden says: "To be successful, put your nose down in something and get damn good at it. " There's no magic, it's practice, practice, practice. And it's focus. Norma Jewison said to me: "I think it all has to do with focusing yourself on one thing". And push. David Gallo says: "Push yourself. Physically, mentally, you gotta push, push, push. " You've got to push through shyness and self-doubt. Goldie Hawn says: "I always had self-doubts. I wasn't good enough, I wasn't smart enough, I didn't think I'd make it. " It's not always easy to push yourself and that's why they invented mothers. Frank Geary said to me: "My mother pushed me". Serve. Sherwin Nulan says: "It was a privilege to serve as a doctor. " Now a lot of kids tell me they want to be millionaires. And the first thing I say to them is: "OK, but you can't serve yourself. " You got to serve others something of value. Because that's the way people really get rich. Ideas. TEDster Bill Gates says: "I had an idea. " "founding the first micro-computer software company. " -I'd say it was a pretty good idea. And there's no magic to creativity and coming up with ideas. It's just doing some very simple things. Persist. Joe Kraus says: "Persistence is the number one reason for our success". You got to persist through failure, you got to persist through CRAP, which of course means: criticism, rejection, assholes and pressure. So, the big end. The answer to this question is simple. Pay $4,000 and come to TED. Or failing that, do the 8 things, and trust me, these are the big 8 things that lead to success.
EmbedCopy this snippet into your page:(This is will allways display the latest version of subtitles)
|