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8 Secrets of Success

成功的 8 个秘诀

理查德·圣约翰用 3 分钟浓缩 500 场 TED 访谈,总结出通向成功的 8 个关键词:热情、努力、精通、专注、逼自己、奉献、点子与坚持。语速适中、句式简洁,是练习商务听力的经典入门材料。

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台词(26 句)

00:24

This 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.

这本来是我给高中生做的两小时演讲,现在压缩成了三分钟。一切始于七年前我飞往 TED 的一趟航班上。

00:32

And in the seat next to me was a high school student, a teenager, and she came from a really poor family.

坐在我旁边的是一名高中生,一个十几岁的姑娘,她来自一个非常贫困的家庭。

00:39

And she wanted to make something of her life, and she asked me a simple little question. She said, "What leads to success?"

她想让自己的人生有所作为,于是问了我一个简单的小问题:「什么能通向成功?」

00:46

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.

我感觉很糟糕,因为我给不出一个好答案。下了飞机,我来到了 TED。

00:52

And I think, jeez, I'm in the middle of a room of successful people! So why don't I ask them what helped them succeed, and pass it on to kids?

我心想,天哪,我正置身于一屋子成功人士之中!何不问问他们是什么帮助他们成功,再把答案传给孩子们?

01:01

So here we are, seven years, 500 interviews later, and I'm going to tell you what really leads to success and makes TEDsters tick.

于是七年过去、500 场访谈之后,我要告诉大家究竟是什么通向成功、让 TED 人充满干劲。

01:09

And the first thing is passion. Freeman Thomas says, "I'm driven by my passion."

第一件事是热情。弗里曼·托马斯说:「驱动我的是我的热情。」

01:15

TEDsters do it for love; they don't do it for money. Carol Coletta says, "I would pay someone to do what I do."

TED 人做事是出于热爱,而不是为了钱。卡罗尔·科莱塔说:「我愿意倒贴钱去做我现在做的事。」

01:21

And the interesting thing is: if you do it for love, the money comes anyway. Work! Rupert Murdoch said to me, "It's all hard work.

有趣的是:如果你出于热爱去做,钱自然会来。努力!鲁伯特·默多克对我说:「一切都靠努力工作。

01:28

Nothing comes easily. But I have a lot of fun." Did he say fun? Rupert? Yes!

没有什么是轻易得来的。但我乐在其中。」他刚才说的是「乐趣」吗?默多克?没错!

01:34

TEDsters do have fun working. And they work hard. I figured, they're not workaholics. They're workafrolics.

TED 人工作时确实乐在其中,而且非常拼。我发现他们不是工作狂,而是「乐工狂」。

01:42

Good! Alex Garden says, "To be successful, put your nose down in something and get damn good at it."

很好!亚历克斯·加登说:「要成功,就一头扎进一件事里,把它做到极致。」

01:50

There's no magic; it's practice, practice, practice. And it's focus. Norman Jewison said to me, "I think it all has to do with focusing yourself on one thing."

没有魔法,只有练习、练习、再练习。还要专注。诺曼·杰威森对我说:「关键在于把自己聚焦在一件事上。」

01:58

And push! David Gallo says, "Push yourself. Physically, mentally, you've got to push, push, push."

还要逼自己!大卫·加洛说:「逼自己一把。无论身体还是心理,都得推、推、再推。」

02:05

You've got to push through shyness and self-doubt. Goldie Hawn says, "I always had self-doubts.

你得冲破羞怯和自我怀疑。歌蒂·韩说:「我总是怀疑自己。

02:10

I wasn't good enough; I wasn't smart enough. I didn't think I'd make it." Now it's not always easy to push yourself, and that's why they invented mothers.

我不够好、不够聪明,我没想过自己能成功。」逼自己并不总是那么容易,所以世上才「发明」了妈妈。

02:18

Frank Gehry said to me, "My mother pushed me."

弗兰克·盖里对我说:「是我妈妈推着我前进。」

02:26

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

奉献!舍温·努兰德说:「能以医生的身份服务他人是一种荣幸。」

02:33

A lot of kids want to be millionaires. The first thing I say is: "OK, well you can't serve yourself; you've got to serve others something of value.

很多孩子想成为百万富翁。我说的第一句话就是:「好,但你不能只服务自己,你得为他人提供有价值的东西。

02:40

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."

因为那才是人们真正致富的方式。」点子!TED 人比尔·盖茨说:「我有个点子——创办第一家微型计算机软件公司。」

02:50

I'd say it was a pretty good idea. And there's no magic to creativity in coming up with ideas -- it's just doing some very simple things.

我得说这是个相当不错的点子。而创意并没有什么魔法,想出点子靠的只是一些非常简单的事情。

02:57

And I give lots of evidence. Persist! Joe Kraus says, "Persistence is the number one reason for our success."

我可以给出大量证据。坚持!乔·克劳斯说:「坚持是我们成功的第一原因。」

03:05

You've got to persist through failure. You've got to persist through crap! Which of course means "Criticism, Rejection, Assholes and Pressure."

你得在失败中坚持,也得扛过那些糟心事——也就是批评、拒绝、混蛋和压力。

03:12

So, the answer to this question is simple: Pay 4,000 bucks and come to TED.

所以这个问题的答案很简单:花 4000 美元来 TED 吧。

03:21

Or failing that, do the eight things -- and trust me, these are the big eight things that lead to success.

或者,做到这八件事——相信我,正是这八件大事通向成功。

03:28

Thank you TEDsters for all your interviews!

感谢各位 TED 人接受我的访谈!