ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Richard St. John - Marketer, success analyst
A self-described average guy who found success doing what he loved, Richard St. John spent more than a decade researching the lessons of success -- and distilling them into 8 words, 3 minutes and one successful book.

Why you should listen

Richard St. John was on his way to the TED conference when a girl on the plane asked him, "What really leads to success?" Even though he had achieved some success, he couldn't explain how he did it. So he spent the next ten years researching success and asking over 500 extraordinarily successful people in many fields what helped them succeed. After analyzing, sorting, and correlating millions of words of research, and building one of the most organized databases on the subject of success, he discovered "The 8 Traits Successful People Have in Common" and wrote the bestseller 8 To Be Great.

In his books and talks,he shares a wealth of wisdom from the world's most successful people -- knowledge that can help others succeed in their own way, whether it's escaping poverty, building a business, raising a family, or changing the world.

More profile about the speaker
Richard St. John | Speaker | TED.com
TED2005

Richard St. John: 8 secrets of success

Richard St. John: Osam tajni uspjeha

Filmed:
14,410,517 views

Zašto ljudi uspijevaju? Zato što su pametni? Ili zato što imaju sreće? Nijedno od navedenog. Analitičar Richard St. John je sažeo godine intervjuisanja u nezaobilaznu trominutnu prezentaciju o pravim tajnama uspjeha.
- Marketer, success analyst
A self-described average guy who found success doing what he loved, Richard St. John spent more than a decade researching the lessons of success -- and distilling them into 8 words, 3 minutes and one successful book. Full bio

Double-click the English transcript below to play the video.

00:24
This is really a two-hourdva sata presentationprezentacija
I give to highvisoka schoolškola studentsstudenti,
0
31
3290
Ovo je u stvari moja dvosatna
prezentacija za učenike srednje škole,
00:27
cutcut down to threetri minutesminuta.
1
3345
1251
sažeta u tri minute.
00:28
And it all startedzapočet one day
on a planeavion, on my way to TEDTED,
2
4620
2641
A sve je počelo jednog dana u avionu,
na putu ka TED-u,
00:31
sevensedam yearsgodine agopre.
3
7285
1294
prije sedam godina.
00:32
And in the seatsedište nextsledeći to me
was a highvisoka schoolškola studentstudent, a teenagertinejdžer,
4
8603
4373
Do mene je sjedila
učenica srednje škole, tinejdžerka,
00:37
and she camedošao from a really poorsiromašno familyporodica.
5
13000
2007
a poticala je iz jako siromašne porodice.
Željela je da napravi
nešto od svog života,
00:39
And she wanted to make
something of her life,
6
15483
2493
00:42
and she askedpitan me a simplejednostavno little questionpitanje.
7
18000
2039
i postavila mi je jednostavno pitanje.
00:44
She said, "What leadsvodi to successuspeh?"
8
20063
1945
Rekla je: "Šta vodi ka uspjehu"?
00:46
And I feltosećao se really badlyloše,
9
22032
1379
I zaista sam se osjećao loše,
00:47
because I couldn'tnije mogao give her a good answerodgovor.
10
23435
2461
jer nisam imao dobar odgovor.
00:49
So I get off the planeavion, and I come to TEDTED.
11
25920
2056
Nakon leta sam otišao na TED.
00:52
And I think, jeezIsuse, I'm in the middlesrednji
of a roomsoba of successfuluspješno people!
12
28000
3730
Zaboga, pomislih, nalazim se
usred sobe prepune uspješnim ljudima!
00:55
So why don't I askpitajte them
what helpedpomogao them succeeduspjeti,
13
31754
2611
Zašto da ih ne pitam
šta im je pomoglo da uspiju,
00:58
and passprolaz it on to kidsdeca?
14
34389
1714
i onda to proslijedim djeci?
01:00
So here we are, sevensedam yearsgodine,
500 interviewsintervjui laterkasnije,
15
36817
3609
I sad, nakon sedam godina i 500 intervjua,
01:04
and I'm going to tell you
what really leadsvodi to successuspeh
16
40450
2940
reći ću vam šta zaista vodi do uspjeha
01:07
and makespravi TEDstersTEDsters ticktik.
17
43414
1365
i šta pokreće TED-ovce.
01:09
And the first thing is passionstrast.
18
45367
1609
Prva stvar je strast.
01:11
FreemanFreeman ThomasThomas sayskaže,
"I'm drivenvođen by my passionstrast."
19
47787
2532
Freeman Thomas kaže:
"Mene vodi moja strast".
01:14
TEDstersTEDsters do it for love;
they don't do it for moneynovac.
20
50763
2460
TED-ovci rade to iz ljubavi,
a ne zbog novca.
01:17
CarolCarol ColettaColetta sayskaže, "I would payplatiti
someoneneko to do what I do."
21
53247
3484
Carol Coletta kaže: "Platila bih
nekome da radi ovo što ja radim".
01:20
And the interestingzanimljivo thing is:
22
56755
1411
A ono što je zanimljivo:
01:22
if you do it for love,
the moneynovac comesdolazi anywayu svakom slučaju.
23
58190
2191
ako radite to iz ljubavi,
novac će ionako doći.
01:24
Work! RupertRupert MurdochMurdoch said
to me, "It's all hardteško work.
24
60866
3110
Rad! Eupert Murdoch mi je rekao:
"Sve je u napornom radu.
01:28
Nothing comesdolazi easilylako.
But I have a lot of funzabava."
25
64000
3083
Ništa ne dolazi samo od sebe.
Ali ja se puno zabavljam".
01:31
Did he say funzabava? RupertRupert? Yes!
26
67107
2870
Je li to on rekao da se zabavlja?
Rupert? Da!
01:34
(LaughterSmijeh)
27
70001
1476
(Smijeh)
01:35
TEDstersTEDsters do have funzabava workingraditi.
And they work hardteško.
28
71501
2746
TED-ovci se zaista zabavljaju dok rade.
A rade naporno.
01:38
I figuredfigured, they're not workaholicsworkahok.
They're workafrolicsworkažabari.
29
74271
2953
Shvatio sam da oni nisu radoholičari.
Oni su zabavoholičari.
01:41
(LaughterSmijeh)
30
77248
1590
(Smijeh)
01:42
Good!
31
78862
1057
Biti dobar!
01:43
(ApplausePljesak)
32
79943
1001
(Aplauz)
01:44
AlexAlex GardenVrt sayskaže, "To be successfuluspješno,
put your nosenos down in something
33
80968
3346
Alex Garden kaže: "Da biste bili uspješni,
posvetite se nečemu
i postanite jako dobri u tome".
01:48
and get damnProkletstvo good at it."
34
84338
1246
01:49
There's no magicmagija;
it's practicepraksa, practicepraksa, practicepraksa.
35
85608
2842
Nema nikakve čarolije,
samo praksa, praksa, praksa.
01:52
And it's focusfokus.
36
88474
1019
I tu je fokus.
01:53
NormanNormane JewisonJewison said to me,
37
89517
1734
Norman Jewison mi je rekao:
01:55
"I think it all has to do
with focusingfokusiranjem yourselfsami on one thing."
38
91275
2992
"Mislim da sve to ima veze sa
fokusiranjem na jednu stvar".
01:58
And pushguranje!
39
94773
1065
I trudi se!
02:00
DavidDavid GalloGalo sayskaže, "PushGuraj yourselfsami.
40
96235
1988
David Gallo kaže: "Trudi se.
02:02
PhysicallyFizički, mentallymentalno,
you've got to pushguranje, pushguranje, pushguranje."
41
98247
2642
Fizički, mentalno,
moraš se truditi, truditi, truditi."
02:04
You've got to pushguranje throughkroz shynessstidljivost
and self-doubtsumnji.
42
100913
2611
Moraš savladati stidljivost i nesigurnost.
02:07
GoldieGoldie HawnHawn sayskaže,
"I always had self-doubtssumnje.
43
103548
2428
Goldie Hawn kaže,
"Uvijek sam bila nesigurna u sebe.
02:10
I wasn'tnije good enoughdosta;
I wasn'tnije smartpametan enoughdosta.
44
106000
2096
Nisam bila dovoljno dobra,
dovoljno pametna.
02:12
I didn't think I'd make it."
45
108120
1543
Nisam mislila da ću uspjeti."
02:14
Now it's not always easylako to pushguranje yourselfsami,
46
110264
2039
Nije uvijek lako da sam sebe tjeraš,
02:16
and that's why they inventedizmišljen mothersmajke.
47
112327
2088
i zato su izumili majke.
02:18
(LaughterSmijeh)
48
114439
1000
(Smijeh)
02:19
(ApplausePljesak)
49
115439
1561
(Aplauz)
02:21
FrankFrank GehryGehry said to me,
50
117000
2976
Frank Gehry mi je rekao:
02:24
"My mothermajka pushedgurnut me."
51
120000
1370
"Moja majka me je tjerala".
02:25
(LaughterSmijeh)
52
121394
1214
(Smijeh)
02:26
ServeSlužiti!
53
122632
1016
Služi!
02:28
SherwinSherwin NulandNuland sayskaže,
"It was a privilegeprivilegija to servesluži as a doctordoktor."
54
124427
3039
Sherwin Nuland kaže:
"Služiti kao doktor je bila privilegija".
02:32
A lot of kidsdeca want to be millionairesMilioneri.
55
128093
2110
Mnoga djeca mi kažu
da žele biti milioneri.
02:34
The first thing I say is:
56
130227
1250
Prvo što ću im reći:
02:35
"OK, well you can't servesluži yourselfsami;
57
131501
1902
"OK, ne možeš služiti sebi.
02:37
you've got to servesluži othersdrugi
something of valuevrednost.
58
133427
2237
Moraš pružiti drugima
nešto što ima vrijednost.
02:39
Because that's the way
people really get richbogat."
59
135688
2537
Jer tako zapravo ljudi postaju bogati."
02:43
IdeasIdeje!
60
139074
1025
Ideje!
02:44
TEDsterTEDster BillBill GatesVrata sayskaže, "I had an ideaideja:
61
140123
2853
TED-ovac Bill Gates kaže: "Imao sam ideju:
02:47
foundingosnivanje the first micro-computermikro-kompjuter
softwaresoftver companykompanija."
62
143000
2976
osnovati prvu softversku kompaniju
za mikrokompjutere".
02:50
I'd say it was a prettylepo good ideaideja.
63
146000
1976
Rekao bih da je to jako dobra ideja.
02:52
And there's no magicmagija to creativitykreativnost
in comingdolaze up with ideasideje --
64
148000
2976
Nema tu neke čarolije
u stvaranju kreativnih ideja.
02:55
it's just doing some very simplejednostavno things.
65
151000
2335
Samo je bitno raditi
neke jednostavne stvari.
02:57
And I give lots of evidencedokaze.
66
153359
1617
A dajem puno dokaza.
02:59
PersistPotraju!
67
155291
1114
Istraj!
03:00
JoeJoe KrausKraus sayskaže,
68
156799
1001
Joe Kraus kaže:
03:01
"PersistenceUpornost is the numberbroj
one reasonrazlog for our successuspeh."
69
157824
2594
"Istrajnost je najveći razlog
našeg uspjeha".
03:04
You've got to persistustrajati throughkroz failureneuspeh.
You've got to persistustrajati throughkroz crapsranje!
70
160832
3542
Moraš istrajati uprkos
neuspjehu i preprekama.
03:08
WhichKoji of coursekurs meansznači "CriticismKritike,
RejectionOdbijanje, AssholesSeronje and PressurePritisak."
71
164398
3515
Što, naravno, uključuje
kritike, odbijanje, kretene i pritisak.
(Smijeh)
03:11
(LaughterSmijeh)
72
167937
2766
03:14
So, the answerodgovor to this questionpitanje is simplejednostavno:
73
170727
3719
Odgovor na ovo pitanje je jednostavan:
03:18
PayPlatiti 4,000 bucksdolara and come to TEDTED.
74
174470
2125
Plati 4.000 dolara i dođi na TED.
03:20
(LaughterSmijeh)
75
176619
1193
(Smijeh)
03:21
Or failingneuspjeh that, do
the eightosam things -- and trustpoverenje me,
76
177836
2738
Ili ako u tome ne uspiješ,
uradi ovih osam stvari,
03:24
these are the bigveliki eightosam things
that leadolovo to successuspeh.
77
180598
3220
Vjerujte mi, ovih osam važnih stvari
vodi do uspjeha.
03:27
Thank you TEDstersTEDsters
for all your interviewsintervjui!
78
183842
2719
Hvala vam TED-ovci na svim intervjuima!
03:30
(ApplausePljesak)
79
186585
3000
(Aplauz)
Translated by Ajdin Spahić
Reviewed by Ivana Korom

▲Back to top

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Richard St. John - Marketer, success analyst
A self-described average guy who found success doing what he loved, Richard St. John spent more than a decade researching the lessons of success -- and distilling them into 8 words, 3 minutes and one successful book.

Why you should listen

Richard St. John was on his way to the TED conference when a girl on the plane asked him, "What really leads to success?" Even though he had achieved some success, he couldn't explain how he did it. So he spent the next ten years researching success and asking over 500 extraordinarily successful people in many fields what helped them succeed. After analyzing, sorting, and correlating millions of words of research, and building one of the most organized databases on the subject of success, he discovered "The 8 Traits Successful People Have in Common" and wrote the bestseller 8 To Be Great.

In his books and talks,he shares a wealth of wisdom from the world's most successful people -- knowledge that can help others succeed in their own way, whether it's escaping poverty, building a business, raising a family, or changing the world.

More profile about the speaker
Richard St. John | Speaker | TED.com