ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Laura Trice - Counselor, coach and baker
Laura Trice is a counselor, life coach -- and purveyor of wholesome junk food.

Why you should listen

Dr. Laura Trice is a therapist and coach, devoted to practices that help people find fulfillment. She's created a therapeutic program called Writing in Recovery that uses creative skills such as journaling and music to help people develop better self-awareness and set goals. She's taught this program at such well-known clinics as Betty Ford and Promises. She's the author of the book How to Work Any 12-Step Program.

In her other life, she is the head of Laura's Wholesome Junk Food, making healthy cookies and brownies.

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Laura Trice: Remember to say thank you

Laura Trice suggereix que tots diguem "gràcies"

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En aquesta xerrada enganyosament simple de 3 minuts, la Dra. Laura Trice reflexiona sobre el poder de la paraula màgica "gràcies" (per aprofundir una amistat, reparar llaços, assegurar-nos que l'altra persona sap el que significa per nosaltres...). Proveu a utilitzarla.
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HiHola. I'm here to talk to you about the importanceimportància of
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Hola. He vingut a parlar-vos
de la importància dels elogis,
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praiselloança, admirationadmiració and thank you,
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de l'admiració i de donar les gràcies,
i de fer-ho
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and havingtenint it be specificespecífic and genuinegenuí.
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de forma concreta i genuïna.
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And the way I got interestedinteressat in this was,
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Em vaig interessar per aquest tema
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I noticednotat in myselfjo mateix, when I was growingcreixent up,
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quan vaig descobrir que,
des que era petita
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and untilfins a about a fewpocs yearsanys agofa,
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i fins fa uns anys,
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that I would want to say thank you to someonealgú,
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volia donar les gràcies a la gent,
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I would want to praiselloança them,
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volia elogiar-la
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I would want to take in theirels seus praiselloança of me
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i rebre els seus elogis,
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and I'd just stop it.
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però no era capaç de fer-ho.
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And I askedpreguntat myselfjo mateix, why?
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I em preguntava: Per què?
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I feltsentia shytímid, I feltsentia embarrassedavergonyit.
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Tenia por de fer-ho,
m'avergonyia.
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And then my questionpregunta becamees va convertir,
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I llavors em vaig preguntar:
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am I the only one who does this?
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Sóc l'única a qui li passa?
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So, I decidedva decidir to investigateinvestigar.
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Així que vaig decidir investigar-ho.
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I'm fortunatesort enoughsuficient to work in the rehabrehabilitació facilityfacilitat,
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Sóc prou afortunada com per treballar
en una clínica de rehabilitació,
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so I get to see people who are facingenfrontant-se life and deathmort with addictionaddicció.
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on puc veure gent que es debat entre
la vida i la mort per la seva addicció.
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And sometimesde vegades it comesve down to something as simplesenzill as,
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I de vegades el seu trauma es redueix
a una cosa tan simple
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theirels seus corenucli central woundferida is theirels seus fatherpare diedva morir withoutsense ever sayingdient he's proudorgullós of them.
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com que el seu pare va morir sense
dir-los que estava orgullós d'ells.
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But then, they hearescoltar from all the familyfamília and friendsamics
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I llavors descobreixen
pels amics i la família
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that the fatherpare told everybodytothom elsealtra cosa that he was proudorgullós of him,
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que el seu pare
li ho havia dit a tothom,
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but he never told the sonfill.
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però mai a ells.
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It's because he didn't know that his sonfill needednecessari to hearescoltar it.
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Això és perquè no sabia
que el seu fill necessitava sentir-ho.
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So my questionpregunta is, why don't we askpreguntar for the things that we need?
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La meva pregunta és:
Per què no demanem el que necessitem?
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I know a gentlemansenyor, marriedcasat for 25 yearsanys,
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Conec un senyor,
casat des de fa 25 anys,
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who'squi és longinganhel to hearescoltar his wifeesposa say,
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que està desitjant
que la seva dona li digui:
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"Thank you for beingser the breadwinnersuport, so I can stayquedar-se home with the kidsnens,"
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"Gràcies per sustentar-nos.
Així puc ser a casa amb els nens".
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but won'tno ho farà askpreguntar.
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Però no ho demana.
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I know a womandona who'squi és good at this.
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Conec una dona
que té facilitat per això.
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She, onceun cop a weeksetmana, meetscompleix with her husbandmarit and saysdiu,
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Un cop per setmana,
parla amb el seu marit i li diu:
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"I'd really like you to thank me for all these things I did in the housecasa and with the kidsnens."
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"M'encantaria que m'agraïssis tot el
que he fet a la casa i amb els nens.
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And he goesva, "Oh, this is great, this is great."
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I ell li respon:
"Ah, fantàstic, molt ben fet."
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And praiselloança really does have to be genuinegenuí,
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Els elogis han de ser genuïns,
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but she takes responsibilityresponsabilitat for that.
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però ella se n'encarrega.
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And a friendamic of minemeu, AprilAbril, who I've had sincedes de llavors kindergartenllar d'infants,
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I April, una amiga que tinc
de tota la vida,
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she thanksgràcies her childrennens for doing theirels seus chorestasques.
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agraeix als seus fills
que ajudin a casa. Em diu:
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And she said, "Why wouldn'tno ho faria I thank it, even thoughperò they're supposedsuposat to do it?"
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"Per què no els ho hauria d'agrair,
encara que sigui la seva obligació."
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So, the questionpregunta is, why was I blockingbloqueig it?
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Per què jo ho estava evitant?
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Why were other people blockingbloqueig it?
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O els altres?
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Why can I say, "I'll take my steakBistec mediummitjà rarepoc comú,
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Per què puc dir
"vull el filet mig cru",
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I need sizemida sixsis shoessabates," but I won'tno ho farà say,
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o "necessito sabates de la talla 38",
però no dic
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"Would you praiselloança me this way?"
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"podries elogiar-me de tal manera"?
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And it's because I'm givingdonant you criticalcrític datadades about me.
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I és perquè així us estic donant
informació delicada sobre mi.
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I'm tellingdient you where I'm insecureinsegur.
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Us indico amb què em sento insegura,
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I'm tellingdient you where I need your help.
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on necessito ajuda.
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And I'm treatingtractant you, my innerinterior circlecercle,
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I us tracto a vosaltres,
el meu cercle íntim,
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like you're the enemyenemic.
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com el meu enemic.
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Because what can you do with that datadades?
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Perquè, què podríeu fer
amb aquesta informació?
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You could neglectnegligència me.
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Podríeu ignorar-me.
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You could abuseabús it.
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Us en podríeu aprofitar.
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Or you could actuallyen realitat meettrobar-se my need.
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O també podríeu satisfer
la meva necessitat.
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And I tookva prendre my bikebicicleta into the bikebicicleta store--botiga- I love this --
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Un dia vaig portar la bici a arreglar,
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samemateix bikebicicleta, and they'dho farien do something calledanomenat "truingtruing" the wheelsrodes.
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i em van dir que
havien d'ajustar els radis.
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The guy said, "You know, when you trueveritat the wheelsrodes,
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El paio em va dir:
"Si ajustes els radis,
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it's going to make the bikebicicleta so much better."
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la teva bici anirà molt millor."
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I get the samemateix bikebicicleta back,
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Em van tornar la mateixa bici.
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and they'veells ho han fet takenpresa all the little warpsordits out of those samemateix wheelsrodes
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Havien reparat les descompensacions
que s'havien produït
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I've had for two and a halfla meitat yearsanys, and my bikebicicleta is like newnou.
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a les rodes durant dos anys i mig,
i la bici va quedar com nova.
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So, I'm going to challengedesafiament all of you.
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Així que us proposo un repte.
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I want you to trueveritat your wheelsrodes:
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Vull que us ajusteu els radis:
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be honesthonesta about the praiselloança that you need to hearescoltar.
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Sigueu francs sobre el reconeixement
que necessiteu tenir.
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What do you need to hearescoltar? Go home to your wifeesposa --
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Què necessiteu que us diguin?
Aneu a la vostra dona,
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go askpreguntar her, what does she need?
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i pregunteu-li què necessita.
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Go home to your husbandmarit -- what does he need?
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O al vostre marit.
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Go home and askpreguntar those questionspreguntes, and then help the people around you.
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Pregunteu aquestes coses a casa,
i ajudaran la gent que us envolta.
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And it's simplesenzill.
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És així de fàcil.
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And why should we carecura about this?
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I per què ens ha d'importar?
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We talk about worldmón peacepau.
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Parlem de la pau mundial,
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How can we have worldmón peacepau with differentdiferent culturescultures, differentdiferent languagesidiomes?
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però com podem trobar l'harmonia
entre diferents països i cultures?
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I think it startscomença householdllar by householdllar, undersota the samemateix roofsostre.
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Crec que s'ha de començar casa per casa,
ajudant els que viuen amb tu.
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So, let's make it right in our ownpropi backyardpati posterior.
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Arreglem tots el nostre jardí.
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And I want to thank all of you in the audienceaudiència
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I vull donar-vos les gràcies
com a públic,
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for beingser great husbandsmarits, great mothersmares,
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per ser bons marits, bones mares,
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friendsamics, daughtersfilles, sonsfills.
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bons amics, fills i filles.
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And maybe somebody'salgú never said that to you,
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I potser no us ho han dit mai,
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but you've donefet a really, really good jobtreball.
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però ho heu fet molt bé.
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And thank you for beingser here, just showingmostrant up
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Gràcies per ser aquí, per venir
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and changingcanviant the worldmón with your ideasidees.
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i canviar el món amb les vostres idees.
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Thank you.
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Gràcies.
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(ApplauseAplaudiments)
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(Aplaudiments)
Translated by Guillermo Parra
Reviewed by Jessica Nadine

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Laura Trice - Counselor, coach and baker
Laura Trice is a counselor, life coach -- and purveyor of wholesome junk food.

Why you should listen

Dr. Laura Trice is a therapist and coach, devoted to practices that help people find fulfillment. She's created a therapeutic program called Writing in Recovery that uses creative skills such as journaling and music to help people develop better self-awareness and set goals. She's taught this program at such well-known clinics as Betty Ford and Promises. She's the author of the book How to Work Any 12-Step Program.

In her other life, she is the head of Laura's Wholesome Junk Food, making healthy cookies and brownies.

More profile about the speaker
Laura Trice | Speaker | TED.com