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Larry Smith - Professor of Economics, University of Waterloo
A professor of economics at the University of Waterloo in Canada, Larry Smith coaches his students to find the careers that they will truly love.

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Larry Smith is a professor of economics at University of Waterloo. A well-known storyteller and advocate for youth leadership, he has also mentored many of his students on start-up business management and career development. The most notable start-up he advised in its infancy is Research in Motion (RIM), maker of the BlackBerry.

"What you see in the TED Talk is essentially thirty years of Smith’s frustrations reaching a boiling point," wrote Carmine Gallo in Forbes. “'Wasted talent is a waste I cannot stand,' Smith told me."

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Larry Smith: Why you will fail to have a great career

Larry Smith: Zašto nećete uspjeti imati veliku karijeru

Filmed: 2011-11-12

Readability: 3.1

6,789,574 views

U ovom smiješnom i iskrenom govoru, Larry Smith ne štedi nikoga kada proziva apsurdne izlike koje ljudi izmišljaju kada ne uspiju slijediti svoju strast. (Snimljeno na TEDxUW.)

Larry Smith - Professor of Economics, University of Waterloo
A professor of economics at the University of Waterloo in Canada, Larry Smith coaches his students to find the careers that they will truly love. Full bio

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00:03

I want to discussraspravljati with you this afternoonposlijepodne

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Želim danas popodne s vama raspraviti

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why you're going to failiznevjeriti to have a great careerkarijera. (LaughterSmijeh)

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zašto nećete imati uspješnu karijeru.
(Smijeh)

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I'm an economistekonomista. I do dismaltužan.

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Ja sam ekonomist. Ja sam tužan.

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EndKraj of the day, it's readyspreman for dismaltužan remarksprimjedbe.

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Na kraju dana, spremno je
za nesretne primjedbe.

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I only want to talk to those of you who want a great careerkarijera.

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Želim pričati samo
s onima koji žele imati veliku karijeru.

Znam da su neki od vas
već odlučili

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I know some of you have alreadyveć decidedodlučio

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you want a good careerkarijera.

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imati dobru karijeru.

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You're going to failiznevjeriti, too — (LaughterSmijeh) —

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Ni vi nećete uspjeti — (Smijeh) —

jer — Bože, vi ste radosni zbog
neuspjeha. (Smijeh)

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because — GoodnessDobrota, you're all cheeryživahno about failingnedostatak. (LaughterSmijeh)

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CanadianKanadski groupskupina, undoubtedlybez sumnje. (LaughterSmijeh)

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Kanadska grupa, nesumnjivo. (Smijeh)

Oni koji pokušavaju imati
dobru karijeru neće uspjeti

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Those tryingtežak to have good careerskarijere are going to failiznevjeriti,

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because, really, good jobsposlovi are now disappearingnestaju.

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jer, zaista, sada dobri poslovi nestaju.

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There are great jobsposlovi and great careerskarijere,

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Postoje veliki poslovi i velike karijere,

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and then there are the high-workloadsrednje opterećenje, high-stressstresnoj,

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a tu su i naporni, visoko-stresni,

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bloodsuckingkrvopija, soul-destroyingSoul-destroying kindsvrste of jobsposlovi,

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poslovi koji ispijaju krv
i uništavaju dušu,

i praktično ništa između.

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and practicallypraktički nothing in betweenizmeđu.

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Tako da ljudi koji traže dobre poslove
neće uspjeti.

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So the people looking for good jobsposlovi are going to failiznevjeriti.

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Pričat ću o onima koji traže
sjajne poslove,

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I'm going to talk about those looking for great jobsposlovi, great

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careerskarijere, and why you're going to, why you're going to failiznevjeriti.

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velike karijere, i zašto nećete uspjeti.

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First reasonrazlog is that no matterstvar how manymnogi timesputa people tell you,

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Prvi razlog je da koliko
god puta vam ljudi rekli:

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"If you want a great careerkarijera, you have to pursueprogoniti your passionstrast,

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"Ako želite veliku karijeru,
morate ganjati svoju strast,

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you have to pursueprogoniti your dreamssnovi, you have to pursueprogoniti,

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morate ganjati vaše snove, morate ganjati

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the greatestnajveći fascinationfascinacija in your life,"

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vašu najveću fascinaciju u životu."

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you hearčuti it again and again and then you decideodlučiti

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čujete to opet iznova i onda odlučite

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not to do it. It doesn't matterstvar how manymnogi timesputa you downloadpreuzimanje datoteka

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to ne učiniti.
Nema veze koliko puta skinete

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StevenSteven J.'s„s StanfordStanford commencementpočetka addressadresa,

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govor Stevea Jobsa s promocije
na Stanfordu,

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you still look at it and decideodlučiti not to do it.

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još uvijek ćete ga pogledati
i onda nećete to učiniti.

Nisam siguran zašto
to odlučite ne učiniti.

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I'm not quitedosta sure why you decideodlučiti not to do it.

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You're too lazylijeni to do it. It's too hardteško.

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Prelijeni ste to učiniti.
To je preteško.

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You're afraiduplašen if you look for your passionstrast and don't find it,

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Bojite se potražiti
vašu strast i ne naći ju,

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you'llvi ćete feel like you're an idiotidiot, so then you make excusesisprika

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osjećat ćete se kao idiot,
tako da ćete tražiti izlike

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about why you're not going to look for your passionstrast.

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zašto nećete tražiti strast.

I to su izlike dame i gospodo.

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And they are excusesisprika, ladiesdame and gentlemengospoda.

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01:51

We're going to go throughkroz a wholečitav long listpopis, your creativitykreativnost,

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Proći ćemo kroz
dugu listu vaše kreativnosti,

01:54

and thinkingmišljenje of excusesisprika not to do what you really

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ili smišljanja izgovora
da ne radite što zapravo

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need to do if you want to have a great careerkarijera.

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trebate raditi
ako želite imati veliku karijeru.

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So, for exampleprimjer, one of your great excusesisprika is,

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Tako, na primjer,
jedan od vaših velikih izgovora je,

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"Well, great careerskarijere are really and trulyuistinu, for mostnajviše people,

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"Pa velike karijere su zapravo i iskreno,
za većinu ljudi,

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just a matterstvar of lucksreća, so I'm going to standstajati around,

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samo stvar sreće, tako da ću stajati,

i pokušat ću biti sretan,
i ako sam sretan,

02:15

I'm going to try to be luckysretan, and if I'm luckysretan,

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02:17

I'll have a great careerkarijera. If not, I'll have a good careerkarijera."

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imat ću veliku karijeru Ako ne,
imat ću dobru karijeru."

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But a good careerkarijera is an impossibilityNemogućnost, so that's not going to work.

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Ali dobra karijera je nemoguća,
tako da to neće raditi.

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Then, your other excuseizgovor is, "Yes, there are specialposeban people

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Druga izlika je,
"Da, postoje posebni ljudi

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who pursueprogoniti theirnjihov passionsstrasti, but they are geniusesgeniji.

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koji ganjaju svoju strast,
ali oni su geniji.

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They are StevenSteven J. I'm not a geniusgenije.

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Oni su Steven J. Ja nisam genij.

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When I was fivepet, I thought I was a geniusgenije,

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Kada sam imao pet, mislio sam da sam genij

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but my professorsprofesori have beatentučen that ideaideja

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ali moji profesori su istjerali tu ideju

02:40

out of my headglava long sinceod." (LaughterSmijeh) MmMm?

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iz moje glave prije puno vremena."
(Smijeh) Mm?

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"And now I know I am completelypotpuno competentnadležan."

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"I sada znam da sam potpuno kompetentan."

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Now, you see, if this was 1950,

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Sad, vidite, da je ovo bila 1950.,

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beingbiće completelypotpuno competentnadležan,

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biti potpuno kompetentan,

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that would have givendan you a great careerkarijera.

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to bi vam dalo veliku karijeru.

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But guessnagađati what? This is almostskoro 2012, and sayingizreka

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Ali znate što? Skoro je 2012., i reći

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to the worldsvijet, "I am totallypotpuno, completelypotpuno competentnadležan,"

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svijetu: "Ja sam potpuno kompetentan,"

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is damningdamning yourselfsami with the faintestni najmanju of praisepohvala.

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je prokleti se na mlaku hvalu.

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And then, of coursenaravno, anotherjoš excuseizgovor:

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I onda, naravno, još jedna izlika:

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"Well, I would do this, I would do this, but, but,

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"Pa, radio bih ovo, radio bih, ali, ali,

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well, after all, I'm not weirdčudan.

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pa, napokon, nisam čudan.

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EverybodySvi knowszna that people who pursueprogoniti theirnjihov passionsstrasti

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Svi znaju da ljudi koji ganjaju strast

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are somewhatnešto obsessiveopsesivno. A little strangečudan? MmMm? MmMm? Okay?

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su pomalo obsesivni.
Čudni. Mm? Mm? U redu?

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You know, a fine linecrta betweenizmeđu madnessludilo and geniusgenije.

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Znate, tanka linija
između ludosti i genija.

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I'm not weirdčudan. I've readčitati StevenSteven J.'s„s biographyBiografija.

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Nisam čudan.
Pročitao sam Steven J. biografiju.

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Oh my goodnessdobrota. I am not that personosoba. I am nicelijepo.

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O moj bože. Nisam ta osoba. Ja sam dobar.

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I am normalnormalan. I'm a nicelijepo, normalnormalan personosoba,

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Normalan. Ja sam dobra, normalna osoba,

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and nicelijepo, normalnormalan people

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i dobri, normalni ljudi

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don't have passionstrast.

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nemaju strasti.

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AhAh. But I still want a great careerkarijera.

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Ah. Ali još uvijek želim veliku karijeru.

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I'm not preparedpripremljen to pursueprogoniti my passionstrast, so I know

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Nisam spreman ganjati strast,
tako da znam

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what I'm going to do, because I have, I have a solutionriješenje,

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što ću raditi, jer imam, imam rješenje,

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I have a strategystrategija.

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imam strategiju.

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It's the one MommyMama and DaddyTata told me about.

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To je ono što su mi mamica i tatica rekli.

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MommyMama and DaddyTata told me that if I workedradio hardteško,

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Mamica i tatica rekli su mi
da ako radim puno,

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I'd have a good careerkarijera. So, if you work hardteško

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imat ću dobru karijeru. Ako radite puno

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and have a good careerkarijera, if you work really, really, really hardteško,

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i imate dobru karijeru,
ako radite jako, jako, jako puno,

imat ćete veliku karijeru.
Ne čini li se to

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you'llvi ćete have a great careerkarijera. Doesn't that, like,

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mathematicallymatematički make senseosjećaj?"

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matematički točno?"

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HmmHmm. Not. (LaughterSmijeh)

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Hmm. Ne. (Smijeh)

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But you've managedupravlja to talk yourselfsami into that.

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Ali ste se uspjeli nagovoriti na to.

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You know what? Here'sOvdje je a little secrettajna.

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Znate što? Evo jedne male tajne.

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You want to work? You want to work really, really, really hardteško?

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Želite raditi?
Želite raditi jako, jako, jako puno?

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You know what? You'llVi ćete succeeduspjeti. The worldsvijet will give you

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Znate što? Uspjet ćete. Svijet će vam dati

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the opportunityprilika to work really, really, really, really hardteško,

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priliku da radite
jako, jako, jako, jako puno,

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but are you so sure that that's going to give you

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ali jeste li sigurni da će vam dati

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a great careerkarijera when all the evidencedokaz is to the contrarysuprotno?

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veliku karijeru kad svi dokazi
ukazuju na suprotno?

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So let's assumepretpostaviti, let's dealdogovor with those of you

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Pa, pretpostavimo, pozabavimo se onima

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who are tryingtežak to find your passionstrast.

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koji pokušavaju naći svoju strast.

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You actuallyzapravo understandrazumjeti that you really had better do it,

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Vi razumijete da je bolje da to učinite,

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never mindum the excusesisprika. You're tryingtežak to find your passionstrast,

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bez obzira na izlike.
Pokušavate naći strast,

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and you're so happysretan.

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i tako ste sretni.

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You foundpronađeno something you're interestedzainteresiran in.

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Našli ste nešto što vas zanima.

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I have an interestinteres! I have an interestinteres! You tell me.

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Imam interes! Ja imam interes! Recite mi.

Recite: "Imam interes!"
Ja kažem: "To je divno"

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You say, "I have an interestinteres!" I say, "That's wonderfulpredivan!

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And what, what are you tryingtežak to tell me? That you — "

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I što, što mi pokušavate reći? Da vi — "

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"Well, I have an interestinteres."

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"Pa, imam interes."

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I say, "Do you have passionstrast?"

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Ja kažem: "Imate li strast?"

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"I have an interestinteres," you say.

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"Imam interes", kažete vi.

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Your interestinteres is comparedu odnosu to what?

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Vaš interes se može usporediti s čim?

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"Well, I'm interestedzainteresiran in this."

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"Pa, zanima me ovo."

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And what about the restodmor of humanity'sčovječanstva activitiesdjelatnost?

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I što sa ostatkom aktivnosti čovječanstva?

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"I'm not interestedzainteresiran in them."

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"One me ne zanimaju."

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You've lookedgledao at them all, have you?

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Sve ste ih pogledali, niste li?

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"No. Not exactlytočno."

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"Ne. Ne zapravo."

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PassionStrast is your greatestnajveći love.

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Strast je vaša najveća ljubav.

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PassionStrast is the thing that will help you createstvoriti

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Strast je stvar koja će vam pomoći
da stvorite

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the highestnajviši expressionizraz of your talenttalenat.

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najveći izražaj vašeg talenta.

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PassionStrast, interestinteres -- it's not the sameisti thing.

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Strast, interes -- to nisu iste stvari.

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Are you really going to go to your sweetieDraga and say,

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Hoćete li doći vašem/oj dragom/oj i reći,

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"MarryOženiti me! You're interestingzanimljiv." (LaughterSmijeh)

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"Udaj se za mene!
Zanimljiv/a si." (Smijeh)

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Won'tNeće happendogoditi se. Won'tNeće happendogoditi se, and you will dieumrijeti alonesam. (LaughterSmijeh)

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Neće se dogoditi. Neće se dogoditi
i umrijet ćete sami. (Smijeh)

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What you want, what you want, what you want,

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Ono što želite, što želite, što želite,

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is passionstrast. It is beyondIznad interestinteres.

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je strast. To je iznad interesa.

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You need 20 interestsinteresi, and then one of them,

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Trebate 20 interesa, i onda jedan od njih,

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one of them mightmoć grabzgrabiti you, one of them mightmoć engageangažirati you

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jedan od njih vas možda obuzme,
jedan od njih vas preuzme

06:02

more than anything elsedrugo, and then you maysvibanj have foundpronađeno

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više nego bilo što drugo,
i onda ste možda našli

06:05

your greatestnajveći love in comparisonusporedba to all the other things

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vašu najveću ljubav
u odnosu na sve druge stvari

06:09

that interestinteres you, and that's what passionstrast is.

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koje vaz zanimaju,
i to je ono što je strast.

06:12

I have a friendprijatelj, proposedzaprosio to his sweetieDraga.

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Imam prijatelja, zaprosio je svoju dragu.

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He was an economicallyekonomično rationalracionalan personosoba.

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Bio je ekonomski racionalna osoba.

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He said to his sweetieDraga, "Let us marryoženiti.

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Rekao je svojoj dragoj, "Stupimo u brak.

06:22

Let us mergesjediniti our interestsinteresi."

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Spojimo naše interese."

06:25

(LaughterSmijeh)

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(Smijeh)

06:27

Yes he did.

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Da, učinio je to.

06:29

"I love you trulyuistinu," he said. "I love you deeplyduboko. I love you

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"Volim te iskreno." rekao je.
"Volim te snažno. Volim te

06:33

more than any other womanžena I've ever encounterednaišao.

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više od bilo koje druge žene
koju sam susreo.

06:37

I love you more than MaryMarija, JaneJane, SusieSusie, PenelopePenelope,

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Volim te više od
Mary, Jane, Susie, Penelope,

06:41

IngridIngrid, GertrudeGertruda, GretelMarica --

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Ingrid, Gertrude, Gretel --

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I was on a Germannjemački exchangerazmjena programprogram then." (LaughterSmijeh)

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Bio sam na razmjeni u Njemačkoj tada."
(Smijeh)

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"I love you more than — "

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"Volim te više od — "

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All right! She left the roomsoba halfwayna pola puta throughkroz his enumerationbrojanje

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U redu! Otišla je iz sobe
u pola tog nabrajanja

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of his love for her.

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njegove ljubavi prema njoj,

06:57

After he got over his surpriseiznenađenje at beingbiće, you know,

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Kada ga je prošlo iznenađenje jer su ga,
znate,

07:00

turnedokrenut down, he concludedzaključio je he'don bi had a narrowsuziti escapepobjeći

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odbili, zaključio je
da je za dlaku izbjegao

07:05

from marryingudaje an irrationaliracionalan personosoba,

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da oženi iracionalnu osobu,

07:09

althoughiako he did make a noteBilješka to himselfsam that the nextSljedeći time

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iako je zapamtio da sljedeći put

07:11

he proposedzaprosio, it was perhapsmožda not necessarypotreban to enumeratenabrojiti

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kada bude prosio,
možda nije nužno nabrojati

07:15

all of the womenžene he had auditionedaudicije for the partdio. (LaughterSmijeh)

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sve žene koje su bile na audiciji
za tu ulogu. (Smijeh)

07:21

But the pointtočka standsstoji. You mustmora look for alternativesalternative

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Ali poanta stoji.
Morate tražiti opcije

tako da pronađete svoju sudbinu,

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so that you find your destinysudbina,

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07:26

or are you afraiduplašen of the wordriječ "destinysudbina"?

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ili se bojite riječi "sudbina"?

07:29

Does the wordriječ "destinysudbina" scareuplašiti you?

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Plaši li vas riječ "sudbina"?

07:32

That's what we're talkingkoji govori about, and if you don't find

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O tome pričamo, i ako ne nađete

07:34

the highestnajviši expressionizraz of your talenttalenat, if you settlepodmiriti

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najviši izražaj svog talenta,
ako se zadovoljite

07:37

for "interestingzanimljiv," what the hellpakao ever that meanssredstva,

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sa "zanimljivim" što god to značilo,

07:40

do you know what will happendogoditi se at the endkraj of your long life?

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znate što će se dogoditi
na kraju vašeg dugog života?

07:43

Your friendsprijatelji and familyobitelj will be gatheredokupilo in the cemeterygroblje,

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Vaša obitelj i prijatelji
okupit će se na groblju,

07:46

and there, besidepokraj your gravesitegrob will be a tombstonenadgrobni spomenik,

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i ondje, pored vašeg groba
bit će nadgrobna ploča,

07:49

and inscribedupisan on that tombstonenadgrobni spomenik, it will say,

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i napisano ondje biti će:

07:52

"Here lieslaži a distinguishedrazlikuje engineerinženjer who inventedizumio VelcroVelcro."

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"Ovdje leži cijenjeni inžinjer
koji je izmislio čičak."

07:59

But what that tombstonenadgrobni spomenik should have said,

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08:04

in an alternativealternativa lifetimedoživotno,

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u alternativnom životu,

08:07

what it should have said if it was your highestnajviši expressionizraz of

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što bi pisalo da je to bio najviši izražaj

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talenttalenat, was, "Here lieslaži the last NobelNobelovu LaureateLaureat in PhysicsFizika,

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vašeg talenta: "Ovdje leži posljednji
primatelj Nobelove nagrade za fiziku

08:16

who formulatedFormulirana the GrandVelika UnifiedJedinstveni FieldPolje TheoryTeorija

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koji je formulirao
Veliku objedinjenu teoriju polja

08:19

and demonstratedpokazao the practicalitypraktičnost of warpwarp drivepogon."

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i demonstrirao praktičnost warp pogona."

08:23

(LaughterSmijeh)

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(Smijeh)

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VelcroVelcro, indeeddoista. (LaughterSmijeh)

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Čičak, zaista. (Smijeh)

08:29

One was a great careerkarijera.

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Jedno je bila velika karijera.

08:33

One was a missedpropustili opportunityprilika.

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Jedno je bila propuštena prilika.

08:37

But then, there are some of you,

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Ali onda, tu su neki od vas,

08:39

in spiteinat of all these excusesisprika, you will find,

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koji unatoč izlikama, pronađu,

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you will find your passionstrast,

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pronađu svoju strast,

08:47

and you'llvi ćete still failiznevjeriti.

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a ni vi nećete uspjeti.

08:50

You're going to failiznevjeriti, because,

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Nećete uspjeti, jer,

08:53

because you're not going to do it,

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jer nećete to učiniti,

08:56

because you will have inventedizumio a newnovi excuseizgovor,

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jer ćete izmisliti novu izliku,

09:00

any excuseizgovor to failiznevjeriti to take actionakcijski, and this excuseizgovor

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bilo koju izliku
da ne poduzmete ništa, i ta izlika

09:05

I've heardčuo so manymnogi timesputa.

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je jedna koju sam čuo puno puta.

09:08

"Yes, I would pursueprogoniti a great careerkarijera, but I valuevrijednost

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"Da, ganjao bih veliku karijeru,
ali cijenim

09:20

humanljudski relationshipsodnosa more than accomplishmentsvršavanje.

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ljudske odnose više nego postignuća.

09:25

I want to be a great friendprijatelj. I want to be a great spousesuprug.

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Hoću biti odličan prijatelj.
Divan supružnik.

09:30

I want to be a great parentroditelj, and I will not sacrificežrtva them

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Želim biti odličan roditelj,
i neću to žrtvovati

09:33

on the altaroltar of great accomplishmentsvršavanje."

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na oltaru velikih postignuća."

09:37

(LaughterSmijeh)

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(Smijeh)

09:39

What do you want me to say?

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Što želite da vam kažem?

09:41

Now, do you really want me to say now, tell you,

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Sad, želite li da vam sada kažem,

09:44

"Really, I swearpsovati I don't kickudarac childrendjeca." (LaughterSmijeh)

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"Stvarno, kunem se da ne udaram djecu."
(Smijeh)

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HmmHmm? Look at the worldviewpogled na svijet you've givendan yourselfsami.

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Hmm? Pogledajte kakav
ste si pogled na svijet dali.

09:51

You're a herojunak no matterstvar what, and I, by suggestingsugerirajući,

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Vi ste heroj, bez obzira na sve, i ja,
predlažući

09:56

ever so delicatelynježno, that you mightmoć want a great careerkarijera,

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vrlo oprezno,
da možda želite veliku karijeru,

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mustmora hatemrziti childrendjeca. I don't hatemrziti childrendjeca. I don't kickudarac them.

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morate mrziti djecu.
Ja ne mrzim djecu. Ne udaram ih.

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Yes, there was a little kiddijete wanderingluta throughkroz this buildingzgrada

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Da, tu je bio mali klinac
koji je lutao kroz zgradu

10:06

when I camedošao here, and no, I didn't kickudarac him. (LaughterSmijeh)

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kada sam došao ovdje, i ne,
nisam ga udario. (Smijeh)

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CourseTečaj, I had to tell him that the buildingzgrada was for adultsodrasli only

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Naravno, morao sam mu
reći da je zgrada samo za odrasle

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and to get out.

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i da izađe van.

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He mumbledmumbled something about his mothermajka,

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and I told him she'dBila probablyvjerojatno find him outsideizvan anywayu svakom slučaju.

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i rekao sam mu da će
ju vjerojatno naći vani.

10:20

Last time I saw him, he was on the stairsstepenice cryingplakati. (LaughterSmijeh)

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Posljednji put kad sam ga vidio,
plakao je na stepenicama. (Smijeh)

10:24

What a wimpSro. (LaughterSmijeh)

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Kakav slabić. (Smijeh)

10:26

But what do you mean? That's what you expectočekivati me to say.

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Ali što mislite? To očekujete da ću reći.

10:29

You really think, you really think it's appropriateprikladan

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Zaista mislite, mislite da je prikladno

10:31

that you should actuallyzapravo take

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uzeti djecu

10:34

childrendjeca and use them as a shieldštit?

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i koristiti ih kao štit?

10:37

You know what will happendogoditi se somedayjednog dana,

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Znate što će se dogoditi jednog dana

10:39

you, you idealidealan parentroditelj, you?

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vi, vi savršeni roditelji vi?

10:43

The kiddijete will come to you somedayjednog dana and say,

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Dijete će vam doći jednog dana i reći,

10:47

"I know what I want to be.

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"Znam što želim biti.

10:49

I know what I'm going to do with my life."

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Znam što ću činiti sa svojim životom."

10:51

You are so happysretan. It's the conversationrazgovor

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Tako ste sretni, to je razgovor

10:53

a parentroditelj wants to hearčuti, because your kid'sdječjom good in mathmatematika,

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koji roditelji žele čuti,
jer dijete vam je dobro u matematici,

10:56

and you know you're going to like what comesdolazi nextSljedeći.

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i znate da će vam
se svidjeti što dolazi sljedeće.

10:59

SaysKaže your kiddijete, "I have decidedodlučio

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Kaže vaše dijete: "Odlučio sam

11:01

I want to be a magicianmađioničar.

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da želim biti mađioničar.

11:04

I want to performizvesti magicmagija tricksUmjesto on the stagefaza."

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Želim raditi trikove na pozornici."

11:08

(LaughterSmijeh)

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(Smijeh)

11:10

And what do you say?

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I što vi kažete?

11:13

You say, you say,

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Vi kažete, vi kažete,

11:15

"UmmHm ... that's riskyrizičan, kiddijete.

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"Hmmm, to je riskantno mali.

Možda nećeš uspjeti mali.
Nema tu novca mali.

11:19

MightMožda failiznevjeriti, kiddijete. Don't make a lot of moneynovac at that, kiddijete.

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Znaš, ne znam mali,

11:21

You know, I don't know, kiddijete,

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trebao bi o tome
razmisliti još jednom mali,

11:23

you should think about that again, kiddijete,

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11:24

you're so good at mathmatematika, why don't you — "

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tako si dobar u matematici,
zašto ti ne bi --"

11:26

And the kiddijete interruptsprekida you, and sayskaže,

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I dijete vas prekine, i kaže,

11:27

"But it is my dreamsan. It is my dreamsan to do this."

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"Ali to je moj san, Moj san je to činiti."

11:32

And what are you going to say?

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I što ćete vi reći na to?

11:34

You know what you're going to say?

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Znate što ćete reći?

11:35

"Look kiddijete. I had a dreamsan oncejednom, too, but -- but."

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"Gledaj mali.
I ja sam nekad imao san -- ali."

11:41

So how are you going to finishZavrši the sentencekazna with your "but"?

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Kako ćete završiti rečenicu s vašim "ali"?

11:44

"... But. I had a dreamsan too, oncejednom, kiddijete, but I was afraiduplašen to pursueprogoniti it."

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"...Ali, i ja sam imao san jednom, mali,
ali me bilo strah slijediti ga."

11:50

Or, are you going to tell him this?

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Ili ćete mu reći ovo?

11:52

"I had a dreamsan oncejednom, kiddijete.

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"I ja sam jednom imao san mali.

11:56

But then you were bornrođen." (LaughterSmijeh)

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Ali onda si se ti rodio." (Smijeh)

12:01

(LaughterSmijeh) (ApplausePljesak)

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(Smijeh) (Pljesak)

12:03

Do you, do you really want to use your familyobitelj,

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Da li,
da li zaista želite koristiti obitelj,

12:08

do you really ever want to look at your spousesuprug

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želite li ikad gledati supružnika

12:11

and your kiddijete and see your jailersČuvari?

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i dijete i vidjeti tamničare?

12:16

There was something you could have said to your kiddijete

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Postoji nešto što ste mogli reći djetetu

12:20

when he or she said, "I have a dreamsan."

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kada su on ili ona rekli "Imam san."

12:24

You could have said, lookedgledao the kiddijete in the facelice, and said,

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Mogli ste reći, pogledati ga u lice,
i reći,

12:29

"Go for it, kiddijete,

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"Pokušaj mali,

12:32

just like I did."

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kao što sam i ja."

12:36

But you won'tnavika be ableu stanju to say that

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Ali to nećete moći reći

12:39

because you didn't. So you can't. (LaughterSmijeh)

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jer niste. Tako da ne možete. (Smijeh)

12:46

And so the sinsgrijehe of the parentsroditelji

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Tako da se grijesi roditelja

12:49

are visitedposjetila on the poorsiromašan childrendjeca.

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prenose na jadnu djecu.

12:54

Why will you seektražiti refugeutočište in humanljudski relationshipsodnosa

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Zašto ćete tražiti utočište
u ljudskim odnosima

12:59

as your excuseizgovor not to find and pursueprogoniti your passionstrast?

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kao vašu izlku da ne tražite
i ne ganjate strast?

13:05

You know why.

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Znate zašto.

13:07

In your heartsrce of heartssrca, you know why,

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U svom srcu znate zašto,

13:10

and I'm beingbiće deadlyubojit seriousozbiljan.

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i ja sam smrtno ozbiljan.

13:13

You know why you would get all warmtoplo and fuzzynejasan

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Znate zašto ćete se razniježiti

13:15

and wrapomotati yourselfsami up in humanljudski relationshipsodnosa.

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i umotati u ljudske odnose.

13:18

It is because you are —

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Zato što ste --

13:22

You know what you are.

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Znate vi što ste.

13:24

You're afraiduplašen to pursueprogoniti your passionstrast.

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Bojite se ganjati strast.

13:28

You're afraiduplašen to look ridiculoussmiješan.

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Bojite se izgledati smiješno.

13:30

You're afraiduplašen to try. You're afraiduplašen you maysvibanj failiznevjeriti.

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Bojite se pokušati.
Bojite se da nećete uspjeti.

13:36

Great friendprijatelj, great spousesuprug, great parentroditelj, great careerkarijera.

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Odličan prijatelj, supružnik,
roditelj, dobra karijera.

13:43

Is that not a packagepaket? Is that not who you are?

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Nije li to paket?
Nije li to ono što jeste?

13:48

How can you be one withoutbez the other?

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Kako možete biti jedno bez drugoga?

13:51

But you're afraiduplašen.

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Ali bojite se.

13:54

And that's why you're not going to have a great careerkarijera, unlessosim ako --

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I zato nećete imati veliku karijeru,
osim ako --

14:02

unlessosim ako, that mostnajviše evocativekoji podsjeća of all Englishengleski wordsriječi --

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osim ako, ona naj prizivanija
riječ engleskog jezika --

14:09

unlessosim ako.

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osim ako.

14:10

But the unlessosim ako wordriječ is alsotakođer attachedprivržen

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Ali riječ osim ako je također pričvršćena

14:15

to that other, mostnajviše terrifyingzastrašujući phrasefraza,

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na onu drugu, zastrašujuću frazu,

14:20

"If only I had ... "

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"da sam barem..."

14:23

"If only I had ... "

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"da sam barem..."

14:26

If you ever have that thought ricochetingricocheting in your brainmozak,

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Ako vam se ikad ta misao
bude vrzmala po mozgu,

14:31

it will hurtpovrijediti a lot.

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boljet će jako.

14:35

So, those are the manymnogi reasonsrazlozi

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To su mnogi razlozi

14:37

why you are going to failiznevjeriti

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zašto nećete uspjeti

14:39

to have a great careerkarijera,

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imati veliku karijeru.

14:42

unlessosim ako ...

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osim ako ...

14:47

UnlessOsim ako.

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Osim ako.

14:51

Thank you. (ApplausePljesak)

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Hvala vam (Pljesak)

Translated by Ivan Stamenkovic
Reviewed by Mislav Ante Omazić - EFZG

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Larry Smith - Professor of Economics, University of Waterloo
A professor of economics at the University of Waterloo in Canada, Larry Smith coaches his students to find the careers that they will truly love.

Why you should listen

Larry Smith is a professor of economics at University of Waterloo. A well-known storyteller and advocate for youth leadership, he has also mentored many of his students on start-up business management and career development. The most notable start-up he advised in its infancy is Research in Motion (RIM), maker of the BlackBerry.

"What you see in the TED Talk is essentially thirty years of Smith’s frustrations reaching a boiling point," wrote Carmine Gallo in Forbes. “'Wasted talent is a waste I cannot stand,' Smith told me."

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