Brian Little: Who are you, really? The puzzle of personality
Brian Little: Tko si ti zapravo? Slagalica osobnosti.
Cambridge research professor Brian Little analyzes and redefines the threads of our personalities -- and suggests ways we can transform ourselves. Full bio
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group of individuals you are ...
grupa individualaca...
over the last couple of days
of your conversations
I would like to discuss today.
kojima bih htio danas popričati.
like to know who you are.
htjeli saznati tko ste.
a few facts and stories,
nekoliko činjenica i priča
a glimpse of yourself.
known as personality psychology,
poznato kao psihologija osobnosti
personality science
from neurons to narratives.
od neurona do naracije.
be saying of yourself,
in the Western Hemisphere."
u Zapadnoj polutki."
as a great, thundering twit."
velikim, glasnim čudakom."
and your inherent "twitiness"
i urođena "čudnovatost"
really fascinated by you.
in personality science
u znanosti o osobnosti
which are normally distributed,
koje su normalno podijeljene.
of difference between people.
različitosti između ljudi.
lackadaisical approach to life.
vode više pasivan život.
to more introverted people.
više introvertiranim osobama.
decidedly not agreeable.
koji su izrazito neugodni.
implications for our well-being,
na naše blagostanje
are very good predictors of life success,
dobri pokazatelji za uspješan život,
through being audacious
svojom neustrašivosti
achieve it through sticking to deadlines,
pridržavanjem rokova,
having some passion.
are both conducive
se oboje dobro slažu
I find intriguing.
give them a basic fact
kažem osnovnu činjenicu
with respect to their personality:
u pogledu na njihovu osobnost.
impossible for adults
gotovo nemoguće
to lick the outside of your own elbow.
polizati svoj lakat.
who have not only tried,
koji nisu samo pokušali
licked the elbow
with extroversion,
pozabaviti sa ekstroverzijom
and it's intriguing,
what I call our three natures.
što ja nazivam, naše tri prirode.
our neurophysiology.
naša neuropsihologija.
ili druga priroda,
and social aspects of our lives.
društvene aspekte našeg života.
individually you -- idiosyncratic --
idiosinkrazija
extroverts is they need stimulation.
potreba za stimulacijom.
by finding things that are exciting:
stvari koje su uzbudljive:
and social events here at TED --
i društveni događaji na TED-u.
forming a magnetic core.
to spend time in the quiet spaces
na mirnijim mjestima
to reduce stimulation --
as being antisocial,
kao nedruštvene osobe,
that you do better
to lower that level of stimulation.
razinu vanjske stimulacije.
stimulant, from your body.
koji dolaze iz vlastitoga tijela
with extroverts than it does introverts.
kod ekstroverta nego interoverta.
at nine o'clock in the morning
they're engaged in --
of not being particularly quantitative.
da se ne ponašaju posebno kvantitativno.
that are really quite intriguing:
koje su poprilično intrigantne:
individuals engage in the conjugal act,
individualaca u bračni čin
introvert, extrovert.
introverta, ekstroverta.
upuštaju u akciju?
intovertirani muškarac,
all the male extroverts,
ekstrovertirane muškarce
extroverts and introverts.
ekstroverti i introverti.
punctuated by closeness.
koji su isprekidani bliskosti.
for comfortable communication.
ugodniju komunikaciju.
when they meet somebody.
kada nekoga upoznaju.
and then "Chuck,"
a pass to be more intimate
dopuštenje za većom bliškošću
concrete, simple language.
konkretni, jednostavni jezik.
and I must again tell you
i ponovno ponavljam,
as you could possibly imagine --
da si ne možete ni zamisliti,
I shared with a colleague
svajetnički ugovor s kolegom
as two people can possibly be.
koliko je moguće.
a person as you could find.
koju možete upoznati.
after three in the afternoon
popit ni šalicu kave
a fellow called Michael.
kolega po imenu Micahel.
the project to a crashing halt.
doveo do zastoja.
asked Tom and me,
pitala je Toma i mene
what Tom said in a minute.
odgovorio za minutu.
heard what I said,
shvatile ono što sam rekao,
a tendency at times
ima nekad sklonost
that some of us might see
koji se nekima od nas čini
than is normally called for."
"assholic" qualities
"seronjaste" osobine
like one, I call him one."
kao jedan, zovem ga tako."
that we should be heedful of?
bi se trebali obazirati?
or your neuroticism.
svoj neuroticizam,
Elizabethan features of your behavior,
obilježja svojstvena za naše ponašanje,
better than just a bunch of traits?
dalje od hrpe osobina?
a certain type of person.
people in pigeonholes.
belong in pigeonholes.
ne pripadaju u njih.
in our life -- the personal projects.
naši osobni projekti.
to the hospital,
but you act disagreeably
of administrative torpor
administrativne tromosti
for your mom or your child.
za vašu majku ili vaše dijete.
a core project in our lives.
u našem životu.
projects in your life?"
tvoji središnji projekti'?"
which is to profess.
a to je podučavati.
about what's new, what's exciting,
što je novo, što je interesantno,
ekstrovertan način
to keep them going
that we don't take care of ourselves.
of pseudo-extroverted behavior,
ekstrovertnog ponašanja,
u svojoj knjizi "Tišina"
the strange Canadian professor
o čudnom kanadskom profesoru
of outrageous extroverts.
nečuvenih ekstroverta.
when I was retired to a cubicle,
kad sam pobjegao u kabinu
in beside me -- not right in my cubicle,
Ne baš u moju kabinu,
evacuatory noises,
zvukove olakšanja,
during as well as after.
this gravelly voice saying,
to constipate an introvert for six months,
na narednih šest mjeseci,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Brian Little - Personality researcherCambridge research professor Brian Little analyzes and redefines the threads of our personalities -- and suggests ways we can transform ourselves.
Why you should listen
Brian Little is an unapologetic introvert -- but in front of a classroom or a lecture hall, he delivers impassioned and witty explorations of contemporary personality psychology. In Little's view, we are as driven by spontaneous, "out of character" moments (and the projects we are passionate about) as we are by innate and learned traits.
Little's book Me, Myself and Us not only beautifully outlines Little's personality theories, but also imparts potentially life-changing advice for readers, while it warns of the hidden costs of hiding your true personality.
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