Brian Little: Who are you, really? The puzzle of personality
Brajan Litl (Brian Little): Ko ste zaista vi? Zagonetka ličnosti
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 ...
fascinantnih pojedinaca...
over the last couple of days
tokom prethodnih nekoliko dana
of your conversations
interagujete jedni s drugima.
I would like to discuss today.
o kojima ću danas da raspravljam.
like to know who you are.
da znate ko ste.
a few facts and stories,
nekoliko činjenica i priča,
a glimpse of yourself.
nagoveštaj samih sebe.
known as personality psychology,
poznatoj kao psihologija ličnosti,
personality science
from neurons to narratives.
od neurona do pripovedanja.
be saying of yourself,
in the Western Hemisphere."
na zapadnoj hemisferi."
as a great, thundering twit."
da sam veliki, gromoglasni glupan."
and your inherent "twitiness"
i vaša urođena "budalastost"
really fascinated by you.
fasciniran vama.
in personality science
u nauci o ličnosti
which are normally distributed,
koje su obično rasprostranjene,
of difference between people.
aspekte razlika među ljudima.
"otvoreni za iskustva",
lackadaisical approach to life.
to more introverted people.
introvertnijim ljudima.
decidedly not agreeable.
s nešto apatičnijem pristupom životu.
implications for our well-being,
nagoveštavaju naše stanje,
are very good predictors of life success,
su dobri predskazivači uspeha u životu,
through being audacious
putem odvažnosti
achieve it through sticking to deadlines,
having some passion.
are both conducive
I find intriguing.
give them a basic fact
ponekad iznosim osnovne činjenice
with respect to their personality:
impossible for adults
praktično nemoguće
to lick the outside of your own elbow.
da liznu spoljašnjost svog lakta.
who have not only tried,
licked the elbow
with extroversion,
na ekstravertnost
and it's intriguing,
what I call our three natures.
nešto što nazivam našim trima prirodama.
our neurophysiology.
našu neurofiziologiju.
ili drugu prirodu,
and social aspects of our lives.
i društvenim aspektima naših života.
individually you -- idiosyncratic --
čini vama - idiosinkratičnost -
vašom "idiogenetičkom" prirodom.
extroverts is they need stimulation.
ekstraverte je potreba za stimulacijom.
by finding things that are exciting:
otkrivanjem uzbudljivih stvari:
and social events here at TED --
i društveni događaji ovde na TED-u -
forming a magnetic core.
kako obrazuju magnetna jezgra.
to spend time in the quiet spaces
da provode vreme na tihim mestima
to reduce stimulation --
as being antisocial,
kao nedruštveni,
that you do better
da više postižete
to lower that level of stimulation.
da umanjite nivo stimulansa.
stimulant, from your body.
iz vašeg tela.
with extroverts than it does introverts.
kod ekstraverta nego kod introverta.
at nine o'clock in the morning
u devet sati ujutru
they're engaged in --
of not being particularly quantitative.
da nisu naročito kvantitativni.
that are really quite intriguing:
koje su zaista prilično fascinantne:
individuals engage in the conjugal act,
bave supružničkim obavezama,
introvert, extrovert.
introverte, ekstraverte.
to je istraživanje na pacovima -
kao introvertni muškarac,
all the male extroverts,
sa svim muškim ekstravertima,
extroverts and introverts.
ekstraverti i introverti.
punctuated by closeness.
susreta s naglaskon na bliskost.
for comfortable communication.
radi ugodne komunikacije.
when they meet somebody.
kad upoznaju nekoga.
and then "Chuck,"
a pass to be more intimate
dozvolu za veću prisnost
concrete, simple language.
konkretan, jednostavan jezik.
and I must again tell you
i moram da vam ponovim
as you could possibly imagine --
koji možete da zamislite -
kontekstualno složene,
I shared with a colleague
koji sam delio sa kolegom,
as two people can possibly be.
koliko ljudi mogu da se razlikuju.
a person as you could find.
koju možete da sretnete.
after three in the afternoon
nakon tri sata popodne
a fellow called Michael.
kolegu po imenu Majkl.
the project to a crashing halt.
do potpunog zastoja.
asked Tom and me,
upitala Toma i mene:
what Tom said in a minute.
heard what I said,
čulo šta sam rekao,
a tendency at times
"Pa, Majkl ima tendenciju ponekad
that some of us might see
koji bi neki od nas videli
than is normally called for."
koja je inače bez pokrića."
"assholic" qualities
na izvesne "šupkolike" kvalitete
like one, I call him one."
ja ga tako i zovem."
that we should be heedful of?
trebali da budemo obazrivi?
or your neuroticism.
ili svoju neurotičnost.
Elizabethan features of your behavior,
elizabetanske crte vašeg ponašanja
better than just a bunch of traits?
nego gomilu osobina?
a certain type of person.
people in pigeonholes.
belong in pigeonholes.
mesto u klasama.
in our life -- the personal projects.
lični projekti.
to the hospital,
but you act disagreeably
ali ponašate se nekulturno
of administrative torpor
administrativne tromosti
for your mom or your child.
za majku ili svoje dete.
a core project in our lives.
ključni projekat u našim životima.
projects in your life?"
u vašem životu?"
which is to profess.
about what's new, what's exciting,
šta je novo, šta je uzbudljivo,
to keep them going
that we don't take care of ourselves.
da ne vodimo računa o sebi.
of pseudo-extroverted behavior,
kvazi-ekstravertnog ponašanja,
u svojoj knjizi "Quiet",
the strange Canadian professor
čudnim profesorom iz Kanade
of outrageous extroverts.
razuzdanih ekstraverta.
when I was retired to a cubicle,
kad sam se povukao u kabinu,
preterane stimulanse.
in beside me -- not right in my cubicle,
nije baš ušao u moju kabinu -
evacuatory noises,
neke zvuke pražnjenja,
during as well as after.
this gravelly voice saying,
taj barušnasti glas kako govori:
to constipate an introvert for six months,
šestomesečnu konstipaciju kod introverta,
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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