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Matt Cutts: Try something new for 30 days
Matt Cutts: Prøv noget nyt i 30 dage
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Er der noget du altid har villet gøre, haft lyst til at gøre, men bare … ikke fik gjort? Matt Cutts foreslår: Prøv det i 30 dage. Denne korte, muntre tale tilbyder dig en ny indgangsvinkel til det at sætte og opnå mål.
Matt Cutts - Technologist
Matt Cutts is an engineer at Google, where he fights linkspam and helps webmasters understand how search works. Full bio
Matt Cutts is an engineer at Google, where he fights linkspam and helps webmasters understand how search works. Full bio
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A few years ago,
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For nogle få år siden,
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I felt like I was stuck in a rut,
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følte jeg at jeg var kørt fast,
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so I decided to follow in the footsteps
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så jeg valgte at følge i fodsporene
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of the great American philosopher, Morgan Spurlock,
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på den store amerikanske filosof, Morgan Spurlock,
00:25
and try something new for 30 days.
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og prøve noget nyt i 30 dage.
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The idea is actually pretty simple.
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Denne idé er faktisk rimelig simpel.
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Think about something you've always wanted to add to your life
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Tænk på noget du altid har villet tilføje til dit liv
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and try it for the next 30 days.
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og prøv det i de næste 30 dage.
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It turns out,
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Det viser sig
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30 days is just about the right amount of time
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at 30 dage er lige det der skal til,
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to add a new habit or subtract a habit --
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for at tillægge sig en ny eller at slippe af med en gammel vane –
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like watching the news --
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som eksempelvis at se nyhederne.
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from your life.
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Jeg lærte en del ting, mens jeg lavede disse 30-dages udfordringer.
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There's a few things I learned while doing these 30-day challenges.
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Den første var,
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The first was,
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at i stedet for at månederne fløj forbi, glemt,
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instead of the months flying by, forgotten,
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var tiden nemmere at huske.
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the time was much more memorable.
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Dette var en del af én af mine udfordringer, hvor jeg tog et billede hver dag i en måned.
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This was part of a challenge I did to take a picture every day for a month.
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Og jeg husker præcis hvor jeg var
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And I remember exactly where I was
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og hvad jeg lavede den dag.
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and what I was doing that day.
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Jeg lagde også mærke til
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I also noticed
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at som jeg lavede flere og sværere 30-dage udfordringer,
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that as I started to do more and harder 30-day challenges,
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steg min selvtillid.
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my self-confidence grew.
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Jeg gik fra at være en skrivebordsarbejdende computernørd
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I went from desk-dwelling computer nerd
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til at være den type, der cykler på arbejde –
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to the kind of guy who bikes to work --
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for sjov.
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for fun.
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Sidste år, endte jeg endda med at vandre op ad Mt. Kilimanjaro,
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Even last year, I ended up hiking up Mt. Kilimanjaro,
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det højeste bjerg i Afrika.
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the highest mountain in Africa.
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Jeg ville aldrig have været så eventyrlysten
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I would never have been that adventurous
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før jeg startede mine 30-dage udfordringer.
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before I started my 30-day challenges.
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Det gik også op for mig
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I also figured out
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at hvis man virkelig vil noget stærkt nok,
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that if you really want something badly enough,
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så kan man gøre alt på 30 dage.
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you can do anything for 30 days.
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Har du altid ønsket at skrive en roman?
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Have you ever wanted to write a novel?
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Hver november forsøger
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Every November,
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titusinder af mennesker
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tens of thousands of people
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at skrive deres egen roman på 50.000 ord fra bunden,
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try to write their own 50,000-word novel from scratch
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på 30 dage.
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in 30 days.
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Det viser sig, at alt hvad det kræver
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It turns out, all you have to do
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er at skrive 1.667 ord hver dag,
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is write 1,667 words a day
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i en måned.
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for a month.
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Så det gjorde jeg.
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So I did.
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Hemmeligheden er forresten, ikke at gå i seng
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By the way, the secret is not to go to sleep
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før man har skrevet dagens ord.
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until you've written your words for the day.
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Du vil måske mangle søvn,
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You might be sleep-deprived,
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men du vil færdiggøre din roman.
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but you'll finish your novel.
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Er min bog så den næste store amerikanske roman?
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Now is my book the next great American novel?
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Nej. Jeg skrev den på en måned.
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No. I wrote it in a month.
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Den er forfærdelig.
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It's awful.
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Men for resten af mit liv,
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But for the rest of my life,
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vil jeg, hvis jeg møder John Hodgman til en TED fest,
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if I meet John Hodgman at a TED party,
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ikke behøver jeg at sige
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I don't have to say,
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"Jeg er en datalog."
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"I'm a computer scientist."
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Nej, nej, hvis jeg vil, kan jeg nu sige "Jeg er en forfatter".
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No, no, if I want to, I can say, "I'm a novelist."
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(Latter)
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(Laughter)
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Så her er en sidste ting jeg vil nævne.
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So here's one last thing I'd like to mention.
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Jeg lærte at når jeg lavede mindre, men vedholdende ændringer,
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I learned that when I made small, sustainable changes,
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ting som jeg kunne blive ved med at gøre,
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things I could keep doing,
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var jeg mere tilbøjelig til at holde fast ved dem.
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they were more likely to stick.
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Der er intet galt med store, skøre udfordringer.
02:42
There's nothing wrong with big, crazy challenges.
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Faktisk, så er de rigtig sjove.
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In fact, they're a ton of fun.
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Men det er mindre sandsynligt at de holder.
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But they're less likely to stick.
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Da jeg holdt op med at spise sukker i 30 dage,
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When I gave up sugar for 30 days,
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så dag 31 sådan ud.
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day 31 looked like this.
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(Latter)
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(Laughter)
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Så her er mit spørgsmål til dig:
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So here's my question to you:
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Hvad venter du på?
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What are you waiting for?
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Jeg garanterer dig, at de næste 30 dage
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I guarantee you the next 30 days
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forsvinder
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are going to pass
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om du kan lide det eller ej,
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whether you like it or not,
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så hvorfor ikke finde på noget,
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so why not think about something
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som du altid har ønsket at prøve
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you have always wanted to try
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og giv det et forsøg
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and give it a shot
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i de næste 30 dage.
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for the next 30 days.
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Tak.
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Thanks.
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(Bifald)
03:17
(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Matt Cutts - TechnologistMatt Cutts is an engineer at Google, where he fights linkspam and helps webmasters understand how search works.
Why you should listen
Matt Cutts works on search at Google, specializing in search optimization. He's a friendly and public face for helping webmasters understand how Google's search actually works, making hundreds of videos that answer questions about SEO. (SearchEngineLand made this handy chart of all of them.) He's an advocate for cutting down on poor practice such as link spam. He also wrote the first version of SafeSearch, Google’s family filter.
Read about all of Cutts' "30 days" adventures here >>
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