Richard St. John: 8 secrets of success
Richard St. John: 8 secrets pour réussir
A self-described average guy who found success doing what he loved, Richard St. John spent more than a decade researching the lessons of success -- and distilling them into 8 words, 3 minutes and one successful book. Full bio
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I give to high school students,
qui s'adresse à des lycéens
pour aller à TED
on a plane, on my way to TED,
was a high school student, a teenager,
une lycéenne, une adolescente,
something of her life,
quelque chose de sa vie.
une bonne réponse.
et suis venu à TED.
of a room of successful people!
d'une salle remplie de gens accomplis !
what helped them succeed,
comment ils ont réussi
et 500 interviews plus tard,
500 interviews later,
what really leads to success
les préceptes du succès
"I'm driven by my passion."
« Je suis animé par ma passion. »
they don't do it for money.
et non pour l'argent.
someone to do what I do."
quelqu'un pour faire ce que je fais. »
l'argent viendra.
the money comes anyway.
« Travailler, c'est dur.
to me, "It's all hard work.
But I have a lot of fun."
Mais je m'amuse beaucoup. »
And they work hard.
et travaillent dur.
They're workafrolics.
mais de l'amusement.
plongez-vous dans quelque chose
put your nose down in something
c'est de la pratique, encore et encore
it's practice, practice, practice.
de se focaliser sur une seule chose. »
with focusing yourself on one thing."
you've got to push, push, push."
tu dois te surpasser. »
and self-doubt.
et tes doutes.
"I always had self-doubts.
« Je doutais toujours.
I wasn't smart enough.
ou intelligente.
les mères ont été inventées.
(Applaudissements)
"It was a privilege to serve as a doctor."
« C'était un privilège d'être médecin. »
rêvent d'être millionaire.
something of value.
aux autres.
people really get rich."
deviennent riches. »
« J'ai eu une idée,
software company."
logiciels pour micro-ordinateurs. »
une très bonne idée.
in coming up with ideas --
n'arrivent pas par magie,
certaines choses très simples
de notre succès. »
one reason for our success."
You've got to persist through crap!
ou après avoir été dans la merde.
"critiques, rejets, connards et pression."
Rejection, Assholes and Pressure."
(Applaudissements)
est simple :
the eight things -- and trust me,
Fais-moi confiance,
that lead to success.
qui te mèneront au succès.
for all your interviews!
pour toutes vos interviews.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Richard St. John - Marketer, success analystA self-described average guy who found success doing what he loved, Richard St. John spent more than a decade researching the lessons of success -- and distilling them into 8 words, 3 minutes and one successful book.
Why you should listen
Richard St. John was on his way to the TED conference when a girl on the plane asked him, "What really leads to success?" Even though he had achieved some success, he couldn't explain how he did it. So he spent the next ten years researching success and asking over 500 extraordinarily successful people in many fields what helped them succeed. After analyzing, sorting, and correlating millions of words of research, and building one of the most organized databases on the subject of success, he discovered "The 8 Traits Successful People Have in Common" and wrote the bestseller 8 To Be Great.
In his books and talks,he shares a wealth of wisdom from the world's most successful people -- knowledge that can help others succeed in their own way, whether it's escaping poverty, building a business, raising a family, or changing the world.
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