ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Derek Sivers - Entrepreneur
Through his new project, MuckWork, Derek Sivers wants to lessen the burdens (and boredom) of creative people.

Why you should listen

Derek Sivers is best known as the founder of CD Baby. A professional musician since 1987, he started CD Baby by accident in 1998 when he was selling his own CD on his website, and friends asked if he could sell theirs, too. CD Baby was the largest seller of independent music on the web, with over $100M in sales for over 150,000 musician clients.

In 2008, Sivers sold CD Baby to focus on his new ventures to benefit musicians, including his new company, MuckWork, where teams of efficient assistants help musicians do their "uncreative dirty work."

More profile about the speaker
Derek Sivers | Speaker | TED.com
TEDGlobal 2010

Derek Sivers: Keep your goals to yourself

Derek Sivers : Gardez vos objectifs secrets

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Une fois que nous sommes décidés à nous lancer dans un nouveau projet de vie, notre premier réflexe est d’en parler à quelqu’un, mais Derek Sivers dit qu’il vaut mieux garder nos objectifs secrets. Il présente des recherches qui remontent jusqu’aux années 20 et qui expliquent pourquoi ceux qui parlent de leurs objectifs pourraient être moins susceptibles de les atteindre.
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Everyone, please think
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Chacun de vous, veuillez s.v.p. penser
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of your biggest personal goal.
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à votre objectif personnel le plus important.
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For real -- you can take a second. You've got to feel this to learn it.
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Vraiment, prenez le temps. Vous devez le ressentir pour comprendre.
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Take a few seconds and think of your personal biggest goal, okay?
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Prenez quelques secondes et pensez à votre objectif le plus important, d’accord?
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Imagine deciding right now
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Imaginez que vous décidez maintenant
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that you're going to do it.
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de l’atteindre.
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Imagine telling someone that you meet today what you're going to do.
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Imaginez dire à quelqu’un que vous rencontrez aujourd’hui ce que vous allez faire.
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Imagine their congratulations
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Imaginez leurs félicitations
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and their high image of you.
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et la haute estime qu’ils auront pour vous.
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Doesn't it feel good to say it out loud?
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Ça fait du bien de le dire tout haut, n’est-ce pas?
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Don't you feel one step closer already,
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N’avez-vous pas l’impression de vous en approcher déjà,
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like it's already becoming part of your identity?
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comme si cela faisait déjà partie de votre identité?
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Well, bad news: you should have kept your mouth shut,
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Désolé, mais non: vous auriez dû vous taire,
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because that good feeling
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car cette impression agréable
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now will make you less likely to do it.
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risque maintenant de vous empêcher
d’atteindre votre but.
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Repeated psychology tests have proven
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Des tests psychologiques répétés ont prouvé
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that telling someone your goal
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que dévoiler votre objectif à quelqu’un
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makes it less likely to happen.
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rend sa réalisation improbable.
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Any time you have a goal,
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Chaque fois que vous avez un objectif,
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there are some steps that need to be done, some work that needs to be done
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certaines étapes doivent être franchies,
un certain travail doit être accompli,
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in order to achieve it.
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pour y parvenir.
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Ideally, you would not be satisfied until you had actually done the work.
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Idéalement, vous ne seriez pas satisfait tant que le travail ne serait pas fait.
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But when you tell someone your goal and they acknowledge it,
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Mais si vous partagez votre objectif avec quelqu’un qui en reconnaît l’existence,
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psychologists have found that it's called a "social reality."
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cela devient, aux dires des psychologues,
une « réalité sociale ».
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The mind is kind of tricked into feeling that it's already done.
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L’esprit est en quelque sorte trompé : il croit que c’est déjà fait.
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And then, because you felt that satisfaction,
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Ensuite, parce que vous avez ressenti cette satisfaction,
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you're less motivated to do
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vous êtes moins motivé pour faire
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the actual hard work necessary. (Laughter)
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les efforts réellement nécessaires. (Rires)
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So this goes against the conventional wisdom
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Ceci va donc à l’encontre de l’idée reçue
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that we should tell our friends our goals, right --
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qui veut que nous devrions partager nos buts avec nos amis, oui?
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so they hold us to it.
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et qu’ils nous en fassent tenir parole.
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So, let's look at the proof.
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Examinons les preuves.
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1926, Kurt Lewin, founder of social psychology,
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En 1926, Kurt Lewin, le fondateur de la psychologie sociale,
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called this "substitution."
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a qualifié cela de « substitution ».
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1933, Vera Mahler found,
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En 1933, Vera Mahler a découvert que
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when it was acknowledged by others, it felt real in the mind.
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si quelque chose était reconnu par les autres,
ça semblait réel pour l’esprit.
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1982, Peter Gollwitzer wrote a whole book about this
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En 1982, Peter Gollwitzer a écrit un livre entier là-dessus,
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and in 2009,
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et en 2009,
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he did some new tests that were published.
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il a mené de nouveaux tests qui ont été publiés.
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It goes like this:
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Les voici :
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163 people across four separate tests --
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163 personnes soumises à 4 tests différents,
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everyone wrote down their personal goal.
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toutes ont noté leur objectif personnel.
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Then half of them announced their commitment to this goal to the room,
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Puis, une moitié a communiqué aux autres son engagement envers cet objectif,
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and half didn't.
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et l’autre moitié, non.
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Then everyone was given 45 minutes of work
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Ensuite, tous ont été assignés à 45 minutes de travail
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that would directly lead them towards their goal,
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qui les rapprocherait de leur objectif,
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but they were told that they could stop at any time.
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mais on leur a dit qu’ils pouvaient s’arrêter quand ils le voulaient.
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Now, those who kept their mouths shut
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Ceux qui se sont tus
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worked the entire 45 minutes, on average,
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ont travaillé pendant la totalité des 45 minutes,
en moyenne,
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and when asked afterwards,
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et quand on leur a posé la question par la suite,
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said that they felt that they had a long way to go still to achieve their goal.
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ils ont dit qu’ils avaient l’impression
qu’il leur faudrait encore beaucoup de temps avant d’atteindre leur objectif.
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But those who had announced it
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Ceux qui avaient annoncé leur but,
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quit after only 33 minutes, on average,
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ont abandonné après seulement 33 minutes,
en moyenne,
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and when asked afterwards,
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et quand on leur a posé la question par la suite,
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said that they felt much closer to achieving their goal.
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ils ont dit qu’ils se sentaient beaucoup
plus proches de leur but.
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So, if this is true,
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Donc, si cela est vrai,
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what can we do?
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que pouvons-nous faire?
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Well, you could resist the temptation
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Vous pourriez résister à la tentation
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to announce your goal.
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de révéler votre objectif.
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You can delay the gratification
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Vous pouvez retarder la récompense
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that the social acknowledgement brings,
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que la reconnaissance sociale procure,
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and you can understand that your mind
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et vous pouvez reconnaître que votre esprit
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mistakes the talking for the doing.
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confond le discours et l’action.
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But if you do need to talk about something,
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Mais si vous devez parler de quelque chose,
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you can state it in a way
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vous pouvez l’énoncer d’une manière
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that gives you no satisfaction,
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qui ne vous donne aucune satisfaction,
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such as, "I really want to run this marathon,
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comme, « Je veux vraiment courir ce marathon,
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so I need to train five times a week
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il faut donc que je m’entraîne 5 fois par semaine
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and kick my ass if I don't, okay?"
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et bottez-moi les fesses si je ne le fais pas, d’accord? »
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So audience, next time you're tempted to tell someone your goal,
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Alors cher public, la prochaine fois que vous serez tenté de dévoiler votre objectif à quelqu’un,
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what will you say? (Silence)
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que direz-vous? (Silence)
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Exactly, well done.
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Exactement, bravo.
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(Applause)
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(Applaudissements)
Translated by Laura Leotta
Reviewed by Caroline Gagné

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Derek Sivers - Entrepreneur
Through his new project, MuckWork, Derek Sivers wants to lessen the burdens (and boredom) of creative people.

Why you should listen

Derek Sivers is best known as the founder of CD Baby. A professional musician since 1987, he started CD Baby by accident in 1998 when he was selling his own CD on his website, and friends asked if he could sell theirs, too. CD Baby was the largest seller of independent music on the web, with over $100M in sales for over 150,000 musician clients.

In 2008, Sivers sold CD Baby to focus on his new ventures to benefit musicians, including his new company, MuckWork, where teams of efficient assistants help musicians do their "uncreative dirty work."

More profile about the speaker
Derek Sivers | Speaker | TED.com

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