Jon Bowers: We should aim for perfection -- and stop fearing failure
Jon Bowers: Nous devons viser la perfection - et cesser de craindre l'échec
UPS's Jon Bowers oversees driver and delivery training at one of the company's next-generation training facilities. Full bio
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is where companies like Google
c'est quand des sociétés comme Google
that are commonly miskeyed,
avec des fautes de frappe classiques,
and rake in millions
sans rien faire des millions
visiting something like gmale.com
gmale.com
apparemment mineure.
on Amazon's supercode
dans le supercode d'Amazon
over 160 million dollars
de dollars à Amazon
at the New England Compound,
du New England Compound,
where these types of typos,
à un monde où ce type d'erreurs,
or just good enough was acceptable?
« c'est suffisant », sont acceptables ?
valuing perfection,
de valoriser la perfection,
the type of results that we get.
should all seek perfection,
tous rechercher la perfection,
of professional delivery drivers,
de chauffeurs-livreurs.
of the cost of failure,
du coût de l'erreur,
of professional driving,
means somebody dies.
veut dire que quelqu'un meurt.
meurent chaque jour
of four commercial airliners
d'avions de transport
to pay perfect attention behind the wheel.
astreindre à nous concentrer au volant.
à valoriser la perfection.
de conduite défensive en 131 mots
one missing comma, it's a failed test.
de ponctuation, et le test est raté.
les uniformes chaque jour.
wrinkled and expect me to let you stay.
si vous arrivez tout froissé.
sur la ponctualité.
that my drivers are on time.
not to break, not to lunch.
ni en pause, ni au déjeuner.
to be somewhere, be there.
soyez-y.
so that my students understand
pour que mes étudiants comprennent
to drive a car and I say,
et que je dis :
every traffic signal, every cross street,
chaque feu rouge, chaque carrefour,
every dirt road, every crosswalk,
voie privée, passage piéton,
strict, or uniform,
stricts ou uniformes,
developed in the small things
qu'on développe dans les petites choses
get the little things right,
faire bien les petites choses,
of an American football field
d'un terrain de football
the same amount of time
to check a text message.
than perfection out of them.
chez mes chauffeurs.
accepting 99 percent as good enough.
se contentent de 99%.
has real consequences, doesn't it?
a ses conséquences, non ?
were only 99.9 percent effective,
n'étaient efficaces qu'à 99%,
in circulation today
plus d'un million de cartes
on the magnetic strip on the back.
sur leur bande magnétique.
was only 99.9 percent accurate,
n'était efficace qu'à 99%,
only 99.9 percent correct,
would be written incorrectly,
ordonnances seraient mal rédigées.
to the wrong parents every day
aux mauvais parents chaque jour
crashed a 1.4-billion-dollar aircraft
américain a planté
only did 99 percent of their job.
n'ont fait que 99% du boulot.
that 16 people are now dead,
16 personnes sont mortes,
produced and distributed a product
ont produit et commercialisé un produit
you know, good enough.
of death in America.
they were doing their job good enough
faire son boulot assez bien
to believe anything these days
de croire les gens de nos jours
des informations dans la presse
of what news pundits say
to give you a minute on that,
pour y réfléchir
perfection is impossible for humans,
est impossible pour les humains
will not only ruin your self-esteem
non seulement détruire votre égo
of that word failure,
très peur du mot échec,
on a besoin d'échouer.
towards perfection,
vers la perfection.
so afraid of that idea of failure
commencé à craindre l'échec
happen to our egos when we fall short.
sur notre ego en cas d'échec.
that failure's going to ruin you?
que l'échec va vous détruire ?
that gets us slow websites,
qui cause des sites web lents,
perfection the bad guy in all this?
le fautif de cette histoire ?
are basically the same thing.
sont deux choses identiques.
exists all around us.
existe autour de nous.
too difficult or too painful,
trop dur ou douloureux,
our natural ability to deal with failure
notre capacité à gérer l'échec
a lower acceptance level.
or good-enough attitude
cette attitude du « assez bon »
the maintenance crew, the engineer,
les mécaniciens, les ingénieurs,
and isn't that good enough?"
n'est-ce pas suffisant ? »
and especially not in these examples.
surtout dans ces cas-là.
to be perfect is so stressful, right?
c'est stressant !
universities study it,
les universités ont étudié ça,
even warned you about it.
d'orientation vous a averti.
perfection is too stressful
la perfection est stressant,
is too exhausting.
de l'exercice est fatigant.
you've got to endure the pain.
sans faire l'effort.
seeking perfection is too stressful
chercher la perfection est stressant,
les psychologues,
dollar-a-year self-help industry
de business du développement personnel
against the idea of perfection
contre l'idée de perfection
not trying to be perfect
cesser de vouloir être parfait
and protect your ego.
has a higher recidivism rate
un taux croissant de récidive
how to accept being a failure
comment accepter d'être un raté,
pushing you to be perfect.
therapists and self-help gurus
and not the illness.
is our unwillingness to confront failure.
notre refus d'affronter l'échec.
resting on our efforts
of a graduating class valedictorian.
comme majors de promotion.
qu'ils n'étaient pas 72 ex-aequo.
offering up an equal outcome
une solution égalitaire
the loser or the underachiever.
ou l'échec scolaire.
everybody advances,
chacun est promu,
despite results,
malgré les résultats,
is left to wonder,
en vient à se dire,
to cultivate this culture,
à promouvoir cette culture,
or nobody is told that they will fail,
où on ne dit à personne qu'il va échouer,
their potential, either.
son vrai potentiel non plus.
are necessary for success.
sont nécessaires pour le succès.
that the greatest danger for most of us
danger pour la plupart d'entre nous
is too high and we miss it,
et de rater,
excuse to give up.
as a destructive intolerance for failure,
comme un refus destructeur de l'échec,
giving it a new definition?
une nouvelle définition ?
as a willingness to do what is difficult
la volonté de faire ce qui est difficile
in our quest for perfection,
pour notre recherche de perfection.
without fear of failure,
la perfection sans peur d'échouer,
a nine-and-a-half inch ball
that's suspended 10 feet in the air
suspendu à 3 mètres du sol
of near-flawless code
de code quasi-parfait
four million pounds of rocket fuel
de 2 millions de tonnes de carburant
spaceship into orbit.
de 120 tonnes en orbite.
in Kansas City, Missouri,
à Kansas City dans le Missouri,
genome coding in just 26 hours.
en juste 26 heures.
to diagnose genetic diseases
de diagnostiquer les maladies génétiques
to start treatments earlier
d'anticiper les traitements
de sauver la vie du bébé.
when we seek perfection.
quand on cherche la perfection.
more like the professional athlete,
comme l'athlète professionnel,
that tireless programmer,
filled with the consequences
rempli des conséquences
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jon Bowers - Perfection enthusiastUPS's Jon Bowers oversees driver and delivery training at one of the company's next-generation training facilities.
Why you should listen
Through a combination of 3D computer simulations, hands-on learning and traditional classroom teaching, Jon Bowers helps ensure that the millions of miles UPSers drive every year are driven safely. His 15 years of UPS logistics operations experience and a lifetime of lessons have led him to believe in the power of perusing perfection and the dangers of accepting failure. Bowers's role at UPS has convinced him of the value of quality training and high expectations.
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