Tina Seelig: The little risks you can take to increase your luck
טינה סיליג: הסיכונים הקטנים שאתם יכולים לקחת כדי להגדיל את המזל שלכם
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luckier than others
יותר מאחרים
increase their luck.
that most new ventures fail,
שרוב המיזמים החדשים נכשלים,
need all the luck they can get.
לכל המזל שהם יכולים להשיג.
apparently caused by chance.
שנגרם לכאורה כתוצאה של יד המקרה.
that come into play to make people lucky.
שמשפיעים על רמת המזל של אנשים.
באמצעות התבוננות במשך זמן רב,
that you didn't even imagine.
three things with you
to capture the winds of luck.
שילכוד את רוחות המזל.
with yourself.
that get you out of your comfort zone.
שידחקו אתכם מחוץ לגבול הנוחות שלכם.
we do this all the time.
אנחנו עושים את זה כל הזמן.
to learn how to walk or talk
ללמוד איך ללכת או לדבר
ששבוע אחד לא יודע איך לרכב על אופניים
who doesn't ride a bike
out of our comfort zone
the sense of who we are
giving them encouragement
and take some risks.
ולקחת כמה סיכונים.
fill out a risk-o-meter.
למלא מדד סיכון.
we developed in our class
they're willing to take.
and physical risks and financial risks
וסיכונים פיזיים וסיכונים כלכליים
and ethical risks and political risks.
וסיכונים אתיים וסיכונים פוליטיים.
their risk profiles with others,
פרופיל הסיכון שלהם מול אחרים,
that they're all really different.
אחד מן השני.
out of their comfort zone.
מתחום הנוחות שלהם.
to do an intellectual risk
סיכון אינטלקטואלי
they haven't tried before;
שהם לא התמודדו אתה לפני כן;
sitting next to them on the train;
שיושב לידם ברכבת;
they really care about how they feel.
איך הם מרגישים כלפיהם.
I was on an airplane,
on my way to Ecuador.
put on my headphones
with the man sitting next to me.
and I learned that he was a publisher.
שהוא עוסק בהוצאה לאור.
a fascinating conversation.
of the publishing industry.
of the way through the flight,
and I shared with him a book proposal
I was doing in my class.
this isn't right for us,
we exchanged contact information.
I reached out to him,
like to come to my class?
on reinventing the book,
We had a great experience.
והייתה לנו חוויה מעולה.
a bunch of video clips
the students had done,
I was a little bit hurt.
with my students and not with me,
עם הסטודנטים שלי אבל לא איתי,
and he and his colleagues came to Stanford
והוא והקולגות שלו באו לסטנפורד
and afterwards, we had lunch together.
יצאנו לארוחת צהריים ביחד.
considered writing a book?"
over a million copies around the world.
ממיליון עותקים ברחבי העולם.
from a series of small risks I took,
מסדרה של סיכונים קטנים שלקחתי,
you're the most unlucky person,
that get you out of your comfort zone.
קטנים שמוציאים אתכם מתחום הנוחות שלכם.
with other people.
עם אנשים אחרים.
who helps you on your journey
שעוזר לכם במסע שלכם
in getting you to your goals.
on themselves or someone else,
what they're doing.
programs at Stanford,
תכניות עמיתים בסטנפורד,
to those students who don't get in,
סטודנטים שלא התקבלו לתכנית,
people who are disappointed.
send me notes, complaining.
שולחים לי תגובה ומתלוננים.
more successful next time around?
להצליח יותר בפעם הבאה?
thanking me for the opportunity.
sent me a beautiful note saying,
from this program twice,
for the opportunity.
through the process of applying."
the graciousness of his message
and cooked up an idea
on looking at leadership in that context.
הבוחן מנהיגות בהקשר הזה.
incredibly well through that quarter,
ממש טוב במהלך הרבעון ההוא,
that he started working on
שהתחיל לעבוד עליו
into a company called Play for Tomorrow,
לחברה שנקראת Play for Tomorrow,
from disadvantaged backgrounds
craft the lives they dream to live.
שהם חולמים לחיות.
the winds of luck
הצלחנו לתפוס את רוחות המזל
that we didn't expect in the first place.
of the last couple of years,
some tactics for my own life
of every single day,
שבסופו של כל יום,
and I review all the people I met with,
ונזכרת בכל האנשים שנפגשתי אתם,
to every single person.
and appreciative,
it has increased my luck.
and get out of your comfort zone.
ולצאת מתחום הנוחות שלכם.
your relationship with ideas.
את היחס שלכם לרעיונות.
that come there way and they judge them.
בהם הם נתקלים ושופטים אותם.
or "That's a terrible idea."
are often something truly remarkable.
הם לרוב משהו די מרשים.
in my classes on creativity
בקורסים שלי על יצירתיות
of looking at terrible ideas
של התבוננות ברעיונות נוראיים
for a brand new restaurant.
with the best ideas for a new restaurant
הכי טובים למסעדה חדשה
a restaurant on a mountaintop
מסעדה בפסגת הר
with a gorgeous view.
a restaurant in a garbage dump,
כמו מסעדה באמצע מזבלה,
that's really dirty,
ממש מטונפת,
cockroach sushi.
and throw them away.
and redistribute them.
ומחלקת אותם מחדש.
that another team thought was horrible,
שקבוצה אחרת חשבה שהוא נורא,
into something brilliant.
"This is a fabulous idea."
"זה רעיון מעולה".
before they pitch the idea to the class.
להציג את הרעיון לפני הכיתה.
What does that turn into?
from Michelin star restaurants
ממסעדות גורמה
at a much lower price,
מחירים הרבה יותר זולים,
with terrible service?
that's a training ground
how to avoid all the pitfalls.
שם הם לומדים איך להימנע מכשלים.
and exotic ingredients.
really innovative around you,
that have changed our life,
כמובן מאליו ששינו את חיינו,
that when they pitched to other people,
שכשהציגו אותם בפני אחרים,
it will never work."
זה לא יצליח אף פעם".
were born into terrible circumstances,
לתוך מציאות נוראה,
or something terrible.
and show appreciation
even if they're crazy,
אפילו אם הם משוגעים,
to catch the winds of luck.
ללכוד את רוחות המזל.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Tina Seelig - EducatorTina Seelig teaches innovation and entrepreneurship and is passionate about creative problem-solving.
Why you should listen
Tina Seelig is Professor of the Practice in the Department of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University. She is also a faculty director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program, the entrepreneurship center at Stanford School of Engineering. Trained as a neuroscientist, with a PhD from Stanford School of Medicine, Seelig has always been interested in how we think, especially how we come up with bold new ideas.
Seelig runs several fellowship programs that focus on entrepreneurial leadership and teaches classes in the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, also know as the d.school. Her highly-experiential classes are crafted to explore factors that contribute to creativity and innovation in individuals and groups within organizations, with an emphasis on how to frame and reframe problems, challenge assumptions, and generate innovative ideas.
After earning her PhD, Seelig was a management consultant and entrepreneur. She is the author of 17 books, including What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20, inGenius and Creativity Rules. She is the recipient of the Gordon Prize from the National Academy of Engineering, recognizing her as a national leader in engineering education, as well as the Olympus Innovation Award and the Silicon Valley Visionary Award.
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