Srikumar Rao: Plug into your hard-wired happiness
סריקומר ראו: התחברו לאושר המובנה בתוככם.
Executive, educator, writer and life coach Srikumar S. Rao asks, "Are you ready to succeed?" -- and in his famous course "Creativity and Personal Mastery," he teaches his students how to do so. Full bio
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עבור כל אחד מכם
of being who you are
הנכם מי שאתם
to your knees in gratitude
בהכרת תודה
that's been bestowed on you;
that you're wasting your life.
שאתם מבזבזים את החיים שלך.
in the next 17 minutes --
ב -17 הדקות הבאות -
a conference on happiness,
that in some way, shape, fashion or form,
אופן, אופנה או צורה
children, relationships, whatever --
ילדים, מערכות יחסים, מה שלא יהיה --
a minute on this.
in order to be happy?
כדי להיות מאושרים?
a bunch of stuff comes up:
עולה צרור של דברים
lots of travel, time, etc, etc, etc.
טובה,הרבה נסיעות, זמן, וכו' וכו'.
of, "Here's what I need to get
"הנה מה שאני צריך שיהיה לי
you can get, you can un-get.
יכולים לקבל, תוכלו להפסיד.
Vast wealth can disappear tomorrow.
מאושרים. עושר גדול יכול להיעלם מחר
have discovered this already.
גילו את זה.
that can make you happy
שיכול לעשות אותכם מאושרים
to suggest to you.
that you have to get, do or be
לעשות, או להיות
do or be in order to be happy.
לעשות או להיות כדי להיות מאושרים.
It is part of your DNA.
I speak in, such as top business schools,
מדבר, כמו בתי ספר למנהל עסקים
what many of you are thinking,
is my innate nature,
is actually very simple.
your entire life learning to be unhappy.
בלמידה איך להיות אומללים.
a particular mental model.
that this is the way the world works.
שזו הדרך שבה פועל העולם.
we've got dozens of mental models.
יש לנו עשרות מודלים מנטליים
on how to find a job,
של כיצד למצוא עבודה,
how to pick a restaurant to eat at,
איך לבחור מסעדה לאכול בה,
to go to ... dozens of them.
that we have mental models.
that we have mental models.
שיש לנו מודלים מנטליים.
is the way the world works.
הדרך שבה עובד העולם.
that we buy into so strongly
רוכשים באופן כה חזק
so we can do something
so we can travel to exotic places
כדי שנוכל לנסוע למקומות אקזוטיים
so we can have great sex
כדי שנוכל לעשות סקס נהדר
of the if-then model.
if I were to get more money,
לו הייתי משיג יותר כסף,
if only my wife would leave me --
אם רק אשתי הייתה עוזבת אותי --
and go to college ...
that's different
that you are focusing on?
and where you were 10 years ago
that you were focusing on?
10 years ago you now have.
לפני 10 שנים, כעת יש לכם אותם.
is the model itself is flawed.
"If this happens I will be happy" --
"אם זה יקרה אהיה מאושר" --
that it is the model itself that's flawed,
עצמו שלוקה בחסר,
enormous amounts of time
כמויות אדירות של זמן
CEO it would help,
מנכ"ל זה היה עוזר,
that I want to become a CEO.
שרציתי להיות מנכ"ל.
על זה.
not what you put on the "if" side
לא מה שאתם שמים על צד ה"אם"
of such spectacular beauty
מדהים כזה
into a place of great serenity?
למקום של שלווה גדולה?
raise your hands if you could.
הרימו ידיים אם הייתם יכולים.
מדוע זה קרה?
exactly as it was.
but it's kind of off to the left,
נוטה לצד שמאל,
200 yards to the right,
ימינה,
"That's a beautiful valley,
has too many crooked branches.
a chainsaw and 20 minutes,
the universe just as it was,
your innate nature surfaced,
עלה לפני השטח,
that you think you have --
חושבים שיש לכם --
to make it different.
you can get out of that,
towards getting out of that.
להתחיל בצעדים לצאת מזה.
to achieve something, correct?
להשיג משהו, נכון?
and we want to have something.
שיהיה לנו משהו.
a successful conference.
great programs for your companies
תכניות גדולות עבור החברות שלכם
all of that, is that correct?
כסף, כל זה, נכון?
you would like something to happen.
שמשהו יקרה.
about the following:
out of your control.
outside your control.
that when you have a goal
you don't achieve your goal,
who said, "Gee, you know,
"וואו, אתה יודע,
a lot of attention to my wife,
we went on a business trip,
you know, I care for you,
את יודעת, חשבתי עלייך,
to his wife, her immediate reaction was,
התגובה המיידית שלה היתה,
you don't know my size?"
לא יודע את המידה שלי?"
I never wear this kind of thing?"
אף פעם לא לובשת משהו כזה?"
he had a full-blown marital spat.
חטף מכת זוגיות הגונה.
for a particular outcome
was the exact opposite
לחלוטין הפוכה
where what we think of,
שאנו חושבים עליו,
in order to get from where I am
להגיע מהמקום בו אני נמצא
from what we would like,
ממה שהיינו רוצים,
of what we would like.
and you are guaranteed to have
that makes life suck.
invest in the outcome,
is a quote by John Wooden.
בעזרת ציטוט מפי ג 'ון וודן.
are familiar with John Wooden.
מכירים את ג'ון וודן.
the basketball Hall of Fame
היכל התהילה של הכדורסל
of victories and finals in the NCAA --
של ניצחונות ומשחקי גמר ב- NCAA -
is he never spoke about winning.
הוא אף פעם לא דיבר על זכייה.
and you look in the mirror,
ואתם מביטים במראה,
that you were capable of?
מסוגלים לעשות?
that you were capable of,
שהייתם מסוגלים לעשות,
the best that you were capable of,
ביותר שהייתם מסוגלים,
I want it so desperately,
אני רוצה את זה נואשות,
to do whatever you can,
כל מה שאתם יכולים,
on, "This is the outcome."
"זוהי התוצאה."
of a particular outcome
here is where I am,
זה המקום בו אני נמצא,
and that's fine,
to the extent that it gives you direction,
רק כך שהיא תיתן לכם כיוון,
completely in the process.
you want to take,
and from that new starting point,
ומאותה נקודת התחלה חדשה,
that every day is a blast.
תמצאו שכל יום הוא פיצוץ.
your hands if you have children.
אם יש לכם ילדים,
a small child learn to walk?
typically between 11 and 13 months,
בגיל 11 - 13 חודשים,
and she sees everybody walking,
כולם הולכים,
she falls down, she starts crying
היא מתחילה לבכות
kisses the place, makes it well.
עושה זאת טוב,
mommy runs up again.
and no longer runs up
ולא רצה יותר
and then she takes another,
she's walking all over the place,
24 שעות היא מתהלכת סביב כל המקום.
to a new stage of parenting.
feelings of inadequacy
and fail yet again.
to learn to walk if you had to do that,
אם הייתם צריכים לעשות זאת,
you had to get a counselor
הייתם צריכים להשיג יועץ
is focusing on the process.
to invest in the process,
היכולת להשקיע בתהליך,
is outside of our control,
all of our emotional energy,
כל האנרגיה הרגשית שלנו,
כפי שאנו עושים.
I am going to invest in the process
the vision that I outlined to you.
שהתוויתי בפניכם.
is people say, "Professor Rao,
היא, "פרופסור ראו,
you know, here is a list of things.
הנה רשימה של דברים.
עליה,
here's how much I travel,
how deep the carpeting is,
I want to share with you,
שאני רוצה לחלוק איתכם,
first of all, it doesn't exist.
קודם כל, זה לא קיים.
and you were plugged into it,
נתקעתם לתוך זה,
miserable self there as you are now,
שם כפי שאתם כאן כעת,
to ignite it within you
to ignite it where you are,
במקום בו אתם נמצאים,
that you are becoming.
הופכים להיות.
that miracles happen on a regular basis.
בדרך קבע.
whom you're delighted to meet.
is you take journeys.
זה לצאת למסעות.
you went on a journey.
your place of work is;
you go on a journey.
אתם יוצאים למסע.
affairs with 19-something gardeners
עם 19 ומשהו גננים
are playing around with models.
but just ask yourself,
I want to spend time?"
רוצה לבלות בו את זמני?"
the things you talk about,
שאתם מדברים עליהם,
the books you read --
הספרים שאתם קוראים --
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Srikumar Rao - Happiness teacherExecutive, educator, writer and life coach Srikumar S. Rao asks, "Are you ready to succeed?" -- and in his famous course "Creativity and Personal Mastery," he teaches his students how to do so.
Why you should listen
Srikumar Rao was an executive at Warner Communications and McGraw-Hill before he created his celebrated MBA course, "Creativity and Personal Mastery." The course -- the only business school course that has its own alumni association -- shows students how to discover their unique purpose, creativity and happiness, through group work and a philosophical perspective. Its popularity has led to write-ups in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Business Week.
Rao is also an adviser to senior business executives, whom he helps find deeper meaning and engagement in their work. He's the author of Are You Ready to Succeed: Unconventional Strategies for Achieving Personal Mastery in Business and Life, and has been a contributing editor for Forbes. His latest book is titled Happiness at Work: Be Resilient, Motivated, and Successful - No Matter What.
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