AJ Jacobs: My journey to thank all the people responsible for my morning coffee
AJ Jacobs: Perjalanan saya untuk berterima kasih pada semua orang yang bertanggung jawab atas kopi pagi saya
Immersing himself in alternate lifestyles and long, hilarious experiments (usually with himself the guinea pig), writer AJ Jacobs tests the limits of behavior, customs, culture, knowledge -- and his wife's sense of humor. Full bio
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to be annoyed about.
yang sangat mengganggu.
and a single insult,
seratus pujian dan sebuah cacian,
the research, I'm not alone.
saya tidak sendiri.
is wired to focus on the negative.
untuk fokus pada hal negatif.
when we were cave people,
ketika kita adalah manusia primitif,
to go through life.
untuk menjalani hidup
of anxiety and depression.
gangguan kecemasan dan depresi.
the brain's negative bias?
prasangka buruk dari pikiran kita?
one of the best weapons is gratitude.
senjata terbaik adalah rasa syukur.
in our house a couple of years ago.
saya memulai tradisi baru di rumah.
untuk berterima kasih.
terima kasih saya kepada Tuhan,
who helped make my food a reality.
yang telah menyediakan makanan saya.
who grew these tomatoes,
petani yang telah menanam tomat ini.
these tomatoes to the store,
tomat-tomat ini ke toko,
who rang these tomatoes up."
semua tomat-tomat ini."
pretty well, this tradition.
dengan baik.
yang berumur 10 tahun berkata,
aren't in our apartment.
tidak ada di apartemen kita.
and thank them in person."
seharusnya Ayah mengatakannya langsung."
That's an interesting idea."
"Hmm, ide yang menarik."
I like to go on adventures.
berpetualang untuk bahan buku-buku saya.
my son up on his challenge.
anak saya menjalankan tantangan ini.
pada satu hal saja.
to be not so simple at all.
sama sekali.
that my coffee would not be possible
kalau kopi tidak akan ada
I take for granted.
yang tidak saya pedulikan.
pada supir truk
to the coffee shop.
ke toko kopi
without the road.
pekerjaannya tanpa jalanan.
who paved the road.
orang yang mengaspal jalan
who made the asphalt for the pavement.
orang yang telah mengaspal trotoar,
from all walks of life.
designers, miners, goat herds,
penambang, penggembala kambing,
proyek saya
thanking over a thousand people.
lebih dari ribuan orang
but it was also wonderful.
dan sangat indah
that go right every day,
tiap harinya,
or four that go wrong.
yang salah.
interconnectedness or our world.
keterkaitan menakjubkan di dunia kita.
during this project,
dari proyek ini,
pada lima hal saja.
at my local coffee shop,
di toko kopi lokal.
upbeat people you will ever meet.
yang pernah Anda temui.
being a barista is hard.
jadi barista itu berat.
people in a very dangerous state.
yang dalam kondisi berbahaya.
yell at her until she cried,
yang marah hingga dia menangis,
berusia sembilan tahun,
that Chung did on her hot chocolate.
buatan Chung di coklatnya.
karena saya berterima kasih padanya.
into an infinite thanking loop.
ucapan terima kasih.
like a human being.
menganggapnya seperti manusia.
seperti mesin.
dari teleponnya.
saya sadar saya juga melakukan hal itu.
I'm realizing I've done that.
I'm going to take those two seconds
dua detik saya adalah
melakukan kontak mata.
kalau Anda berhadapan dengan manusia
you're dealing with a human being
humanity and happiness.
dan kebahagiaan dua orang itu.
And the fertilizer.
Dan juga pupuknya.
pada orang ini.
they serve at my local coffee shop.
yang akan disajikan di toko kopi lokal.
to South America, to Africa,
dari Amerika Utara, hingga Afrika,
how to taste coffee like a pro.
cara mencicipi kopi seperti ahli.
and you dip it in the coffee
celupkan ke dalam kopi
to spray the coffee all over your mouth.
tersebar ke seluruh mulut Anda.
in the side of your cheeks,
di sisi pipi Anda,
dan sirup mapel."
untuk benar-benar
for five seconds --
selama lima detik --
tapi saya bisa meluangkan lima detik,
but I could spare five seconds,
and the acidity and the sweetness.
dan keasaman dan rasa manisnya.
pada makanan lain.
is so important to gratitude.
untuk rasa syukur
and holding on to it as long as possible.
dan merasakannya selama mungkin.
in one big blur, as it often does.
seperti yang sering terjadi.
all around you.
di sekitar Anda.
conversations during this year
sepanjang tahun ini
my coffee cup lid.
tutup wadah kopi saya.
zero thought to coffee cup lids.
tutup wadah kopi.
to this inventor, Doug Fleming,
dengan penemu ini, Doug Fleming,
he put into this lid,
dia tuangkan pada tutup ini,
merusak kopi Anda.
that's got an upside-down hexagon
segi enam terbalik
and get maximum aroma.
di sana dan menghirup wangi maksimal.
hundreds of masterpieces all around us
ada ratusan karya besar di sekitar kita
has a little indentation for my thumb
yang punya lekukan untuk jempol
is largely invisible.
tidak terlihat.
and enrich our lives.
memperkaya hidup kita.
berpura-pura hingga Anda merasakannya.
I was just in a thanking frenzy.
terima kasih.
and spend a couple hours,
menghabiskan berjam-jam,
pada kopi saya.
what do you want, what are you selling?"
apa yang kau jual?"
justru tersentuh.
who does the pest control
yang mengontrol hama
where my coffee is served --
for keeping the bugs out of my coffee."
sudah menjaga serangga dari kopi saya."
that does sound strange,
terdengar aneh,
it affected me.
tapi juga mempengaruhi saya.
in my default mood, which is grumpiness,
dengan mood tetap, yaitu menggerutu,
to write a thank-you note
untuk menulis pesan terima kasih
that if you act as if you're grateful,
seakan-akan Anda bersyukur,
Anda akan benar-benar bersyukur.
to change our mind is astounding.
pikiran kita sangat menakjubkan.
that thought changes behavior,
pikiran mengubah sikap,
changes our thought.
bisa mengubah pikiran kita.
I want to tell you about is:
yang ingin saya sampaikan adalah:
on this gratitude trail
dari rangkaian terima kasih
that I could thank.
yang membuat saya berterima kasih.
the farmers who grow my coffee beans.
kasih pada petani yang menanam biji kopi.
along these curvy, cliffside roads.
melalui jalan berkelok di sisi tebing.
we went around a hairpin turn
tikungan tajam
untuk menyebrang.
while keeping your hands on the wheel?
dengan tangan tetap di setir?
the Guarnizo brothers.
Guarnizo bersaudara.
mereka membuat kopi yang enak,
fair-trade prices for it.
harga dagang yang adil untuk itu.
how the coffee is grown.
cara kopi ditanam.
this fruit called the coffee cherry.
yang disebut ceri kopi.
"Well, we couldn't do our job
"Yah, kami tidak bisa bekerja
is made in Brazil,
adalah buatan Brazil,
they drive around the farm,
sekitar pertanian,
from all over the world.
dari seluruh dunia.
ke Kolombia.
and I thanked the steel makers.
dan berterima kasih pada pembuat baja.
to make a cup of coffee.
melibatkan satu kampung
to make a cup of coffee.
untuk membuat segelas kopi.
this globalization,
globalisasi ini,
upsides are far greater,
jangka panjang jauh lebih besar,
in the last 50 years,
dalam 50 tahun terakhir,
as a spark to action.
rasa syukur jadi dorongan untuk bersikap.
that gratitude has a downside.
berterima kasih punya sisi buruk.
that we'll be complacent.
kita akan cepat puas.
wonderful, I'm so grateful."
aku sangat bersyukur."
the more likely you are to help others.
Anda akan menolong orang lain.
on your own needs.
kebutuhan diri sendiri.
want to pay it forward.
ingin membalasnya.
a huge amount of the time.
jadi orang egois.
before this project.
saat sebelum proyek ini.
membuat saya sadar
that what I take for granted
buat saya biasa saja
of people around the world.
di dunia.
kasih pada orang di reservoir New York,
the people at the New York reservoir,
untuk saya,
turn a lever and get safe water.
memutar keran dan dapat air bersih.
around the world don't have this luxury
tidak punya kemewahan ini
demi air bersih.
to help people get more access,
untuk membantu orang mendapatkan akses,
and found a wonderful group
dan bertemu kelompok hebat
the Nobel Prize committee
komite Penghargaan Nobel
it's a little something.
sesuatu yang kecil.
people, friends, family,
orang, teman, keluarga,
mereka sendiri.
life-transforming experience.
yang mengubah hidup.
it could be a light bulb.
bisa dari lampu.
you can just do a little gesture,
bisa melalui sikap sederhana,
to the designer of a logo you love.
ke desainer logo yang Anda suka
involved in every little thing we do.
pada setiap hal kecil yang kita lakukan.
there's someone in a factory
you're sitting in right now.
yang Anda duduki sekarang.
and got the copper for this microphone
untuk menggali tembaga untuk mic ini
terima kasih terakhir saya,
for listening to my story.
telah mendengarkan kisah saya.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
AJ Jacobs - AuthorImmersing himself in alternate lifestyles and long, hilarious experiments (usually with himself the guinea pig), writer AJ Jacobs tests the limits of behavior, customs, culture, knowledge -- and his wife's sense of humor.
Why you should listen
AJ Jacobs' writings stand at the intersection of philosophy, Gonzo journalism and performance art. Stubbornly curious and slyly perceptive, he takes immersive learning to its irrational and profoundly amusing extreme -- extracting wisdom and meaning after long stints as a self-styled guinea pig. For his widely circulated Esquire article "My Outsourced Life," he explored the phenomenon of outsourcing by hiring a team in Bangalore to take care of every part of his life -- from reading his emails to arguing with his wife to reading bedtime stories to his own son. A previous article, "I Think You're Fat," chronicled a brief, cringe-inducing attempt to live his life in Radical Honesty, telling all the truth, all the time.
Jacobs is author of The Know-It-All, which documents the year he spent reading the Encyclopedia Britannica from A to Z, uncovering both funny and surprising factoids but also poignant insight into history and human nature. In 2007 he released The Year of Living Biblically, in which he attempted to follow every single rule in the Bible as literally as possible for an entire year. His recent book The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment is a collection of numerous personal experiments. including living according to George Washington's rules of conduct, outsourcing every single task to India, and posing as a woman on an online dating site.
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