Srikumar Rao: Plug into your hard-wired happiness
سريكومار راو: اندمج مع السعادة الموجودة داخلك
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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of being who you are
to your knees in gratitude
الامتنان حتى ركبتيك
that's been bestowed on you;
أُنعِم بهِ عليك؛
لعدد من المرات.
that you're wasting your life.
تضيّع حياتك.
in the next 17 minutes --
دقيقة القادمة--
بالوصول الى تلك الحياة.
a conference on happiness,
that in some way, shape, fashion or form,
بأسلوب او هيئة ما،
children, relationships, whatever --
الاطفال، العلاقات، مهما يكن--
a minute on this.
in order to be happy?
a bunch of stuff comes up:
ظهرت مجموعة أشياء:
lots of travel, time, etc, etc, etc.
الجيدة، الكثير من السفر، الوقت.. الخ.
of, "Here's what I need to get
"هذا ما يجب الحصول عليه
you can get, you can un-get.
امتلاكه، تستطيعون فقدانه
Vast wealth can disappear tomorrow.
لكنها قد تختفي غداً.
have discovered this already.
يدركون الأمر جيداً.
that can make you happy
ليجعلك سعيداً
to suggest to you.
that you have to get, do or be
تفعله، أو تكونه
do or be in order to be happy.
تفعله، أو تكونه لتكون سعيداً.
طبيعتك الذاتية.
It is part of your DNA.
هي جزء من حمضك النووي.
I speak in, such as top business schools,
مثل كليات الأعمال الراقية،
what many of you are thinking,
ما يفكر فيه الكثير منكم،
is my innate nature,
is actually very simple.
your entire life learning to be unhappy.
كيف تكونون تعساء.
a particular mental model.
نموذجاً عقلياً معيّنا.
that this is the way the world works.
كيفية سير العالم.
we've got dozens of mental models.
لدينا العشرات من النماذج العقلية.
on how to find a job,
وظيفة،
how to pick a restaurant to eat at,
كيف نختار مطعما لناكل فيه،
to go to ... dozens of them.
العشرات من النماذج.
that we have mental models.
لنماذج عقلية.
that we have mental models.
أنّ لدينا نماذج عقلية.
is the way the world works.
طريقة سير العالم.
نموذج عقلي فحسب،
that we buy into so strongly
نؤمن به بقوة
so we can do something
ليكون باستطاعتنا فعل شيء،
so we can travel to exotic places
المال لنستطيع السفر الى أماكن مذهلة،
so we can have great sex
ممارسة جنس رائعة،
of the if-then model.
"إذا-فعندها".
if I were to get more money,
إذا امتلكت مالاً أكثر
if only my wife would leave me --
and go to college ...
that's different
المختلف
that you are focusing on?
and where you were 10 years ago
that you were focusing on?
10 years ago you now have.
قبل 10 أعوام تمتلكونها الآن.
is the model itself is flawed.
"If this happens I will be happy" --
"إذا حصل هذا فعندها سأكون سعيداً"--
that it is the model itself that's flawed,
enormous amounts of time
CEO it would help,
مديراً تنفيذياً سيساعدني ذلك،
that I want to become a CEO.
أنني لا أريد أن أصبح مديراً تنفيذيا.
تنفيذياً مليارديراً،
لذلك الأمر.
not what you put on the "if" side
ما تضعونه على جانب "إذا"
of such spectacular beauty
into a place of great serenity?
تملؤه السكينة؟
raise your hands if you could.
هلا رفعتم أيديكم.
صحيح؟
exactly as it was.
but it's kind of off to the left,
لكنه يميل إلى اليسار قليلا،
200 yards to the right,
ياردة إلى اليمين،
"That's a beautiful valley,
"ذلك واد جميل،
has too many crooked branches.
كثيرة منحنية.
a chainsaw and 20 minutes,
و20 دقيقة،
the universe just as it was,
الكون كما هو تماماً،
your innate nature surfaced,
لأنكم الآن،
that you think you have --
التي تظنون أنها تواجهكم--
to make it different.
لجعلها مختلفة.
you can get out of that,
يمكنكم التخلص من ذلك،
towards getting out of that.
تجاه التخلص من ذلك.
to achieve something, correct?
الوصول إلى شيء ما، صحيح؟
and we want to have something.
ونريد أن نمتلك شيئاً ما.
a successful conference.
great programs for your companies
أن يكون لديه برنامج لشركته
all of that, is that correct?
المال، كل ذلك، هل ذلك صحيح؟
you would like something to happen.
ترغب في أن يحصل شيء ما.
about the following:
out of your control.
outside your control.
that when you have a goal
يكون لديه هدف
you don't achieve your goal,
يحقق ذلك الهدف،
who said, "Gee, you know,
"اوه، أتعلم،
a lot of attention to my wife,
من الانتباه لزوجتي،
we went on a business trip,
التي ذهبنا في رحلة عمل،
you know, I care for you,
كما تعرفون، أهتمّ بكِ،
to his wife, her immediate reaction was,
كان رد فعلها المباشر،
you don't know my size?"
لا زلت لا تعلم مقاسي؟"
I never wear this kind of thing?"
أني لا أرتدي أبداً مثل هذا النوع؟"
he had a full-blown marital spat.
كان أمام شجار عائلي كبير
for a particular outcome
was the exact opposite
تماماً عكس
where what we think of,
حيث يكون ما نفكر فيه،
in order to get from where I am
لكي أنتقل من حيث أنا
from what we would like,
عمّا نحب أن تكون،
of what we would like.
مضاداً لما نحب.
and you are guaranteed to have
وأضمن لك الحصول
من الإحباط، والقلق
that makes life suck.
invest in the outcome,
is a quote by John Wooden.
هي اقتباس لجون وودِن.
are familiar with John Wooden.
the basketball Hall of Fame
إلى قاعة مشاهير كرة السلة
of victories and finals in the NCAA --
غير مسبوق من الانتصارات والنهائيات في NCAA
is he never spoke about winning.
هو أنه لم يتحدث أبداً عن الفوز.
and you look in the mirror,
وتنظر في المرآة،
that you were capable of?
قادر عليه؟
that you were capable of,
the best that you were capable of,
أحسن ما باستطاعتك،
I want it so desperately,
أريده بشدّة،
to do whatever you can,
أن تفعل كل ما تقدِر عليه،
on, "This is the outcome."
"هذه هي النتيجة."
of a particular outcome
إلى نتيجة معينة
here is where I am,
أنا الآن هنا،
and that's fine,
ولا بأس في ذلك،
to the extent that it gives you direction,
إلى حد تعطيكم فيه الاتجاهات،
completely in the process.
في العملية.
you want to take,
التي نريد اتباعها،
and from that new starting point,
ومن نقطة البداية تلك،
that every day is a blast.
أنّ كلّ يوم بمثابة احتفال.
your hands if you have children.
إن كان لديكم أولاد.
a small child learn to walk?
typically between 11 and 13 months,
بين 11 و 13 شهرا من العمر،
and she sees everybody walking,
الجميع يمشون،
she falls down, she starts crying
ويبدأ البكاء
kisses the place, makes it well.
وتقبّل مكان السقوط، فتُشعره بتحسن.
mommy runs up again.
يقع أرضاً، وتركض الأم مرة أخرى.
and no longer runs up
ولا تعاود الركض إلى الطفل
and then she takes another,
ثمّ يمشي خطوة أخرى،
she's walking all over the place,
يكون الطفل يمشي في الأنحاء،
to a new stage of parenting.
من العناية بالطفل.
تجلبوا له المساعدة
feelings of inadequacy
and fail yet again.
والفشل في كل مرة.
to learn to walk if you had to do that,
المشي إن كان عليه فعل ذلك،
you had to get a counselor
بعد كل ثلاث مرات يقع فيها
is focusing on the process.
to invest in the process,
على الاستثمار في العملية،
is outside of our control,
all of our emotional energy,
كلّ طاقتنا العاطفية،
I am going to invest in the process
وسأقوم بالاستثمار في العملية
the vision that I outlined to you.
الرؤية التي حددتها لكم.
is people say, "Professor Rao,
يقول الناس، "بروفيسور راو،
you know, here is a list of things.
قائمة أشياء.
here's how much I travel,
وهذا مقدار ما أسافره،
how deep the carpeting is,
وهذه وثرة سجادتي،
I want to share with you,
ما أريد مشاركته معكم،
first of all, it doesn't exist.
أولاً، ليس له وجود.
and you were plugged into it,
وكنتم مشدودين اإليه،
miserable self there as you are now,
والتعاسة التي تشعرون بها الآن،
to ignite it within you
في داخلكم
to ignite it where you are,
لإشعاله حيث أنتم،
that you are becoming.
الذي أصبحتموه.
that miracles happen on a regular basis.
أن المعجزات ستحدث بصورة اعتيادية.
whom you're delighted to meet.
is you take journeys.
you went on a journey.
قمتم برحلة.
your place of work is;
you go on a journey.
فأنتم تقومون برحلة.
affairs with 19-something gardeners
علاقات مع بستانيين شبان في سن 19
are playing around with models.
but just ask yourself,
ولكن اسألوا أنفسكم،
I want to spend time?"
the things you talk about,
الأشياء التي تتحدثون عنها،
the books you read --
وحتى الكتب--
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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