ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Derek Sivers - Entrepreneur
Through his new project, MuckWork, Derek Sivers wants to lessen the burdens (and boredom) of creative people.

Why you should listen

Derek Sivers is best known as the founder of CD Baby. A professional musician since 1987, he started CD Baby by accident in 1998 when he was selling his own CD on his website, and friends asked if he could sell theirs, too. CD Baby was the largest seller of independent music on the web, with over $100M in sales for over 150,000 musician clients.

In 2008, Sivers sold CD Baby to focus on his new ventures to benefit musicians, including his new company, MuckWork, where teams of efficient assistants help musicians do their "uncreative dirty work."

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TEDIndia 2009

Derek Sivers: Weird, or just different?

Dereks Saiverss: Sovaiži voi vīnkuorši cytaiduok?

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Soka — „sevkura vāza ar div goli”, i 2 minutuos Dereks Saiverss nagaideitūs veidūs tev pīruodeis, kai tei eistyn ir taisneiba.
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So, imagine you're standing on a street anywhere in America
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Tai, īsadūmojat, ka stuovat nazkur Amerikā iz ūļneicys,
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and a Japanese man comes up to you and says,
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i pi jums daīt japaņs i prosa:
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"Excuse me, what is the name of this block?"
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„Atlaidit, kai sauc itū kvartalu?”
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And you say, "I'm sorry, well, this is Oak Street, that's Elm Street.
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Jius atsokat: „Atlaidit. Nu, itei ir Oukstrita, tei ir Elmstrita.
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This is 26th, that's 27th."
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Tei ir 26. sāta, tei — 27.”
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He says, "OK, but what is the name of that block?"
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„Lobi,” jis atsoka, „nu kai sauc itū kvartalu?”
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You say, "Well, blocks don't have names.
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Jius sokat: „Nu, kvartalim nav vuordu.
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Streets have names; blocks are just the
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Vuordi ir ūļneicom; kvartali ir tik
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unnamed spaces in between streets."
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vītys bez vuordim ūļneicu vydā.”
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He leaves, a little confused and disappointed.
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Jis nūīt drupeit apjucs i veilīs.
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So, now imagine you're standing on a street, anywhere in Japan,
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Niu īsadūmojat, ka stuovat iz ūļneicys nazkur Japanā,
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you turn to a person next to you and say,
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jius pasagrīžat pret sūpluok cylvāku i vaicojat:
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"Excuse me, what is the name of this street?"
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„Atlaidit, kai sauc itū ūļneicu?”
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They say, "Oh, well that's Block 17 and this is Block 16."
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Jis atsoka: „Nu, itys ir 17. kvartals, itys — 16. kvartals.”
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And you say, "OK, but what is the name of this street?"
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I jius atsokat: „Lobi, i kai sauc itū ūļneicu?”
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And they say, "Well, streets don't have names.
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I jis atsoka: „Nu, ūļneicom nav vuordu.
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Blocks have names.
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Vuordi ir kvartalim.
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Just look at Google Maps here. There's Block 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19.
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Pasaverit Google Maps. Vei, 14.,15., 16., 17., 18., 19. kvartals.
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All of these blocks have names,
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Vysim kvartalim ir vuordi.
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and the streets are just the unnamed spaces in between the blocks.
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Ūļneicys ir tik vītys bez vuordu kvartalu vydā.
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And you say then, "OK, then how do you know your home address?"
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I tod jius vaicojat: „Lobi, a kai tod jius zinit sovu sātys adresu?”
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He said, "Well, easy, this is District Eight.
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„Vīnkuorši,” jis atsoka, „itys ir ostoitais kvartals.
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There's Block 17, house number one."
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Es dzeivoju 17. kvartalā, sātā numer vīns.”
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You say, "OK, but walking around the neighborhood,
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„Lobi,” jius sokat, „nu, īmūt pa apleicīni,
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I noticed that the house numbers don't go in order."
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es īvāruoju, ka sātu numeri nav seceigi.”
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He says, "Of course they do. They go in the order in which they were built.
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Jis atsoka: „Skaidrys, ka ir. Tuos ir numerātys piec tū pastateišonys seceibys.
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The first house ever built on a block is house number one.
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Pyrmuo kvartalā pastateituo sāta ir sāta numer vīns.
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The second house ever built is house number two.
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Ūtrei pastateituo sāta ir sāta numer div.
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Third is house number three. It's easy. It's obvious."
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Treša ir sāta numer treis. Vīgli! Logiski!”
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So, I love that sometimes we need to
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Deļtuo maņ pateik, kai myusim ir
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go to the opposite side of the world
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reizem juobrauc iz ūtru pasauļa molu,
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to realize assumptions we didn't even know we had,
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kab saprostu pījāmumus, kurūs mes seņuok nazynuojom
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and realize that the opposite of them may also be true.
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i saprostu, ka ari pretejais var byut pareizs.
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So, for example, there are doctors in China
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Tai, pīvadumam, Kīnā uorsti tur,
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who believe that it's their job to keep you healthy.
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ka jū dorbs ir ryupētīs, kab tu byutu vasals.
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So, any month you are healthy you pay them,
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Deļtuo sevkuru mienesi, kurū asat vasals, jius jim moksuojot,
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and when you're sick you don't have to pay them because they failed
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i, kod asat navasals, jums navajag jim moksuot, deļtuo ka jī nav kuorteigi darejuši
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at their job. They get rich when you're healthy, not sick.
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sovu dorbu. Jī teik bogotuoki, kod jius asat vasali, a na navasali.
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(Applause)
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(Plaukšīni)
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In most music, we think of the "one"
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Leluokajā daļā muzykys mes skaitam „vīns”
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as the downbeat, the beginning of the musical phrase: one, two, three, four.
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kai pyrmū sitīni, muzykaluos frazys suokys. Vīns, div, treis, četri.
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But in West African music, the "one"
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Tok Vokoru Afrikys muzykā „vīns”
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is thought of as the end of the phrase,
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teik skaiteits par frazys beigom,
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like the period at the end of a sentence.
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taipat kai atstarpe pyrma teikuma gola.
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So, you can hear it not just in the phrasing, but the way they count off their music:
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Tū var dzierdēt na tik frazejumā, bet taipat i tymā, kai jī skaita ritmu.
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two, three, four, one.
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Div, treis, četri, vīns.
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And this map is also accurate.
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Taipat i itei karta ir preciza.
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(Laughter)
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(Smīklys)
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There's a saying that whatever true thing you can say about India,
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Ir sokamvuords, ka, vysleidz kaidu patīsu lītu jius pasaceitu par Indeju,
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the opposite is also true.
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taipat i pretejais byus taisneiba.
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So, let's never forget, whether at TED, or anywhere else,
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Deļtuo naaizmierssim, vysleidza, voi TED voi vysur cytur,
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that whatever brilliant ideas you have or hear,
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kur var dzierdēt kaidys genialys idejis ir jums voi cytim,
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that the opposite may also be true.
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taipat i preteijais var byut taisneiba.
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Domo arigato gozaimashita.
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Lels jums paļdis!
Translated by Kristaps Kadiķis
Reviewed by Edīte Husare

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Derek Sivers - Entrepreneur
Through his new project, MuckWork, Derek Sivers wants to lessen the burdens (and boredom) of creative people.

Why you should listen

Derek Sivers is best known as the founder of CD Baby. A professional musician since 1987, he started CD Baby by accident in 1998 when he was selling his own CD on his website, and friends asked if he could sell theirs, too. CD Baby was the largest seller of independent music on the web, with over $100M in sales for over 150,000 musician clients.

In 2008, Sivers sold CD Baby to focus on his new ventures to benefit musicians, including his new company, MuckWork, where teams of efficient assistants help musicians do their "uncreative dirty work."

More profile about the speaker
Derek Sivers | Speaker | TED.com