ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Richard St. John - Marketer, success analyst
A self-described average guy who found success doing what he loved, Richard St. John spent more than a decade researching the lessons of success -- and distilling them into 8 words, 3 minutes and one successful book.

Why you should listen

Richard St. John was on his way to the TED conference when a girl on the plane asked him, "What really leads to success?" Even though he had achieved some success, he couldn't explain how he did it. So he spent the next ten years researching success and asking over 500 extraordinarily successful people in many fields what helped them succeed. After analyzing, sorting, and correlating millions of words of research, and building one of the most organized databases on the subject of success, he discovered "The 8 Traits Successful People Have in Common" and wrote the bestseller 8 To Be Great.

In his books and talks,he shares a wealth of wisdom from the world's most successful people -- knowledge that can help others succeed in their own way, whether it's escaping poverty, building a business, raising a family, or changing the world.

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Richard St. John: 8 secrets of success

Richard St. John's sy ireo Tsiambaratelon'ny Fahombiazana miisa 8

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Fa Maninona ny olona no tafita ? satria ve izy ireo manan-tsaina? Sa ve izy ireo manambitana ? Tsia. Ny Mpikaroka Richard St. John dia nanao famintina 3 minitra amin-tsika amin'ny alalan'ity sary mihetsika ity. Fanadihadiana izay nataony nandritra ny taona maro ary hizarany amintsika "ny tena tsiambaratelon'ny fahombiazana"
- Marketer, success analyst
A self-described average guy who found success doing what he loved, Richard St. John spent more than a decade researching the lessons of success -- and distilling them into 8 words, 3 minutes and one successful book. Full bio

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Inty dia famelabelarana adin’ny roa izay nataoko ho an’ny mpianatra,
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This is really a two-hourroa ora presentationfampahafantarana
I give to highavo schoolam-pianarana studentsmpianatra,
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nofintinina telo minitra eto.
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cutHetezo down to threetelo minutesminitra.
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Ny tantara dia niantomboka tao anaty fiaramanidina, raha hamonjy ny TED aho,
00:28
And it all startednanomboka one day
on a planefiaramanidina, on my way to TEDI TED,
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fito taona lasa izay.
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sevenFito yearstaona agolasa izay.
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nipetraka teo ankaikiko,
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And in the seatseza nextManaraka to me
was a highavo schoolam-pianarana studentmpianatra, a teenagerzatovo,
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Nisy mpianatra, vehivavy tanora iray,
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and she cametonga from a really poormahantra familyfamily.
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avy amina fianankaviana sahirana.
Nanana finiavana ny hampivoatra ny fiainany izy,
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And she wanted to make
something of her life,
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and she askednanontany me a simpletsotra little questionfanontaniana.
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ary nametraka fanontaniana tsotra dia tsotra tamiko.
Hoy izy, « Inona no mitondra ho amin’ny fahombiazana ? ».
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She said, "What leadsLeads to successfahombiazana?"
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Tsy azoko ny aiko,
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And I feltnahatsapa really badlyratsy,
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satria tsy afaka nanome valiny tsara sy mahafa-po ho azy aho.
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because I couldn'ttsy afaka give her a good answervaliny.
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Koa nivoaka ny fiaramanidina aho ary namonjy ny TED.
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So I get off the planefiaramanidina, and I come to TEDI TED.
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And I think, jeezndrekaky ô, I'm in the middleafovoany
of a roomefitra of successfulmahomby people!
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Tonga saina aho... Odry ! hay marina moa izaho eto anivon'ireoto olona maro izay azo lazaina fa tafita ato amin'ity toerana ity !
Ka maninona moa raha mba manontany azy ireo ny anton'ny nitondra azy ireo tamin'ny fahombiazana,
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So why don't I askmanontany them
what helpednanampy them succeedmahomby,
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mba ahafahako mampita izany amin'ny ankizy?
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and passnitranga it on to kidsankizy?
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Indro mifanatrika indray isika, 7 taona aty aoriana izay nahafahako nanatanteraka fanadihadihana miisa 500,
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So here we are, sevenFito yearstaona,
500 interviewsresadresaka latertaty aoriana,
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ka afahako hilaza amin'izay ireo fepetra tena mitondra ho amin'ny fahombiazana
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and I'm going to tell you
what really leadsLeads to successfahombiazana
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ary mety hampietana anareo mpikambana ao amin'ny TED.
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and makesmanao TEDstersTEDsters tickmifidy.
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Ny voalohany amin’izy rehetra dia ny fahafinaretana
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And the first thing is passionpassion.
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Hoy Freeman Thomas : “izaho dia natosiky ny fahafinaretana”
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FreemanFreeman ThomasThomas sayshoy i,
"I'm drivennandroaka by my passionpassion."
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reo mpikambana ao amin’ny TED dia nanantanteraka ampitiavana, fa tsy noho ny vola tsy akory.
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TEDstersTEDsters do it for love;
they don't do it for moneyvola.
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Carol Coletta nilaza hoe: “Mandoa vola amin’ny olona aho mba hanantanteraka izay ataoko”.
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CarolI Carol ColettaColetta sayshoy i, "I would paymandoa vola
someoneolona to do what I do."
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Ary ny tena mahaliana indrindra dia:
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And the interestingmahaliana thing is:
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raha manao zavatra am-pitiavana ianao dia manaraka ho azy ny vola.
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if you do it for love,
the moneyvola comestonga anywayihany.
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Miasà ! Hoy i Rupert Murdoch tamiko, "Fikelezan'aina no tena izy.
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Work! RupertRupert MurdochMurdoch said
to me, "It's all hardmafy work.
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Nothing comestonga easilymora foana.
But I have a lot of funfahafinaretana."
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Tsy misy zavatra mora izany. Nefa tena mahita fahafinaretana ihany koa aho."
Fahafinaretana hoy izy ? I Rupert ve no nilaza izany? Eny !
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Did he say funfahafinaretana? RupertRupert? Yes!
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Sady miasa no mahita fahafinaretana ny mpikambana ao amin'ny TED. Ary tena miasa mafy izy ireo.
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(LaughterNy tsikanikany)
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TEDstersTEDsters do have funfahafinaretana workingmiasa.
And they work hardmafy.
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Azoko ihany tamin'ny farany fa tsy ny asa no mangeja azy ireo, fa ny fahitana fahafinaretana.
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I figuredNihevitra, they're not workaholicsworkaholics.
They're workafrolicsworkafrolics.
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(LaughterNy tsikanikany)
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Mahiratra ! Hoy izy i Alex Garden: « Mba hahombiazana dia mifantoha amina zavatra iray
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Good!
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(ApplauseNitehaka mafy)
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AlexAlex GardenSahan' sayshoy i, "To be successfulmahomby,
put your noseorona down in something
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ary ataovy izay hampahiratra anao amin’io sehatra io. »
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and get damnTss good at it."
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Tsy misy fahagagana; fa fihezahana, fihezahana, fihezahana hatrany.
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There's no magicmajika;
it's practicefampiharana, practicefampiharana, practicefampiharana.
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Ary mila mifantoka ihany koa. Hoy i Norman Jewison tamiko:
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And it's focusifantohana.
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NormanNorman JewisonJewison said to me,
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« Amiko ilay izy dia miankina amin’ny fahaizanao mifantoka amina zavatra iray »
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"I think it all has to do
with focusingmifantoka yourselfny tenanao on one thing."
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Ary fikirizana ! Hoy i David Gallo, « Mikiriza ianareo »
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And pushAtoseho!
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DavidDavida GalloGallo sayshoy i, "PushManosika yourselfny tenanao.
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Na ara-batana, na ara-tsaina dia tokony hiezaka sy hikiry hatrany ianareo!
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PhysicallyAra-batana, mentallyara-tsaina,
you've got to pushAtoseho, pushAtoseho, pushAtoseho."
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Aza menamenatra, tohero koa ny fisalalasalana misy ao aminareo.
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You've got to pushAtoseho throughny alalan ' shynesssaro-kenatra
and self-doubttsy fahatokian-tena.
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Goldie Hawn dia niteny hoe: “Izaho dia tsy mba natoky tena firy.
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GoldieGoldie HawnFitotoam sayshoy i,
"I always had self-doubtstsy.
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I wasn'ttsy good enoughampy;
I wasn'ttsy smartmanan-tsaina enoughampy.
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Sady tsy dia nahomby tsara aho no tsy dia natsilo saina tsara.
Tsy nihevitra mihitsy aho hoe hahavita inona.”
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I didn't think I'd make it."
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Eny e, tsy moramora ange zany mamporisika ny tena izany e!
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Now it's not always easymora to pushAtoseho yourselfny tenanao,
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! ary izany indrindra no antony mampisy ny reny. LOL
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and that's why they inventednamorona mothersreny.
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(ApplauseNitehaka mafy)
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FrankFrank GehryGehry said to me,
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Frank Gehry -- Hoy I Frank Gehry tamiko,
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"My motherreny pushednanosika me."
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“Ny reniko no namporisika ahy.”
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(LaughterNy tsikanikany)
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Ny fanampiana ! Hoy i Sherwin Nuland tamiko hoe : « Voninahitra ho ahy ny manampy amin’ny maha dokotera ahy »
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ServeManompo!
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SherwinSherwin NulandNuland sayshoy i,
"It was a privilegetombontsoa to servehanompo as a doctordokotera."
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Mazava ho azy, maro ny ankizy milaza amiko hoe any aoriana any, te hanam-bola be izy ireo.
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A lot of kidsankizy want to be millionairesmillionaires.
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Ary ny zavatra voalohany avaliko azy ireo dia:
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The first thing I say is:
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« Eny, tsy tokony ny tenanareo aloha no karakarainareo;
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"OK, well you can't servehanompo yourselfny tenanao;
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fa tokony hitondra zavatra manan-danja ho an’ny hafa hanampiana azy aloha ianareo.
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you've got to servehanompo othersny hafa
something of valuezava-dehibe.
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Toy izany no maha mpanakarena ny olona.»
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Because that's the way
people really get richmanan-karena."
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Ny Hevitra ! i Bill Gates izay mpikambana ato amin’ny TED dia nanambara hoe: « manana hevitra aho,
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IdeasHevitra!
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TEDsterTEDster BillBill GatesVavahady sayshoy i, "I had an ideahevitra:
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foundingnanorenana the first micro-computerfampindramam-solosaina
softwarerindrambaiko companyorinasa."
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‘ndeha hanorina ny orinasa voalohany mamokatra “logiciel” ho an’ireo solon-tsaina aho ».
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I'd say it was a prettymanja good ideahevitra.
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Afaka milaza aminareo aho fa hevitra tsara tokoa izany.
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And there's no magicmajika to creativityfamoronana
in comingho avy up with ideashevitra --
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Ary tsy misy fahagagana ny amin’ny fanantaterahana izany,
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it's just doing some very simpletsotra things.
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ny fanaovana zavatra tsotra ihany no vaha-olana.
Ary efa maro ireo porofo efa voalazako.
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And I give lots of evidenceporofo.
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Ary farany, manana FAHARETANA ! Hoy i Joe Kraus,
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PersistMikiry!
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JoeI Joe KrausKraus sayshoy i,
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« Ny faharetana no antony voalohany iankinanan’ny fahombiazana. »
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"PersistenceNy fikirizana is the numberisa
one reasonantony for our successfahombiazana."
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Tsy maintsy manana faharetana isika na dia ao anatin’ny faharesena tanteraka aza. . Tsy maintsy manana faharetana isika na dia tafiditra anaty K.I.Z.O aza
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You've got to persistmikiry throughny alalan ' failuretsy fahombiazana.
You've got to persistmikiry throughny alalan ' crapmisy dikany izany!
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izany hoe : voa -Kiana, voa-Ilika, voa-Zimba, Voa-Ory.»
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WhichIzay of courseMazava ho azy fa meansdia midika hoe "CriticismFitsikerana,
RejectionFandavana, AssholesAssholes and PressureTsindry."
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LOL
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(LaughterNy tsikanikany)
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Koa araka izany, ny valiny lehibe ho an’io fanontaniana io dia tsotra ihany :
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So, the answervaliny to this questionfanontaniana is simpletsotra:
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Mandoava 4,000 $ (vidim-pidirana) ary tongava aty amin’ i TED.
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PayMandoa 4,000 bucksbucks and come to TEDI TED.
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(LaughterNy tsikanikany)
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Na raha tsy mety izany dia ampiharo ireo zavatra valo ireo -- ary matokisa ahy,
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Or failingmahomby that, do
the eightvalo things -- and trustfahatokiana me,
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ireo zavatra valo ireo no mitondra ho amin’ny fahombiazana.
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these are the biglehibe eightvalo things
that leadmitarika to successfahombiazana.
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Thank you TEDstersTEDsters
for all your interviewsresadresaka!
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Misaotra ny mpikambana ao amin’ny TED aho ho an’ireo fanadihadihana rehetra natao.
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Richard St. John - Marketer, success analyst
A self-described average guy who found success doing what he loved, Richard St. John spent more than a decade researching the lessons of success -- and distilling them into 8 words, 3 minutes and one successful book.

Why you should listen

Richard St. John was on his way to the TED conference when a girl on the plane asked him, "What really leads to success?" Even though he had achieved some success, he couldn't explain how he did it. So he spent the next ten years researching success and asking over 500 extraordinarily successful people in many fields what helped them succeed. After analyzing, sorting, and correlating millions of words of research, and building one of the most organized databases on the subject of success, he discovered "The 8 Traits Successful People Have in Common" and wrote the bestseller 8 To Be Great.

In his books and talks,he shares a wealth of wisdom from the world's most successful people -- knowledge that can help others succeed in their own way, whether it's escaping poverty, building a business, raising a family, or changing the world.

More profile about the speaker
Richard St. John | Speaker | TED.com