Bel Pesce: 5 ways to kill your dreams
Bel Pesce: Cinci moduri în care să-ți distrugi visurile
Bel Pesce left Brazil to study at MIT. But after a successful stint in Silicon Valley, she returned to inspire others with great ideas in her country to make them a reality. Full bio
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to understanding
cum îşi realizează oamenii visele.
in the universe,
s-o lăsăm în univers,
of an overlap there is
cât de mare e suprapunerea
and projects that never happen.
și proiectele neîmplinite.
să nu vă urmați visele.
to follow your dreams.
and sold it very fast for a lot of money.
și a vândut-o rapid pe foarte mulți bani.
but I bet it's incomplete.
dar pariez că e incompletă.
și un doctorat.
on the topic, a Ph.D.
on the topic for 20 years.
lumea crede că am avut succes instantaneu.
that people think is an overnight success.
the deadline to apply to MIT,
înainte de termenul limită de la MIT,
a fost instantaneu,
an overnight success,
numai fiindcă de 17 ani încoace
for the 17 years prior to that,
is always a result
e întotdeauna rezultatul
life through that moment.
până în acel moment.
has the answers for you.
pentru toate problemele tale.
to help out, right?
your friends, your business partners,
prieteni, parteneri de afaceri,
ce cale trebuie să urmezi:
on which path you should take:
go through this pipe."
mai ai și alte căi de ales.
other ways you have to pick as well.
să le iei singur.
those decisions yourself.
perfecte pentru viața ta.
answers for your life.
those decisions, right?
you're going to bump your head,
și uneori te mai lovești la cap,
but very important:
growth is guaranteed.
and everything is set --
și totul e pus la punct.
distribute it everywhere in Brazil.
s-o distribui în toată Brazilia.
people downloaded it,
peste trei milioane de persoane
bought physical copies.
exemplarele tipărite.
some impact was guaranteed.
impactul era cât de cât asigurat.
vânzările urmau să meargă bine.
and find yourself another peak.
și să-ți găsești alt vârf.
ar fi citit-o câteva sute de persoane
thousand people would read it,
la ordinul milioanelor.
noua mea carte în toate statele Braziliei.
to go to every single state of Brazil.
but no investor had the vision to invest."
niciun investitor destulă viziune.”
the sales didn't go well."
n-au mers vânzările deloc.”
Echipa mea e mult sub așteptări.”
is so below expectations."
să le realizezi.
to make them happen.
să găsești oameni talentați.
dacă nu ți-a cumpărat nimeni produsul,
there that is your fault.
și să le împlinești.
and make them happen.
e vina ta și nu a altcuiva.
it's your fault and no one else's.
really important as well:
are the dreams themselves.
sunt visurile în sine.
and it was a lot of friends,
care urcau pe un munte,
it was a very high mountain,
were sweating and this was tough.
și că le era foarte greu.
and they finally made it to the peak.
to celebrate, right?
at the other and says,
„Bun, hai să coborâm.”
the goals themselves,
one of those dreams,
cu fericire de jur împrejur.
happiness will be all around.
is a momentary sensation,
e o senzație de moment,
toate visurile
all of your dreams
de fiecare treaptă a călătoriei.
of your journey.
it's made of steps.
e făcută din trepte.
some people wait a lot to celebrate.
că alții au foarte mult de așteptat.
ia-o ca pe o lecție.
into something to learn.
de a învăța ceva sau de a sărbători,
to learn or something to celebrate,
has the answers for you,
you should settle down,
când creșterea e certă,
țelurile în sine contează.
the goals themselves matter.
vă veți distruge visurile.
you will destroy your dreams.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Bel Pesce - EntrepreneurBel Pesce left Brazil to study at MIT. But after a successful stint in Silicon Valley, she returned to inspire others with great ideas in her country to make them a reality.
Why you should listen
Bel Pesce has worked at big technology companies — in at internship at Microsoft, she led the team for Microsoft Touchless and, as an intern at Google, she worked to improve the Google Translate system. She has also worked in finance, at Deutsche Bank, and helped launch several startups — most notably, the video platform Ooyala and Lemon Wallet, an app that replicates the contents of your wallet on your phone. But for her latest venture, Pesce is looking to inspire. She has opened a school, FazINOVA, which is dedicated to helping students — both in live courses in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and online — persevere toward their dreams. The school has grown tremendously since its establishment in 2013.
Pesce, a TED Fellow, is also the author of three books: The Brazilian Girl from Silicon Valley, Superheroes: WANTED and The Girl from Silicon Valley 2. She has been named one of the "100 most influential people of Brazil" by Época Magazine.
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