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Elizabeth Gilbert: Success, failure and the drive to keep creating
Elizabeth Gilbertová: Úspech, sklamanie a motivácia pokračovať v tvorbe
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Elizabeth Gilbertová bola kedysi „nepublikovaná čašníčka v bistre“, ktorou otriasali odmietajúce odpovede. Až teraz, vďaka úspechu knihy „Jedz, modli sa, miluj“, sa znova začala stotožňovať so svojím starým ja. Gilbertová uvažuje a obdivuhodne preniká do podstaty toho, prečo môže byť úspech rovnako mätúci, ako sklamanie a ponúka jednoduché, hoci náročné, riešenie, ako pokračovať bez ohľadu na výsledok.
Elizabeth Gilbert - Writer
The author of 'Eat, Pray, Love,' Elizabeth Gilbert has thought long and hard about some big topics. Her fascinations: genius, creativity and how we get in our own way when it comes to both. Full bio
The author of 'Eat, Pray, Love,' Elizabeth Gilbert has thought long and hard about some big topics. Her fascinations: genius, creativity and how we get in our own way when it comes to both. Full bio
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Pred pár rokmi som bola
na letisku Johna F. Kennedyho
na letisku Johna F. Kennedyho
00:12
So, a few years ago I was at JFK Airport
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a chystala som sa nastúpiť do lietadla,
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about to get on a flight,
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when I was approached by two women
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keď ma oslovili dve ženy,
00:19
who I do not think would be insulted
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ktoré by sa určite neurazili,
00:21
to hear themselves described
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ak by som ich opísala
00:22
as tiny old tough-talking Italian-American broads.
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ako drobné staré hrubo hovoriace
taliansko-americké ženské.
taliansko-americké ženské.
00:26
The taller one, who is like up here,
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Tá vyššia, asi potiaľto,
00:29
she comes marching up to me, and she goes,
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pochoduje ku mne a začne,
00:31
"Honey, I gotta ask you something.
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„Zlato, musím sa ťa niečo spýtať,
máš niečo dočinenia s tou celou vecou
00:33
You got something to do with that whole
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00:35
'Eat, Pray, Love' thing that's been going on lately?"
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‚Jedz, modli sa, miluj‘, o ktorej
sa teraz hovorí?"
sa teraz hovorí?"
00:38
And I said, "Yes, I did."
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A ja som povedala, „Áno, mám.“
A ona pleskne svoju kamarátku a hovorí,
00:40
And she smacks her friend and she goes,
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00:42
"See, I told you, I said, that's that girl.
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„Vidíš, hovorila som ti,
že je to to dievča.
že je to to dievča.
00:44
That's that girl who wrote that book
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To je to dievča, čo napísalo tú knihu
00:46
based on that movie."
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podľa toho filmu."
00:48
(Laughter)
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(Smiech)
00:50
So that's who I am.
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Takže to som ja.
00:52
And believe me, I'm extremely
grateful to be that person,
grateful to be that person,
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A verte mi, som veľmi vďačná,
že som tou osobou,
že som tou osobou,
00:56
because that whole "Eat, Pray, Love" thing
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lebo celá tá vec „Jedz, modli sa, miluj“
00:58
was a huge break for me.
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bola pre mňa prelomová.
01:00
But it also left me in a really tricky position
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Ale taktiež som ostala
v ťažkej pozícií,
v ťažkej pozícií,
ako sa ďalej autorsky posunúť,
01:02
moving forward as an author
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prísť na to, ako dopekla
01:04
trying to figure out how in the world
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znova napíšem knihu,
01:06
I was ever going to write a book again
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01:07
that would ever please anybody,
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ktorá by niekoho uspokojila,
01:09
because I knew well in advance
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pretože som už dopredu dobre vedela,
01:11
that all of those people who
had adored "Eat, Pray, Love"
had adored "Eat, Pray, Love"
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že všetci tí, čo milovali
„Jedz, modli sa, miluj“,
„Jedz, modli sa, miluj“,
01:14
were going to be incredibly disappointed
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budú neskutočne sklamaní
zo všetkého, čo napíšem neskôr,
01:15
in whatever I wrote next
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pretože to už nebude
„Jedz, modli sa, miluj“
„Jedz, modli sa, miluj“
01:17
because it wasn't going to be "Eat, Pray, Love,"
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01:19
and all of those people who
had hated "Eat, Pray, Love"
had hated "Eat, Pray, Love"
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a všetci tí, čo nenávideli
„Jedz, modli sa, miluj“,
„Jedz, modli sa, miluj“,
budú neskutočne sklamaní
01:21
were going to be incredibly disappointed
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01:22
in whatever I wrote next
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zo všetkého, čo napíšem,
01:24
because it would provide evidence that I still lived.
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pretože by to bol dôkaz,
že stále žijem.
že stále žijem.
01:26
So I knew that I had no way to win,
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Takže som vedela,
že nemôžem vyhrať
že nemôžem vyhrať
01:30
and knowing that I had no way to win
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a toto poznanie
01:32
made me seriously consider for a while
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ma donútilo na chvíľu sa zamyslieť,
01:34
just quitting the game
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či nemám skončiť
01:35
and moving to the country to raise corgis.
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a presťahovať sa na vidiek,
kde by som chovala psy.
kde by som chovala psy.
01:39
But if I had done that, if I had given up writing,
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Ale ak by som sa vzdala písania,
01:41
I would have lost my beloved vocation,
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prišla by som o moje
milované povolanie,
milované povolanie,
01:43
so I knew that the task was that I had to find
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takže som vedela,
že mojou úlohou je nájsť
že mojou úlohou je nájsť
01:45
some way to gin up the inspiration
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spôsob, ako získať inšpiráciu,
01:48
to write the next book
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aby som napísala knihu
01:49
regardless of its inevitable negative outcome.
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bez ohľadu na nevyhnutný
negatívny výsledok.
negatívny výsledok.
01:52
In other words, I had to find a way to make sure
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Skrátka, musela som nájsť spôsob,
01:53
that my creativity survived its own success.
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ako moja kreativita
prežije vlastný úspech.
prežije vlastný úspech.
01:56
And I did, in the end, find that inspiration,
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A nakoniec som našla tú inšpiráciu,
01:58
but I found it in the most unlikely
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ale na tom najnepravdepodobnejšom
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and unexpected place.
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a celkom nečakanom mieste.
02:01
I found it in lessons that I had learned earlier in life
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Našla som ju v ponaučeniach,
ktoré som sa naučila v živote,
ktoré som sa naučila v živote,
02:04
about how creativity can survive its own failure.
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o tom, ako kreativita môže prežiť
svoj vlastný neúspech.
svoj vlastný neúspech.
02:08
So just to back up and explain,
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Trochu sa pristavím a vysvetlím,
02:09
the only thing I have ever wanted to be
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že som v živote chcela byť
02:11
for my whole life was a writer.
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jedine spisovateľkou.
02:13
I wrote all through childhood,
all through adolescence,
all through adolescence,
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Písala som počas detstva,
počas dospievania,
počas dospievania,
02:15
by the time I was a teenager I was sending
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už ako tínedžerka som posielala moje
02:17
my very bad stories to The New Yorker,
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veľmi zlé poviedky do The New Yorker-a
02:19
hoping to be discovered.
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dúfajúc, že budem objavená.
02:20
After college, I got a job as a diner waitress,
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Po vysokej som pracovala
ako čašníčka v bistre,
ako čašníčka v bistre,
02:23
kept working, kept writing,
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stále som pracovala, stále som písala,
02:25
kept trying really hard to get published,
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stále som sa snažila
o publikovanie mojich prác
o publikovanie mojich prác
02:27
and failing at it.
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a nedarilo sa mi to.
02:29
I failed at getting published
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Zlyhávala som v publikovaní
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for almost six years.
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takmer 6 rokov.
02:32
So for almost six years, every single day,
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Takmer 6 rokov, každý jeden deň,
02:34
I had nothing but rejection letters
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som dostávala samé odmietnutia,
02:35
waiting for me in my mailbox.
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ktoré na mňa čakali v schránke.
02:37
And it was devastating every single time,
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A vždy to bolo zdrvujúce,
02:39
and every single time, I had to ask myself
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každý raz som sa samej seba pýtala,
02:41
if I should just quit while I was behind
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či mám skončiť, pokiaľ sa mi nedarí
02:43
and give up and spare myself this pain.
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a či sa mám vzdať a
ušetriť sa tejto bolesti.
ušetriť sa tejto bolesti.
02:47
But then I would find my resolve,
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Ale potom som našla riešenie,
02:48
and always in the same way,
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a to vždy rovnaké,
02:50
by saying, "I'm not going to quit,
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tak, že som si povedala: "Neskončím,
02:52
I'm going home."
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idem domov."
A musíte pochopiť, že pre mňa
02:54
And you have to understand that for me,
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02:55
going home did not mean
returning to my family's farm.
returning to my family's farm.
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odchod domov neznamenal
návrat na rodinnú farmu.
návrat na rodinnú farmu.
02:58
For me, going home
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Pre mňa odchod domov
03:00
meant returning to the work of writing
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znamenal návrat k písaniu,
03:01
because writing was my home,
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lebo písanie bolo mojím domovom,
03:03
because I loved writing more
than I hated failing at writing,
than I hated failing at writing,
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pretože som ho milovala viac
ako som nenávidela zlyhávanie v ňom.
ako som nenávidela zlyhávanie v ňom.
03:06
which is to say that I loved writing
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Skrátka, písanie som mala radšej
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more than I loved my own ego,
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ako svoje vlastné ego,
03:09
which is ultimately to say
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čo v podstate znamená,
03:11
that I loved writing more than I loved myself.
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že som milovala písanie
viac, ako samú seba.
viac, ako samú seba.
03:13
And that's how I pushed through it.
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A takto som sa cez to dostala.
03:15
But the weird thing is that 20 years later,
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Ale divné je, že o 20 rokov neskôr,
03:17
during the crazy ride of "Eat, Pray, Love,"
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počas bláznivej jazdy „Jedz, modli sa,
03:19
I found myself identifying all over again
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miluj“, som sa
začala znova stotožňovať
začala znova stotožňovať
03:21
with that unpublished young diner waitress
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s tou nepublikovanou
mladou čašníčkou z bistra,
mladou čašníčkou z bistra,
03:24
who I used to be, thinking about her constantly,
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ktorou som bola, neustále
som nad ňou premýšľala,
som nad ňou premýšľala,
03:26
and feeling like I was her again,
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a cítila som,
že som ňou opäť,
že som ňou opäť,
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which made no rational sense whatsoever
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čo nedávalo absolútne žiaden zmysel,
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because our lives could not
have been more different.
have been more different.
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lebo naše životy nemohli
byť odlišnejšie.
byť odlišnejšie.
03:32
She had failed constantly.
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Ona bola vždy neúspešná.
03:33
I had succeeded beyond my wildest expectation.
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Môj úspech predčil aj tie
najväčšie očakávania.
najväčšie očakávania.
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We had nothing in common.
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Nič sme nemali spoločné.
03:37
Why did I suddenly feel like I was her all over again?
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Prečo som sa zrazu znova cítila ako ona?
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And it was only when I was trying to unthread that
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A až keď som sa to snažila vyriešiť,
03:43
that I finally began to comprehend
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začala som konečne chápať
03:44
the strange and unlikely psychological connection
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zvláštne a nepravdepodobné
spojenie v našich
spojenie v našich
03:47
in our lives between the way
we experience great failure
we experience great failure
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životoch medzi tým, ako
prežívame obrovské sklamanie
prežívame obrovské sklamanie
03:49
and the way we experience great success.
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a ako prežívame obrovský úspech.
03:51
So think of it like this:
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Premýšľajte nad tým takto:
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For most of your life, you live out your existence
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Väčšinu vášho života len prežívate
03:55
here in the middle of the chain of human experience
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tu v strede reťazca ľudských skúseností,
03:57
where everything is normal
and reassuring and regular,
and reassuring and regular,
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kde je všetko normálne,
upokojujúce a bežné,
upokojujúce a bežné,
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but failure catapults you abruptly way out over here
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ale zlyhanie vás odrazu katapultuje
preč z tohto miesta
preč z tohto miesta
04:04
into the blinding darkness of disappointment.
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do oslepujúcej temnoty sklamania.
04:06
Success catapults you just as abruptly but just as far
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Úspech vás katapultuje rovnako nečakane,
ale ďaleko,
ale ďaleko,
04:10
way out over here
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preč odtiaľto
04:11
into the equally blinding glare
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do rovnako oslepujúcej žiary,
04:13
of fame and recognition and praise.
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avšak slávy, uznania a chvály.
04:16
And one of these fates
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A jeden z týchto osudov
04:17
is objectively seen by the world as bad,
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svet objektívne berie ako zlý,
04:20
and the other one is objectively
seen by the world as good,
seen by the world as good,
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druhý objektívne berie ako dobrý,
04:22
but your subconscious is completely incapable
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no vaše podvedomie je úplne neschopné
04:24
of discerning the difference between bad and good.
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rozlišovať medzi dobrým a zlým osudom.
04:27
The only thing that it is capable of feeling
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Jediné, čo dokáže, je cítiť
04:29
is the absolute value of this emotional equation,
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absolútnu hodnotu tejto
emocionálnej rovnice,
emocionálnej rovnice,
04:33
the exact distance that you have been flung
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presnú vzdialenosť,
ktorú ste hodili
ktorú ste hodili
04:35
from yourself.
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od seba.
04:37
And there's a real equal danger in both cases
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A v oboch prípadoch je rovnaké riziko
04:39
of getting lost out there
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zablúdenia
04:40
in the hinterlands of the psyche.
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v hĺbke duše.
04:42
But in both cases, it turns out that there is
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Ale v oboch prípadoch sa ukáže,
04:44
also the same remedy for self-restoration,
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že je rovnaký liek na sebazotavenie,
04:47
and that is that you have got to
find your way back home again
find your way back home again
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a to taký, že musíte nájsť
cestu naspäť domov
cestu naspäť domov
04:50
as swiftly and smoothly as you can,
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tak rýchlo a hladko, ako len môžete.
04:52
and if you're wondering what your home is,
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A ak sa pýtate, čo je váš domov,
04:54
here's a hint:
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tu je pomôcka:
04:55
Your home is whatever in this world you love
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Vaším domovom je hocičo
na svete, čo milujete viac,
na svete, čo milujete viac,
04:57
more than you love yourself.
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ako milujete samých seba.
04:59
So that might be creativity, it might be family,
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Takže to môže byť kreativita, rodina,
05:01
it might be invention, adventure,
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vynaliezavosť, dobrodružstvo,
05:03
faith, service, it might be raising corgis,
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viera, služba, môže to byť
chovanie psov.
chovanie psov.
05:06
I don't know, your home is that thing
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Neviem, vaším domovom je tá vec,
05:08
to which you can dedicate your energies
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ktorej venujete svoju energiu
05:10
with such singular devotion
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takou jedinečnou oddanosťou,
05:12
that the ultimate results become inconsequential.
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že konečné výsledky sú bezvýznamné.
05:15
For me, that home has always been writing.
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Pre mňa bolo tým domovom vždy písanie.
05:18
So after the weird, disorienting success
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Takže po divnom a mätúcom
úspechu, ktorým som prešla
úspechu, ktorým som prešla
05:20
that I went through with "Eat, Pray, Love,"
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vďaka „Jedz, modli sa, miluj“, som
05:22
I realized that all I had to do was exactly
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zistila, že musím spraviť to,
05:23
the same thing that I used to have to do all the time
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čo som robievala vždy,
05:25
when I was an equally disoriented failure.
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keď som bola zmäteným neúspešným človekom.
05:27
I had to get my ass back to work,
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Musela som sa dotlačiť späť do práce
05:29
and that's what I did, and that's how, in 2010,
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a to je to, čo som aj spravila,
a tak som v roku 2010
a tak som v roku 2010
05:32
I was able to publish the dreaded follow-up
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dokázala vydať
obávanú následníčku
obávanú následníčku
05:34
to "Eat, Pray, Love."
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predošlej knihy.
05:35
And you know what happened with that book?
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Viete, čo sa s tou knihou stalo?
05:37
It bombed, and I was fine.
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Bola prepadák,
ale ja som bola v poriadku.
ale ja som bola v poriadku.
05:39
Actually, I kind of felt bulletproof,
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Vlastne som sa cítila nepriestrelná,
05:41
because I knew that I had broken the spell
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pretože som vedela,
že som prekonala prekliatie
že som prekonala prekliatie
05:43
and I had found my way back home
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a našla som cestu späť domov,
05:45
to writing for the sheer devotion of it.
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k písaniu z čistej oddanosti.
05:48
And I stayed in my home of writing after that,
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Po jej napísaní som
zostala v mojom domove
zostala v mojom domove
05:50
and I wrote another book that just came out last year
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a minulý rok som vydala ďalšiu knihu,
05:51
and that one was really beautifully received,
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ktorá bola naozaj skvelo prijatá,
05:53
which is very nice, but not my point.
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čo je pekné, ale nie podstata.
05:55
My point is that I'm writing another one now,
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Podstatou je, že práve píšem ďalšiu
05:57
and I'll write another book after that
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a po nej napíšem ďalšiu
05:58
and another and another and another
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a ďalšiu, a ďalšiu, a ďalšiu.
06:00
and many of them will fail,
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Veľa z nich zlyhá,
06:01
and some of them might succeed,
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niektoré možno uspejú,
06:03
but I will always be safe
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ale vždy budem v bezpečí
06:04
from the random hurricanes of outcome
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pred náhodnými smršťami výsledkov,
06:07
as long as I never forget where I rightfully live.
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pokiaľ nikdy nezabudnem,
kde oprávnene žijem.
kde oprávnene žijem.
06:10
Look, I don't know where you rightfully live,
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Pozrite, neviem, kde vy oprávnene žijete,
06:13
but I know that there's something in this world
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ale viem, že vo svete je niečo,
06:14
that you love more than you love yourself.
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čo máte radšej, ako samých seba.
06:16
Something worthy, by the way,
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Niečo, čo naozaj stojí za to,
06:18
so addiction and infatuation don't count,
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takže závislosť a zaslepenosť sa nerátajú,
06:20
because we all know that those
are not safe places to live. Right?
are not safe places to live. Right?
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pretože všetci vieme, že tie
nie sú bezpečným miestom pre život. Však?
nie sú bezpečným miestom pre život. Však?
06:24
The only trick is that you've got to identify
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Jedinou fintou je, že musíte rozpoznať
06:26
the best, worthiest thing that you love most,
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najlepšiu, najcennejšiu vec,
ktorú najviac milujete
ktorú najviac milujete
06:28
and then build your house right on top of it
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a potom na nej postavte základy
06:31
and don't budge from it.
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a nepohnite sa odtiaľ.
06:33
And if you should someday, somehow
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A ak sa niekedy nejako
06:35
get vaulted out of your home
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vzdialite od svojho domova
06:37
by either great failure or great success,
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kvôli veľkému sklamaniu
alebo veľkému úspechu,
alebo veľkému úspechu,
06:39
then your job is to fight your
way back to that home
way back to that home
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vašou úlohou je
prebojovať sa naspäť domov
prebojovať sa naspäť domov
06:42
the only way that it has ever been done,
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jediným spôsobom, akým to kedy išlo,
06:43
by putting your head down and performing
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a to tak, že sa zastavíte
a začnete pracovať
a začnete pracovať
06:46
with diligence and devotion
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usilovne a oddane,
06:47
and respect and reverence
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s rešpektom a úctou,
06:49
whatever the task is that love
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bez ohľadu na danú úlohu tak,
aby vás láska
aby vás láska
06:51
is calling forth from you next.
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poháňala dopredu.
06:53
You just do that, and keep doing that
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Proste robte len to a pokračujte v tom
06:55
again and again and again,
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ďalej a ďalej, a ďalej
06:57
and I can absolutely promise you,
from long personal experience
from long personal experience
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a ja vám môžem sľúbiť,
z mnohých vlastných skúseností
z mnohých vlastných skúseností
07:00
in every direction, I can assure you
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v každom smere, môžem vás uistiť,
07:02
that it's all going to be okay.
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že všetko bude v poriadku.
07:04
Thank you.
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Ďakujem.
07:06
(Applause)
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(Potlesk)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Elizabeth Gilbert - WriterThe author of 'Eat, Pray, Love,' Elizabeth Gilbert has thought long and hard about some big topics. Her fascinations: genius, creativity and how we get in our own way when it comes to both.
Why you should listen
Elizabeth Gilbert faced down a premidlife crisis by doing what we all secretly dream of -- running off for a year. Her travels through Italy, India and Indonesia resulted in the megabestselling and deeply beloved memoir Eat, Pray, Love, about her process of finding herself by leaving home.
She's a longtime magazine writer -- covering music and politics for Spin and GQ -- as well as a novelist and short-story writer. Her books include the story collection Pilgrims, the novel Stern Men (about lobster fishermen in Maine) and a biography of the woodsman Eustace Conway, called The Last American Man. Her work has been the basis for two movies so far (Coyote Ugly, based on her own tale of working at the famously raunchy bar in New York City), and Eat, Pray, Love, with the part of Gilbert played by Julia Roberts. Not bad for a year off.
In 2010, Elizabeth published Committed, a memoir exploring her ambivalent feelings about the institution of marriage. And her 2013 novel, The Signature of All Things, is "a sprawling tale of 19th century botanical exploration."
Gilbert also owns and runs the import shop Two Buttons in Frenchtown, New Jersey.
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