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
TEDIndia 2009

Derek Sivers: Weird, or just different?

Derek Sivers: Mahiwaga, o kakaiba lang?

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"May kabaligtaran ang lahat," ayon sa isang kasabihan, at sa loob ng 2 minuto, ipapakita ni Derek Sivers na ito ay totoo sa paraang hindi mo inaasahan.
- Entrepreneur
Through his new project, MuckWork, Derek Sivers wants to lessen the burdens (and boredom) of creative people. Full bio

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So, imagine you're standing on a street anywhere in America
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Isipin niyo na kayo ay nakatayo sa isang kalye saan man sa Amerika
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and a Japanese man comes up to you and says,
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at isang Hapon ang lumapit sa iyo at nagtanong,
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"Excuse me, what is the name of this block?"
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"Mawalang galang na po, ano po ba ang pangalan ng block na ito?"
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And you say, "I'm sorry, well, this is Oak Street, that's Elm Street.
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At sinabi mo, "Paumanhin po. Ito ay Oak Street, at iyan ay Elm Street.
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This is 26th, that's 27th."
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Dito naman ay 26th, iyan ay 27th."
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He says, "OK, but what is the name of that block?"
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Sabi niya, "Ah, okay. Ano ang pangalan ng block na iyan?"
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You say, "Well, blocks don't have names.
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Sagot mo, "Wala pong pangalan ang mga blocks."
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Streets have names; blocks are just the
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Ang mga kalye meron; ang mga block ay mga
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unnamed spaces in between streets."
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espasyo lamang na walang pangalan sa pagitan ng mga kalye."
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He leaves, a little confused and disappointed.
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Umalis siyang nalilito at dismayado.
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So, now imagine you're standing on a street, anywhere in Japan,
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Ngayon, isipin mo na ikaw ay nakatayo sa isang kalye, saan man sa Japan,
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you turn to a person next to you and say,
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lumingon ka sa taong katabi mo at nagtanong,
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"Excuse me, what is the name of this street?"
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"Paumanhin po, ano po ba ang pangalan ng kalyeng ito?"
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They say, "Oh, well that's Block 17 and this is Block 16."
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Sabi nila, "Oh, iyan ay block 17 at dito ay block 16."
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And you say, "OK, but what is the name of this street?"
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At sabi mo, "Okay, pero ano ang pangalan ng kalyeng ito?"
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And they say, "Well, streets don't have names.
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Tapos sagot nila, "Walang pangalan ang mga kalye.
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Blocks have names.
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Ang mga blocks meron.
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Just look at Google Maps here. There's Block 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19.
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Tingnan mo sa Google Maps dito. Merong block 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19.
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All of these blocks have names,
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Merong pangalan ang lahat ng mga block.
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and the streets are just the unnamed spaces in between the blocks.
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Ang mga kalye ay mga espasyong walang pangalan sa pagitan ng mga blocks.
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And you say then, "OK, then how do you know your home address?"
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At sinabi mo, "Okay, so paano mo malaman ang address ng iyong tirahan?"
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He said, "Well, easy, this is District Eight.
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Sabi niya, "Madali lang, dito ay District Eight.
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There's Block 17, house number one."
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Nandyan ang block 17,Unang tirahan."
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You say, "OK, but walking around the neighborhood,
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Sinabi mo, "Okay, Pero sa paglalakad ko sa paligid,
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I noticed that the house numbers don't go in order."
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Napansin ko na hindi sunod-sunod ang mga numero ng bahay."
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He says, "Of course they do. They go in the order in which they were built.
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Sabi niya, "Syempre. Binibigay ang numero ayon sa pagkakasunod-sunod ng pagpapatayo ng gusali.
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The first house ever built on a block is house number one.
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Ang pinaka-unang bahay na ginawa sa isang block ang may unang bilang.
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The second house ever built is house number two.
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Ang pangalawang bahay na ginawa ay may pangalawang bilang.
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Third is house number three. It's easy. It's obvious."
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Ang pangatlo ay pangatlong bilang. Madali lang. Halata nga e."
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So, I love that sometimes we need to
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Kaya, nakakatuwa na minsa'y kailangan nating
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go to the opposite side of the world
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pumunta sa kabilang panig ng mundo
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to realize assumptions we didn't even know we had,
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upang matanto ang mga pagpapalagay na hindi natin inaakala,
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and realize that the opposite of them may also be true.
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at malaman natin na ang kabaligtaran nila ay maari din maging tama.
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So, for example, there are doctors in China
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Kaya, halimbawa, may mga manggagamot sa Tsina
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who believe that it's their job to keep you healthy.
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na naniniwalang ang trabaho nila ay panatilihing malusog ang inyong pangangatawan.
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So, any month you are healthy you pay them,
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Kaya, sa bawat buwan na kayo ay malusog, binabayaran niyo sila,
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and when you're sick you don't have to pay them because they failed
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at kung ikaw man ay magsakit, hindi mo kailangan magbayad dahil sila ay nabigo
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at their job. They get rich when you're healthy, not sick.
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sa kanilang trabaho. Yumayaman sila kapag ika'y malusog, hindi kung ika'y may-sakit.
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(Applause)
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(Palakpakan)
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In most music, we think of the "one"
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Sa mga musika, iniisip na ang "isa" ay
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as the downbeat, the beginning of the musical phrase: one, two, three, four.
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para sa downbeat, at ang simula ng musical phrase. Isa, dalawa tatlo apat.
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But in West African music, the "one"
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Ngunit sa musika ng Kanlurang Africa, ang "isa"
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is thought of as the end of the phrase,
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ay ang dulo ng bawat taludtod,
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like the period at the end of a sentence.
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kagaya ng tuldok sa katapusan ng isang pangungusap.
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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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Kaya, napapakinggan niyo ito hindi lamang sa bawat taludtod, ngunit pati din sa paraan kung paano nila binibilang ang kanilang musika.
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two, three, four, one.
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Dalawa, tatlo, apat, isa.
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And this map is also accurate.
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At ang mapang ito ay wastong-wasto.
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(Laughter)
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(Tawanan)
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There's a saying that whatever true thing you can say about India,
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May kasabihan na anumang totoong bagay ang sabihin mo tungkol sa India,
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the opposite is also true.
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ang kabaligtaran nito ay totoo rin.
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So, let's never forget, whether at TED, or anywhere else,
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Kaya, huwag nating kalimutan, sa TED man o kahit saan pa,
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that whatever brilliant ideas you have or hear,
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na anumang magandang ideyang naisip o narinig mo,
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that the opposite may also be true.
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ang kabaligtaran nito ay maaring tama rin.
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Domo arigato gozaimashita.
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Domo arigato gozaimashita.
Translated by Kenneth Andres
Reviewed by Schubert Malbas

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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