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Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.33,0:00:12.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hello.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.22,0:00:13.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Stephen Kellogg.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.70,0:00:16.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a professional singer and songwriter.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.20,0:00:21.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was kid, I wanted to be Bon Jovi:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.03,0:00:25.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rock and roll, money, girls,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.86,0:00:28.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leg kicks, (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.03,0:00:30.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,moves wearing a headset, ironically.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.41,0:00:31.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's part of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.83,0:00:34.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, by the time I graduated college,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.63,0:00:36.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only was I not Bon Jovi,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.31,0:00:40.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I found myself eagerly\Njumping into a six-dollar-an-hour job,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.52,0:00:42.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no benefits,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.35,0:00:46.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working in a ten-foot-by-ten-foot\Nkiosk in a mall.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.84,0:00:49.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, needless to say,\Nthere was not a lot of room
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.67,0:00:53.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to practice leg kicks in that environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.42,0:00:55.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, over time,\Nwork became something for me
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.85,0:00:59.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was like pizza or sex:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.21,0:01:01.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even when it's bad, it's pretty great.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.65,0:01:04.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.40,0:01:10.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe that our ability\Nto be satisfied with our work
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.80,0:01:14.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is something\Nthat is well within our grasp.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.79,0:01:18.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't think it's specific\Nto any one field.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.60,0:01:21.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't think it's as subject\Nto external forces
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.72,0:01:24.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we give it credit for being.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.35,0:01:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think that the strategies
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.08,0:01:30.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the truths that have helped me\Nfind joy in my work
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.76,0:01:32.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are things that could work for anybody.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.81,0:01:35.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's what I want\Nto talk to you about today.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.16,0:01:36.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was getting ready,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.46,0:01:38.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I read a study in Forbes that said
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.50,0:01:43.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,job satisfaction in America\Nwas at 19%. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.67,0:01:44.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's grim.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.89,0:01:46.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not sure if I totally believe that,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.87,0:01:48.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's certainly supported my feeling
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.80,0:01:51.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this might be a relevant talk.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.91,0:01:54.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But even some of the more\Noptimistic studies that I've found
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.90,0:01:57.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still had it well bellow 50%,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.24,0:01:59.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which should mean\Nthat most people aren't happy
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.45,0:02:02.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the work that they're doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.01,0:02:04.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's a serious bummer.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.47,0:02:06.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't think it has to be that way.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.61,0:02:08.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.88,0:02:12.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to share some of those things.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.04,0:02:13.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know some of you guys\Nmight be thinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.100,0:02:15.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, you sing in a rock band.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.50,0:02:18.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course you're happy with what\Nyou're doing." And you'd be right.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.96,0:02:22.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Musicians do rate high\Non the satisfaction pole.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.81,0:02:26.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I would also say to you\Nthat the challenges that I face
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.61,0:02:29.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are, I think, the challenges\Nthat we all face.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.14,0:02:33.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to introduce you\Nto my four daughters here.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.58,0:02:34.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Audience) Aw...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.95,0:02:36.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,SK: Yeah... (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.12,0:02:40.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are my favorite people in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.61,0:02:44.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, over the last ten years,\NI've played 1,300 concerts
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.83,0:02:48.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I figured out I've spent\Nabout four out of every seven days
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.42,0:02:50.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,away from them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.24,0:02:53.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I know what it's like\Nto struggle with time commitments,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.59,0:02:55.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how much time we spend working
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.92,0:02:58.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,versus doing other things.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.14,0:03:00.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would also share with you
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.20,0:03:03.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a job performance review that I received,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.91,0:03:06.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,particularly public,\Nin a newspaper, which says,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.90,0:03:12.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"{his} music is likewise little more\Nthan an airbrushed fabrication...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.26,0:03:15.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a victim of its own gritless contrivances
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.24,0:03:17.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and overproduced underproduction."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.80,0:03:21.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.10,0:03:23.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't even know exactly what that means,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.18,0:03:24.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's not good.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.68,0:03:27.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.14,0:03:28.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think anybody who received
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.98,0:03:31.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a job performance evaluation like that
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.15,0:03:32.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would be very disappointed.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.93,0:03:34.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I know what that's like too.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.70,0:03:36.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, if you still don't believe
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.62,0:03:38.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that my struggles are your struggles,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.39,0:03:39.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will show you my tax returns
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.98,0:03:42.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the first few years that I did this.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.24,0:03:45.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, alright. Let's talk about how\Nto be happier with the work that we do.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.75,0:03:48.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first strategy or idea:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.12,0:03:50.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Know why you're working."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.34,0:03:52.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the saying goes, measure your wealth
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.70,0:03:55.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not by the things you have,\Nbut by the things you have
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.39,0:03:58.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for which you wouldn't take\Nany amount of money.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.80,0:04:01.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before my time\Nas an illustrious songwriter,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.57,0:04:03.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had my first job at Brooks Pharmacy.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.85,0:04:05.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was sixteen years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.27,0:04:06.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a sales associate,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.65,0:04:09.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which meant that I was stocking shelves,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.58,0:04:11.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,checking people out,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.57,0:04:13.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cleaning the toilet, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.28,0:04:14.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whatever needed to be done,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.94,0:04:18.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not work that one would consider
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.94,0:04:22.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,obviously fun type of stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.42,0:04:23.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one day, my mom came in
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.93,0:04:26.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she was waving a phone bill,\Nand she said,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.98,0:04:28.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If you're going to keep dating
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.70,0:04:30.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this girl who lives 45 minutes away,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.94,0:04:34.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're going to need to pay for this."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.42,0:04:37.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, as you can see,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.21,0:04:39.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I married that girl.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.86,0:04:42.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew there was no way\NI was going to be able to get
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.40,0:04:44.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from point A, my junior prom,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.98,0:04:46.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to point B, my wedding day,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.46,0:04:49.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless I could continue\Nthat conversation with my future wife.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.50,0:04:51.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew there was no way\NI was going to be able
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.71,0:04:53.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to continue that conversation,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.58,0:04:55.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless I paid that phone bill.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.33,0:04:57.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I went back to Brooks Pharmacy,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.10,0:04:58.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went back with a bounce in my step,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.90,0:05:01.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I knew why I was working.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.13,0:05:03.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I got into the habit of saying --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.77,0:05:05.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is totally true -- I'd say,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.60,0:05:08.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Welcome to Brooks, where you'll love\Nwhat we do for you." (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.92,0:05:11.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I am not even sure\Nif it's one of their sayings,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.61,0:05:14.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I just... (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.67,0:05:17.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, you've got to know\Nwhy you're working.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.85,0:05:20.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK. The second strategy.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.83,0:05:24.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It's better to be at the bottom\Nof a ladder you want to climb,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.20,0:05:25.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than the top of one you don't."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.91,0:05:27.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got that from The Office.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.84,0:05:30.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.72,0:05:32.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm big into sayings.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.58,0:05:37.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, about three years\Nafter I took that 6-dollar-an-hour job,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.85,0:05:42.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was selling advertising for a magazine,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.05,0:05:44.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was doing pretty well at it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.51,0:05:48.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I got a call to come play\Nat this local steakhouse.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.68,0:05:50.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the gig was such that they said,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.89,0:05:53.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We want you to play four hours."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.06,0:05:55.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The pay was absurdly low.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.73,0:05:57.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They made a big deal of the fact
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.26,0:05:59.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I was going to be fed.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.63,0:06:01.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.16,0:06:04.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they asked me to wear\Nthis really goofy shirt,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.74,0:06:08.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a steakhouse emblem on it\Nand everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.37,0:06:10.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, it was not a sexy gig.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.88,0:06:15.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But at the end\Nof that first night doing that,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.16,0:06:18.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew I was on a ladder \NI wanted to climb.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.46,0:06:21.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also knew I was at the bottom\Nof that ladder,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.41,0:06:22.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it was alright.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.78,0:06:26.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, whenever possible,\Nclimb ladders worth climbing.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.44,0:06:31.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number three: "The grass\Nis always going to look greener."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.64,0:06:33.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is such a cliché.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.27,0:06:36.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really hesitate to use it here at TED,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.25,0:06:39.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I don't think there's actually\Na better way to say this.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.08,0:06:41.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're talking about\Nbeing happy with your work,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.30,0:06:44.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think one of the easiest ways\Nto be unhappy with your work
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.70,0:06:48.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to sit there, looking over\Nyour shoulder, at the other guy,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.52,0:06:50.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thinking that they have it better
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.32,0:06:52.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that their situation's better.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.35,0:06:56.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that we have\Ncommon denominators in all work,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.87,0:06:58.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or rules of the game.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.43,0:07:01.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody's going to have a boss
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.16,0:07:03.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who doesn't always appreciate you
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.29,0:07:05.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as much as you wish they would.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.37,0:07:07.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going to have coworkers
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.44,0:07:10.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who don't do things the way we would
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.53,0:07:14.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or who are just annoying, \Nyou know. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.84,0:07:18.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rarely do people get paid\Nwhat they feel they're worth.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.76,0:07:22.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, you know, sometimes,\Nyou have too many hours,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.20,0:07:26.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,too little hours, you could always\Ndo a better job, if only.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.68,0:07:29.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's fine that we have these.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.13,0:07:32.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These exist at every job, at every level.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.44,0:07:35.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The important thing,\Nif you want to be happy with your work,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.26,0:07:38.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to realize\Nthat they exist at every level.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.23,0:07:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody's got these,\Nso you're not sitting there
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.60,0:07:43.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thinking, "Ah, the grass is really\Ngreener on the other side."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.76,0:07:46.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This picture, I'll just explain,\Nthat's me in a van,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.40,0:07:48.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about five years into my touring.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.11,0:07:50.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had it in my mind that,\Nif I could get on a tour bus,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.84,0:07:53.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all my problems would be solved.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.03,0:07:54.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One day, I got on a tour bus.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.45,0:07:56.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I promptly found a bunch of new problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.47,0:07:57.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I'm back in a van,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.75,0:07:59.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I had a lot of problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.16,0:08:01.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The bottom line is\Nthe grass isn't always greener
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.47,0:08:03.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the other side. So, alright.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.76,0:08:09.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number four: "Understand\Nthe positive effects of your work."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.14,0:08:12.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is something that sounds simple,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.40,0:08:16.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'm kind of amazed\Nwhen I talk to people about their work,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.36,0:08:19.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how not keyed in it's possible to be
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.11,0:08:22.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the positive impact of what you do.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.58,0:08:25.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think of the guy\Nthat brings pizza to my house
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.28,0:08:27.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every Friday night.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.29,0:08:29.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now he knows I'm so psych to see him
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.56,0:08:33.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he's got this big grin when\Nhe shows up -- (Laughter) -- doing it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.04,0:08:35.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you're bringing\Nthe best food in the world --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.53,0:08:38.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,non-negotiable -- to someone's house.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.40,0:08:41.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.56,0:08:44.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It just is that way, you know.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.30,0:08:47.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I think of my accountant,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.53,0:08:50.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who takes a big scary mess of papers
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.13,0:08:53.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the looming threat\Nof the IRS and possibly jail,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.82,0:08:57.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he turns that into, sometimes,\Na tax return. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.64,0:08:59.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think of a realtor
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.41,0:09:02.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who takes in a young couple,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.61,0:09:04.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who says, "We want this much house,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.40,0:09:05.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we have this much money,"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.83,0:09:08.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, somehow, they make it work.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.75,0:09:10.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could do this with every job.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.32,0:09:13.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obviously, we don't have time to do that,\Nbut, seriously, email me,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.81,0:09:16.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I will help you find\Nthe positive impact of your work,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.74,0:09:19.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you can't, unless you're a criminal,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.55,0:09:21.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which case -- (Laughter) --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.23,0:09:22.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't help you there.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.94,0:09:24.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.48,0:09:27.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This moment really came for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.25,0:09:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd been out there -- I think I can say
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.92,0:09:32.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel at home with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.78,0:09:36.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, I was trying to bolster\Nmy ego, sell more records,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.72,0:09:38.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sell more tickets, be a bigger deal.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.74,0:09:41.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'd been on tour\Nand doing that for about six years.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.42,0:09:44.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I got a call to play\Nat the Saint Jude Children's Hospital,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.45,0:09:45.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Memphis, Tennessee.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.64,0:09:50.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I went, and I played\Nto about a dozen patients,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.24,0:09:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and parents and staff.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.30,0:09:55.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at that small concert,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.73,0:09:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had an "aha" moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.72,0:10:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I saw people who had
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.80,0:10:03.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so little to smile about
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.14,0:10:05.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,smiling back at me.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.49,0:10:10.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I realized that this skill set\NI'd been working on
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.25,0:10:14.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had developed so that people\Nwithout an inclination to smile
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.40,0:10:16.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could have joy again.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.59,0:10:18.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I never played a gig different --
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.86,0:10:21.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never played the same way, after that.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.64,0:10:25.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, key into whatever it is that you do
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.16,0:10:27.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's positive, and hang on to that.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.20,0:10:29.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll be happier with your work. OK.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.40,0:10:34.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fifth and final strategy,\Nor insight, or truth
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.46,0:10:36.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's made work like sex for me
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.100,0:10:39.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is this, -- (Laughter) --
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.10,0:10:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Maintain your integrity and core values."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.62,0:10:45.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Core values are some of those buzz words,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.75,0:10:49.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you hear so much\Nthat it's kind of become white noise.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.100,0:10:54.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'm really talking about your soul.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.43,0:10:59.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And probably the most humiliating moment\Nof my professional career
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.47,0:11:01.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,came a couple years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.49,0:11:03.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was decided I should have a hit song.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.77,0:11:05.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I flew out to Los Angeles,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.99,0:11:08.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where all hit songs come from, (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.74,0:11:10.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to work with some writers.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.57,0:11:14.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we wrote a song that was\Nintended to be a tip of the hat
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.37,0:11:16.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Simon & Garfunkel.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.69,0:11:19.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suffice it to say we pretty much\Nput the hat on. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.95,0:11:21.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, when the song came out,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.45,0:11:23.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my fans called me out on it and said,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.44,0:11:26.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You know, that song\Nsounds like Paul Simon."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.58,0:11:29.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My four-year-old daughter\Nwalked into my office one day,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.40,0:11:34.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she said, "Daddy, Paul Simon's song\Nsounds like your song."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.07,0:11:35.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.22,0:11:37.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that was definitely,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.31,0:11:41.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,definitely the lowest moment of my career.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.20,0:11:44.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt very out of touch\Nwith what I'm about.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.48,0:11:48.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The good news\Nis you can make those things right.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.15,0:11:50.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, in this case, I withdrew the song,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.96,0:11:55.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rewrote it to be 100% mine, \Nfeel like mine.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.28,0:11:58.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I explained as best as I could\Nto my fans,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.49,0:12:00.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kind of how that had happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.60,0:12:03.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, out of the lowest moment\Nof my career,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.31,0:12:05.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,came really the proudest moment\Nof my career,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.91,0:12:10.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I knew exactly\Nwho I was in that moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.85,0:12:12.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I could continue my mission.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.94,0:12:15.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, don't ever underestimate the power
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.96,0:12:19.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of keeping your integrity \Nand your values in your work.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.99,0:12:21.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You do these five things,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.47,0:12:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we are going to show\NForbes who's boss, my friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.52,0:12:25.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.84,0:12:30.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I'm going to finish\Nthis talk with a song.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.44,0:12:31.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's what I do.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.75,0:12:35.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not really known for brevity,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.64,0:12:39.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and no one that's ever interviewed me
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.03,0:12:41.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has accused me of being too concise.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.12,0:12:45.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this opportunity to do this today
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.77,0:12:49.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and boil down some of why work\Nhas been a positive thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.61,0:12:51.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it gets me really excited.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.71,0:12:53.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope that somebody out there
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.63,0:12:57.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who's not satisfied\Ncan grab on to that and can think,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.52,0:12:59.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If I know why I'm working,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.19,0:13:01.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I climb ladders worth climbing,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.76,0:13:04.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I don't spend all my time dreaming
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.23,0:13:07.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the grass is greener\Non the other side,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.39,0:13:11.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I can understand\Nthe positive impacts of my work,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.21,0:13:14.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if I can keep\Nmy soul intact in the process,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.12,0:13:16.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to get more out of my job."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.46,0:13:18.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This song I'm going to leave you with
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.25,0:13:22.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is my final comment on job satisfaction.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.75,0:13:26.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's the last thing\Nthat I want to share with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.50,0:13:27.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've put it in this song.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.83,0:13:32.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's, your work is just your work.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.39,0:13:35.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It happens to be what we spend\Nmost of our waking hours doing,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.50,0:13:40.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's not the whole of who you are,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.09,0:13:42.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's just one part of your identity.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.55,0:13:43.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can switch it up,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.71,0:13:46.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can do whatever\Nyou have to do to be happy.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.15,0:13:47.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I hope we're happy.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.54,0:13:49.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This song's called "Satisfied Man".
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.93,0:13:54.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Acoustic guitar)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.33,0:13:59.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ There are some things\Nyou never get over ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.80,0:14:03.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Whatever your parents say ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.15,0:14:05.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ First on my list of these three things ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.91,0:14:09.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ is the sight of my father walking away ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.67,0:14:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Next on my list would be heaven ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.22,0:14:16.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ I already know what it's like ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.64,0:14:19.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ because I fell in love\Nwhen I was sixteen ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.73,0:14:23.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ with the absolute love of my life ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.42,0:14:27.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Last on my list would be losing ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.03,0:14:30.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Someone always needs to win ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.39,0:14:33.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ And thumbing your nose\Nat the boss I suppose ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.49,0:14:37.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ just feels like a beautiful thing ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.58,0:14:41.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ The thing that nobody tells you ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.02,0:14:44.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ you figure it out if you can ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.18,0:14:47.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ There's one thing on Earth\Nno one can touch ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.46,0:14:50.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ It's the sleep of a satisfied man ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.85,0:14:56.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Yeah, the sleep of a satisfied man ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.42,0:14:59.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ And I don't know \Nwhy I love the leaving ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.80,0:15:03.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ It's not from lack of loving you ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.47,0:15:06.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ You can't remember\Nwhen you stopped breathing ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.69,0:15:10.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ and I can't remember it too ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.09,0:15:13.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ But I'm coming home tomorrow ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.44,0:15:16.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ and I wanted you to know ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.87,0:15:20.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ that the part of me\Nthat can make you smile ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.54,0:15:24.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ is the same part that needed to go ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.23,0:15:27.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ And the thing that nobody tells you ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.70,0:15:30.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ you figure it out if you can ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.68,0:15:34.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ It's that they can't interfere\Nor get inside here ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.32,0:15:37.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ to the sleep of a satisfied man ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.79,0:15:42.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Yeah, the sleep of a satisfied man ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.64,0:15:47.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ And of all the things \NI've had to learn ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.59,0:15:49.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ there's just one that won't quit ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.70,0:15:51.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ no matter how I try ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.94,0:15:55.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ one that won't quit,\Nit's all that I can stand ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.58,0:15:59.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ one that won't quit,\NI'll never learn to say goodbye ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.69,0:16:03.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ but I hope for your sakes that you can ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.91,0:16:08.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Then, on April 2nd,\Nthe birth of my heart ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.29,0:16:11.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ the day that the zombie\Nawoke with a start ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.85,0:16:15.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ When I fell for Button\Nand she fell for me ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.51,0:16:18.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ back in the spring in 1993 ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.91,0:16:22.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ January 7th, 2005 ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.51,0:16:25.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ the birth of my blood \Ncame fully to life ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.91,0:16:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Now, when I see Saint Peter\Nand ask for my wings ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.28,0:16:32.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ leave me that memory\Nand the joy that it brings ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:16:32.94,0:16:36.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Because the thing \Nthat nobody tells you ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:16:36.66,0:16:39.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ you figure it out if you can ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.69,0:16:43.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ it's the things \Nthat you never get over ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:16:43.21,0:16:46.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ that build the character of a man ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.90,0:16:50.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ And if heaven, \Nand family, and children ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.65,0:16:53.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ are what's left to me when I die ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.96,0:16:57.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ then, I hope for your sake\Nthat you're better than me ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:16:57.33,0:17:00.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ at learning to say goodbye ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.94,0:17:04.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Oh, if heaven, \Nand family, and children ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.41,0:17:07.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ are what's left to the race that I ran ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.96,0:17:11.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ then, I'll quietly slip\Nto this slumbering peace ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.44,0:17:14.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ of the sleep of a satisfied man ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.87,0:17:18.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Yeah, the sleep of a satisfied man ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:17:18.39,0:17:20.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Oh, the sleep of a satisfied... ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.58,0:17:22.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ And may you all be satisfied ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.17,0:17:34.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Cheers) (Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:17:34.01,0:17:36.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you all very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:38.69,0:17:41.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you so much, everybody.\NThank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:41.81,0:17:43.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.