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Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.00,0:00:16.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, my subject is success,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.07,0:00:19.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so people sometimes\Ncall me a "motivational speaker."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.54,0:00:23.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I want you to know right up front\NI'm not a motivational speaker.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.28,0:00:25.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I couldn't pass the height requirement.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.73,0:00:27.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.68,0:00:29.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I couldn't motivate anybody.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.73,0:00:32.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My employees actually call me\Na de-motivational speaker.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.70,0:00:33.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.72,0:00:36.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I try to be\Nis an informational speaker.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.36,0:00:39.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went out and found out\Nsome information about success,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.36,0:00:40.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm just here to pass it on.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.00,0:00:44.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my story started over\Nten years ago, on a plane.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.03,0:00:46.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was on my way\Nto the TED conference in California,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.00,0:00:49.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in the seat next to me\Nwas a teenage girl,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.00,0:00:53.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she came from a really poor family,\Nbut she wanted to get somewhere in life.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.84,0:00:57.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as I tapped away on my computer,\Nshe kept asking me questions,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.10,0:01:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then out of the blue,\Nshe asked, "Are you successful?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.52,0:01:02.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "No, I'm not successful."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.00,0:01:06.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Terry Fox, my hero,\Nnow there's a big success.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.78,0:01:09.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He lost a leg to cancer,\Nthen ran thousands of miles
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.80,0:01:12.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and raised millions for cancer research.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.44,0:01:15.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or Bill Gates,\Na guy who owns his own plane
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.23,0:01:18.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and doesn't have to sit\Nnext to some kid asking him questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.44,0:01:19.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.00,0:01:22.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then I told her\Nabout some of the stuff I'd done.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.60,0:01:26.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love communications,\Nand I've won lots of awards in marketing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.31,0:01:29.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love running, and I still sometimes\Nwin my age group,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.89,0:01:31.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,old farts over 60.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.49,0:01:32.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.51,0:01:35.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My fastest marathon\Nis two hours and 43 minutes
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.57,0:01:39.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to run the 26 miles, or 42 kilometers.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.43,0:01:41.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've run over 50 marathons,\Nin all 7 continents.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.00,0:01:46.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was a run my wife and I did\Nup the Inca trail to Machu Picchu in Peru.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.36,0:01:48.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to qualify for the 7 continents,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.57,0:01:50.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had to run a marathon in Antarctica.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.00,0:01:54.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when we got there,\Nit didn't look nice and calm like this,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.43,0:01:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it looked like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.79,0:01:58.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The waves were so high,\Nwe couldn't get to shore.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.28,0:02:01.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we sailed 200 miles further south\Nto where the seas were calm
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.69,0:02:04.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ran the entire 26-mile marathon
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.54,0:02:05.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the boat.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.41,0:02:09.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,422 laps around the deck\Nof that little boat.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.98,0:02:13.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My wife and I have also climbed\Ntwo of the world's seven summits,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.10,0:02:15.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the highest mountains on each continent.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.04,0:02:18.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We climbed Aconcagua, the highest\Nmountain on the American continent,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.32,0:02:20.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Kilimanjaro,\Nthe highest mountain in Africa.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.63,0:02:24.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, to be honest, I puked my way\Nto the top of Kilimanjaro,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.47,0:02:26.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got altitude sickness.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.44,0:02:28.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got no sympathy from my wife.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.50,0:02:31.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She passed me and did a lap around the top
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.37,0:02:33.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while I was still struggling up there.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.43,0:02:37.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In spite of that, we're still together\Nand have been for over 35 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.82,0:02:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.85,0:02:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd say that's a success these days.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.88,0:02:42.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I said to the girl,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.00,0:02:45.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, you know,\NI guess I have had some success."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.60,0:02:49.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then she said,\N"Okay, so are you a millionaire?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.50,0:02:50.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.61,0:02:52.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I didn't know what to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.15,0:02:55.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because when I grew up,\Nit was bad manners to talk about money.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.15,0:02:56.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I figured I'd better be honest,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.86,0:02:58.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I said, "Yeah. I'm a millionaire.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.76,0:03:00.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I don't know how it happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.42,0:03:03.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never went after the money,\Nand it's not that important to me."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.68,0:03:05.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said, "Maybe not to you,\Nbut it is to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.02,0:03:07.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want to be poor all my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.87,0:03:10.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to get somewhere,\Nbut it's never going to happen."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.59,0:03:12.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "Well, why not?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.17,0:03:14.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said, "Well, you know,\NI'm not very smart.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.57,0:03:16.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not doing great in school."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.27,0:03:20.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "So what? I'm not smart.\NI barely passed high school.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.51,0:03:22.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had absolutely nothing going for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.86,0:03:26.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was never voted most popular\Nor most likely to succeed.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.30,0:03:30.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started a whole new category\N-- most likely to fail.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.36,0:03:34.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in the end, I did okay.\NSo if I can do it, you can do it."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.39,0:03:37.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then she asked me the big question:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.35,0:03:40.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Okay, so what really leads to success?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.79,0:03:43.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "Jeez, sorry. I don't know.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.48,0:03:46.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I guess somehow I did it.\NI don't know how I did it."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.50,0:03:48.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I get off the plane\Nand go to the TED conference,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.00,0:03:52.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm standing in a room full\Nof extraordinarily successful people
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.26,0:03:55.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in many fields -- business, science, arts,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.17,0:03:57.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,health, technology, the environment --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.55,0:03:58.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it hit me:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.63,0:04:00.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why don't I ask them\Nwhat helped them succeed,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.00,0:04:04.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and find out what really\Nleads to success for everyone?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.67,0:04:08.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I was all excited to get out there\Nand start talking to these great people,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.41,0:04:09.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the self-doubt set in.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.00,0:04:12.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, why would people\Nwant to talk to me?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.96,0:04:16.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not a famous journalist.\NI'm not even a journalist.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.14,0:04:19.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I was ready to stop the project\Nbefore it even began,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.26,0:04:21.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when who comes walking\Ntowards me but Ben Cohen,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.00,0:04:24.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the famous co-founder\Nof Ben and Jerry's ice cream.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.94,0:04:26.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I figured it was now or never.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.49,0:04:28.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I pushed through the self-doubt,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.08,0:04:30.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,jumped out in front of him, and said,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.03,0:04:31.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Ben, I'm working on this project.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.70,0:04:33.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't even know what to ask you,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.41,0:04:35.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but can you tell me\Nwhat helped you succeed?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.58,0:04:38.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "Yeah, sure, come on.\NLet's go for a coffee."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.21,0:04:40.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And over coffee and ice cream,\NBen told me his story.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.95,0:04:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now here we are over 10 years later,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.12,0:04:45.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've interviewed\Nover 500 successful people
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.58,0:04:49.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,face-to-face, and collected\Nthousands of other success stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.07,0:04:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to find the common factors\Nfor success in all fields,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.32,0:04:57.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I had to interview people\Nin careers ranging from A to Z.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.24,0:05:00.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are just the careers I interviewed\Nbeginning with the letter A,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.85,0:05:02.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in most cases more than one person.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.76,0:05:04.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I interviewed six successful accountants,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.00,0:05:08.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,five corporate auditors,\Nfive astronauts who had been into space,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.77,0:05:11.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,four actors who had won\Nthe Academy Award for Best Actor,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.93,0:05:14.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,three of the world's top astrophysicists,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.59,0:05:16.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,six of the world's leading architects
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.58,0:05:19.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, oh yeah, four Nobel Prize winners.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.00,0:05:23.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, I know it doesn't start with A,\Nbut it's kind of cool.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.26,0:05:24.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.34,0:05:26.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I want to say a sincere thanks
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.37,0:05:29.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to all the great people\Nthat I've interviewed over the years.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.78,0:05:33.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This really is their story;\NI'm just the messenger.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.59,0:05:35.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The really big job was taking\Nall the interviews
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.00,0:05:39.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and analyzing them,\Nword by word, line by line,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.25,0:05:43.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sorting them into all the factors\Nthat people said helped them succeed.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.35,0:05:47.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then you start to see the big factors\Nthat are common to most people's success.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.78,0:05:50.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Altogether, I analyzed\Nand sorted millions of words.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.75,0:05:52.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know how much work that is?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.00,0:05:55.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's all I do, day and night --\Nsort and analyze.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.89,0:05:59.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you, if I ever get my hands\Non that kid on the plane --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.57,0:06:00.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.60,0:06:02.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually, if I do, I'll thank her.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.47,0:06:05.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I've never had so much fun\Nand met so many interesting people.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.95,0:06:08.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now, I can answer her question.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.33,0:06:12.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I discovered the 8 traits\Nsuccessful people have in common,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.24,0:06:14.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the 8 to be great:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.24,0:06:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Love what you do; work really hard;
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.92,0:06:18.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,focus on one thing, not everything;
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.00,0:06:22.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,keep pushing yourself;\Ncome up with good ideas;
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.64,0:06:24.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,keep improving yourself and what you do;
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.79,0:06:29.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,serve others something of value, because\Nsuccess isn't just about me, me, me;
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.81,0:06:33.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and persist, because\Nthere's no overnight success.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.74,0:06:35.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why did I pick these?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.49,0:06:38.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because when I added up\Nall the comments in my interviews,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.75,0:06:40.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more people said\Nthose 8 things helped them
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.00,0:06:42.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than anything else.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.41,0:06:45.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The eight traits are really\Nthe heart of success, the foundation,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.89,0:06:47.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then on top we build\Nthe specific skills
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.00,0:06:51.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we need for our particular\Nfield or career.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.10,0:06:56.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Technical skills, analytical skills,\Npeople skills, creative skills --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.21,0:06:58.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lots of other skills we can add on top,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.36,0:06:59.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,depending on our field.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.00,0:07:01.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But no matter what field we're in,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.00,0:07:05.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these eight traits will be\Nat the heart of our success.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.32,0:07:09.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)