精华课程分享：成功的8个秘诀。

这是一篇很短的TED视频，只有3分多钟，但完全可以说“浓缩的都是精华”。

其中最让我深有感触的，也是我选择把这篇演讲放上来的原因是这一句话：Carol Coletta says, “I would pay someone to do what I do.”

我所在的公司其实一直都没怎么赚到钱，但是我们的老板却一直一直一直在往里边投钱，而且在许多时候的许多决策都让我们许多人都看不懂（废话，你要是看懂了，你不也成了Chairman of the Board了？）。
举个例子来说：我们今年不卖XXXX产品，RD努力做好XXXX产品。
OK，我明白，单纯这样讲可能你看不懂，那我换个说法：RD不要理会Sales的那些XXXX产品有YYYY bug、缺ZZZZ功能的抱怨（事实上连RD都知道有些问题很急，甚至有可能RD稍微努力的去配合一下，KKKK项目就能成功了），我想要做的是另外一个 功能/产品，而这个新功能/新产品可能几年内都带不来一分钱的收入，但谈下这个KKKK项目有可能会带来可观的收入，对业务的拓展及数年来的亏损有所帮 助……
这样讲，也许你能有一点点的明白了吧？
所以，当我在课堂上听到这句话的时候 Carol Coletta says, “I would pay someone to do what I do.”，真的被深深的感触到了，我们的董事长经营这家公司就是为了一种热爱，他爱这个产品，所以他愿意为这个产品投入大笔大笔的钱（哪怕连续的亏损），同时，他也愿意付钱给同样热爱这个产品的人让他们跟他一起工作。
以下为我专门到网上搜到的这个视频相关的英文原文：

Richard St. John: 8 secrets of success

http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_st_john_s_8_secrets_of_success.html

About this talk

Why do people succeed? Is it because they’re smart? Or are they just lucky? Neither. Analyst Richard St. John condenses years of interviews into an unmissable 3-minute slideshow on the real secrets of success.

About Richard St. John

A self-described average guy who found success doing what he loved, Richard St. John spent more than a decade researching the lessons of success — and distilling them into 8 words, 3 minutes and one successful book.

Transcript

This is really a two hour presentation I give to high school students, cut down to three minutes. And it all started one day on a plane, on my way to TED, seven years ago. And in the seat next to me was a high school student, a teenager, and she came from a really poor family. And she wanted to make something of her life, and she asked me a simple little question. She said, “What leads to success?” And I felt really badly, because I couldn’t give her a good answer. So I get off the plane, and I come to TED. And I think, jeez, I’m in the middle of a room of successful people! So why don’t I ask them what helped them succeed, and pass it on to kids? So here we are, seven years, 500 interviews later, and I’m gonna tell you what really leads to success and makes TED-sters tick.

And the first thing is passion.

Freeman Thomas says, “I’m driven by my passion.” TED-sters do it for love, they don’t do it for money. Carol Coletta says, “I would pay someone to do what I do.” And the interesting thing is, if you do it for love, the money comes anyway.

Work!

Rupert Murdoch said to me, “It’s all hard work. Nothing comes easily. But I have a lot of fun.” Did he say fun? Rupert? Yes! TED-sters do have fun working. And they work hard. I figured, they’re not workaholics. They’re workafrolics. Good!

Practice.

Alex Garden says, “To be successful put your nose down in something and get damn good at it.” There’s no magic, it’s practice, practice, practice.

And it’s focus.

Norman Jewison said to me, “I think it all has to do with focusing yourself on one thing”

And push!

David Gallo says, “Push yourself. Physically, mentally, you’ve gotta push, push, push.” You gotta push through shyness and self-doubt.
Goldie Hawn says, “I always had self-doubts. I wasn’t good enough, I wasn’t smart enough. I didn’t think I’d make it.” Now it’s not always easy to push yourself, and that’s why they invented mothers. (Laughter)
Frank Gehry — Frank Gehry said to me, “My mother pushed me.”

Serve!

Sherwin Nuland says, “It was a privilege to serve as a doctor.” Now a lot of kids tell me they want to be millionaires. And the first thing I say to them is, “OK, well you can’t serve yourself, you gotta serve others something of value. Because that’s the way people really get rich.”

Ideas.

TED-ster Bill Gates says, “I had an idea — founding the first micro-computer software company.” I’d say it was a pretty good idea. And there’s no magic to creativity in coming up with ideas, it’s just doing some very simple things. And I give lots of evidence.

Persist.

Joe Kraus says, “Persistence is the number one reason for our success.” You gotta persist through failure. You gotta persist through crap! Which of course means “Criticism, Rejection, Assholes and Pressure.” (Laughter)

So, the big — the answer to this question is simple: Pay 4,000 bucks and come to TED. Or failing that, do the eight things — and trust me, these are the big eight things that lead to success.

Thank you TED-sters for all your interviews

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