Raquel Maldonado Aguila

Transcription Assessment Here’s the link to the original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN79-Tv5GHY This is really a 2-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 the TED 7 years ago. And in the seat next to me is 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 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 the TED. And I think Jeeezz! I'm in the middle of a room of successful people. So why don't I ask them what helped succeed, and pass it on to kids? So here we are. 7 years, 500 interviews later and I'm going to tell you what really leads to success and makes TEDsters stick. And the first thing is Passion. Freeman Thomas says "I'm driven by my passion". TEDsters just do it for Love they don't do it for money. Carol Colleta says "I would pay someone to do what I do". The interesting thing is if you do it for love, the money comes anyway. "Work" Rupert Murdoch said to me "It's all the hard work. Nothing comes easily. But I have a lot of fun". Did he say fun? Rupert? Yes! TEDsters do have fun working and they work hard. I forgot they're not workaholics. They're workafrolics. "Good" 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 there'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 got to push, push, push." You gotta push to Shyness and Self Doubt. Goldie Hawn says "I always had self-doubts. I wasn't good enough, wasn't smart enough. I didn't think I'd make it." Now "It's not always easy to push yourself. That's why they invented mothers. Frank Gehry! Frank Gehry said to me "My mother pushed me." "Serve" Sherwin Nuland says "It was a privilege to serve as a doctor." A lot of kids want to be millionaires. The first I said to them is "Ok, well you can't serve yourself, you've got to serve others something of value." Because that's the way people really get rich. "Ideas" TEDster Bill Gates says " I had an idea: founding the first micro-computer software company. I'd it was a pretty good idea. And there's no magic to creativity and 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, Pressure. So, the answer to this question is simple: pay 4000 bucks and come to TED. Or failing that, do the 8 things -- and trust me, these are the big 8 things that lead to success. Thank you TEDsters for all your interviews. Thank you (Smiling) (Clapping)