Ted Talk
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0:13 The human voice: It's the instrument we all play. It's the most powerful sound in the world, probably.
0:21 It's the only one that can start a war or say "I love you." And yet many people have the experience that when they speak, people don't listen to them.
0:28 And why is that? How can we speak powerfully to make change in the world?
0:33 What I'd like to suggest, there are a number of habits that we need to move away from. I've assembled for your pleasure here seven deadly sins of speaking.
0:41 I'm not pretending this is an exhaustive list, but these seven, I think, are pretty large habits that we can all fall into.
0:49 First, gossip. Speaking ill of somebody who's not present. Not a nice habit, and we know perfectly well the person gossiping, five minutes later, will be gossiping about us.
1:01 Second, judging. We know people who are like this in conversation, and it's very hard to listen to somebody if you know that you're being judged and found wanting at the same time.
1:12 Third, negativity. You can fall into this. My mother, in the last years of her life, became very negative, and it's hard to listen.
1:20 I remember one day, I said to her, "It's October 1 today," and she said, "I know, isn't it dreadful?"
1:25 (Laughter)
1:27 It's hard to listen when somebody's that negative.
1:29 (Laughter)
1:30 And another form of negativity, complaining. Well, this is the national art of the U.K. It's our national sport. We complain about the weather, sport, about politics, about everything, but actually, complaining is viral misery.
1:44 It's not spreading sunshine and lightness in the world. Excuses. We've all met this guy. Maybe we've all been this guy.
1:52 Some people have a blamethrower. They just pass it on to everybody else and don't take responsibility for their actions, and again, hard to listen to somebody who is being like that.
2:02 Penultimate, the sixth of the seven, embroidery, exaggeration. It demeans our language, actually, sometimes.
2:10 For example, if I see something that really is awesome, what do I call it?
2:15 (Laughter)
2:17 And then, of course, this exaggeration becomes lying, and we don't want to listen to people we know are lying to us. And finally, dogmatism.
2:27 The confusion of facts with opinions. When those two things get conflated, you're listening into the wind. You know, somebody is bombarding you with their opinions as if they were true.
2:38 It's difficult to listen to that.
0:13 La voz humana: es el instrumento que todos tocamos. Probablemente es el sonido más poderoso del mundo.
0:21 Es el único que puede iniciar una guerra o decir "te amo". Y sin embargo, muchas personas tienen la experiencia de que cuando hablan, la gente no les escucha.
0:28 ¿Y por qué es eso? ¿Cómo podemos hablar poderosamente para hacer un cambio en el mundo?
0:33 Lo que me gustaría sugerir es que hay una serie de hábitos de los que necesitamos alejarnos. He reunido para su placer aquí los siete pecados capitales del habla.
0:41 No pretendo que esta sea una lista exhaustiva, pero estos siete, creo, son hábitos bastante grandes en los que todos podemos caer.
0:49 Primero, el chisme. Hablar mal de alguien que no está presente. No es un buen hábito, y sabemos perfectamente bien que la persona que chismea, cinco minutos después, estará chismeando sobre nosotros.
1:01 Segundo, juzgar. Conocemos a personas que son así en la conversación, y es muy difícil escuchar a alguien si sabes que te están juzgando y encontrándote deficiente al mismo tiempo.
1:12 Tercero, la negatividad. Puedes caer en esto. Mi madre, en los últimos años de su vida, se volvió muy negativa, y es difícil de escuchar.
1:20 Recuerdo un día, le dije, "Hoy es 1 de octubre", y ella dijo, "Lo sé, ¿no es terrible?"
1:25 (Risas)
1:27 Es difícil escuchar cuando alguien es tan negativo.
1:29 (Risas)
1:30 Y otra forma de negatividad, quejarse. Bueno, esto es el arte nacional del Reino Unido. Es nuestro deporte nacional. Nos quejamos del clima, del deporte, de la política, de todo, pero en realidad, quejarse es miseria viral.
1:44 No está esparciendo sol y alegría en el mundo. Excusas. Todos hemos conocido a esta persona. Tal vez todos hemos sido esta persona.
1:52 Algunas personas tienen un "culpaparásito". Simplemente lo pasan a los demás y no asumen responsabilidad por sus acciones, y nuevamente, es difícil escuchar a alguien que está siendo así.
2:02 Penúltimo, el sexto de los siete, adornar, exagerar. De hecho, degrada nuestro lenguaje a veces.
2:10 Por ejemplo, si veo algo que realmente es asombroso, ¿cómo lo llamo?
2:15 (Risas)
2:17 Y luego, por supuesto, esta exageración se convierte en mentir, y no queremos escuchar a personas que sabemos que nos están mintiendo. Y finalmente, el dogmatismo.
2:27 La confusión de hechos con opiniones. Cuando esas dos cosas se confunden, estás escuchando al viento. Sabes, alguien te está bombardeando con sus opiniones como si fueran verdades.
2:38 Es difícil escuchar eso
Transposition: "It's the most powerful sound in the world, probably." is translated as "Probablemente es el sonido más poderoso del mundo."
Literal: "It's the only one that can start a war or say "I love you." " is translated as "Es el único que puede iniciar una guerra o decir "te amo"."
Equivalence: "Speaking ill of somebody who's not present." is translated as "Hablar mal de alguien que no está presente."
Adaptation: "It's not spreading sunshine and lightness in the world." " is translated as "No está esparciendo sol y alegría en el mundo."
Adaptation: "of course" is translated as "por supuesto"
Literal: "The confusion of facts with opinions." " is translated as "La confusión de hechos con opiniones."
0:13 The human voice:
0:16 It's the instrument we all play.
0:18 It's the most powerful sound in the world, probably.
0:21 It's the only one that can start a war or say "I love you."
0:23 And yet many people have the experience
0:25 that when they speak, people don't listen to them.
0:28 And why is that?
0:29 How can we speak powerfully to make change in the world?
0:33 What I'd like to suggest,
0:34 there are a number of habits that we need to move away from.
0:37 I've assembled for your pleasure here seven deadly sins of speaking.
0:41 I'm not pretending this is an exhaustive list,
0:43 but these seven, I think, are pretty large habits that we can all fall into.
0:49 First, gossip.
0:51 Speaking ill of somebody who's not present.
0:54 Not a nice habit, and we know perfectly well
0:56 the person gossiping, five minutes later, will be gossiping about us.
1:01 Second, judging.
1:03 We know people who are like this in conversation,
1:05 and it's very hard to listen to somebody
1:07 if you know that you're being judged and found wanting at the same time.
1:12 Third, negativity.
1:14 You can fall into this.
1:15 My mother, in the last years of her life, became very negative,
1:18 and it's hard to listen.
1:20 I remember one day, I said to her, "It's October 1 today,"
1:22 and she said, "I know, isn't it dreadful?"
1:25 (Laughter)
1:27 It's hard to listen when somebody's that negative.
1:29 (Laughter)
1:30 And another form of negativity, complaining.
1:33 Well, this is the national art of the U.K.
1:37 It's our national sport.
1:38 We complain about the weather, sport, about politics, about everything,
1:42 but actually, complaining is viral misery.
1:44 It's not spreading sunshine and lightness in the world.
1:48 Excuses.
1:50 We've all met this guy.
1:51 Maybe we've all been this guy.
1:52 Some people have a blamethrower.
1:55 They just pass it on to everybody else
1:57 and don't take responsibility for their actions,
2:00 and again, hard to listen to somebody who is being like that.
2:02 Penultimate, the sixth of the seven,
2:04 embroidery, exaggeration.
2:08 It demeans our language, actually, sometimes.
2:10 For example, if I see something that really is awesome,
2:13 what do I call it?
2:15 (Laughter)
2:17 And then, of course, this exaggeration becomes lying,
2:21 and we don't want to listen to people we know are lying to us.
2:24 And finally, dogmatism.
2:27 The confusion of facts with opinions.
2:31 When those two things get conflated,
2:33 you're listening into the wind.
2:34 You know, somebody is bombarding you with their opinions as if they were true.
2:38 It's difficult to listen to that.