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Terry Moore: How to tie your shoes

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Terry Moore found out he'd been tying his shoes the wrong way his whole life. In the spirit of TED, he takes the stage to share a better way. (Historical note: This was the very first 3-minute audience talk given from the TED stage, in 2005.)

I'm used to thinking of the TED audience as a wonderful collection of some of the most effective, intelligent, intellectual, savvy, worldly and innovative people in the world. And I think that's true. However, I also have reason to believe that many, if not most, of you are actually tying your shoes incorrectly.

(Laughter)

Now I know that seems ludicrous. I know that seems ludicrous. And believe me, I lived the same sad life until about three years ago. And what happened to me was I bought, what was for me, a very expensive pair of shoes. But those shoes came with round nylon laces, and I couldn't keep them tied. So I went back to the store and said to the owner, "I love the shoes, but I hate the laces." He took a look and said, "Oh, you're tying them wrong." Now up until that moment, I would have thought that, by age 50, one of the life skills that I had really nailed was tying my shoes. But not so -- let me demonstrate.

This is the way that most of us were taught to tie our shoes. Now as it turns out -- thank you. Wait, there's more. As it turns out, there's a strong form and a weak form of this knot, and we were taught to tie the weak form. And here's how to tell. If you pull the strands at the base of the knot, you will see that the bow will orient itself down the long axis of the shoe. That's the weak form of the knot.

But not to worry. If we start over and simply go the other direction around the bow, we get this, the strong form of the knot. And if you pull the cords under the knot, you will see that the bow orients itself along the transverse axis of the shoe. This is a stronger knot. It will come untied less often. It will let you down less, and not only that, it looks better.

We're going to do this one more time. (Applause) Start as usual, go the other way around the loop. This is a little hard for children, but I think you can handle it. Pull the knot. There it is: the strong form of the shoe knot.

Now, in keeping with today's theme, I'd like to point out -- and something you already know -- that sometimes a small advantage someplace in life can yield tremendous results someplace else.

Live long and prosper.

(Applause)

저는 TED 관객분들을 가장 영향력있고, 총명하고, 지적이고, 상식적이고, 세상 경험이 많고 혁신적인 분들의 훌륭한 모임이라고 생각해 왔습니다. 아마 맞을겁니다. 그러나, 저는 여러분 중, 많은 분들이 아마도 대다수가, 신발끈을 제대로 묶지 않고 계시다고 믿습니다.

(하하)

물론 터무니없는 소리로 들리실겁니다. 터무니없겠지요. 사실 저도 3년전까진 그런 안타까운 삶을 살았지요. 그 때 저는, 저에게는, 무척 값비싼 신발 한 켤레를 구입했습니다. 그 신발은 동그란 나일론 끈이 있었고, 그 끈은 계속 플어 졌습니다. 그래서 상점으로 다시 가 주인에게 말했죠. “신발은 맘에 들지만, 끈은 별로군요.” 그가 보고 이렇게 말했죠. “오, 끈을 잘못 매셨어요.” 그 때까지만 해도, 저는 50살이나 됬으니, 신발끈 제대로 매는것은 통달 했다고 생각했었습니다. 하지만 아니었죠. 지금 보여드리죠.

이것이 대부분의 분들이 신발끈을 묶도록 배운 방법입니다. 그리고 이것은 – 감사합니다. 잠깐만요, 더 있습니다. 신발끈을 묶을 때, 매듭엔 단단한 형태와 약한 형태가 있지만, 우리는 약한 형태로 묶는 법을 배웠던 겁니다. 검토 방법을 보여드리죠. 매듭의 기본이 되는 끈을 당기면, 리본이 신발 중심축의 방향을 따라가는 것을 보실 수 있습니다. 이것이 약한 형태의 매듭입니다.

걱정할 것 없습니다. 다시 시작해 간단히 리본을 반대 방향으로 돌리면, 이런 모양이 되어, 단단한 형태의 매듭이 만들어집니다. 만약 매듭 밑에 끈을 당기면, 보시다시피 이번에는 리본이 신발의 반대 방향으로 만들어졌지요. 이것이 단단한 형태입니다. 끈이 덜 풀리게 되지요. 우리를 덜 실망시키고,. 뿐만 아니라, 보기에도 더 나아 보이지요.

이것을 한번만 더 해보겠습니다. (짝짝짝) 평소처럼 시작하지만, 고리의 다른 쪽으로 묶는겁니다. 아이들에겐 좀 어렵겠지만, 여러분은 하실 수 있을겁니다. 매듭을 이제 당깁니다. 완성입니다. 단단한 매듭 형태입니다.

이제, 오늘의 주제와 함께, 제가 말하고픈 것은, 모두 이미 아시겠지만, 때때로 삶의 어느 한면의 작은 장점이 다른 면에 막대한 효과를 낼 수 있다는 것입니다.

장수하시고 번창하시길!

(짝짝짝)

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