How to succeed? Get more sleep | Arianna Huffington

Translator: Anne-Sofie Thomsen Reviewer: Mikael Fuhr

My big idea is a very, very small idea

Min store idé

er en meget lille idé,

that can unlock billions of big ideas

som kan åbne op for

milliarder af store idéer,

that are at the moment dormant inside us.

som i dette øjeblik ligger i dvale inden i os.

And my little idea that will do that is sleep.

Og min lille idé til at gøre dette

er søvn.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

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This is a room of type A women.

Dette er et rum fuld af elitekvinder.

Det er et rum fuld af

This is a room of sleep-deprived women.

kvinder med søvnmangel.

And I learned the hard way the value of sleep.

Og jeg lærte værdien af søvn

på den hårde måde.

For to et halvt år siden

Two-and-a-half years ago, I fainted from exhaustion.

besvimede jeg af udmattelse.

I hit my head on my desk.

Jeg slog mit hoved på skrivebordet, brækkede mit kindben

I broke my cheekbone, I got five stitches on my right eye.

og fik fem sting ved mit højre øje.

And I began the journey of rediscovering the value of sleep.

Og her startede min rejse ind i

genopdagelsen af søvnens værdier.

Og på min vej

And in the course of that, I studied,

studerede jeg,

I met with medical doctors, scientists,

jeg mødtes med læger og videnskabsfolk,

and I'm here to tell you

og jeg er her for at fortælle jer,

that the way to a more productive, more inspired, more joyful life

at vejen til produktivitet,

inspiration og et lykkeligere liv

er at få nok søvn.

is getting enough sleep.

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And we women are going to lead the way

Og vi kvinder må vise vejen

in this new revolution, this new feminist issue.

i denne nye revolution, et nyt feministisk emne.

We are literally going to sleep our way to the top -- literally --

Vi skal bogstaveligt talt sove os til toppen.

(Latter)

(Laughter)

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Desværre

because unfortunately, for men,

for mændene,

sleep deprivation has become a virility symbol.

er søvnmangel nemlig blevet et symbol på virilitet.

I was recently having dinner with a guy

Jeg spiste for nylig middag med en fyr,

who bragged that he had only gotten four hours sleep the night before.

der pralede af, at han kun havde fået

fire timers søvn natten før.

Og selvom jeg ikke gjorde det, så havde jeg lyst til at sige til ham,

And I felt like saying to him -- but I didn't say --

I felt like saying, "You know what? if you had gotten five,

"Ved du hvad?

Hvis du havde fået fem,

this dinner would have been a lot more interesting."

så ville denne middag have været langt mere interessant."

(Laughter)

(Latter)

There is now a kind of sleep deprivation one-upmanship.

Der er en slags konkurence

for søvnmangel.

Especially here in Washington, if you try to make a breakfast date,

Især her i Washington. Hvis du vil lave et morgenmadsmøde

and you say, "How about eight o'clock?"

og siger, "Hvad med klokken 8?"

they're likely to tell you, "Eight o'clock is too late for me,

Vil de sige, "Det er for sent,

men okay, så kan jeg nå et spil tennis

but that's OK, I can get a game of tennis in

og et par conference calls og så møde dig kl. 8."

and do a few conference calls and meet you at eight."

Og de tror, det betyder,

And they think that means they are so incredibly busy and productive,

at de er så utroligt travle og produktive,

men det er de i virkeligheden ikke,

but the truth is, they're not,

because we, at the moment,

for vi har i øjeblikket

have had brilliant leaders in business, in finance, in politics,

haft fantastiske ledere

i forretning, i finans, i politik,

som har taget elendige beslutninger.

making terrible decisions.

Så en høj IQ

So a high IQ does not mean that you're a good leader,

betyder ikke, at du er en god leder,

because the essence of leadership is being able to see the iceberg

for essensen af lederskab

er at være i stand til at se isbjerget,

before it hits the Titanic.

før det rammer Titanic.

(Laughter)

Og vi har haft alt for mange isbjerge,

And we've had far too many icebergs hitting our Titanics.

der har ramt vores Titanics.

In fact, I have a feeling

Jeg har faktisk på fornemmelsen,

that if Lehman Brothers was Lehman Brothers and Sisters,

at hvis Lehman Brothers

havde været Lehman Brødre og Søstre,

they might still be around.

så ville de måske stadig være her i dag.

(Laughter)

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While all the brothers were busy just being hyper-connected 24/7,

Mens alle brødrene havde travlt

med at være på 24/7

ville en søster måske have lagt mærke til et isbjerg,

maybe a sister would have noticed the iceberg,

because she would have woken up

fordi hun ville være vågnet efter 7 1/2 eller 8 timers søvn

from a seven-and-a-half- or eight-hour sleep,

and have been able to see the big picture.

og været i stand til at se

det store billede.

So as we are facing all the multiple crises

Så nu, hvor vi står overfor

mange forskellige kriser

i verden i øjeblikket,

in our world at the moment,

what is good for us on a personal level,

vil det, der er godt for os personligt,

what's going to bring more joy, gratitude, effectiveness in our lives

og skaber glæde og taknemlighed,

effektivitet i vore liv,

and be the best for our own careers,

og være det bedste for vores karriere,

is also what is best for the world.

være det samme, som er bedst for hele verden.

So I urge you to shut your eyes,

Så jeg opfordrer jer til

at lukke øjnene

and discover the great ideas that lie inside us;

og opdage de store idéer,

der ligger inden i os,

to shut your engines and discover the power of sleep.

at slukke motoren og opdage søvnes magt.

Thank you.

Tak.

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