How to succeed? Get more sleep | Arianna Huffington

翻译人员: Bo Wang 校对人员: Angelia King

My big idea is a very, very small idea

我的绝妙想法

实际上看似微不足道

that can unlock billions of big ideas

但是却能够激发

层出不穷的绝妙创意

that are at the moment dormant inside us.

这些想法雪藏于酣睡时我们的大脑中。

And my little idea that will do that is sleep.

那么如何用我的想法使之释放呢

就是睡觉。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

(Applause)

（掌声）

This is a room of type A women.

在座的各位女士都是最优秀的人。

在座的各位女士

This is a room of sleep-deprived women.

也都饱受睡眠不足的折磨。

And I learned the hard way the value of sleep.

我不辍的思索着，

睡眠的价值。

两年半以前，

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

我因过度劳累而晕倒。

I hit my head on my desk.

头撞在了桌子上，下颌骨也骨折了，

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

我的右眼缝了5针。

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

而后我便开始

重新探索睡眠的价值。

在这个过称中，

And in the course of that, I studied,

我深入研究，

I met with medical doctors, scientists,

与医学博士，科学家们会面，

and I'm here to tell you

那么我今天想告诉大家

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

想要变的更加高效，

更有激情，生活更加有趣

请保持睡眠充足。

is getting enough sleep.

(Applause)

（掌声）

And we women are going to lead the way

我们女性将要在这场新的革命中

in this new revolution, this new feminist issue.

新的女权主义争议中，引领潮流。

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

我们就是要一路睡到制高点，没错，睡！

（笑声）

(Laughter)

(Applause)

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因为很不幸地，

because unfortunately, for men,

对男士们来说，

sleep deprivation has become a virility symbol.

睡眠不足成了男子汉气概的象征。

I was recently having dinner with a guy

我最近和一位男士一起吃晚餐

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

他和我吹嘘前一晚只睡了

4个小时。

其实我想对他说--不过还是没说出口--

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

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

我想要说的是，“你知道吗？

要是你能多睡一个小时，

this dinner would have been a lot more interesting."

那今晚的谈话会比现在有趣的多。”

(Laughter)

（笑声）

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

现在有一种睡眠不足

叫做“虚荣心作祟”。

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

尤其是在华盛顿这里，如果你想预约一顿早餐，

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

比如，“八点钟怎么样？”

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

他们会说，“八点钟对我来说太晚了，

不过没关系，我可以在和你见面之前先

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

打上一局网球再打几个电话会议。”

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

那么他们会认为这样意味着

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

他们是如此的忙碌和高效，

但是事实却并非如此，

but the truth is, they're not,

because we, at the moment,

因为当前世界，

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

我们有十分精明的领导者

在商界，金融界，政界，

他们却做了许多糟糕的决定。

making terrible decisions.

因此高智商

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

并不是成为一个好领导者的唯一先决条件，

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

因为领导力的秘诀

在于能具有超乎常人

before it hits the Titanic.

的预见力。

(Laughter)

但是事实上我们却

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

为此受到太多次的教训。

In fact, I have a feeling

事实上，我觉得

that if Lehman Brothers was Lehman Brothers and Sisters,

如果雷曼兄弟

换成雷曼兄妹的话，

they might still be around.

那么他们还不至于破产倒闭。

(Laughter)

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(Applause)

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

因为当所有的男士们在忙着

像机器一样一刻不停的连轴转时，

也许有一位女士会注意到将要来临的危机，

maybe a sister would have noticed the iceberg,

because she would have woken up

因为她会从七个半小时或者八个小时的睡眠中醒来

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

and have been able to see the big picture.

并对全局形势

透彻于心。

So as we are facing all the multiple crises

因此当我们面临

当今生活中的

重重危机时，

in our world at the moment,

what is good for us on a personal level,

在个人层面上睡个好觉对我们有利，

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

在我们生活中，睡个好觉能够带给我们欢愉，感激，

和高效，

and be the best for our own careers,

它也对我们的职业发展有利，

is also what is best for the world.

同时睡个好觉也是世界上最美好的东西。

So I urge you to shut your eyes,

因此我极力建议各位

合上双眼

and discover the great ideas that lie inside us;

发掘深藏于我们

思维中的妙思，

to shut your engines and discover the power of sleep.

停止机器般运转的身体并发现睡眠的魔力。

Thank you.

谢谢大家。

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