How to succeed? Get more sleep | Arianna Huffington

譯者: Adrienne Lin 審譯者: Joyce Chou

My big idea is a very, very small idea

我的大點子

其實是個小想法

that can unlock billions of big ideas

可以釋放出

數不清的大點子

that are at the moment dormant inside us.

而這想法還潛伏在身體裡

And my little idea that will do that is sleep.

我的這個小點子就是

睡覺

(Laughter)

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This is a room of type A women.

在座的都是A型性格的女人

在座的都是

This is a room of sleep-deprived women.

睡眠不足的女人

And I learned the hard way the value of sleep.

我自己學到教訓後

才知道睡覺的寶貴

兩年半前

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

我因為太累而昏倒了

I hit my head on my desk.

頭撞到桌子，顴骨碎裂

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

右眼縫了五針

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

之後開始了

重新發現睡眠寶貴的旅程

為此，

And in the course of that, I studied,

我做研究、

I met with medical doctors, scientists,

找醫生、科學家

and I'm here to tell you

我今天在此告訴各位

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

要更有生產力、

找更多靈感、生活更開心

就是多睡點

is getting enough sleep.

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And we women are going to lead the way

我們女人，將會帶領

in this new revolution, this new feminist issue.

新一波的革命，女性主義話題

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

我們的職場升遷，真的是"睡"出來的

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因為，不幸的

because unfortunately, for men,

對男人而言

sleep deprivation has become a virility symbol.

睡眠不足好像變成男性雄風的象徵

I was recently having dinner with a guy

我最近和一個男的吃飯

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

他自傲的說

他前天只睡四小時

我本來想跟他說 -- 但我沒說出口

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

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

我想說：你知道嗎？

你如果再多睡一小時

this dinner would have been a lot more interesting."

這頓晚飯就不會這麼無聊了

(Laughter)

(笑聲)

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

現在有種睡眠不足就是

勝人一籌

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

特別是在華盛頓這裡，如果你約人吃早餐

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

然後提議 "八點如何?"

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

對方很可能跟你說 "八點太晚了"

"不過沒關係，我可以先打個網球"

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

"回幾通電話，八點再相約吃早餐"

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

他們覺得這樣好像

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

代表自己超忙，完成超多事

但事實並非如此

but the truth is, they're not,

because we, at the moment,

我們現在

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

有著許多優越的領導者

不論是商界、財務界、政界

做的決策都很糟

making terrible decisions.

高的 IQ

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

不代表你是好的領導者

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

因為領導者的特質

是要先能看到冰山

before it hits the Titanic.

而不是等鐵達尼撞上才發現

(Laughter)

我們現在就是有太多撞上冰山

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

的鐵達尼號了

In fact, I have a feeling

事實上，我覺得

that if Lehman Brothers was Lehman Brothers and Sisters,

如果雷曼兄弟(投資銀行)

名叫雷曼"兄弟姐妹"的話

they might still be around.

他們可能不會倒

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

因為當這些兄弟都在忙

一天24小時超高速忙碌時

也許其中一個姐妹會注意到冰山

maybe a sister would have noticed the iceberg,

because she would have woken up

因為她可能睡了七、八個小時

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

and have been able to see the big picture.

所以目光有辦法

看遠一點

So as we are facing all the multiple crises

我們正面臨

許多的危機

世界各地都如此

in our world at the moment,

what is good for us on a personal level,

個人層面來說，對我們有好處的、

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

能更快樂、更感激、

更有效率、

and be the best for our own careers,

在自己領域中能做到最好的

is also what is best for the world.

就是對全世界好的

So I urge you to shut your eyes,

所以我奉勸各位

閉上眼睛

and discover the great ideas that lie inside us;

發現自己內在的

很棒的想法

to shut your engines and discover the power of sleep.

把引擎關掉，發現睡覺的力量吧

Thank you.

謝謝各位

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