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我的大理想,是一個非常、非常小的想法,可以解開數十億個正螫伏在我們心中的大想法。我達成這個目標的小想法就是睡覺。
房中全是A型女性,這是一屋子睡眠被剝奪的女性。我歷經艱辛才學習到睡眠的價值。兩年半前,我因過勞而昏厥。我的頭撞在書桌上,撞碎了顴骨,右眼縫了五針,於是我開始一段旅程,以重新發現睡眠的價值。在這個過程中,我做研究,和醫生、科學家會面。我在這裡告訴你們,達成更有成效、更具創造力、更快樂生活的方法,就是獲得足夠的睡眠。
我們女性將會引領這場新革命,這個新的女權議題。事實上,我們將要在睡眠這件事上做到登峰造極的程度,正是這個意思。
因為不幸的是,對男性來說,睡眠被剝奪已成為剛強的表徵。我最近與一位男士共進晚餐,他吹噓說,前一天晚上他只睡了四個小時。我想對他說,但沒有說出口。我想說:「你知道嗎?如果你睡了五小時,這頓晚餐將會有趣得多。」
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My big idea is a very, very small idea that can unlock billions of big ideas that are at the moment dormant inside us. And my little idea that will do that is sleep.
This is a room of type-A women. This is a room of sleep-deprived women. And I learned the hard way, the value of sleep. Two and half years ago, I fainted from exhaustion. I hit my head on my desk, I broke my cheek bone, I got five stitches on my right eye. And I began the journey of rediscovering the value of sleep. And in the course of that, I studied, I met with medical doctors, scientists, and I'm here to tell you that the way to a more productive, more inspired, more joyful life is getting enough sleep.
And we women are going to lead the way in this new revolution, this new feminist issue. We are literally going to sleep our way to the top, literally.
Because unfortunately, for men sleep deprivation has become a virility symbol. I was recently having dinner with a guy who bragged that he had only gotten four hours sleep the night before. And I felt like saying to him -- but I didn't say it -- I felt like saying, "You know what? If you had gotten five, this dinner would have been a lot more interesting."
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現在有一種睡眠剝奪淩駕各方之上,特別在華盛頓這裡。如果你想訂一個早餐約會,你說,「八點可以嗎?」他們很可能告訴你,「八點對我來說太晚了,不過沒關係,我可以先打場網球、進行幾場電話會議,八點與你見面。」他們認為這意味著他們超級忙碌和有效率,但事實上並非如此。因為在這當下,已有在商業、金融、政治各方面的出色領導者,做出糟透了的決定。因此,高I.Q.並不意味著你是一個好的領導者。因為領導的本質是能夠看到冰山,在它與鐵達尼號相撞之前。而我們已有太多的冰山與我們的鐵達尼號相撞。
事實上,我認為,如果雷曼兄弟控股公司是雷曼兄弟姐妹的話,他們公司可能依然在營運。
當所有兄弟們忙碌著,24小時與工作超時連接,也許會有一位姐妹注意到冰山,因為她已從七小時半或八小時的睡眠中醒來,而能夠看到這個大局。
所以當我們面對所有多重危機,在我們此刻的世界中,在個人層面上,對我們來說什麼是好的?什麼會帶來更多的快樂、感恩、成效,進入我們生活中?並對我們本身事業最有幫助,也對世界最有幫助。所以我鼓勵你們,閉上你們的眼睛,發現這偉大的想法,在我們心中。關上你的引擎,並發現睡眠的力量。
謝謝。
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There is now a kind of sleep deprivation one-upmanship. Especially here in Washington, if you try to make a breakfast date, and you say, "How about eight o'clock?" they're likely to tell you, "Eight o'clock is too late for me, but that's okay, I can get a game of tennis in and do a few conference calls and meet you at eight." And they think that means that they are so incredibly busy and productive, but the truth is they're not, because we at the moment, have had brilliant leaders in business, in finance, in politics, making terrible decisions. So a high I.Q. does not mean that you're a good leader, because the essence of leadership is being able to see the iceberg before it hits the Titanic. And we've had far too many icebergs hitting our Titanics.
In fact, I have a feeling that if Lehman Brothers was Lehman Brothers and Sisters, they might still be around. (Applause) While all the brothers were busy just being hyper-connected 24/7, maybe a sister would have noticed the iceberg, because she would have woken up from a seven and a half- or eight-hour sleep and have been able to see the big picture.
So as we are facing all the multiple crises in our world at the moment, what is good for us on a personal level, what's going to bring more joy, gratitude, effectiveness in our lives and be the best for our own careers, is also what is best for the world. So I urge you to shut your eyes and discover the great ideas that lie inside us, to shut your engines and discover the power of sleep.
Thank you.