Min store idé er en meget lille idé, som kan åbne op for milliarder af store idéer, som i dette øjeblik ligger i dvale inden i os. Og min lille idé til at gøre dette er søvn.
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.
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Dette er et rum fuld af elitekvinder. Det er et rum fuld af kvinder med søvnmangel. Og jeg lærte værdien af søvn på den hårde måde. For to et halvt år siden besvimede jeg af udmattelse. Jeg slog mit hoved på skrivebordet, brækkede mit kindben og fik fem sting ved mit højre øje. Og her startede min rejse ind i genopdagelsen af søvnens værdier. Og på min vej studerede jeg, jeg mødtes med læger og videnskabsfolk, og jeg er her for at fortælle jer, at vejen til produktivitet, inspiration og et lykkeligere liv er at få nok søvn.
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-a-half years ago, I fainted from exhaustion. I hit my head on my desk. I broke my cheekbone, 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.
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Og vi kvinder må vise vejen i denne nye revolution, et nyt feministisk emne. Vi skal bogstaveligt talt sove os til toppen.
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 --
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Desværre for mændene, er søvnmangel nemlig blevet et symbol på virilitet. Jeg spiste for nylig middag med en fyr, 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, "Ved du hvad? Hvis du havde fået fem, så ville denne middag have været langt mere interessant."
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 -- I felt like saying, "You know what? if you had gotten five, this dinner would have been a lot more interesting." (Laughter)
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Der er en slags konkurence for søvnmangel. Især her i Washington. Hvis du vil lave et morgenmadsmøde og siger, "Hvad med klokken 8?" Vil de sige, "Det er for sent, men okay, så kan jeg nå et spil tennis og et par conference calls og så møde dig kl. 8." Og de tror, det betyder, at de er så utroligt travle og produktive, men det er de i virkeligheden ikke, for vi har i øjeblikket haft fantastiske ledere i forretning, i finans, i politik, som har taget elendige beslutninger. Så en høj IQ betyder ikke, at du er en god leder, for essensen af lederskab er at være i stand til at se isbjerget, før det rammer Titanic. Og vi har haft alt for mange isbjerge, der har ramt vores Titanics.
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 OK, I can get a game of tennis in and do a few conference calls and meet you at eight." And they think that means 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 IQ 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. (Laughter) And we've had far too many icebergs hitting our Titanics.
Jeg har faktisk på fornemmelsen, at hvis Lehman Brothers havde været Lehman Brødre og Søstre, så ville de måske stadig være her i dag. (Bifald) Mens alle brødrene havde travlt med at være på 24/7 ville en søster måske have lagt mærke til et isbjerg, fordi hun ville være vågnet efter 7 1/2 eller 8 timers søvn og været i stand til at se det store billede.
In fact, I have a feeling that if Lehman Brothers was Lehman Brothers and Sisters, they might still be around. (Laughter) (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.
Så nu, hvor vi står overfor mange forskellige kriser i verden i øjeblikket, vil det, der er godt for os personligt, og skaber glæde og taknemlighed, effektivitet i vore liv, og være det bedste for vores karriere, være det samme, som er bedst for hele verden. Så jeg opfordrer jer til at lukke øjnene og opdage de store idéer, der ligger inden i os, at slukke motoren og opdage søvnes magt.
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.
Tak.
Thank you.
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