ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Arianna Huffington - Journalist
Arianna Huffington is the co-founder and former editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, a nationally syndicated columnist, and author of thirteen books. She is the co-host of “Left, Right & Center,” a political roundtable radio program.

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Arianna Huffington is the co-founder and former editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, a nationally syndicated columnist, and author of many books. She is also co-host of "Left, Right & Center," public radio’s popular political roundtable program, as well as "Both Sides Now," a weekly syndicated radio show with Mary Matalin moderated by Mark Green. In May 2005, she launched The Huffington Post, a news and blog site that has quickly become one of the most widely-read, linked to, and frequently cited media brands on the Internet.

Huffington's health and wellness company, Thrive Global, is set to launch in November 2016.

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TEDWomen 2010

Arianna Huffington: How to succeed? Get more sleep

Arianna Huffington: Hvordan man opnår succes? Få mere søvn

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Arianna Huffington deler i denne korte tale en lille idé, der kan vække langt større idéer: Effekten af en god nats søvn. I stedet for at prale af søvnproblemer bør vi lukke øjnene og se det store billede: Vi kan sove os til øget produktivitet og lykke – og bedre beslutningskraft.
- Journalist
Arianna Huffington is the co-founder and former editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, a nationally syndicated columnist, and author of thirteen books. She is the co-host of “Left, Right & Center,” a political roundtable radio program. Full bio

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My bigstor ideaide
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is a very, very smalllille ideaide
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er en meget lille idé,
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that can unlocklåse op
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som kan åbne op for
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billionsmilliarder of bigstor ideasideer
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milliarder af store idéer,
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that are at the momentøjeblik dormanthvilende insideinde us.
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som i dette øjeblik ligger i dvale inden i os.
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And my little ideaide that will do that
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Og min lille idé til at gøre dette
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is sleepsøvn.
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er søvn.
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(LaughterLatter)
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(ApplauseBifald)
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This is a roomværelse of type-A-Typen womenKvinder.
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Dette er et rum fuld af elitekvinder.
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This is a roomværelse
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Det er et rum fuld af
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of sleep-deprivedsøvnmangel womenKvinder.
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kvinder med søvnmangel.
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And I learnedlærte the hardhårdt way,
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Og jeg lærte værdien af søvn
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the valueværdi of sleepsøvn.
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på den hårde måde.
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Two-and-a-halfTo og en halv yearsflere år agosiden,
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For to et halvt år siden
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I faintedbesvimede from exhaustionudmattelse.
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besvimede jeg af udmattelse.
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I hithit my headhoved on my deskskrivebord. I brokegik i stykker my cheekbonekindben,
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Jeg slog mit hoved på skrivebordet, brækkede mit kindben
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I got fivefem stitchesSting on my right eyeøje.
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og fik fem sting ved mit højre øje.
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And I beganbegyndte the journeyrejse
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Og her startede min rejse ind i
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of rediscoveringgenopdage the valueværdi of sleepsøvn.
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genopdagelsen af søvnens værdier.
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And in the courseRute of that,
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Og på min vej
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I studiedstuderet,
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studerede jeg,
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I metmødte with medicalmedicinsk doctorslæger, scientistsforskere,
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jeg mødtes med læger og videnskabsfolk,
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and I'm here to tell you
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og jeg er her for at fortælle jer,
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that the way to a more productiveproduktiv,
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at vejen til produktivitet,
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more inspiredinspireret, more joyfulglade life
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inspiration og et lykkeligere liv
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is getting enoughnok sleepsøvn.
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er at få nok søvn.
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(ApplauseBifald)
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And we womenKvinder are going to leadat føre the way
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Og vi kvinder må vise vejen
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in this newny revolutionrevolution, this newny feministfeminist issueproblem.
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i denne nye revolution, et nyt feministisk emne.
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We are literallybogstaveligt talt going to sleepsøvn our way to the toptop, literallybogstaveligt talt.
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Vi skal bogstaveligt talt sove os til toppen.
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(LaughterLatter)
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(ApplauseBifald)
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Because unfortunatelydesværre
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for menherrer,
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for mændene,
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sleepsøvn deprivationafsavn has becomeblive a virilityvirilitet symbolsymbol.
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er søvnmangel nemlig blevet et symbol på virilitet.
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I was recentlyfor nylig havingat have dinneraftensmad with a guy
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Jeg spiste for nylig middag med en fyr,
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who braggedpralede that he had only gottenfået
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der pralede af, at han kun havde fået
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fourfire hourstimer sleepsøvn the night before.
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fire timers søvn natten før.
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And I feltfølte like sayingordsprog to him -- but I didn't say it --
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Og selvom jeg ikke gjorde det, så havde jeg lyst til at sige til ham,
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I feltfølte like sayingordsprog, "You know what?
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"Ved du hvad?
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If you had gottenfået fivefem,
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Hvis du havde fået fem,
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this dinneraftensmad would have been a lot more interestinginteressant."
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så ville denne middag have været langt mere interessant."
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(LaughterLatter)
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There is now a kindvenlig of sleepsøvn deprivationafsavn
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Der er en slags konkurence
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one-upmanshipupmanship.
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for søvnmangel.
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EspeciallyIsær here in WashingtonWashington, if you try to make a breakfastmorgenmad datedato,
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Især her i Washington. Hvis du vil lave et morgenmadsmøde
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and you say, "How about eightotte o'clockklokken?"
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og siger, "Hvad med klokken 8?"
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they're likelysandsynligt to tell you, "EightOtte o'clockklokken is too latesent for me,
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Vil de sige, "Det er for sent,
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but that's okay, I can get a gamespil of tennistennis in
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men okay, så kan jeg nå et spil tennis
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and do a few conferencekonference callsopkald and meetmøde you at eightotte."
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og et par conference calls og så møde dig kl. 8."
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And they think that meansmidler
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Og de tror, det betyder,
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that they are so incrediblyutroligt busytravl and productiveproduktiv,
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at de er så utroligt travle og produktive,
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but the truthsandhed is they're not,
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men det er de i virkeligheden ikke,
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because we, at the momentøjeblik,
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for vi har i øjeblikket
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have had brilliantstrålende leadersledere
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haft fantastiske ledere
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in businessforretning, in financefinansiere, in politicspolitik,
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i forretning, i finans, i politik,
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makingmaking terribleforfærdeligt decisionsbeslutninger.
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som har taget elendige beslutninger.
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So a highhøj I.Q.
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Så en høj IQ
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does not mean that you're a good leaderleder,
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betyder ikke, at du er en god leder,
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because the essenceessens of leadershipledelse
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for essensen af lederskab
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is beingvære ablei stand to see the icebergisbjerg
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er at være i stand til at se isbjerget,
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before it hitshits the TitanicTitanic.
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før det rammer Titanic.
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And we'vevi har had farlangt too manymange icebergsisbjerge
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Og vi har haft alt for mange isbjerge,
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hittingrammer our TitanicsTitanics.
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der har ramt vores Titanics.
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In factfaktum, I have a feelingfølelse
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Jeg har faktisk på fornemmelsen,
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that if LehmanLehman BrothersBrødrene
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at hvis Lehman Brothers
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was LehmanLehman BrothersBrødrene and SistersSøstre,
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havde været Lehman Brødre og Søstre,
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they mightmagt still be around.
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så ville de måske stadig være her i dag.
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(ApplauseBifald)
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While all the brothersbrødre were busytravl
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Mens alle brødrene havde travlt
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just beingvære hyper-connectedhyper forbundet- 24/7,
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med at være på 24/7
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maybe a sistersøster would have noticedbemærket the icebergisbjerg,
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ville en søster måske have lagt mærke til et isbjerg,
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because she would have wokenvågnet up from a seven-and-a-half-syv- og -en-halv - or eight-hour8-timers sleepsøvn
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fordi hun ville være vågnet efter 7 1/2 eller 8 timers søvn
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and have been ablei stand to see
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og været i stand til at se
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the bigstor picturebillede.
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det store billede.
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So as we are facingover
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Så nu, hvor vi står overfor
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all the multiplemange criseskriser
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mange forskellige kriser
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in our worldverden at the momentøjeblik,
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i verden i øjeblikket,
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what is good for us on a personalpersonlig levelniveau,
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vil det, der er godt for os personligt,
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what's going to bringtage med more joyglæde, gratitudetaknemmelighed,
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og skaber glæde og taknemlighed,
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effectivenesseffektivitet in our livesliv
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effektivitet i vore liv,
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and be the bestbedst for our ownegen careerskarrierer
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og være det bedste for vores karriere,
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is alsoogså what is bestbedst for the worldverden.
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være det samme, som er bedst for hele verden.
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So I urgetrang til you
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Så jeg opfordrer jer til
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to shutlukke your eyesøjne
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at lukke øjnene
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and discoveropdage the great ideasideer
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og opdage de store idéer,
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that lieligge insideinde us,
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der ligger inden i os,
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to shutlukke your enginesmotorer and discoveropdage the powerstrøm of sleepsøvn.
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at slukke motoren og opdage søvnes magt.
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Thank you.
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Tak.
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Translated by Anne-Sofie Thomsen
Reviewed by Mikael Fuhr

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Arianna Huffington - Journalist
Arianna Huffington is the co-founder and former editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, a nationally syndicated columnist, and author of thirteen books. She is the co-host of “Left, Right & Center,” a political roundtable radio program.

Why you should listen

Arianna Huffington is the co-founder and former editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, a nationally syndicated columnist, and author of many books. She is also co-host of "Left, Right & Center," public radio’s popular political roundtable program, as well as "Both Sides Now," a weekly syndicated radio show with Mary Matalin moderated by Mark Green. In May 2005, she launched The Huffington Post, a news and blog site that has quickly become one of the most widely-read, linked to, and frequently cited media brands on the Internet.

Huffington's health and wellness company, Thrive Global, is set to launch in November 2016.

More profile about the speaker
Arianna Huffington | Speaker | TED.com