我非常喜欢这个视频提到的话题，讲述方式和视觉效果。在4分钟内呈现得如此精彩！当我在看这个视频的时候，我想起了一年前我认识的一个人，并且我还为她写过一篇文章。（http://t.cn/EbPAu5i ）她叫Iris Hormann，是某全球英语培训机构的亚洲区总裁，她充满活力，人很和善，看上去就是那种轻轻松松就能取得成功的人。
她除了拥有一份极为成功的事业，还有4个漂亮的孩子，其中三胞胎是儿子，另外一个女儿只比儿子们小12月。所以有一段时间，她要对付4个未满1周岁的孩子！
除此之外，她还完成过一次超长距离挑战——背着所有装备和食物，四天横穿冰岛。相当于5场马拉松！她还完成过铁人三项，而且此前花了两年时间训练。起初，在听她在描述这些事情时，云淡风轻，听上去简单极了。但随着她分享的越多，她对很多事情的看法就越令人影响深刻，她提到以下几点：
（1）睡眠没那么重要——在刚开始面临工作生活平衡这一极大的挑战时，她就和公司的一位导师谈了这个问题。在听完她的描述后，导师说，“Iris，我个人是觉得睡眠没那么重要”。从此，她就一直秉承着这一理念：平均每天都5点起床，午夜才睡觉。
（2）有条理、专心——起床后，她会马上跑步，这是专属于自己的时间。之后，她会陪孩子一起，为她们准备早餐，送他们上学。在孩子们睡觉前，她会陪伴更多时间。开车上班的时间属于她和丈夫，之后当然就是充实忙碌的工作日了。这一切都需要大量规划和自律（她说这是因为自己身上有德国血统！）
（3） 每天都一定要留出个人时间——Iris说，跑步、游泳、骑车除了有益健康，还有一点好处：在这些时间里，没有人能打扰到她。事实上，她也不希望有人打扰她。她会把这些时间用于清理思绪，整理规划，让生活重归秩序。
在Iris的所有分享中，我印象最深的是，她说道：我幸福了，我周围的人也会幸福——很早之前，Iris和丈夫就做了一个简单的选择，也因此奠定了他们生活和家庭的基调：只要他们俩幸福健康，孩子和家庭也会幸福健康。因此这些年来，他们一直支持对方去做能让他们幸福、健康的事情，自己也一直致力于做这些事情。
总之，她是一个很好的榜样，她通过做出选择，努力工作来实现的成功。不论是生活还是工作她都是那么的鼓舞人心！@微博职场#职场有话说#
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I like everything about this video. I like the topic, the 8 things it mentions, the narrative, the visuals. And it’s all done in less than 4 minutes. When I watch the video, it also reminds me of a person I met about a year ago and wrote an article about. Her name is Iris Hormann, and she’s the president of Asia for a global English training company http://t.cn/EbPAu5i She’s energetic, friendly, and just a super-nice person. The type of person who does things with huge purpose and energy, but makes outstanding success look smooth and easy.
Besides having an extremely successful, international career, she’s also the mother of 4 beautiful kids that include triplet boys and a daughter that’s just 12 months younger. So at one point in her life, she had four kids under the age of one at the same time!
On top of this, she’s also done an ultra-long distance challenge, where she ran across the country of Iceland in four days while carrying all her gear and food on her back. That’s the equivalent of running five marathons! She trained for this event for two years. She also completed an Ironman triathlon, which she spent another two years training for. At first, in listening to her describe her life, it all sounded easy-peasy for her. But the more she shared, the more impressive her approach to things are. For instance . . .
Sleep is overrated – When she began facing the huge challenge of balancing her family and career, she talked to a mentor in her company. After listening to her describe her situation, he told her, “Well, you know, Iris, personally, I think that sleep is overrated.” It’s a philosophy that she’s lived by ever since. Her average day starts at 5am and ends at midnight.
Organized and focused – Right after getting up, Iris starts each day with a run for some personal time for herself. After her run, she spends some quality time with her kids while she fixes breakfast for them and sends them off to school. She spends more quality time with them before they go to bed. Her quality time with her husband happens during their drive to work together. And then, of course, she has a very full, busy day at work. It all requires a lot of planning and discipline (she says this comes from her German side!).
The importance of me-time every day – Besides the health benefits, Iris says that the great thing about running, swimming, and biking is that nobody can reach her. Actually, she doesn’t want to be reached. This is her time every day to clear her head, sort things out, and put her life in order.
Of all the things Iris shared, the one I remember most is, if I’m happy those around me will be happy too. Early on, Iris and her husband made a simple choice that defined their approach to their life and family. If they were happy and healthy, their kids and family environment would be happy and healthy too. So throughout the years, they’ve supported whatever each other feels will most make them happy and healthy, and then committed themselves to fully pursue and achieve those things.
Anyway, she’s a great example of someone who makes choices and works hard to earn the success that she achieves in life, both personal and professional. A real life inspiration!
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