Most experts agree that the secret to success, whether in life or business, is getting enough sleep. Except, of course, according to high-profile CEOs and business owners who say they're so busy being successful they don't have time to sleep.
Sleeping less for a long time would impact your physical and mental health. Thus, it is not recommended to sacrifice your sleep to achieve your goals.
Time may be the most essential commodity you need in becoming successful. Many successful executives admit that they can get by on less sleep and achieve more. While the average person should need between 6-8 hours, successful people think that by sleeping less they can create more hours for themselves to work more.
Delaying sleep for any reason is concerning, added Harris, the author of “The Women's Guide to Overcoming Insomnia.” Sleep deprivation can affect you physically, leading to weakened immunity, high blood pressure, weight gain and an increased risk of heart disease, among other health problems, she said.
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Sleeping
A good night's sleep is vital for every human being to survive. Given that an average a person sleeps for 8 hours in a day, that means that an average person will sleep for 229,961 hours in their lifetime or basically one third of their life.
Research suggests this trait is primarily genetic. Some people naturally have late chronotypes, meaning they prefer to go to sleep later in the night and wake up later in the morning. Meanwhile, those with early chronotypes prefer to go to bed and wake up earlier.
Because of the negative side-effects of sleep deprivation, it's usually a sinful choice; however, it's also suggestive of other sins in our lives.
He says he likes getting around six to six-and-a-half hours of sleep per night. Sleeping in is not an option for him, saying it affects his performance more than if he sleeps less. After getting up, he showers, dresses, and enjoys a morning cup of coffee.
With various board meetings and no shortage of pressure, rest can be hard to find. CEOs like Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk get under six hours of sleep each night.
Bill Gates
Now, the billionaire Microsoft co-founder gets at least seven hours of shut-eye, and wrote that all people need that much, “even if you've convinced yourself otherwise.”
Being successful often means compromises, and many successful celebrities admit that they do not sleep much. While some claim to not need more than a few hours a night, others forego essential rest to juggle work and a social life.
Money is nice, but sleep is even nicer. Don't think so? According to one study by Daniel Kahneman, just one little hour of extra sleep each night has more impact on day-to-day happiness levels than a raise of $60,000. So sleep away your worries—literally.
One of the first things sleep physicians tell insomnia patients is to get out of bed if you can't sleep. The worst thing you can do when you can't fall asleep is lie in bed and attempt to force yourself to sleep. But you can't do anything that's stimulating or in violation of the basic rules of sleep hygiene.
This practice is called revenge sleep procrastination. The National Sleep Foundation defines it as “the decision to sacrifice sleep for leisure time that is driven by a daily schedule lacking in free time.” It generally involves: A delay in going to sleep, which reduces your total sleep time for the night.
A night owl, evening person or simply owl, is a person who tends to stay up until late at night, or to the very early hours of the morning. Night owls who are involuntarily unable to fall asleep for several hours after a normal time may have delayed sleep-phase disorder.
If you're a night owl, you may do your homework at midnight and prefer to sleep late in the morning. A night owl is often contrasted with an "early bird," or someone who naturally rises early in the morning.
Older adults need about the same amount of sleep as all adults—7 to 9 hours each night. But, older people tend to go to sleep earlier and get up earlier than they did when they were younger.
For example: a person needing 8 hours of sleep but getting only 6 would build a sleep debt of 2 hours that day. A person with an 8-hour sleep need who gets 6 hours each day for 5 days builds a sleep debt of 10 hours. As sleep debt builds, brain and body functioning deteriorate. Sleep is needed to “pay down” this debt.
In fact, it is physiologically vital that we spend about a third of our lives unconscious.