30/10/2024
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐
Ariana Huffington in her TED talk highlights an important point about the link between Sleep and Job Performance. ๐
She says that we live in a culture where living on less sleep is publicized as something Macho. Every day, people boast that they have slept less yet delivered on tasks or even claim they completed an important task by cutting down on sleep.
Have you heard of this saying, โ๐ป๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐๐โ?
Cutting down on sleep to complete your work has severe long-term consequences.
In the book โThe Compound Effect,โ Darren Hardy raises an important point: bad habits do not show instant results.
Imagine if, by smoking a cigarette, you saw immediate bad healthโno one would smoke. However, the harmful effects of smoking compound over time, leading to diseases that appear only after months or years of smoking.
Similarly, cutting down on sleep wonโt show immediate negative outcomes. Instead, you might see benefits like recognition for completing tasks. ๐ด But the harmful effects of sleep deprivation also compound, eventually leading to:
1) Lower short-term memory retention
2) Digestion issues
3) Pressure to work against the body
4) Micro-sleeping at crucial moments, which could cost your life
I deeply connect with the point on microsleep. Iโve had 2-3 instances of thisโluckily, Iโm alive, but things could have gone wrong.
In short, cutting down on sleep is not an option.
Tom Rath beautifully summarized sleep in one statement:
โ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ."
So, invest time and respect the hours spent sleeping, and youโll experience the many benefits that come with good sleep. ๐
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