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Smarter, Sharper Thinking, 2nd Edition
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Smarter, Sharper Thinking, 2nd Edition

by Jenny Brockis
March 2019
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
304 pages
5h 26m
English
Wiley
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KEY 3 Sleep Bring me a dream

How many of us as children wouldn't think of sleeping for a hundred years with absolute horror? As far as fairytale fates go, Sleeping Beauty didn't do too badly (no Huntsman on the loose, for example). But in the eyes of a child there can be no worse fate than a seemingly limitless period of enforced inactivity. You could say it's a real … snooze. But for a busy, working adult, with no time to spare for a day off, let alone an early night? Hand me the spindle, Maleficent. I'll see you in a month or two.

For best brain performance, the one thing never up for negotiation is how much sleep we need.

Full. Stop.

Here's the thing. We spend roughly one-third of our life asleep, yet our understanding of why we sleep, and its relevance to our mood, cognition and wellbeing, is still very young. In a world that often views sleep as a bit of a nuisance, something that stands in the way of our doing other things, knowing why we need sleep is critically important to our high-performance thinking.

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