Sleepwalking Your Way to the Top
You've heard it all before.
If you want to get ahead in your career, you have to work hard.
Well, how has working hard worked out for you?
I thought so.
The sad fact is that success doesn't come from working hard. It comes from sleeping hard. It's true! Without adequate sleep, you are condemned to spend your work days in zombie mode, too drowsy to take advantage of those rare moments that can turbocharge a career, such as the opportunity to kiss up to your manager or tattletale on your closest work friends.
And how many at your job are sleepwalking through their careers? A lot more than you think.
According to the Nosey Norberts at Gallup, 57% of U.S. adults want more sleep. That's up from 43% in 2013. Also up -- the percentage of people who don't get the minimum daily requirement of eight-plus hours and the number of people who report getting five hours or less.
What Gallup doesn't report is the opportunity to leapfrog your sleep-deprived co-workers. Considering that sleeping is your superpower, you may be hiding your light under a bushel. Or under a duvet.
What will it take to supersize your sleep? Let me tuck you in with these three tips:
No. 1: Sleeping at home won't cut it.
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