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. While following the examples of successful people may appear to be a difficult task, you should understand that there are apparent reasons why sleeping less could affect how productive you can become. And yes less sleep can actually make you more productive, here’s why.
They have more time
How sleep affects your productivity can be argued. However less sleep offers you more time to tackle challenges and solve problems. Such extra time you have on your hands can help you to achieve something worthwhile. Since it is attributed that many great people could sleep less and achieve so much within a lifetime the idea of sleeping less is not so much of a bad idea after all.
They find alternative activities to sleep
Being productive with less sleep means that certain persons can have time to discover other enriching and interesting activities that not only keeps them awake but provides a great alternative to sleep. Such persons can juggle several tasks all at once and do several things at once.
They are supercharged
According to an article by the Wall Street Journal people who sleep less show some interesting characteristics, “Not only are their circadian rhythms different from most people, so are their moods (very upbeat) and their metabolism (they’re thinner than average, even though sleep deprivation usually raises the risk of obesity). They also seem to have a high tolerance for physical pain and psychological setbacks.” People who sleep less tend to go on the fast lane, they talk fast and are always on the upside of life. They have a different attitude towards getting things done.
They are aware
For these persons who sleep less and consider sleep to be a waste of time, they are aware. They know why it is important to meet objectives and gain results. They have enough energy in their bags to demonstrate such characteristics as optimism, ambition and self-awareness. You may consider this to be a rare quality but such awareness for them offers them the privilege to get more done and become more productive.
They are outgoing
Less sleep offers these people the energy to go out and benefit from the social life around them. Thus they can connect and meet more people that will drive them to be more successful. Connecting and networking are important elements in getting more done and becoming more successful. Their ability to benefit from the world around them gives them the opportunity to do more and face challenges better.
They are passionately driven
Such people are known to follow their passion and be enthusiastic about whatever they do. They would invest their time and energy to get results and finish a project. They would not settle for less or for mediocrity. They are enthusiastic about getting results and earning whatever success they attain. While others might see the idea of not getting enough sleep as a flaw, they see it as an opportunity and a privilege to accomplish the projects they love accomplished.
They gravitate towards extreme fields
Such dynamism of sleeping less may not be required in certain professions but in professions like entrepreneurship, blogging, video game design, social media and others, this quality of sleeping less is very helpful. Many people who sleep less are proactive and drives towards professions that trigger their leadership quality and make them attain more. They would attain more in fields that appreciate their unique and distinctive quality of less sleep and more work.
While sleep is benefit for many, the few who have the privilege of sleeping less have been known to work harder and climb faster to leadership positions in life.
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