#040: The Link Between Sleep and Productivity

Focus on This

Michael Hyatt

Education, Timemanagement, Productivity, Focus, Organization, Michaelhyatt, Planning, Achievement, Business, Worklifebalance, Goals

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🗓️ 1 June 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

You want to be more productive. And you could be except for one problem. You have to sleep! Sooner or later, you have to quit achieving and start sleeping. What a downer! Actually, it’s not. Far from undermining your achievement, sleep is an essential ingredient in productivity! We’ll show you why. Plus, we’ll give you 10 tips for getting more and better sleep so you can bring your best self to work every day. Try this, and you’ll be amazed at the spike in your productivity. You’ll go from yawning your way through the day to being recharged, re-focused, and more productive than ever. In this episode, you’ll discover— The effect of sleep on your immune system and cognitive abilities—and why you should care. How to shift from thinking of sleep as an enemy to thinking of it as a beloved friend and productivity booster. Tips on improving your sleep hygiene to give yourself the best environment for dozing off. Why you should exercise daily—and when you should do it. What you can do during the day to make sure you’re able to sleep at night. A lot of the research from this episode came from Why We Sleep by Dr. Matthew Walker: https://www.amazon.com/Why-We-Sleep-Unlocking-Dreams/dp/1501144316/ This episode of Focus on This is brought to you by Compass, a monthly program to help Full Focus Planner users stay on track with their goals. Learn more at fullfocusplanner.com/compass. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:51.0	This episode of Focus on This is brought to you by Compass, a monthly program to help full focus planner users stay on track with their goals.
0:55.2	Learn more at fullfocus focus planner.com slash compass. Welcome to another episode of Focus on this, the most productive podcast on the internet, so you can banish distractions, get the right stuff done, and finally start loving Mondays, with your hosts, Courtney Baker and Blake Stratton.
1:26.6	Hello, dear listener.
1:28.6	Happy Monday.
1:29.9	Happy Monday.
1:31.4	Good morning.
1:32.6	Yes, good morning.
1:34.4	How was your sleep last night?
1:36.3	Did you get a good night's rest?
1:40.2	People listening to Courtney right now are like, um, I think so.
1:44.1	Why are you, are you whispering to me?
1:46.6	Should I be asleep? Yeah, I mean, most people, most of you listening probably did not get the amount of sleep you needed.
1:54.3	So I just wanted to talk really softly, you know, maybe you're still waking up or you're tired.
2:01.6	Mm-hmm. Maybe, maybe you think that sleep is the enemy of your productivity, or at least you sleep like it's the enemy of your productivity.
2:12.9	Yeah. Okay, for all though, Blake, I mean, we're goofing around, but seriously, sleep is important.
2:31.6	And most of us walk around with way less sleep than we need. I mean,
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