Hi there, it's Lucas Miller here, your guest host for the week.

Welcome to Radio Headspace and to Tuesday.

This week is all about using neuroscience to optimize your energy so you can perform

better at work and get more out of life.

We've all heard this saying, I'll sleep when I'm dead.

But the reality is that sleep is a huge part of our lives.

In fact, we actually spent a third of our lives asleep and it's the foundation of both

our health and our performance.

And without sleep, you simply won't have the energy to do your best work.

Today, it's dedicated to strategies to help you get more sleep and better quality sleep.

And if you have trouble falling asleep, I'll also share some tips to help you get to

bed faster.

When we don't get enough sleep, consistently we're getting less than seven hours.

That's how I define not enough sleep.

There are so many different performance related factors that dip when we don't get enough

sleep.

We are more tired, more distractable, we're also more emotional, we are more overconfident

in ourselves even when our answers are wrong, which can be very dangerous, we're more likely

to get sick, the common cold COVID, all of it.

We are also in all sorts of blind studies deemed less trustworthy.

Some of the culprits that lead to poor sleep are the following.

The first is having caffeine too late.

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