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However, failing to get your full complement of sleep really isn’t fine. When we’re under the influence of alcohol we aren’t aware of the effects - we often think we’re fine. The average person needs about eight hours of sleep per night and getting less than that can have a significant impact on your brain function.Ī person who needs eight hours sleep per night - and gets only six - is impaired to the same degree as if they drank two pints of beer before work. Men might be unwilling to address problems associated with poor sleep but many can relate to how they feel following a couple of pints. It’s possible to liken the effect of missing sleep to drinking too much alcohol. Raising a glass to better sleep during lockdown And there are just as many powerful men who point to sleep as their most valuable ally. However, believing the science is a much better bet. It’s easy to understand why men might believe the hype. The list of male role models seemingly eschewing sleep is long and compelling. “And if you like sleep you’ll be a healthy president.” But when one four-year-old boy asked Putin if it was difficult being a president and how many hours he slept the reply was telling. On the face of it, Russia’s president is a workaholic world leader with little time to wind down. In 2020 Vladimir Putin is a firm believer in the value of sleep. In 1903 he insisted: “Every hour stolen from sleep is two hours taken from life itself.” But Tesla knew he needed to sleep even if it meant taking a break. Nikola Tesla - the groundbreaking electrical engineer - never slept for more than two hours a night. But even they understand its long-term value. There is evidence that influential men have managed with minimal sleep in the past.
The practice of early rising is not only enforced in the bible it is exemplified in the conduct of patriarchs, prophets and kings. The English cleric and father of the Methodist movement believed early rising was ‘favourable to health, business and devotion’. John Wesley, basing his ideas on the concept of ‘Christian sleep’ and the belief that God’s servants stayed awake praying for long periods, was a keen advocate of limiting sleep. If Napoleon’s enemies, by way of reproach, have attributed to him a serious periodical disease, his flatterers, probably under the idea that sleep is incompatible with greatness, have evinced an equal disregard of truth in speaking of his night-watching.Īccording to one of his most important aides, General Armand de Caulaincourt, Napolean ‘needed much sleep but he slept when he wanted - during the day as well as at night’. However, his private secretary, Louis Antoine Fauvelet De Bourrienne, suggested a reputation for staving off sleep was all part of a carefully constructed PR campaign. Napoleon was famous for plotting victories without his head touching the pillow. The more sleep you can get the more likely you are to feel better equipped to meet the challenges ahead. In fact, optimum sleep equates to optimum resilience. We all know someone who boasts about how little sleep they need and the inference is that it makes them better than the rest of us. In the majority of cases, claims of getting by without much sleep are directly linked to self-glorifying propaganda and self-aggrandisement. There’s very little evidence that history’s most lauded short sleepers actually slept as little as they would have us believe! However, we’ve hit the history books and checked the science. There is a widely held perception that success, power and influence are directly related to existing on the bare minimum of sleep. Sufficient sleep is beneficial in so many ways and is absolutely vital to better physical and mental health.
Worryingly, men seem to believe the hype and many have this macho idea that surviving on the bare minimum of sleep is something to be proud of. There’s an awful lot of nonsense on the internet about the sleeping habits of the rich and famous and how less sleep equates to more success. Here’s what our Director of Sleep Science, Dr Neil Stanley had to say about the matter: In fact, sleep is for real men - not for wimps. And right now all of us need to be extra resilient. Think of sleep as a tool for strengthening your resilience. However, it has a hugely positive effect across the board. Sleep’s power to improve mental health is well documented. It might surprise you just how much a settled sleep routine could improve your short-term and long-term mental and physical health. Let’s wake up to the value of sleep this Movember
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