Power sleep
by James B. Maas · first published 1998
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…yourself that you're getting more done ... but you'll actually be less sharp, less productive, less healthy, and much less happy (seriously -- it has big effects on your mood). Read a book like Maas's Power Sleep : http://www.amazon.com/Power-Sleep-Revolutionary-Prepares-Per... I'd recommend a better book but I don't know of one yet. I spend my time sleeping rather than hacking sleep. You can tinker with when…
on “Ask YC: How many hours do you sleep on average ? ” ↗Power Sleep, by Cornell sleep researcher Dr. James Maas, transformed my idea of naps. I highly recommend the book. He recommends short "power naps" to quickly get in some rest. The key is to wake up before your body…
on “Why Companies Should Insist that Employees Take Naps” ↗Or even 15 minutes (or 5!). (See Power Sleep, by James Maas http://www.amazon.com/Power-Sleep-Revolutionary-Prepares-Per..., or the Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_nap). When you bike or take public transportation to work, you…
on “Ask HN: what are the best non-cash employment benefits you've heard of?” ↗I recommend the book "Power Sleep" by Cornell professor James Maas. http://www.amazon.com/Power-Sleep-Revolutionary-Prepares-Per... Exceptional book that really transformed my college experience.
on “Sleep is more important than food” ↗I highly reocmmend Jmes Maas' book Power Sleep. He's a Cornell professor who's studied sleep for decades. This book opened my eyes to just how important enough sleep is. http://www.amazon.com/Power-Sleep-Revolutionary-Prepares-Per...
on “How Little Sleep Can You Get Away With?” ↗Dement has a book: "The Promise of Sleep" I read a book by one of Dement's colleagues, James Maas: "Power Sleep". I first heard Dement in pure-audio form on the Stanford iTunes. That talk was moderately better organized than the video version, although it would certainly be better if there was a punchier video…
on “Prolonged Partial Sleep Deprivation for a Job (The worst year of my life [so far])” ↗…https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/05/thomas-ed... "He reportedly slept a mere three to four hours at night, “regarding sleep as a waste of time, ‘a heritage from our cave days,'” as James Maas tells us in his 1997 productivity bestseller Power Sleep (public library)"' (See more from that Atlantic piece for Edison's views on sleep.) > Looking at the study of research scientists mentioned in the article, it would seem that they are the majority ....…
on “Darwin Was a Slacker and You Should Be Too – Science Connected” ↗