We use to live in a world where they said that too much sleep was the sign of laziness. The interesting this is that this thought went too far that now we battle the problems of having less sleep. Is’t that ironic, We change our lifestyles hoping for the better and it back fires. What no one ever really gave thought is even initially it was not sleep that people were against. It was the to waking up late in the morning. Sleeping late till the sun has risen all the way up was a sign of laziness, no having enough sleep.

It is also true that we have started to over commit in our lives. Many times people do that because they dont have a choice. If they dont commit beyond their ability someone else will and that will effect you badly. But what is the solution. Do you honestly believe that if you and another person have the same ability and skills will he have a better chance at life if he sleeps less and puts more time on his work. May be yes may be not. But what I have found is that, the whole point is to make the waking hours more effecting and not in cutting down the sleeping hours.

Think about it. If you found out that you actually waste 30% or your real waking hours doing nothing, do you think that realization can help you. May be it is time you really start looking at what you accomplish a day in real, not what you tell your manager you have worked on 🙂