Posted on 06/14/2014 7:06:38 PM PDT by WilliamIII
What do Marissa Mayer (Yahoo’s CEO), Indira Nooyi (Chairman & CEO of Pepsico), Barack Obama, Condoleeza Rice (Former US secretary of state), Thomas Edison (inventor), Jay Leno (TV host) and Shah Rukh Khan (Bollywood superstar) have in common?
Give up?
They all sleep or slept for only three-four hours a night. These are just a few of the numerous successful people around the world whose time management regimen barely allows them to get any sleep. Donald Trump once asked, “How does somebody that's sleeping 12 and 14 hours a day compete with someone that's sleeping three or four?".
It’s a valid question, albeit one with an obvious answer. You can’t! There is no competition there. Even if the person who sleeps only three-four hours a day goofs around for a few hours here and there, they would still be in a better position to work towards being more successful! Now let us not get into the argument of what success means. It clearly means different things to different people. To me, success might be providing an excellent education to each and every child on the planet and to others it might mean owning a private jet, an island and an Aston Martin. Both need crazy numbers of hours to be invested from the pool of time you have been given on this earth.
So the question really boils down to – how do you use time management skills to maximize the time you have? After only two weeks here at the Darden School of Business, I came to realize that the only way to do this is sleep less!
(Excerpt) Read more at topmba.com ...
Goodness. Like tennis....eggs....butter.....etc. One study says you need more sleep for success and another says less for success. Just do your own damn thing and you alone should decide what success is anyway.
who the hell sleeps 12-14 hours a day? why does trump think that’s what non-ceo high producers normally sleep? that is friggin idiotic. try 6-8 hours being in the normal range.
In other words, “take Adderall?”
When I spent several months sleeping 4 to 5 hours a night because I was trying to get a lot done quickly I had a heart attack... That doesn’t do much for one’s “success”...
Jeff Bezos begs to differ. And I have no respect for anyone in an MBA program. Good night. I need to get my solid 8 hours.
The late pastor at my church prior to my present assignment had started the church in 1950, and served it for more than 50 years; he only slept 4 hours a night, and to him that was normal.
I can’t wait to become a workaholic nutjob with health problems. /s
Hopefully you’re doing better (health) now.
I don’t understand people’s desire to work themselves to death. There needs to be a balance in one’s life.
Different people need different amounts of sleep. And this can vary at different stages of the same person’s life.
I hate it when somebody comes out with these “rules” for basic everyday activities. Or every night, in this case.
This is very foolish advice. You can’t tax your body without a payback down the road, and you don’t want that kind of payback.
That article is highly irresponsible.
Advising people to engage in a behavior that is abnormal, regardless of individual biological variation, pre-existing medical conditions, and with no consideration to the influence such abnormal behavior may have on other risk factors in a person’s life... the mind just boggles. Ladies and gentlemen, human beings are different, some of them will be able to do things that you can’t simply due to their biology, so trying to force yourself to do something that the vast majority of us don’t or can’t isn’t particularly bright.
I guess I can be thankful that the dim lady writing the article is simply a grad student pursuing an MBA, rather than someone important or likely to be listened to.
But, hey, if you’re willing to follow potentially life-altering medical advice provided to you by a business student, then I don’t think there’s much of anything I can tell you that is going to prevent you from aiming for that Darwin Award.
Not worth the price!
Define “success”.
I agree; it varies from person to person. During most of my 20s and 30s I probably averaged about 5 hours of sleep per night during the week and tried to pay off my sleep debts during the weekend. As I approached 40 it became increasingly harder to do so. I also started packing on the pounds. I read that the male’s peak testosterone production is contingent on adequate sleep, and I started aiming for 7-8 hours a night. the weight dropped off, and I am generally more productive and alert than when I was trying to burn the candle at both ends.
And I agree. So much BS. I sleep 5 to 8 hours a night and try to stay busy when I’m awake. Meyer and bozo have both done good jobs? Maybe “successful” but not ones to hold out as models.
MBA... pfffft.
“Archana Rao is pursuing an MBA at Darden and will spend the summer at the Boston Consulting Group in management consulting. Prior to this she was a Teach for India fellow, maximizing holistic student achievement and championing women empowerment in low income communities.”
Yep! Someone who really knows what works in business!
I’m doing okay as far as I know...
It does cause one to stop and reevaluate things...
I hears Thomas Edison only slept a few hours a night. Later it was found he also had a couch in his office where he took of naps.
Forty eight years ago I tried the four hour a night sleep to see if I could accomplish more.
I found I could not function well after a few days till I went back to an eight hour sleep pattern.
Everyone sleeps about 7-8 hours on average. You go to sleep at midnight and wake up at 4AM but you will nap eventually.
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