In Bill Gates' Microsoft days, he thought 'sleeping a lot was lazy'—now he needs 7 hours a night. (via CNBCMakeIt)
effects of skimping on sleep
— sleepiness, inability to concentrate, fatigue and poor decision-making — eventually caught up to Gates. "I knew I wasn't as sharp when I was operating mostly on caffeine and adrenaline, but I was obsessed with my work, and I felt that sleeping a lot was lazy," Gates wrote on hisNow, at 64, Gates needs to sleep a full seven hours to feel creative and happy the next day, he said.
Gates wrote that people "almost certainly" need seven to eight hours a night, "even if you've convinced yourself otherwise." "Sleep services all aspects of our body in one way or another: molecular, energy balance, as well as intellectual function, alertness and mood," Merrill Mitler, a sleep expert and neuroscientist told the
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