The Importance of Sleep For a Better Workplace Culture

"In many a music, it’s the pause or rest, that gives the piece its beauty and its shape." – Pico Iyer, author – The Art of Stillness graphicstock Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. You’re reading Entrepreneur India, an international franchise of Entrepreneur Media. A good night’s sleep is one such pause; a necessary reset before the next day to help us fully appreciate its essence. Experts have been harping on getting seven to eight hours of a good night’s sleep while most of us are busy clocking 6 hours on average. In this hyper connected world, our work lives and personal habits have changed to the degree that we are oblivious to the signs of a building sleep deficit. Sleep deficit hinders our ability to stay focused at work. It hinders our ability to stay cheerful and collaborative in social settings, to be innovative and creative when working alongside our teams; essentially impacting the key ingredients of a “winning team” in any workplace. We all have experienced one or more of these signs of sleep deficit. Just remember how we feel after spending late nights either working on assignments or binge-watching our favorite shows. 5 Signs of Sleep Deficit 1. Episodes of Micro-Sleep, Which Impacts Alertness Micro-sleep is your body’s kill switch forcing you to take some rest. This is half a second to ten seconds of lapse in consciousness. When these episodes of micro-sleep get frequent, it is hard for us to stay focused. 2. Poor Recall, Which Impacts High Productivity People may not realize the role that restful sleep plays in forming long term memory. During deep sleep our brain consolidates newly acquired facts and information, storing important information in long-term memory banks and discarding unimportant information. As you can imagine, with prolonged lack […]

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