When It Comes to Sleep You Can’t Trick Mother Nature

Dena Lefkowitz If I told you that I have a product that will give you more energy, help maintain a healthy weight and improve your mood and performance at work, would you be interested? Might you pay money to get it? The good news is it’s free and within your control to get an adequate supply. The product is … Sleep. But not just any kind of sleep. I mean adequate, health-promoting sleep. If you guard this remarkable replenishing resource zealously and give your body enough, the benefits are tremendous. When “Breaking Bad” was in its original run on television, I eagerly awaited each episode. In order to enjoy it, however, I had to wait an extra day because it aired at 10 p.m. on Sunday nights. Because it was often disturbing, I couldn’t risk its startling imagery or brutal violence so close to bedtime. It was hard enough to fall asleep on a Sunday night. How are you illustrating differentiation to clients and potential lateral targets? How are you measuring performance against peers? Use Legal Compass to benchmark a firm against its competitors, unearthing unique insights about performance, partner retention, market penetration and more. Click to log in, or begin your free trial. Get More Information I thought that I was one of those people who “needed her sleep” as there have always been others in my orbit who could, seemingly, function on far less than me. In my ignorance, I thought it was a preference rather than a requirement. Two recent news stories and a conversation with an expert have shifted my understanding of the role sleep plays in our lives and convinced me that no one is immune to the effects of sleep deprivation. This past February, attorney Cameron Schladenhauffen died at age 31. The death […]

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