The Sales Experiment

  • About
  • Sales Experiments
  • Content Creation Experiments
  • Social Media Experiments
  • Mindset Experiments
  • Productivity Experiments

October 4, 2014 by Brett Leave a Comment

Sleep More, Get More Done

My commitment to writing daily on this and my day job blog has demanded more than it’s shares of late nights and early mornings.

Unfortunately, I’ve also binged on Netflix a couple times and stayed up late watching college or pro football.

Today, I listened to Pat Flynn’s interview with Shawn Stevenson (check Shawn Stevenson’s podcast and blog here).

Much of the interview was about sleep. Since today was a Saturday full of emergency home projects (2 major bathroom rehabs), I’m eager to take today’s action item from that interview. I could use some sleep.

Stevenson has written a book all about sleep (Sleep Smarter: 21 Proven Tips to Sleep Your Way To a Better Body, Better Health and Bigger Success) and handed out a couple tips in the interview:

  1. Give yourself a caffeine curfew (2pm)
  2. Use black-out curtains (those cool things they have at fancy hotels)
  3. Keep electronics out of your room or at least away from your noggin.

I really want black-out curtains, but since I can’t pull that off tonight, I cut off caffeine early and will keep the phone away. I’ll use the old-fashioned clock radio.

I’m averaging 5-6 hours a night and feel a slow wear-down happening. It’ll take faith to go to bed 9pm-10pm and let myself sleep a little later. Will I get things done that I need to get done?

8 straight hours sounds like a very nice thing though, so I’m up for the challenge.

What kind of sleep do you get? Are you like me – you pride yourself on only ‘needing’ 5-6 hours a night? Is that really a good long term plan?

Filed Under: Mindset Experiments, Productivity Experiments Tagged With: energy, pat flynn, productivity, shawn stevenson, sleep, smart passive income

Hello!

Brett the sales experimenter and the challenge accepter Brett - Sales and Marketing Experimenter. I'm a reluctant sales professional. I didn't start out my career in sales and marketing, but I've grown to enjoy it. Here I discuss marketing, sales, productivity, and mindset experiments that will hopefully yield greater results and a more deeply satisfying sales career.

Connect

  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter

Recent Posts

  • Is Sales Your Calling?
  • I Must Be Ruthless about My Time
  • 4 Ideas for Leaders with No Leadership Position
  • 10 Reasons Why Corporate Culture Determines Sales Success
  • 3 Productivity Lessons from the Movement Marketing Summit (So Far)
Find Your Calling

Recent Posts

  • Is Sales Your Calling?
  • I Must Be Ruthless about My Time
  • 4 Ideas for Leaders with No Leadership Position
  • 10 Reasons Why Corporate Culture Determines Sales Success
  • 3 Productivity Lessons from the Movement Marketing Summit (So Far)

Copyright © 2023 · Generate Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in