Power sleep

What Hacker News says

1. coreymaassMay 2011
   I highly reocmmend Jmes Maas' book Power Sleep. He's a Cornell professor who's studied sleep for decades. This book opened my eyes to just how important enough sleep is. http://www.amazon.com/Power-Sleep-Revolutionary-Prepares-Per...
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2. davidmurphyMar 2011
   I recommend the book "Power Sleep" by Cornell professor James Maas.

   http://www.amazon.com/Power-Sleep-Revolutionary-Prepares-Per...

   Exceptional book that really transformed my college experience.

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3. davidmurphyDec 2010
   Or even 15 minutes (or 5!). (See Power Sleep, by James Maas http://www.amazon.com/Power-Sleep-Revolutionary-Prepares-Per..., or the Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_nap).

   When you bike or take public transportation to work, you can't sneak a nap on your lunch break in your car. A nap room would be oh so helpful, and would dramatically aid productivity for sleepy employees benefiting from a power nap.

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4. davidmurphySep 2010
   Power Sleep, by Cornell sleep researcher Dr. James Maas, transformed my idea of naps. I highly recommend the book. He recommends short "power naps" to quickly get in some rest. The key is to wake up before your body goes into a deep sleep cycle. For me, this means approx. 15-20 minute naps when needed. It truly is astounding how much this rejuvenates you. These naps were insanely helpful back when I was in college.

   Buy on Amazon: http://amzn.to/bvumKg

   WorldCat (library catalog search): http://bit.ly/c3NMpF

   I just wish naps were more accepted in the corporate world. When I have a startup again, I'd love to have a "nap" room for employees. Google has sleep pods: http://www.businessinsider.com/google-sleep-pods-2010-6

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5. mechanical_fishFeb 2008
   It doesn't work. You can't change the amount of sleep you need by any significant amount. If you consistently shortchange yourself by a small amount each night, you may be able to convince yourself that you're getting more done ... but you'll actually be less sharp, less productive, less healthy, and much less happy (seriously -- it has big effects on your mood).

   Read a book like Maas's Power Sleep :

   http://www.amazon.com/Power-Sleep-Revolutionary-Prepares-Per...

   I'd recommend a better book but I don't know of one yet. I spend my time sleeping rather than hacking sleep.

   You can tinker with when you sleep (using naps, etc.) to try and improve the quality of your sleep and adjust the times of day when you are most awake for maximum productivity. Just realize that you're basically rearranging your sleep and not magically reducing it.

   If you can't find time to sleep the 8.5 hours that you need, you need to fix something else. Find a partner. Hire an assistant. Outsource. Prioritize. Postpone unimportant features. Get a better paying job with fewer hours. Play less World of Warcraft. Kill your television. Read David Allen or Tim Ferriss. Set noprocrast to numbers like "1024".

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6. eesmithSep 2022
   > as well as the study of violinists

   That's an off-shoot of Ericsson's "deliberate practice" work. More specifically, I think it was four hours of "deliberate practice" per day was the max.

   But work is more than "deliberate practice".

   As to the physics work, note that it cites Van Zelst and Kerr in the 1950s. Why no more recent research? Has it been reproduced?

   > and in von Neummann's case sleeping/dreaming

   And shaving. https://www.representations.org/thoughts-while-shaving/

   > my former boss as an example

   Remember that Darwin had no boss.

   > my former boss would sleep less than 5 hours a day, and he was proud of this fact.

   Oh, that reminds me of another example - Edison. Quoting https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/05/thomas-ed... "He reportedly slept a mere three to four hours at night, “regarding sleep as a waste of time, ‘a heritage from our cave days,'” as James Maas tells us in his 1997 productivity bestseller Power Sleep (public library)"'

   (See more from that Atlantic piece for Edison's views on sleep.)

   > Looking at the study of research scientists mentioned in the article, it would seem that they are the majority

   .... how many research scientists do you think there are?

   How many do you think were mentioned in the article?

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