The Importance Of Sleep To Becoming Successful In Business In Nigeria
Becoming successful in business Nigeria is as a result of many factors for which sleep is one of them. The importance of having enough sleep cannot be overemphasized.
If you really want to be successful, must never deny yourself quality sleep that helps revitalize your body in preparation for the next set of tasks. In today’s world, people are always working round the clock so as to meet up with their responsibilities.
You find people getting up as early as 3:00 am and retire at almost midnight with no enough sleep to relax their mind and body for the next day’s task or job.
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You must know that becoming successful in business in Nigeria should not be at the expense of your sleep. I am not trying to say that you should sleep round the clock so as to be successful and accomplish more.
Scientifically, you should be able to have 6 hours of sleep each day to be able to stay healthy and mentally alert at all times.
Why sleep is important to becoming successful in Business in Nigeria
Experts say that sleep is essential to both our overall health and emotional stability.
The reports from Cleveland Clinic says that less than 6 hours of sleep every day has the potential to negatively affect your quality of life and increase the possibility of having the accident. Living on only less than 6 hours of sleep can really be detrimental to your overall well being.
It can lead to high blood pressure, heart failure, stroke, depression and a whole lot of other sicknesses that have the ability to render you unproductive for a very long time.
There is no doubt that family demands, work, and personal concerns can hinder our ability to have a very good and balanced night sleep. Having enough sleep we have seen is a factor to being successful in Nigeria.
Tips On How To Improve Your Sleep
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Increase the number of hours that you sleep
As we have said earlier, anything less than 6 hours of sleep is really dangerous to your health as an adult.
You must know that you can never catch up on sleep. Don’t say that you will make up for the lost sleep during work days with sleeping enough during the weekend; it doesn’t really work like that.
You should cultivate the habit of sleeping at least 6 hours a day so as to stay healthy and fully active at work.
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Be consistent with the time you rise and go to bed
By going to bed and rising from bed at the same time each day helps you fall asleep quickly and wake up naturally without external help like an alarm or even someone waking you up.
Experts have agreed that going to bed same time each night improves academic performance, memory, and a healthy heart.
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Have quality sleep time
It is not just enough to increase the number of hours that you sleep. It is also very important that you put the quality of sleep into consideration at all times.
There are many things that can deprive us sleep, such as health issues, hormonal changes, and stress. There are causes that help alter the quality of our sleep that are beyond our control, things like aging, health conditions etc.
You can enjoy quality sleep by doing your best not to overstress yourself during the day to day activities. Mattress plays an important role to have a better sleep. According to review portal MyBestMattress, “having a high quality firm mattress is ideal for business owners / entrepreneurs that been working 8-10 hours everyday.”
Quality sleep is very important to becoming successful in business in Nigeria. no matter what you for a living, you cannot function optimally with less quality sleep, and thus you reduce your level of productivity greatly.
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Less problem-solving at night
Many a time, we always leave problems for the night time. There is nothing bad in trying to solve problems in the cool of the night, but when it becomes a habitual venture, and then it can really lead to not having enough sleep.
You should make out time to tackle problems during the daytime and reserve your night for relaxing and giving yourself quality and quantity sleep.
Less problem-solving at night will really help you in becoming successful in business in Nigeria.
You should know that no matter the challenges you face each day, tackling then with enough night sleep will really make you more successful in Nigeria.
