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Entrepreneurs Can Succeed And Get Proper Sleep
In order to be a successful entrepreneur, whether you are running a small business or a large one, you have to bring your A-game to work every day. The best way to do that is to get a good night’s sleep. And let’s face it, not many people who are under the kind of pressure it takes to build a business do. In fact, 40 percent of Americans report not catching as many Z-z-z’s as they should each night.
The hard truth is, if you’re not getting enough sleep, you are losing money. That’s a mighty bold assertion, but it makes sense when you think about it.
Can This $200,000 Bed Really Help You Sleep Better?
Can An Expensive Bed Help You Sleep?
Remember the days when memory foam was all the rage? There was that infomercial where the wine glass didn’t topple over while someone in mom jeans jumped on the other side?
Well, we’re way past that.
Now, there’s a mattress made of diamonds. There’s a mattress that unzips so that you can literally swap out the coils should you decide you want to go firmer. There’s one with gel foam, one you plug in and connect to Wi-Fi and at least several foam mattresses that arrive at your house, compressed in a tiny box.
But for those who want a mattress like no other, there’s Hästens’ new Vividus bed (photo, above). Each custom-built bed takes 320 hours of hand-craftsmanship to make and will set you back anywhere from $140,000 to $200,000, depending on what size you choose. (Yes, American dollars! No, the bed does not fly!)
Rest assured ― this is a quality mattress. Only “selected craftsman are permitted to work on Vividus [beds], each specializing in their field,” according to Hästens. And for the record, a redwood bed frame is included.
But at the end of the day, does custom stitching really help you catch more sleep? What about breathable latex?
“Maybe yes,” Terry Cralle, a certified clinical sleep educator and author of Sleeping Your Way To The Top, told The Huffington Post. A more expensive mattress might improve your sleep, but ultimately only if it makes you more comfortable, she explained. “Price is not paramount, comfort is.”
And comfort is incredibly individualized, she said. “The mattress I love will be the mattress you hate. It’s that personal.”
Studies in ergonomics and sleep medicine arrive at the same conclusion: your mattress is an important factor that either contributes to or harms the quality of your sleep. But there’s no one answer (or mattress) for everybody. And there’s no science to say spending more actually helps you get a better night’s sleep.
So how should you figure out what bed’s right for you?
Step 1: Find your perfect firmness
One study that compared individual’s sleep quality on mattresses of varying firmness with the quality of sleep on their own mattresses showed sleep preference really did depend on the individual.
The study included only nine men, but reported each man’s sleep quality on their own mattress, as well as on firm and soft mattresses. Four men slept better on the softer mattresses, two slept better on the hard mattress and the other three men showed no significant difference in their quality of sleep on either mattress.
The differences in sleep quality on the various nights when the men slept on the different beds were significant, but depended on individual preference, one of the study’s authors Gaby Badre, associate professor and sleep researcher at University of Gothenburg in Sweden, told HuffPost.
An Up Close and Personal Account of Having Sleep Apnea
This column is about sleep apnea. To be precise, my obstructive sleep apnea. I’m not going to apologize for writing about something that’s quite personal. I’m on a bit of a mission actually.
Can A Couple Survive If They Sleep Separately?
Can Couples Sleep Separately?
Do you sleep in the same bed as your partner or in separate rooms?
Can a Sleep Tracker That Wakes You Up Actually Help You?
If a partner or a pet kept waking you up three minutes after you fell asleep, you’d be kicking them out of bed pretty quickly, but a new sleep tracker does just that, with the goal of training insomniacs to fall asleep faster.
Based on research out of Australia’s Flinders University, Thim is a small wearable device designed to readjust a user’s sleeping cycles over the course of a week without too much disruption, and is also claimed to come in handy for better naps and more accurate sleep tracking.
Is the NFL Starting to Take Sleep Science Seriously?
Imagine a conference championship game five or 10 years from now. The road team, having traveled to London and Las Vegas for its previous playoff games, arrives in Foxborough and engineers a shocking upset with the help of a surprising strategy: Even though the team’s quarterback is an All-Pro known for picking apart defenses, it employs a scaled-back, run-heavy game plan.
Study: Sleep Apnea Treatment For Commercial Drivers Is Beneficial
Commercial truck drivers who get treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) for two years may reduce their crash risk to the level of drivers without apnea, a study from Italy suggests.
Do Chronic Sleep Problems Lead To Disability?
(Reuters Health) – In adults of all ages, chronic sleep problems were linked with a greater risk of trouble with activities of daily living later in life, in a recent study.
Constantly Looking for Good Sleep? It’s Up To You
Contrary to what you might think, good sleep is more under your control.
Do Insects Actually Sleep? Find Out the Answer Here
Sleep is a necessary part of survival for most animals, but what about for bugs? Do insects sleep?
For scientists, sleep is such a rich area of research that entire institutes are dedicated to it. We know that humans sleep, of course. And pretty much every animal we’ve ever studied does, too. But what about insects? Julian Huguet investigates in today’s DNews special report.
