How are you feeling today? A little weary? Are you getting enough sleep?
While some of us never seem to be able to get enough sleep, there are some people, like tech entrepreneur Ruslan Kogan who works 20 hours a day, firing off emails to staff at all hours. Australia’s Ex-Prime Minister Kevin Rudd often ran on just three hours sleep, particularly at the height of the global financial crisis.
With the ever increasing pressures of life many of us wish that we could spend less time sleeping and more time getting things done. But is that healthy?
I spoke to Professor Shantha Rajaratnam, President, Australasian Sleep Association on radio this morning.
There are a small number of Australians, who through a combination of lifestyle and biological factors, can function (if not at their peak) on an extremely small amount of sleep.
“There’s a range of what we call habitual sleep durations in the population,” says Professor Shantha Rajaratnam, the president of the Australasian Sleep Association. While some people may cope a little better when they’re sleep deprived, it’s often more driven by lifestyle and environmental factors, Prof Rajaratnam says. – News.com.au
You can click the play button on the audio player at the bottom of this post to listen to our conversation.
How many hours of sleep do you get each night? Is it enough or are you constantly tired?
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