
Relaxation techniques you may be missing
There are six different kinds of rest beyond sleep, if you don't take care to get more than physical rest, it may be why you're exhausted. ...
by Albrecht Enders Published 15 July 2022 in Brain circuits • 3 min read
If we told you there was a magic elixir that would help you improve your fitness, think clearer, make better strategic decisions, lose weight, and level out your moods, would you want to try it? How much time would you be willing to dedicate to obtaining this incredible concoction? Would it be worth eight hours to you?
Well, here’s the good news: it exists – but it does require an investment of time, although we would argue enjoyable time well spent. If you haven’t figured it out already, this magic cure-all is sleep – and people still underestimate its importance to their health, wellbeing, and work.
There’s a lot of misinformation about sleep. Test yourself to see where you stand on understanding how sleep effects your waking hours, particularly at work. Answer true or false to the following statements describing your attitude towards sleep:
Calculate how many of these statements you marked as true. If you fully understand how sleep affects your waking hours, you should have answered ‘false’ to all the statements. If you didn’t, match the ones you marked ‘true’ with the numbers below and find out what might be problematic about your thinking.
There are many steps you can take to help yourself and your team make better decisions. For more information, read A good night’s sleep will help you make better strategic decisions by Albrecht Enders, Christopher Barnes, Matthew Walker
Professor of Innovation and Strategy at IMD
Albrecht Enders is Professor of Strategy and Innovation at IMD and co-director of the Business Leadership Training program. His major research, teaching, and consulting interests are in the areas of managing discontinuous change and top-team strategy development processes. Before joining IMD, Professor Enders spent three years as a consultant with The Boston Consulting Group in Cologne where he worked on projects in the areas of financial services, energy, and industrial goods.
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