
The Science Behind Sleep and High Performance
HBR IdeaCast
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The Importance of Quantity in Sleep
We all know we're supposed to get six to eight hours of sleep, but is there a number that's the absolute minimum? The National Sleep Foundation says it's somewhere between 6 and ten hours. And if you look across the collection of research on sleep, it really narrows in on about six to seven hours being the ideal. That ideal is going to vary for everyone.
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