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#131 Matthew Walker: The Power of Sleep

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

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Is There a Good Night's Sleep?

Kafine, alcohol and nicotine are going to be one category of things that will probably guarantee a bad night of sleep. If you have a high degree of stress in your life, and stress and anxiety, those two things will really guarantee a badnight of sleep. The other thing i would note is making sure that you are sleeping at the right phase of the 24 clock face. And this brings us on to something called chronotype. In other words, are you a morning type? Are you an evening type? Or are you somewhere in between? It's very easy on line. Achle in sleep science, we have five categories, extreme morning type, morning lark, neutral

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