The Importance of Sleep in Leadership and Decision-Making

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This chapter discusses the impact of sleep on cognitive abilities, decision-making, and leadership. It highlights the negative consequences of fatigue and sleep deprivation in the workplace, such as hiring mistakes and unethical behavior. The chapter also emphasizes the difficulties of getting enough sleep and the importance of a bedtime ritual.

To survive your entrepreneurial journey, you have to learn to recharge. Knowing when to turn the lights out may be the only way to keep the lights on. Few know this better than Arianna Huffington, who dramatically scaled the Huffington Post – and then experienced profound physical burnout. Her venture, Thrive Global, scales the idea of balance across an organization. With cameo appearances from Chris Yeh (co-author, Blitzscaling) and Dr. Matt Walker (author of Why We Sleep).

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