How to Spend the Last 10 Minutes of Your Day – Harvard Business Review Blog
We often dismiss a little morning fatigue as an inconvenience, but here’s the reality. Missing sleep worsens your mood, weakens your memory, and harms your decision-making all day long. It scatters your focus, prevents you from thinking flexibly, and makes you more susceptible to anxiety. When we arrive at work sleepy, everything feels harder and takes longer. According to one study, we are no more effective working sleep-deprived than we are when we’re legally drunk. So, how do you get to bed earlier and get more sleep? Here are a few suggestions, based on goal-setting research.