Brian JohnsonChairman & Philosopher in Residence at Heroic

+1 Hour of Sleep: Could Be Life Changing (Areté +1 #205)

16 Dec 2023 · 2 min

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Brian Johnson presents a micro-chapter arguing that gaining one extra hour of sleep can be life-changing. He cites Matthew Walker (Why We Sleep) to state that two thirds of adults in developed nations fail to get eight hours and that routinely sleeping less than six or seven hours doubles cancer risk; Johnson links insufficient sleep to weakened immunity and reduced energy, and frames the goal as part of an objective to dominate fundamentals (eating, moving, sleeping, breathing, focusing).

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Two thirds of adults throughout all developed nations (per Matthew Walker, quoted).

It "more than doubles" your risk of cancer (per Matthew Walker, quoted).

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Hi, this is Brian. Welcome back to another Arete plus one degree. Another micro chapter from Arete Activate youe Heroic Potential 451 of my favorite big ideas. Hopefully life changing ideas. Here's another one plus one hour of sleep could be life changing. How do you think you would feel if you got one more hour of sleep? The reality is, most people don't get the recommended seven to eight hours of sleep every night. In fact, in his great book, why We Sleep, leading sleep scientist Matthew Walker tells us, and I quote, two thirds of adults throughout all developed nations fail to obtain the recommended eight hours of nightly sleep. He continues by saying, I doubt you're surprised by this fact, but you may be surprised by the consequences. Routinely sleeping less than six or seven hours a night demolishes your immune system, more than doubling your risk of cancer. End quote. Yikes. Not only does routinely sleeping less than six or seven hours a night demolish our immune system while more than doubling our risk of cancer, it also demolishes our zest energy, which diminishes our ability to show up as powerfully and joyfully as we know we can in our work and in our love. Personal Question Time how many hours of sleep did you get last night? Know this. If you're like the vast majority of people, not getting the recommended seven to eight hours of sleep per night, then helping you get one more hour of sleep is my number one intention with this objective in this micro chapter is from an objective on dominating the fundamentals in which we systematically walk through how to dominate. You're eating, you're moving, you're sleeping, you're breathing, and you're focusing plus one hour of sleep. You can literally change your life overnight.