Sleep Improves Everything

Name: Sleep Improves Everything
Uploaded: 2023-03-15T23:49:02+00:00
Duration: 59 s
Channel: Jake Burhans
Description: This content was created by Jake Burhans. This content was uploaded by Jake Burhans. This is a YouTube excerpt titled "Sleep Improves Everything"…

15 Mar 2023 · 1 min

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This content was created by Jake Burhans. This content was uploaded by Jake Burhans. This is a YouTube excerpt titled "Sleep Improves Everything" (created 2023-03-15) featuring Jake Burhans giving a personal recommendation on sleep and performance. He recommends the book "Sleep Smarter" by Shawn Stevenson and summarizes two practical takeaways: prioritize "money sleep" between 10:00 PM–2:00 AM (so 10:00 PM–6:00 AM yields higher-quality sleep than 1:00 AM–9:00 AM) and get morning sunlight (around 6:00–8:00 AM) to properly entrain circadian timing and melatonin secretion. The segment is a health/performance tip aimed at improving energy, focus, and clarity.

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For anyone who's taking their health seriously and are trying to get to that next level of performance and energy and focus and clarity, Sleep Smarter by Shawn Stevenson, I highly recommend. I'm about two-thirds of the way through the book. Two things that I've taken from it that have helped me in my life today are knowing that 10 PM to 2 AM, that's what they call money sleep, and that 4 hours is the most high-quality sleep you will get throughout the whole night. So that goes to say 10 PM to 6 AM is much better sleep than 1:00 AM to 9:00 AM. Yes, you slept 8 hours both sessions, but the 10:00 PM to 6:00 AM is much better sleep because of that money time sleep, 10:00 PM to 2:00 AM. Other thing, getting sunlight in the morning. I know you've probably heard about this, but getting sunlight in the morning is actually crucial because it kicks off your circadian timing, right? When you get that sunlight 6:00 AM to 8:00 AM, it kicks off your circadian timing so that melatonin is secreted at the right time at night to get you to bed. So those two things you can take away, but I highly recommend the book if you are looking to improve your sleep.