Nick HutchisonFounder and CEO, BookThinkers

What’s your best sleep suggestion?

17 Sept 2022 · 2 min

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In this concise YouTube monologue, Nick Hutchison argues that serious improvement in life begins with serious attention to sleep. He frames sleep as the foundational building block that enables the benefits of other self‑improvement practices discussed in Nate Dallas (also referred to as Nate Doughty)’s book You’re Too Good to Feel This Bad. Hutchison explains that many high‑achieving individuals experience chronic stress without recognizing it, and that controlling “inputs” like sleep can improve “outputs” such as mood and performance. He highlights his favorite sleep‑hygiene recommendations from the book: avoid eating after dinner, eliminate TV right before bed, limit afternoon caffeine, keep the bedroom cool, and maintain consistent bedtime and wake‑time using a sleep alarm to regulate the circadian rhythm. He concludes by urging viewers to read the book for additional tips on meditation, mindfulness, and healthy eating, positioning sleep as the first and most critical habit for a happier, more fulfilled life.

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If you're serious about living, it's time to get serious about sleeping. And I know that sounds a little counterintuitive, like discipline equals freedom, but it's so true. Sleep is the first building block that we have to put in place so that we can take advantage of all of the other amazing lessons in this book, You're Too Good to Feel This Bad, by author Nate Dallas. It's an unorthodox approach to living an unorthodox life, one of happiness and fulfillment Success and positivity. Early in the book, Nate tells us that you don't have to feel emotionally miserable to be experiencing the physical symptoms of chronic stress. And a lot of us overachievers don't think we're stressed, but we really are. So we need to control the inputs, and then we can improve the output. So this book covers a lot of inputs like meditation, mindfulness, healthy eating, but my favorite one, like I said, is sleep. It's that that first building block. So how do we improve our sleep hygiene? Nate covers a variety of them in here, but I'll tell you some of my favorites. No eating after dinner. No TV time right before bed. We need to minimize our caffeine in the afternoon. We need to lower the temperature of the room that we're sleeping in. We need to set a sleep alarm and go to bed at the same time every day, as well as waking up at the same time to control our circadian rhythm. So if you're looking for more tips, to feel a little bit better, then you have to check out this book, You're Too Good to Feel This Bad by author Nate Doughty.