When you are starting a new business you will find that you don’t sleep very much. Personal success depends on you not only exercising and working, but sleeping too!

You need deep sleep. Many entrepreneurs will boast about only getting 2 or 3 hours a night, but research shows that neural connections are made when you’ve hit the deepest stage of sleep, and that occurs typically over a seven to nine hour period. To achieve personal success you need minimally 6 hours of good sleep and you need to be asleep before 2 am. Your brain manufactures different chemicals after that time for some strange reason and the sleep is different. If you go to sleep after 2am experts say you may wake up in the morning groggy, even if you get a full 6 hours. Being groggy and feeling like you are in a waking dream like state is not ideal for heading into an important meeting!

Thomas Edison solved this problem by grabbing short naps and working constantly. If you struggle to sleep, go for a long walk and look around you. Get out of your head and try and forget the problems by looking at the world.

So next time you are working yourself to the point of exhaustion, stop, take a breath and think about the last time you slept. Working until you can no longer concentrate on the problems at hand will not help you achieve personal success. Remember, we strive to be successful so we can enjoy our lives, which include snuggling up in bed occasionally.

Shane Krider- Polaris Media Group