Most people would love to peak into the bedrooms of the super successful and find out their snooze secrets. (Do they play brainy recordings while they sleep? Nap on sheets of woven gold?)
Well, get ready to take notes: At the recent Thrive conference, The Huffington Post asked several powerful people how much sleep they typically get each night, and the answers may surprise you:
"I try and get seven hours every night. I've found that since I had my son, I actually do that more often. Taking him through his bedtime routine around 7 p.m. relaxes me, so I feel like I'm able to go to bed earlier. Before, I would've procrastinated and found things to do until 2 a.m."—Randi Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Zuckerberg Media and editor-in-chief of Dot Complicated
"Seven." —Katie Couric, award-winning journalist and TV personality
"Four to five. It's more than three or four, and I'm much more functional when I get five, than four. But I don't usually use an alarm clock to get up. It's this inner clock that gets me up out of bed in the morning."—Kenneth Cole, chairman & CEO of Kenneth Cole
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So interesting, right?! But just because a crazy-successful fashion designer can function on four hours of sleep, that doesn't necessarily mean you can, too. According to the National Sleep Foundation, adults 18 years and older need seven to nine hours of sleep each night, though the Foundation says sleep needs do vary from person to person. (For proof, just check out the rest of the responses that The Huffington Post received from other thought leaders at the event.)
Because nightly snooze sessions affect your mental and physical health, it’s crucial to make sure you're getting enough sleep—even if you aren't running a multi-million dollar company. Need some help clocking better z's? Check out seven sneaky things that ruin your sleep (and how to avoid them!), plus these 15 tricks for sleeping better. It might mean the difference between functioning at an eh level and functioning like a CEO.
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