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A Wake Up Call
Naps, Physical Needs, Sleep | 2 COMMENTS | May 2, 2011
Were you outraged by the recent report that yet another air traffic controller was caught napping during his late night shift? Ray LaHood, our Transportation Secretary, certainly professed to be: "There is no excuse for air traffic controllers sleeping on the job," he said afterward. "We will do everything we can to put an end to this."
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Tony Schwartz
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The Energy Project Sleep Challenge 2011!
Sleep | COMMENTS | March 22, 2011
Get energized and be more productive when you join our week-long sleep challenge starting today, Tuesday, March 22! Enter to win a free 30-minute coaching session with bestselling author, performance expert, and The Energy Project’s CEO, Tony Schwartz.
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Emily Pines
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“Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.” Ovid
Emotional Needs, Physical Needs, Sleep | 1 COMMENTS | March 17, 2011
If you’re a parent, imagine a day when your three-year-old attends a birthday party after missing his nap.  As the afternoon progresses he becomes increasingly irritable, so tired he can’t even focus long enough to eat his lunch. While playing, he gets more and more frustrated while trying to stack his blocks, instantly dissolving into tears when they fall. When you attempt to soothe him, he can’t take in your words because he’s too tired and depleted to process what you’re saying.
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Annie Perrin
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Sleep is More Important Than Food
Physical Needs, Sleep | 10 COMMENTS | March 3, 2011
Let's cut to the chase. Say you decide to go on a fast, and so you effectively starve yourself for a week. At the end of seven days, how would you be feeling? You'd probably be hungry, perhaps a little weak, and almost certainly somewhat thinner. But basically you'd be fine. Now let's say you deprive yourself of sleep for a week. Not so good. After several days, you'd be almost completely unable to function. That's why Amnesty International lists sleep deprivation as a form of torture.
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Tony Schwartz
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Why aren't you sleeping enough?
Physical Needs, Sleep, TBYL | 3 COMMENTS | February 3, 2011
In recent years, the necessity of sleep has been drilled into our heads over and over again from sources as disparate as politicians, researchers, teachers, journalists, and self-help gurus. The reasons range from the every day inconveniences such as moodiness and poor concentration, to the more serious consequences including traffic accidents, depression, high blood pressure, obesity, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and even Parkinson's disease.
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Emily Pines
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