Sleep and Entrepreneurs
Appears lack of sleep is indicative of most entrepreneurs. Entrepreneur Magazine notes that Inventor Thomas Edison reportedly slept just three to four hours a night (though he took daytime naps); Martha Stewart gets by on four or five hours; and Jeff Taylor, founder and CEO of online career center Monster.com, sleeps anywhere from two to seven hours a night (”Anything less than two hours and I don’t bother,” he has said).A June 2004 study by Startups.co.uk, found that almost half of all small business owners claimed to be unable to sleep at night. And Inc. Magazine has written, we should all give sleep 2-weeks worth of respect.
Kathryn on July 11th, 2008 9:18 am
The biggest thing that got me through the early days as a new mom was repeating the phrase “Intelligent babies require less sleep” as I paced the floor hour after hour with babies that were awake and alert more hours than not. I’m a neonatal nurse and had been told that somewhere along the way. I had also learned that newborns sleep 20 hours a day. When I found out that mine didn’t read that chapter, I decided to focus on the positive so that I could keep my sanity. It proved to be true with both my boys. They’re both intelligent and innovative.
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