A lot of people in this world and in this present era are so obsessed with working hard. We see the people who work late at night and do multiple things at the same time as heroes. They even see resting as a form of laziness, and treat physical exhaustion as a badge of honour. Imagine thinking that when you rest less, that you will be able to work more. When the case is the opposite. Not taking rest is very detrimental to the health, and can also make one less productive. You have to understand that rest is not what you take when you have finished everything that you want to do, rather it is what you do so that you will be able to do what you are supposed to do well. Proper rest is among the vital requirements for success.
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A friend of mine, who is a neurologist, said something very profound, he said "the brain usually cleans itself while you sleep." You see why resting is very important. Imagine you own a restaurant where they cook and sell food. Within the day, the kitchen will be so busy, a lot of used dishes, ingredients particles dropping on the floor. Now imagine if the kitchen staff do not stop to clean up, the kitchen will eventually become too messy, dirty, and unusable. Your brain works in a similar fashion. When you are awake, the brain will be busy processing a lot of information, making decisions, and all of them. When you sleep, your brain removes unnecessary data and other things that can make you to be grumpy the next day.
You have to also understand that rest makes you smarter and faster. You will agree with me that when you perform a task or take a decision in the early hours of the day when you have already slept well the previous night, it will be better than doing the same thing later in the evening when you are already tired. When you deprive yourself sleep, your concentration is affected negatively, your ability to focus also drops, and even your problem-solving skills will reduce. But when you give yourself good quality sleep, you will wake up with a sharper mind. You will see yourself making better decisions, remembering things easily, solving more complex puzzles faster, and becoming more productive. Having a good rest does not take time away from your work, rather it gives you speed to undertake the work in a shorter time.
Resting also has a way of protecting your emotional health. When someone is exhausted, it can ruin their mood, and even affect their relationship with people negatively. It also makes one to be hyperactive and prone to anxiety. This is part of what make people to easily get angry over little things, lose patience easily, and become anxious over small things. You will be surprised how exhaustion can lead to tension even in the relationship or family. But when you learn to take proper rest, you will protect your mental health. You will also be more patient, calmer, and more emotionally stable.
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You do not sleep because you do not have what to do, but because it is required and demanded. Discipline yourself to sleep well. Not the kind that you will sleep with a lot of distractions. Some people even set alarms at each hour, so that they can wake up and work, but they will still be waking up to put off the alarm. Now they have distracted their sleep. When you want to sleep, put off everything that can distract you. A friend once said that "a 6 hour quality sleep is better than sleeping and waking up for 10 times in 8 hours at night." It is not just about the length of the sleep, but also about how qualitative it is.
It is worthy to note that success is not a short-distance race, rather it is a marathon. This means that it is not what you start and complete at once, so if you try to go throughout your life without sleeping until you achieve success, you will crash on the way. You have to know that sleep is not an enemy of your goal. However it is by sleeping that you will recharge your body, so as to be able to perform better and achieve your goal.
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