Solutions to the Seven Most Common Sleep Myths
August 9, 2023
By Dr. Narinder Duggal and Dr. Leslie Van Romer
We all know that sleep is absolutely critical to feel your best, look your best and perform at your best – every day. A lack of sleep can result in issues such as decreased productivity, creativity and focus, but a continuous lack of sleep can lead to more serious health issues. While the quality and quantity sleep take front and center stage, there are other major health players such as: eating lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, making time for 60 minutes of exercise each day, taking in fresh air, drinking lots of water and having an uplifting outlook on life.
Sleep is important but there is a lot of confusion about how we can get this sacred time to rest, recuperate and reenergize. Sometimes the confusion and misinformation is harmless; sometimes it is dangerous.
Here are the solutions to the top seven myths about getting your daily zzz’s:
Myth #1: Snoring may be annoying to a sleep partner, but it is never harmful.
Fact: Snoring may be harmless, but it can also be a symptom of a life-threatening sleep disorder called sleep apnea, especially if it is accompanied by severe daytime sleepiness. Sleep apnea, or pauses in breathing while sleeping, prevents air flow, reduces oxygen levels and strains the heart and cardiovascular system, increasing the risk of cardiovascular disease. People with sleep apnea awaken frequently during the night. Obesity can also contribute to sleep apnea.
Solution: Lose weight and if you suspect sleep apnea, get it checked out. It is treatable. Newer, medical advancements can assist in helping you get a good night’s sleep.
Myth #2: You can “cheat” on the amount of sleep you get.
Fact: Sleep experts say that most adults need between seven and nine hours of sleep each night for optimum performance, health and safety. When we don’t get adequate sleep, we accumulate a sleep “debt” that can be difficult to “pay back.” The result: sleep deprivation, which is linked to obesity, high blood pressure, mood swings, decreased productivity and safety issues in the home, on the job and on the road.
Solution: Read more
Huge List Of GTD & Productivity Sites/ Personal Development Blogs
July 6, 2023
So I found this huge list over at Mallosworld.co.uk. It is a fascinating lists of sites with tons of information in it. In fact, the reason I found it, was because of a backlink back to my site here. Cool. Enjoy the list! Pass the word!
- 43 Folders
- 7Breaths
- Achieve IT!
- Black Belt Productivity
- Chief Happiness Officer
- Cranking Widgets
- Creating A Better Life
- Cultivate Greatness
- Daily PlanIt
- David Allen
- David Seah
- Declutter It!
- Did I Get Things Done?
- DIY Planner
- eDragonu
- Evomend
- Flipping Heck!
- GearFire
- Geeks Guide To GTD
- Genuine Curiosity
- Get Rich Slowly
- GTD In Academia
- GTD Index Blog
- GTD Wannabe
- HD BizBlog
- Ho-ohana Blog
- How To Save The World
- Ian’s Messy Desk
- I Will Teach You To Be Rich
- Juggling Sheep
- Kvet.ch
- Legal Andrew
- LifeClever
- LifeDev
- Lifehacker
- LifeHackMum
- Lifehack.org
- Lifemuncher
- Life Optimizer
- Life Organizers
- Life Training Online
- Matt’s Idea Blog
- Modern Minimalist
- Neat & Simple Living
- Organize IT
- Personal Development Blog
- Productivity501
- Productivity Workflows
- Quadrant IV
- Ririan Project
- Scott Young
- Setting Contexts
- Sigsug
- Slow Leadership
- Steve Olson
- Steve Pavlina
- The Daily Saint
- The Getting Things Done
- The Optimized Life
- The Positivity Blog
- The Productivity Show
- To-Done
- Trizoko
- Ultimate GTD Index
- Unclutterer
- Zen Habits
5 Great Ways to Get up Early in the Morning!
June 17, 2023
by Travis Wright
Many of us seek morning enlightenment. We want to wake up early, but that bed is too hard to get out of, and that alarm clock keeps going off every 9 minutes. Unfortunately, we are snoozing away what could be one of the most productive moments of our day. So, instead of snoozing, let’s wake up in a more effective way, and get the feeling of accomplishment first thing in the morning!
Here are some suggestions that may help you wake up better in the morning.
1. Wake up to Soothing Sounds. Buy a cd/mp3 alarm clock instead of a traditional ‘doot doot doot’, loud annoying alarm, why not ease into your day with something soothing instead of horrendously annoying?
Personally, I enjoy listening to a brain entracement track that audio engineer, William Hayes, created called “Hz so Good.” This thing takes certain megahertz audio tones that affect your brain and awareness in certain ways. The cd starts out with this hertz that slowly fades in and after 5 minutes or so, you finally wake up in a peaceful state. It’s quite enjoyable. You can contact him at Willpower Music.
2. Think 6 O’clock, Get up and Walk. Walking does the body good. The more steps that you take, the more healthier that you will become. I have made it my goal to walk over 10,000 steps per day. This is difficult sometimes, but I bought a pedometer from Target. Here are some good pedometers to consider if you wish to purchase one.
3. If you are a coffee drinker, get your brew programmed. I am not personally a coffee drinker, but there are millions of you out there… so get that coffee brewing early… grab the morning news, or check your email and get going!
4. Read something! Make it your goal to read a few pages of whatever book that you are currently reading. This will kick start your brain in the time that you would normally be snoozing it up. Nothing is worse than the snooze funk haze. By committing to reading a book within the first 15-20 minutes after waking up.
5. Go to bed earlier. Hello? Staying up until 2am playing World of Warcraft or SecondLife… or mindlessly reading countless blogs or looking for sites to Digg? Go to bed and get some valuable sleep.
Whatever it is that helps you get up early… commit to doing it daily! It is truly life-changing.
CultivateGreatness Success and Personal Growth Blog Carnival #012, April 7th, 2007
April 7, 2023
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Here we are with the 12th edition of the Success Blog Carnival at Cultivate Greatness! This issue has also has over 100 Article Submissions! A great amount of wisdom to share… so many golden nuggets of wisdom to share.
Thanks for your submissions! I’m going to increase the amount of carnivals that I put out, so that there are fewer entries on it, making it easier to read all the stuff. There are SO many great articles here, its unreal.
Also, if you article is listed in this blog carnival, please provide a linkback to CultivateGreatness.com somewhere on your site, to provide a nice circle of link love!
Here we are in April. The year is 1/4th over. Make sure to stay on task with your goals and move forward toward your dreams. You deserve them! Thanks for making the April 7th, 2007 edition of the Cultivate Greatness, Success and Personal Growth BlogCarnival a success!
Personal Development
Joysoriano.com presents BELOVED – Part II posted at Street Smart Spirit, saying, “This article encourages the reader to discover his/her beauty and strengths, to continue the never ending process of growth and to be able to truly love oneself, as a prerequisite to being fully capable of loving other people.”
Praveen presents Viewpoint posted at Tao of Simplicity.
Rajesh.P.I presents Freeing a dream… posted at Let the sunshine in, saying, “To free myself from a recurring nightmare, I realized I had to first face it then deliverance was just a step away…”
Christine Kane presents Rust Never Sleeps posted at Christine Kane.
Albert Foong presents Tools: Forgiveness Part One posted at Urban Monk.
Jonathan Fields presents Live Life Forward - Forgive the Past posted at The Being Project.
Business
Billy Smith presents When It Comes To Being A Firefighter posted at The Organic Leadership Blog.
Madeleine Begun Kane presents Office Politics posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.
Ybother presents 10 Ways to Improve your Marketing Presentation posted at TodaysTen.com: Daily Top Ten List to jumpstart your knowledge, saying, “Presentations should be eye catching and have as little text as possible. This article shows you 10 simple to make graphics which spruce up your presentation in less than 5 minutes.”
Aaron M. Potts presents Personal Development Pop Quiz: Why do you Work? posted at Today is that Day.