W.I.N. Newsletter Special - Book Recommendation
Published: Sun, 09/26/10
again.
Take a Nap! Change Your Life: The Scientific Plan to Make You
Smarter, Healthier, More Productive
By Sara Mednick
Imagine a product that increases alertness, boosts creativity,
reduces stress, improves perception, stamina, motor skills, and
accuracy, enhances your sex life, helps you make better decisions,
keeps you looking younger, aids in weight loss, reduces the risk of
heart attack, elevates your mood, and strengthens memory. Now
imagine that this product is nontoxic, has no dangerous side
effects, and, best of all, is absolutely free. This miracle drug
is, in fact, nothing more than the nap: the right nap at the right
time. The work of Sara C. Mednick, Ph.D., a researcher at the Salk
Institute and the leading authority on the study of the nap, Take a
Nap! Change Your Life. is the scientifically-based breakthrough
program that shows how we can fight the fatigue epidemicwhich
afflicts an estimated 50 million Americansthrough a custom-designed
nap. Take a Nap! Change Your Life. explains the five stages of the
sleep cycle, particularly Stage Two, Slow Wave Sleep, and REM, and
the benefits each one provides; how to assess your tiredness and
set up a personal sleep profile; and how to neutralize the voice in
your head that tells you napping is a sign of laziness. (Not that
anyone would have called JFK, Churchill, Einstein, or Napoleon a
slug-a-bed.) Using the unique Nap Wheel on the cover and interior
graphs and charts, it shows us exactly when our optimum napping
time is, and exactly how long we should try to sleepeven how its
possible to design a nap to inspire creativity one day, and the
next day design one to help us with our memory. There are tips on
how to create the right nap environment, a 16-step technique for
falling asleep, a six-week napping workbook, and more.
Thank You
Thank you to those who supported the fundraiser on September 18 for
the Jason M. Baker Public Safety Scholarship Fund. Through your
generosity we were able to raise $2500.00 for this great cause. If you
missed this one we may be doing it again in February.
On October 3 (without the benefit of a nap) Jesse and Cody are
running in the Run for the Cure. If you would like to support their efforts
you can go to the following links:
Jesse
http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=8S.0l&m=1aJDdCSyRhR_Ob&b=t4Ksk88WHjJf20z2uYGP.A
Cody
http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=8S.0l&m=1aJDdCSyRhR_Ob&b=VbYiktUFo2B6O2WSXvSGYA
Take care.
Brian Willis
www.winningmindtraining.com