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How a Nap Steals from Companies

Brian Yalung — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 07:23:26 +0000

There will be times when we are in the office and we may suddenly get that feeling of wanting to doze of for a second or two. It is only normal since it stems from boredom all the way towards lack of proper sleep. While such is a given when you are in the office place, it is likewise a form of stealing to certain extent since some employees tend to do it during the regular office hours.

Now most big bosses do not tolerate such acts. For one, it is a sign of an employee’s inability to produce the expected results. While many cannot help it, a lot has to do on how we discipline ourselves on how to obtain the proper sleeping hours to avoid these sleeping spells. If your superiors will hear nothing of it, chances are you may be walking on thin ice as far as your employment is concerned.

For the most sleep deprived section of the population, new parents, there is advice on how a 10 minute power nap can work wonders.

But is this the right thing? The effectiveness of napping varies from person to person. The reality is that some people need more sleep than others. And some of us get by with only four or five hours tops a night. And naps might not be that efficient because you are just getting into it when sleep time is finished.

(Source) Theage.com.au

Working Your Way to Less Sleep

Brian Yalung — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:04:01 +0000

It is commendable to see employees on how much they devote time towards targeting better lives and developmental careers. However, health should not be sacrificed on its behalf. Sleep is one thing that we sacrifice in our drive to be better as far as career is concerned. But what is a career if you end up being at risk as far as your health is at risk.

This is a common image we see in the world today. People aim high but forget about their health. We all want to reach to top. But if we do it this way, we may not even have enough strength to enjoy our accomplishment in the end due to lack of sleep and respite.

“There’s enough data now to clearly show that if you’re not sleeping enough, that’s going to dramatically affect your performance and productivity,” said Mark Rosekind, a former director of the Center for Human Sleep Research at the Stanford University Sleep Center who helped design the poll.

(Source) Reuters India

Sleep is an Essential Part of Employee Performance

Brian Yalung — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:28:25 +0000

Companies have a high degree of expectations these days and this includes the area of production. However, there are issues today such as sleep that hinders them from performing up to par with what they are supposed to deliver. Some point towards lack of sleep as one main cause and most companies are experiencing this need today.

Sleep has become increasingly important. Aside from performance, it has contributed in becoming an obstacle for the worker today. Inattentiveness has become one key problem today. They end up encountering problems along the way and it has put their overall health and safety on the line.

Here is a survey made to justify the need of valuing sleep more.

Among the survey’s findings:

Dangers on the road. Thirty-six percent of respondents say they have nodded off or fallen asleep while driving, including 26% who say they drive drowsy during the workday.

Work performance. Twelve percent of respondents have arrived late to work in the past month because of sleepiness. Other problems cited: impatience with others, difficulty concentrating on job tasks and lower productivity.

Work hours. Employees with more than one job report the highest rate of dissatisfaction with sleep: 43% say they get a good night’s sleep only a few nights per month or less. Part-time workers report the highest rate of sleep satisfaction.

(Source) USA Today

Waiting for A Perfect Night’s Sleep

Brian Yalung — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 10:22:07 +0000

In a nutshell, which sane person would not be interested in getting a perfect night’s sleep? This is something that is pretty much in demand all over the world and with an obvious demand for this unusual need, most companies have turned to various remedies such as pills, pillows, machines, therapies and massages to at least get closer to the actual needs of people today.

Sleep is not a common commodity that you can simply take out of the shelf. People know this and artificial remedies to something natural as sleep will surely be something many would-be customers will truly be wary of.

Dubbed “sleeponomics,” companies across America are trying to sell us a perfect night’s sleep with pills, pillows, white noise machines, aromatherapy, massage, acupuncture and more. And it’s fast-becoming a $20 billion-a-year industry.

(Source) ABC News

Marmot Offers Recycled Sleeping Bag

Brian Yalung — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:06:56 +0000

When you go outdoors such as camping trips, chances are you will need to bring along a good sleeping bag to serve as your mate when it is time to get some sleep. Apparently, most of the people are looking at the high-end and expensive ones but thanks to Marmot, a recycled sleeping bag is being offered for people who no longer have to worry about comfort and the green compliance standards put into the production of one.

The Marmot Eco Pro 15 is a good sleeping bag to count on which is made from recycled plastic bottles. This time around, no longer will you have to worry about sleeping comfortably outdoors and add to this the fact that you are doing your contributions in promoting green and eco-friendly products as well.

The new Marmot EcoPro 15 will be in the shops from later this month and uses high tech UpCycle materials. It’s a three-season synthetic bag which uses 100 per-cent recycled fabrics for the shell and lining and 80 per-cent recycled insulation.

A wave design combines shingle and blanket construction to save weight and maximise efficiency and the synthetic UpCycle insulation and DWR treated fabric should make for reasonable performance in damp conditions.

(Source) Outdoorsmagic.com

Sleep Easy Investing

Brian Yalung — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:00:35 +0000

So this post maybe a bit different. While we all know that sleep is the number one victim of people who cannot afford to relax when it comes to business and investing. Indeed some people would forego sleep and lieu of devising new ideas to make up for faltering businesses.

Indeed, business problems will surely lead to sleepless nights. But one thing that they should perhaps consider is if they continue with it and abuse their body continuously, they may as well end up losing investments and health together.

What is your number one investment priority? Finding the next “hot” stock? Making huge profits? Making 10 percent a year on your money? If you found yourself nodding at any of these suggestions, you need to rethink your whole approach to money management. The number one goal of every investor should actually be to sleep comfortably at night. Simplistic? Sure! Personal finance expert Gordon Pape explains that if you adopt the sleep-easy philosophy as your basic credo, both your health and wealth will benefit. In this must-read book, Pape explains this investing philosophy and how it can be used by everyone to avoid the greed and fear traps.

(Source) Penguin Group (Canada)

Can You Sleep through Recession?

Brian Yalung — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:17:47 +0000

If most businessmen and entrepreneurs had a choice, this bad dream of recession that may soon be plaguing the world is a nightmare that they would want to sleep on. A crisis is upon the world and apparently many of these traders and businessmen will have sleepless nights ahead.

Most of them will be counting and computing figures for sure. Money lost is something that will drive anyone crazy. So with all these issues in mind, who can afford to sleep? Knowing these people, they would rather stay up and look for other means of investing their money. It is just an issue that some people will not pass.

Falling stock markets are a lot more bearable if you know what to expect.

So let’s study a little history. Back in early 2001, the markets were in a position similar to the one they’re in now, and a whiff of panic was in the air. Headlines in the Canadian business press back then show it was justified in the short term, because the ensuing bear market was long and severe.

The longer-term view from today makes all the fearful recriminations of early 2001 look almost quaint by their datedness. Here’s one for you: “Research In Motion shares plummet,” from Jan. 3, 2001. A couple of days later: “Research In Motion continues to spiral.”

(Source) ReportonBusiness.com

Zedomax Network News – Are you in Sleep business? Reserve your page on the new paid Encyclopedia!

Brian Yalung — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 03:06:18 +0000

Hi all, this is news from the Zedomax Network. You can buy a page on the new QuarterWiki, the new paid online encylopedia, and reserve you keywords for your Sleep online business. (or any other online business)

What does it do? Basically, you can rank top 5 on Google search terms for your keyword such as “sleep wiki”, “sleep disorders wiki”, etc…etc…

Here’s a little bit of what it is:

The Quarter Wiki is a new paid online encyclopedia where you can buy your own page for just a quarter.

Unlike Wikipedia, you can add videos, RSS Feeds, Google Ads, and GoogleMaps to a page on the QuarterWiki.

More simply, QuarterWiki filters spam by charging a small fee for each page so you don’t have to deal with it.

To get started with QuarterWiki, sign up for an account and search for your desired words you’d like to purchase.

[via] Bedzine.com

EntreWiki – the New Web 2.0 Business Directory for Sleep related businesses

Brian Yalung — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:42:29 +0000

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Do you have a Sleep related business that need advertising at low cost without spending all your budget on a National Magazine ad?

Check out EntreWiki, the new Web 2.0 Business Directory for any kind of businesses.

During EntreWiki’s beta stage, they are giving out free pages to bloggers and stumblers.

Check out their Press Release on Yahoo here.

The EntreWiki is a new Web 2.0 Directory of Business Ideas where entrepreneurs and companies can advertise their businesses such as a franchise, business plan, start-up business, or any business that can help someone to start a new business.

Instead of spending $10,000 on a full page ad in National Paper Magazines such as the Entrepreneur and Small Business Opportunities, the EntreWiki offers a unique way to bring continuous growth of traffic from entrepreneurs and people who are looking to start a new business.

EntreWiki targets a focused niche group of entrepreneurs and people who are interested in starting a new business. They offers 15 years of online and offline advertising at just one hundred dollars with one-time free advertisement creative conversion to Wiki text.

via Zedomax.Net