Seven Ways To Check Effective Nap

After twenty minutes of sleep, I woke up and felt refreshed and eager to get back to work.

All of a sudden, I realized that napping is not always something that should be resisted. Conscious napping can really improve my overall efficiency.

The key is smart and tactfully siesta, so I asked someone who is much smarter than I am, especially for the science of nap and performance and personal efficiency.

Daniel Coyle is the author of "The Talent Code" and "The Little Book of Talent", and he is also an author about performance improvement blog.

Here's Daniel's advice on how to get the best nap.

I grew up in a family with a world class nap level.

My father was a legend. He won the Holy Grail of the nap world without any difficulty: Sunday's three hour nap.

My mother has a small way to sleep on the floor of the living room, and there is no need for pillows.

This often leads to such a scene in my family: my brother and I came home from school and found our dear mother lying unconscious on the floor of the living room, looking like the victim of CSI.

Then she would suddenly wake up and greet us, with the marks on the carpet on her face.

It's like living with Lazarus.

Father and mother are far ahead in this respect.

We live in the golden age of improving the efficiency of napping: the doctors of neurology are advocating the benefits of lunch break at noon; the major companies in Silicon Valley compete against each other to see who can design the most fashionable nap room.

The nap is not just a nap problem; it has become a skill.

So considering this, I think I can provide the following rules for you.

1. take off your shoes.

Sleeping in your shoes is like bathing in a swimsuit: you can't mean that you should do so.

It's not about efficiency - it's about high quality sleep, and it's about comfort.

2. lie down.

Yes, truck drivers and astronauts can sit and sleep.

But you're not an astronaut.

Even Thomas Edison, a workaholic who boasts that he only sleeps four hours a day, complies with this rule, cleanup his workbench and stretches his body like a champion.

Moreover, lying down can make you fall asleep faster than sitting asleep 50%; this posture will tell your body, "this is true, man."

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It will slow down your metabolism, and you will feel cold.

The trick here is to build a blanket, not too heavy, but not too light.

A medium blanket, like an Afghan Blanket, can make you feel too hot or too cold when you wrap your body.

Hoodies can also be used when necessary.

4. hold the sweet area from 20 minutes to 45 minutes.

If you sleep longer (as my father often does), you will miss the nap stage and get into the zombie stage. At this stage, you will find yourself hard to wake up in a few hours.

Although this will provide enough entertainment opportunities for others ("Hey, let's hurry up and start making pancakes, let daddy feel it's morning"), this will surely make the sleeping people less efficient.

5. take a nap after lunch.

Spaniards long ago figured out this: after lunch, your body naturally entered a low ebb.

Don't resist. Embrace this fact. The yawning in the afternoon is a flashing neon sign, which says: exhausted time.

6. don't use all kinds of things.

Gimmick.

Salvador Dali took a spoon on his hand, so when the spoon dropped to the ground, he would wake up.

But this is a terrible idea (unless you are a surrealist painter who wants to paint many melted clocks).

This trick will wake you up before you go to deep sleep - this is a short and deep sleep stage, and you will wake up in 20-45 minutes.

Instead, set a 45 minute alarm clock on your cell phone so that it will be in case.

7. don't brag about a great afternoon nap you've just had.

Just keep it in mind.

The rest of us will tell you.