I studied, I met with medical doctors, scientists, and I’m here to tell you that the way to a more productive, more inspired, more joyful life is: getting enough sleep.

It's time to sleep your way to the top.

One of my big milestones came when I turned forty and promised myself to stop worrying about all the things I thought I might do but never really would. I was very relieved when I realized that you can actually complete a project by dropping it. That's how I "completed" learning to cook and learning German, becoming a good skier, and a list of other things too long to recite!

Basically, success the way we've defined it is no longer sustainable. It's no longer sustainable for human beings or for societies.

You can't manage creativity. You need to manage for creativity. You need to create the space for it to emerge.

One of the main reasons I wrote The Sleep Revolution was to examine this ancient, essential, and mysterious phenomenon from all angles and to explore the ways we can use sleep to help regain control over our out-of-kilter lives.

Our current obsession with creativity is the result of our continued striving for immortality in an era when most people no longer believe in an afterlife.