Comments on: Polyphasic Sleep

By: Kevin Burton

Kevin Burton — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 09:16:42 +0000

Actually there are a lot of people that have sleep issues. Apparently I’ve had sleep apnea all my life and didn’t realize it.

Some people can dive into REM right away and stay there.

I’d kill for that capability.

Anyway… polyphasic sleep has its problems. The inflexiblity and clash with the real world being major problems.

By: Daniel Burgin

Daniel Burgin — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 18:04:23 +0000

Interesting. I notice that there are creatively intense times for me “entrepreneurally”. Intensity around concept creation, and then eventually business creation stages cause me to go in to a very frustrating sleep pattern wherein I fall asleep pretty early – say 9PM-10PM – then wake at 1AM for a couple of hours. During this couple of hours I simply must work and falling back to sleep is futile because I can’t shut off my brain. I’ve tried mind trick, warm milk, watching infomercials (usually a sure-fire cure), brain-dead late night radio, wine, even scotch. Nothing works – so I get up and work for a couple of hours. I then fall back to sleep intensely until 6AM when the alarm goes off. I go for months at a time like this until that creative phase is on to the “build” phase. During this time I sleep better, but still awake very early 4AM-5AM and start my day. Is that entrepreneur sleep, polyphasic sleep, or just plain ole’ insomnia – beats me. YAWN!

By: Ben Casnocha

Ben Casnocha — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 03:31:55 +0000

We’re too similar.

Yes, Pavlina’s experiment is interesting (I blogged it in mid-December http://ben.casnocha.com/2005/12/polyphasic_slee.html).

Yes, polyphasiasc sleep is not for everyone, but for those who completely control their own calendar, it sounds pretty compelling.

Yes, sleep is absolutely essential, and the second most asked question i get is “do you sleep” and the answer is always 7-8 hours baby!!

Redefining Entrepreneurial Lifestyle (w/ sleep!): http://ben.casnocha.com/2004/11/redefining_the_.html

http://del.icio.us/bencasnocha/sleep

By: James Cox

James Cox — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 23:45:09 +0000

As an entrepreneur, I can definitively say that the meaning of entrepreneurs bragging about their sleep boils down to the fact that, there is so much to do and so little time – you just have to cram.

I try and spend time during the week cramming, and then spend the weekend veging. Sometimes the veg bleeds through to monday.

Scott – if only 25 hours were enough…….

By: Scott Moody

Scott Moody — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 22:43:14 +0000

One of the best engineers I’ve ever worked with had determined that his personal body clock worked optimally on a 25 hour day. He’d get a normal amount of sleep, 8 hours or so, but he’d get into the office one hour later each day than the previous day and stay at the office one plus hours later. So, a bit over a week into his cycle, he’d be getting to work as other people were leaving and later would leave as other people were arriving.

As first-hand witness, I can tell you that it really worked in his case.

Imagine what Jack Bauer could have accomplished with one more hour each day — Stay tuned for “25″