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Entrepreneurs who sleep more are better at spotting good ideas  ↦

While this study was focused on “entrepreneurs”, I would say the function of sleep applies to all humans and can be expended to “creators” at large — or anyone who is in an position of trading sleep for progress.

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In our paper we investigated fundamental functions required of a founder in the early stages of a new venture’s lifecycle: the generation of new venture ideas and the formation of beliefs about a new venture’s potential. In a series of three interrelated studies, we show that entrepreneurs who shortchange sleep analyze business opportunities differently than their well-rested counterparts, and even differently than their well-rested selves.


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Jerod Santo

Jerod Santo

Bennington, Nebraska

Jerod co-hosts The Changelog, crashes JS Party & takes out the trash (his old code) once in awhile.

2019-10-04T16:20:44Z ago

I like this article because it confirms my sleep bias 😄

Adam Stacoviak

Adam Stacoviak

Austin, TX

Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Changelog

2019-10-04T16:24:10Z ago

Please expand…share your bias.

Jerod Santo

Jerod Santo

Bennington, Nebraska

Jerod co-hosts The Changelog, crashes JS Party & takes out the trash (his old code) once in awhile.

2019-10-04T16:30:13Z ago

I already believed that “shortchanging sleep” leads to less effectiveness, productivity, etc. than getting a good night’s rest. So when I see a study that confirms that, I’m happy.

(By “bias” I’m referring to confirmation bias. Also I love sleeping, so I’m biased that way as well 😜)

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