If you’re dragging right now, don’t be so quick to blame last night.

While poor sleep is one of the biggest reasons many of us feel exhausted, there are actually several other culprits – and some of them start before you even leave your house.

But that’s a good thing, because you’re totally in control of these morning habits. Here’s how to overcome them so you feel alert all day.

1. You spend an extra 20 minutes in bed on your phone
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For once, it’s not your phone that’s to blame – it’s spending the extra time in bed that’s the problem.

“The bed is meant for one main thing: sleeping,” says Raj Dasgupta, MD, a fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. “If you stay in bed, then it gives your mind the feeling that it’s time to sleep and not start your day.”

Even worse, he says, is if you fall back asleep. If your “just 10 more minutes” turns into an hour, then you’re waking up from REM sleep instead of the lighter stages of sleep that you would’ve woken up from had you gotten out of bed the first time.

Waking up from that deeper sleep can actually make you even more tired throughout the day than someone who got less shut-eye but woke up from a lighter stage of sleep.

Bottom line: When you wake up, get up.

2. You’re glued to your Fitbit

Fitbits and other fitness trackers are great at motivating you to get in a few (or a few thousand) more daily steps, but if you’re also using it to track your sleep, you might actually feel more tired, says Dr Dasgupta.

Read more: https://valourdigest.com/7-things-you-do-in-the-morning-that-make-you-feel-tired-all-day/


Giving in to Your Impulses? Here Are 3 Tips to Stay in Control of Your Negotiation

You are meeting with a client later this afternoon and your primary goal is to lock in the close to the deal before you get derailed. Your emotional reactions to comments made by the client in previous meetings caused you to lose focus and go off track. No matter what you tried you were unable to get back on track for the rest of the meeting. You are wondering what happened and why you impulsively gave away so many concessions. You felt your emotions ricocheting all over the place. Not a good feeling or way to engage a negotiation.

Today you are going to do something different because you know that doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is a sign of insanity. You really want to close this deal because this success will cascade into other successes and you feel sure it will be the beginning of better things to come. But what can you do that will result in different more rewarding results? How can you be less impulsive in the moment and maintain your cool?
Read more: https://valourdigest.com/giving-in-to-your-impulses-here-are-3-tips-to-stay-in-control-of-your-negotiation/