Working hard can pave the way to success, but the journey doesn’t have to be unnecessarily grueling. While a healthy and disciplined lifestyle—along with proper diet, nutrition, and sleep—forms the foundation of well-being, going overboard can lead to risks.
In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, American philanthropist Melinda Gates revealed that she aims for seven to eight hours of sleep every night, and that she is not interested in perpetuating performative habits of “tireless” CEOs who glorify the idea of sleeping less. She dismissed the idea calling it “so dumb”. Talking about the men who claim to sleep only three or four hours a night, Gates said, “Some of us didn’t want to be around them! Let’s be honest!”
