Sleep: The Hidden Key to Thriving

Sleep directly controls whether you thrive or barely survive each day. When you sleep poorly,

your brain literally shrinks its ability to make decisions by forty percent. That means nearly

half your judgment disappears after just one bad night. Your body treats sleep deprivation

like poison. It cranks up hunger hormones while shutting down the ones that tell you to stop

eating. People who sleep less than six hours consume an extra three hundred calories

daily without realizing it. The scary part is your reaction time. Missing two hours

of sleep has the same effect as drinking three beers. You would never drive drunk,

but you probably drive tired all the time. Your immune system takes the biggest