By now the effects of too little sleep are well known; well established.

Too little sleep affect everything from impaired short-term memory, greater difficulty processing information, a greater likelihood of car accidents.  A chronic lack of sleep contributes to high blood pressure, diabetes, heart attack, heart failure, stroke; obesity, depression and lower sex drive.  You even LOOK worse with increased stress hormones breaking down collagen, causing premature wrinkling and dark circles under the eyes.

An “IQ” is an Intelligence Quotient – is a score, derived from a set of standardized tests or subtests designed to assess human intelligence, in essence a measurement of the amount of power your brain has.

So what’s your “Sleep Quotient” – that measurment of the amount of sleep you need to operate at your greatest efficiency!? Like an IQ the number varies for every person; but YOUR number is the “secret” to greater brain power, better physical condition, more life success and YOUR best life!

Here’s how to calculate your personal Sleep Quotient

1. Start by selecting a bedtime when you are likely to be able to fall asleep easily. Settle on a time at least eight hours before you need to get up. Maintain that bedtime for the next week and keep track of the time you arise. You might wake up too early for a few days if you’ve been conditioned to a short sleep schedule. However, if you’ve been sleep-deprived, that maladaptive conditioning will soon give way to longer sleep.

2. If you haven’t been sleeping enough, don’t change your rising time. Instead, go to bed thirty minutes earlier than usual for the next week. Add fifteen to thirty more minutes each week until you wake without an alarm clock at the time you need to; and feel alert all day.

3. When you establish your correct bedtime, you might try to cut fifteen minutes and see if that procedures feelings of drowsiness the next day. Then you’ll know for sure if you’ve identified your individual sleep requirement.

Give it a shot! Post your goal to the LifeSuccessEngine.com Forum. Post your “Why” (the reason you’re working on this, and your previous bedtime habits or pattern AND your new goal.

Looking forward to YOUR sleep success!