Power Sleep : The Revolutionary Program That Prepares Your Mind for Peak Performance
Author: James B. Maas, Megan L. Wherry, David J. Axelrod, Barbara R. Hogan, Jennifer Bloomin
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ISBN: 0060977604
Publisher: Quill (01 January, 1999)
Sales Rank: 36,799
Average Customer Rating: 4.4 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 5 out of 5
Everything you'll ever want to know about sleep
James Maas is not, as another reviewer stated, the author of The One Minute Manager series (that's Ken Blanchard), but he *is* an expert on sleep habits and the debilitating effects of sleep deprivation. This book has everything you'll ever want to know about the subject--what goes on during sleep, how it impacts your productivity, sleep disorders, and much more.While not exactly "revolutionary," as the title suggests, Power Sleep will enlighten you with the facts on a subject so many people know so little about (but *think* they know enough about). Unfortunately, the people who would benefit most from reading Power Sleep (for example, frequent business travelers, or supervisors of night-shift workers) often don't know what they don't know about the subject of sleep, and will therefore never read Professor Maas' very worthwhile book.
Rating: 5 out of 5
A Sleep Suite Recommendation
I recommend this book to all my sleep-deprived customers. Dr. Maas explains in accessible language why how you sleep tonight will determine your performance tomorrow and the rest of your life. Easy to read and POWERful stuff.
Rating: 5 out of 5
WAKE UP!
Power Sleep is a dynamic and lucid book that I highly recommend to any individual who wants to live a more stress free life and maximize his or her daytime performance. As a first year college student, I did not realize the vitality of sleep in my life. Many college students do not realize how the amount of continuous nocturnal sleep they get affects other aspects of their life, including their ability to retain new information; however, Dr. Maas crystallizes these points. Dr. Maas' lucidity and practicality allow the reader to fully comprehend and conceptualize the information presented. For example, instead of Maas using dreary drawn-out language to describe the nightly sleep cycle, he incorporates friendly diagrams and brief explanations. Dr. Maas uses writing techniques which promote reader participation. For example, throughout the book, Maas asks several rhetorical questions, such as, "are you getting enough sleep?" These questions stimulate the reader to have a mental response, and therefore, interact with the book. Dr. Maas, fully achieved his purpose of informing the reader about the importance of sleep and ways of overcoming sleep deprivation. Read the book with intentions to change your life!
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