Something for the weekend: Poor sleep can affect physical and mental wellbeing, productivity and cognitive abilities. However, research has now revealed that sleeping positions could influence success and earnings, with one position being particularly popular among high earners.
Sleep experts Bed Slats teamed up with celebrity psychic and body language expert Inbaal Honigman and surveyed 5,438 working professionals to analyse the sleep habits of the top 10% of UK earners.
It found that 29% are freefall sleepers, lying stomach-down with arms up by their heads, while 23% opt for the soldier position, which involves a straight back and arms-at-your-sides. The fetal position rounds out the top three, favoured by 21%, followed by the pillow hugger position (13%).
The findings also revealed that the highest earners sleep for an average of six hours and 58 minutes each night. This is 22 minutes longer than lower-earning employees, who average just six hours and 36 minutes. Furthermore, the average worker rises at 7:06am on a weekday, while the top 10% of earners are already awake at 6:42am, proving that the early bird catches the worm!
Honigman said: “Britain’s most common sleep positions are quite protective: the introverted fetal position, where people curl up to shield themselves, and the cuddly pillow hugger position, where sleepers wrap themselves around their pillow or partner for comfort and security. However, when we look at the sleep habits of high earners, there’s a stark contrast.
“The two most common sleep positions among high earners are far more exposed and unprotected: the freefall position and the soldier position. This tells us that high earners are natural risk-takers, they leap first and ask questions later, while the majority of the population tends to be more cautious. The top earners, quite simply, are made up of more fearless individuals.”
So if you want to become more successful, or earn a higher salary, sounds like you need to rise with the dawn and sleep lying on your stomach!
