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Daniel Ek

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Huberman Lab
DAVID SENRA: Daniel Ek, Spotify

No.

Huberman Lab
DAVID SENRA: Daniel Ek, Spotify

It's a really bad idea, by the way.

Huberman Lab
DAVID SENRA: Daniel Ek, Spotify

So don't try this.

Huberman Lab
DAVID SENRA: Daniel Ek, Spotify

But I sort of learned that you can like Daisy Shane sleep together by doing like these 50.

Huberman Lab
DAVID SENRA: Daniel Ek, Spotify

Oh, it's like polyphasic.

Huberman Lab
DAVID SENRA: Daniel Ek, Spotify

Yeah.

Huberman Lab
DAVID SENRA: Daniel Ek, Spotify

Okay.

Huberman Lab
DAVID SENRA: Daniel Ek, Spotify

So the basic gist is you're supposed to be able to last like on four hours of sleep.

Huberman Lab
DAVID SENRA: Daniel Ek, Spotify

And I was like, oh, this is great.

Huberman Lab
DAVID SENRA: Daniel Ek, Spotify

So I did that.

Huberman Lab
DAVID SENRA: Daniel Ek, Spotify

And actually the interesting side part is it worked for about three weeks.

Huberman Lab
DAVID SENRA: Daniel Ek, Spotify

And then I missed one of these 15-minute increments.

Huberman Lab
DAVID SENRA: Daniel Ek, Spotify

And holy shit, I was like completely suicidal for like weeks afterwards.

Huberman Lab
DAVID SENRA: Daniel Ek, Spotify

It was like not a great thing at all.

Huberman Lab
DAVID SENRA: Daniel Ek, Spotify

But the point being is –

Huberman Lab
DAVID SENRA: Daniel Ek, Spotify

You know, it's about sort of finding that energy management for yourself.

Huberman Lab
DAVID SENRA: Daniel Ek, Spotify

I think certainly there's common wisdom around sort of what an average good sleep should look like, et cetera.

Huberman Lab
DAVID SENRA: Daniel Ek, Spotify

But the reality is there are some people that will work on six hours of sleep and they'll do just fine and may even be more productive that way.

Huberman Lab
DAVID SENRA: Daniel Ek, Spotify

I wish I was like that.

Huberman Lab
DAVID SENRA: Daniel Ek, Spotify

No, there really isn't.