Dr. Michael Grandner

What do you say to that?

And I say, you're right.

I am not going to ask you to give up time.

What if I could give you some more of your time back?

What if the reason why that is the only hour in your day that you have is because you could be more efficient and productive during the day and you won't need as much buffer time on stuff if you were a little sharper.

And actually, that's what the data show.

That actually, instead of asking you for time.

So we did this.

I went to the university and to the Division I athletes across all the different sports.

And I said, look, I'm not going to ask you to sleep more, but if you want to fall asleep faster, here's how you do it.

And we'll get into what I said, but I'm sure you're going to ask.

How do you fall asleep faster if you want to?

If you need to wake up early, how do you fall asleep earlier than your body wants to?

How do you get moving during the day?

Let me teach you how to do this so that you become your own sleep expert.

And if you want to get more sleep, here's what some of the benefits would be if you're not getting enough, especially in students, especially in athletes.

But I'm not going to tell you what to do.

Like, I don't know your life and I can't control your schedule, but here's how to make an informed choice.

On average, time in bed increased by 40 minutes.

Total sleep time increased by over an hour.