In this episode Gavin talks to psychiatrist Dr David Lee on the relevance of quality sleep to the operation of business. The importance of sleep is widely acknowledged currently so Gavin and Dr Lee talk about ways to improve your sleep pattern to best support you during your work day. They have a fascinating discussion on the biology and psychology of sleep, the effects of deprivation and over sleeping and the importance of routine.
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BEST MOMENTS
‘We cycle between REM and non REM sleep perhaps four or five times during a night. Alcohol will knock off the REM sleep and the deep non REM sleep so we spend more time in light non REM sleep which isn’t that helpful for us.’
‘Really important to have a good routine, one that works for you if you’re “larky” or “owly” and then stick to it.’
‘It’s about doing a decent assessment at the beginning of it to chose the different tools within the CBTI toolkit according to what that person is going to need.’
‘One night of sleep deprivation is thought to be the equivalent of 8 pints of beer.’
‘In order to be really functional you need to get the right amount for you every night regardless of what else is going on.’
‘Good sleep requires…nothing. The more help you try and give it the more it runs away from you.’
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Dr David Lee is a biologist turned psychologist and chartered psychiatrist. He is is Clinical Director at Sleep Unlimited who provide specialist training, assessments and treatment promoting the health, wellbeing and safety of individuals and employees. They also train professionals in the application of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia.
Dr Lee was educated at Loughborough University and has a PhD in Sleep Psychology and has lectured at Newcastle university. He is author of “Teaching the World to Sleep” a book about assessing and treating insomnia for sufferers and practitioners .
LinkedIn https://uk.linkedin.com/in/dr-david-lee-780b0472
Clinical director at https://sleepunlimited.co.uk/
Book available on www.Amazon.co.uk
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Gavin Preston
Gavin is an inspirational Speaker, Business Strategist, Business Growth Mentor, Trainer and high-performance Coach. He works with Business Owners and Entrepreneurs and has a strong track record in creating the creative strategies to accelerate growth of their business. He has helped hundreds of SME business owners and leaders improve their performance and that of their business and a comparable number of executives and employees in blue chip corporates over the last 20 years.
Gavin’s energetic, insightful and yet down to earth and practical talks, workshops and coaching is in demand with high growth business between £250,000 and £30 million revenue and with multi-national organisations at all levels from Board to frontline Managers. He is an expert in Business Growth Strategies, Peak Performance Mindset, Persuasion & Engagement, Marketing, Productivity, Leadership Development, Team Development & Motivation, Leading Change, Stakeholder Management, Personal Effectiveness and Behavioural Change.
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