“I wish I could sleep less.” That hit me.
Those words came from a successful entrepreneur running an international sales company. He is high-energy, always-on, and very driven to move the needle forward.
He told me he wished he could sleep less so that he could get more done.
I asked him, why he wanted to meet up, what his pain is?
He said he’s fine, but he wants to be more efficient in generating ideas.
He feels like he could optimize his thinking processes more.
To him, sleep is a necessary evil, something that takes hours from him when he instead could get more things done.
I couldn’t help myself than thinking: “Will he crash at some point?”.
Or will he realize that rest isn’t the enemy of performance before burnout hits?
We are not like machines. The brain doesn’t work like one. It regenerates through rest.
Sleep, rest and recovery is the fuel for high performance.
This is the time where the brain:
- Cleans and repairs itself
- Forms important neural connections
- Generates new ideas
- Stores memories
He is doing fine now. But high performers don’t just think about today. They protect their future. They invest in energy like it’s their number one asset, because it is.
When you ignore rest, you don’t get ahead, you slow down.
Your thoughts get foggy.
Your creativity drops.
Your nervous system stays stuck in overdrive.
Eventually, the body keeps the score.
Sleeping less isn’t a badge of honor.
It’s not discipline, it’s disconnection.
If you want to perform at your highest level, protect the system that powers it: your brain.
High performance isn’t about doing more with less.
It’s about learning to recover better so you can create more sustainably.
👉 Ready to train your brain to perform without running on empty?
Let’s talk. Book a free intro call with me.
– Michi