The Productive Power of Siesta

I have always loved the concept of taking Siesta during working hours!

In fact, many Japansese offices have special rooms for employees to take a nap in the afternoon. Read more on Siesta in various cultures here. The Spanish Siesta is famous too.

ANI reports that "Google, Nike and Virgin Active are among some of the companies that already have facilities like dome-shaped, sci-fi-style sleep pods."

Recently, Tony Schwartz advocated "Why Companies Should Insist that Employees Take Naps". He identifies Naps as "powerful source of competitive advantage" and shares that afternoon naps are rejuvenating and "also improve perceptual skills, motor skills, reaction time and alertness."

Megan Hills lists "Ten tips for the perfect nap", the most important one being the advice to "Keep the nap to 20 minutes or less otherwise you wake in deep ‘slow-wave’ sleep which will make you feel sluggish and unfocused".

Back to my siesta pod!