Roxy Jacenko wears many (designer) hats. She runs a successful PR company in addition to a number of other businesses, is a mum of two and a social media influencer in her own right.
How does she find the time? Well, now we know.
She recently told Kyle and Jackie O exactly how much sleep one of Australia’s most successful businesswomen really needs.
“I don’t really sleep that much. I get four hours… I’m probably a miserable b*tch but that’s just how it is,” she said.
When compared to many people with demanding jobs, Jacenko’s minimal sleep time is almost the norm.
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher trained herself to get just four hours sleep a night, while Kevin Rudd once claimed he survived on only three hours sleep. Former real estate mogul and current US president Donald Trump also famously said he only needs four hours kip every night. (On a side note – perhaps that explains a lot?)
Given the recommended amount of sleep is 7.5 to eight hours a night, how is it possible to function on so little?
Turns out that while it can be damaging for some people, for others it’s perfectly normal.
Listen: Why sleep is so important. (Post continues after audio…)
“There are individual differences in how long people sleep and there is such thing as short sleeper syndrome where people habitually get less than four hours sleep,” explains Professor Dorothy Bruck, Chair of the Sleep Health Foundation.
It’s a sort of genetic mutation that allows people to survive on reduced amounts of sleep with no ill health effects.
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