Paying the price for lack of sleep

As we climb the ladder of success, we work twice as hard as before and spend more time awake than asleep because we are aiming for that next promotion, salary increase or simply because we are driven to meet our boss’ expectations.  But at what cost do we have to pay for depriving ourselves of that much needed sleep?

Medical researchers have maintained their affirmative stand when it comes to getting that 8-hour sleep every night to guarantee continued good health and strong heart.  They have repeated on numerous occasions that lack of sleep leads the following:

• Development of heart diseases,
• Increases our risk for high blood pressure and hypertension leading to heart attack and other cardiovascular diseases.
• Lose concentration and decreases our mental alertness.  Most of the time
• Inefficiency that compels us to make mistakes and create a lot of blunder while doing our job.
• Become irritable and moody and often feel tired and weary rendering us to slow down in doing our task.
• Prone to accidents that may lead to physical injury to ourselves as well as to others because we lose concentration and focus.

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