7 Basic rules of sleeping

How many times have you woken up more tired then you were the night before? Many people have the same issue and you must know that the main factors that cause this metabolism malfunction are the sleeping habits.

These habits are often causing more problems that they are solving. Still, this isn’t a lost cause, there are a couple of things that you could do to improve your sleeping style.

A good way to begin the change is to pay attention to a few rules and to prepare your sleep properly.

1. The pillow’s shape has a very important role for a proper resting during sleeping time, also the pillow’s filling matters a lot. You need to buy a good pillow with soft filling, and you have to position it correctly to avoid neck and back aches, chronicle fatigue and even insomnia.

2. The bed and the mattress must be comfortable. Chris Idzikowski, the manager of a research centre for sleeping problems has discovered that an uncomfortable bed can cause muscular aches and can shorten your sleep with an hour/night.

3. The clothing must be adequate, on our size, so it wouldn’t bother us during the sleep and it must be made from natural fibers, for example cotton, to allow the body to breathe.

4. Avoid eating, reading, watching television or studying in bed. You have to teach your body that the bed is for sleep and sexual activity only.

5. Choose wisely your sleeping position. You should avoid sleeping on your stomach or on your left side, because the liver, the lungs and the stomach are pressing the hearth with their weight. The most relaxing sleep can be achieved only if you sleep on your back, allowing yourself an excellent breathing process.

6. The ideal bed size is 1.80 m per 2.00 m, a smaller bed will cause an agitated sleep and you will be tired and in a bad mood all day long.

7. At last but not least, for ensuring yourselves a relaxing and peaceful sleep you must take care of your insomnia problems.

After reading and taking care of all these aspects, all you have to do is to … sleep tight and don’t let the bed bugs bite.

What rules do you follow before sleeping ? Do you have a recipe for a better good night sleep ? Tell us how the rules above helped you have a better goodnight sleep.

Related posts:

• How to “cure” Insomnia (I)
• Insomnia and the problems caused by it
• Do you feel sleepy?
• 5 Benefits of a good night sleep
• Unleash the positive thoughts!

Written by: Liviu Moldovan

Read More...

5 common sense rules for active listening

Although it’s a well known subject and everybody has something to say about it, relating to the project presentation, I thought it will be a good chance to put yourself in the audience’s place. Is it easy to be a good listener? I will show you that if you aren’t, there are things you could do to become one, or at least to improve your listening skills.

I usually attend to project presentations, and it happened more than once to notice someone who mistook the boardroom for the bedroom. So I think the first and more important thing is to get your rest at home and be prepared to endure at least an half an hour without snoring like an asthmatic camel. At least act like you are listening, or, even better, stay at home and watch Nascar while drinking a Bud.

Now, for the awake part of the readers, the real rules:

1. Always try to ignore any form of distraction, like your cellular phone, the talkative people around you and any other things that can disturb your listening process. The only thing you should pay attention is the presentation and the presenter.

2. Try to put yourself in place of the person in front of you and use your body language to express your interest to raise the morale of the speaker, if you were in his place you surely didn’t liked to see a bored and uninterested crowd.

3. If you have a question for
the speaker, or an answer to some of the speaker’s questions, wait until the pause or the end of the presentation, don’t try to formulate it during the presentation, because you will definitely lose your concentration. Also, do not interrupt the speaker, even if he is making a pause, let him start the discussion.

4. If you feel like arguing about some idea in the presentation because you don’t agree, I advice you to keep it to yourself, you are there to hear what the speaker has to say, not the other way around.

5. Another important thing is to provide feedback, to let the person in front of you know that you are listening and understanding what he had presented.

If you think that these are useless advices, try to observe next time you are attending to a presentation the people around you. You will be surprised.

Related posts:

• Useful advices for a successful project presentation

Written by : Liviu Moldovan

Read More...