Andrew Huberman· PhD
It’s not like other behaviors. willpower doesn’t help.
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The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
It’s not like other behaviors. willpower doesn’t help.
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sleep quality determines will power and if you'll exercise
sleep quality determines will power and if you'll exercise
The better the sleep, the more will power and energy someone has.
High quality sleep boosts your will power. Will power boosts good decision making everywhere.
High quality sleep boosts your willpower which you need to build these new systems.
if you want more power to be the person you want you get more sleep and this is why sleep is a number one priority because they didn't has this domino effect in the opposite direction leading to other positive things
But I just know that in my life when I haven't been able to sleep well everything else in my life falls apart.
If you slept well, you have a little juice in the system. You're like, you know what? No, it's not good for me and I'm going to exercise, which then also increases your willpower.
So, you get in this really positive loop.
10 minutes of bright outdoor light within the first hour of waking anchors the circadian phase and improves sleep onset that night.
Morning sunlight exposure shifts the cortisol awakening response forward, improving daytime alertness.
Long-term morning sunlight reduces age-related macular degeneration risk.
Sleep regularity predicts all-cause mortality more strongly than sleep duration.
Tracking deep sleep on a wearable accurately reflects EEG-measured slow-wave sleep.
Caffeine has a half-life long enough that consumption after 2pm measurably degrades deep sleep in slow metabolizers.