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Postdoc Corner: Using Rest to Your Advantage

All athletes strive to gain every inch of an advantage possible to get ahead of the competition. The same can be said for young adults hungry for opportunity in the workplace.  That concept is often interpreted as extra hours in the gym, offseason filled with camps and travel teams, and workdays that extend long beyond day’s end.  Hard work is certainly a key driver of peak performance. Yet at what expense? Peak Performance doesn’t take place without rest. In fact, rest is a competitive advantage.  Sleep…and More With many athletes turning the corner to their offseason, there’s no better time to recalibrate an emphasis on rest…specifically sleep.  “Rest is a competitive advantage because the more restful sleep you get...