“Sleep,” she says, is “the best and most generous thing you can do for yourself. Sleep is such a big part of one’s beauty.”

“Sleep and rest and happiness and healthy living make you your prettiest,” she writes. Supermodel Karlie Kloss agrees.

Boards of directors need to acknowledge that a CEO who’s bragging about getting only four hours of sleep a night is essentially saying that he or she is making decisions while drunk. They need to see that that’s not something to be applauded or rewarded. In fact, it’s a massive red flag.

“There is increasing evidence that exposure to light, during the day—particularly in the morning—is beneficial to your health via its effects on mood, alertness and metabolism,” said study author Dr. Phyllis Zee.

Whatever the motivation, sleep makes us better at our jobs while simultaneously reminding us that we are more than our jobs.

“To practice death is to practice freedom. A man who has learned how to die has unlearned how to be a slave.”

“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.”

There is nowhere that a person can find a more peaceful and trouble-free retreat than in his own mind…so constantly give yourself this retreat and renew yourself.”

“Finish every day, and be done with it….You have done what you could—some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in, forget them as fast as you can, tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it well and serenely, and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”