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by Robert Stickgold

From the Magazine (October 2009)
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On a day off, taking a nap is a small but heavenly pleasure. Dozing at your desk isn’t—especially if a colleague walks in on you—but sometimes exhaustion just takes over. The 2008 Sleep in America poll, conducted by the National Sleep Foundation, found that nearly one-third of adults who work at least 30 hours a week have fallen asleep or become extremely drowsy on the job—behavior that employers often frown upon. Should they lighten up? Perhaps. In a knowledge-based economy that depends on sharp minds, a few minutes of shut-eye could be good for business.

A version of this article appeared in the October 2009 issue of Harvard Business Review.Robert Stickgold is an associate professor of psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and in the Division of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School. This article was created in partnership with Harvard Health Publications.
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