{"id":20613,"date":"2018-02-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/six-things-successful-people-do-before-bed\/"},"modified":"2025-01-17T14:00:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T14:00:03","slug":"six-things-successful-people-do-before-bed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/six-things-successful-people-do-before-bed","title":{"rendered":"Six Things Successful People Do Before Bed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Been struggling at work recently? Your sleep, or lack of, might have more of an effect than you think. To help you get a full night&#8217;s rest and consequently have a productive following day, we turn to the likes of Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey to find out what successful people do before bed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <span style=\"color: #f179a7;\"><a style=\"color: #f179a7;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/10-morning-rituals-of-successful-entrepreneurs-infographic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10 Morning Rituals Of Successful Entrepreneurs [Infographic]<\/a><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15618\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/wp-content\/uploads\/Successful-People-Before-Bed-FINAL-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1679\" height=\"15996\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Six Things Successful People Do Before Bed<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A good night\u2019s sleep = a productive following day.<\/p>\n<p>There are certain bedtime habits you can adopt to help you on the road to success. To inspire you, we look at successful people\u2019s bedtimes and before-bed habits.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How much sleep should I get?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>8 hours is the recommended amount of sleep for adults. However, this is not always the case for the rich and famous\u2026<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bill Gates<\/strong>: 7 hours per night (12 a.m. &#8211; 7 a.m.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Richard Branson<\/strong>: 5 hours per night (12 &#8211; 5 a.m.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ellen DeGeneres<\/strong>: 8 hours per night (11 p.m. &#8211; 7 a.m.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong>: 3 hours per night (1-4 a.m.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Disclaimer: We do not recommend you try this at home!<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What should I do before bed?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>1. Read a book<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Did you know just 6 minutes of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/what-does-reading-before-bed-do-to-an-adults-brain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reading<\/a> reduces stress by 68%?<\/p>\n<p>Bill Gates reads for an hour before hitting the sheets, no matter how late it is.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few reads he has recommended:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Man Who Fed the World by Leon Hesser<\/li>\n<li>The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert<\/li>\n<li>The Rosie Project: A Novel by Graeme Simsion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>2. Meditate<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Sleep science: Meditation helps reduce stress levels and boost sleep hormone Melatonin.<\/p>\n<p>Oprah Winfrey meditates twice a day, once before bed. She has even released her own mediation app.<\/p>\n<p>Top meditation apps:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #f179a7;\"><a style=\"color: #f179a7;\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/oprah-deepaks-21-day-meditation\/id903893632?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oprah &amp; Deepak\u2019s 21-Day Meditation Experience<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #f179a7;\"><a style=\"color: #f179a7;\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/the-mindfulness-app\/id417071430\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Mindfulness App<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #f179a7;\"><a style=\"color: #f179a7;\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/headspace-on-the-go\/id493145008?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Headspace<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>3. Have a bath<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>&#8220;If you raise your temperature a degree or two with a bath, the steeper drop at bedtime is more likely to put you in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreams.co.uk\/sleep-matters-club\/deep-sleep\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deep sleep<\/a>,&#8221; &#8211; Joyce Walsleben, PhD, NYU School of Medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Arianna Huffington is an advocate for a pre-bedtime bath filled with Epsom salt and lavender oil.<\/p>\n<p>The best sleep-inducing bath ingredients are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Epsom salt<\/li>\n<li>Pink Himalayan sea salt<\/li>\n<li>Lavender essential oil<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>4. Get a Massage<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Did you know a gentle, three-minute back rub could help you get 35 minutes extra sleep?<\/p>\n<p>Gwyneth Paltrow recommends a foot or head massage to relax before going to bed.<\/p>\n<p>If you cannot get to a masseuse often, try to recruit your partner or get a trusty massage pillow.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>5. Feel the humidity<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Mariah Carey sleeps roughly 15 hours a night and has several humidifiers in her bedroom.<\/p>\n<p>Sleep science: Having a room that\u2019s the right temperature and humidity can aid sleep. If you or your partner snores, a humidifier may help as it clears your sinuses.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to try this at home humidity levels should be around 45%. Anything lower can irritate your eyes, nose and throat. Measure your humidity with a digital hygrometer.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>6. Keep it dark<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>\u2018Exposure to light stimulates a nerve pathway from the retina in the eye to an area in the brain called the Hypothalamus.\u2019 This consequently wakes us up. &#8211; The National <a href=\"https:\/\/sleepfoundation.org\/sleep-topics\/melatonin-and-sleep\">Sleep Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Eminem supposedly goes as far as wrapping tin foil around his windows to keep the light at bay!<\/p>\n<p>If you do not want to go reaching for the foil, blackout blinds should do the trick.<\/p>\n<p>Best of luck with your pre-bedtime routine. 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