Arianna Huffington: How to succeed? Get more sleep

Link to Arianna Huffington's Talk: How to succeed? Get more sleep
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     Co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, Arianna Huffington discusses a problem many of us are suffering from daily: a lack of sleep. Huffington explains the importance of sleep, and inspires the audience by explaining how much more we could all accomplish with more sleep.

     While I found Huffington’s speech to be interesting with her personal stories and experiences, I wish she had provided more facts. Including facts on sleep (or lack of) would have made her talk more credible, while also engaging more viewers. After a quick google search, I found a few interesting facts, including: “Although most people need seven to nine hours of sleep each night to function well the next day, the National Sleep Foundation (NSF) 1998 Women and Sleep Poll found that the average woman aged 30-60 sleeps only six hours and forty-one minutes during the workweek” (http://sleepfoundation.org/sleep-topics/women-and-sleep).
     Facts and statistics such as these may have interested the viewer and helped them identify that they themselves have a problem with how much they sleep. However, I believe Huffington chose to leave out facts such as these because they are negative, and could potentially make viewers feel badly about themselves. Instead, Huffington chose to focus on the positive aspects of getting more sleep, such as the possibilities of more inspiration, more creativity, and more productive decision making.