• CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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    7 hours ago

    There are people who can do this, I’ve known some. It’s probably genetic, and some people vary in the other direction.

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      6 hours ago

      I’m definitely on the other end of the spectrum! 8 hours is a normal day, 10-12 possible

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    10 hours ago

    I’ve known two people that sleep very little. One was a guy from google that managed a team and also taught and did other stuff.

    I was doing the math and it didn’t make sense so I asked him about it and he said that he only slept 5 hours a day and it’s stressful on his family life, and that his dr keeps telling him it’s not healthy.

    The other person was someone that ran the company I worked for. I could tell by the remote access logs that he was going inactive around 2am and then would be back on by 6am. It didn’t seem possible and as a security concern I talked to him about it. He said that he barely sleeps. I verified it by talking to his assistants.

    Both of these people were extremely successful in their careers. I think it’s some sort of OCD that they’ve harnessed.