​Sleep matters in ways beyond physical and emotional well being. Drowsy drivers kill more people than do drunk and stoned drivers combined.

That is just one of billions of reasons to learn how to get your healthy shut-eye every night.

​For me, when I want to write a song or a book I put out to the Universe my topic then go to sleep. I have written hundreds of songs and books between 1-3 AM, awakening with the melody and lyrics, the story line and actual unfolding of the tale - all in tact.

That is not unique to me.

Across many genres, here are few noteworthy creatives who also relied on sleep to unlock their genius ideas:

    ✓    Dmitri Mendeleev dreamed the Periodic Table of elements.

    ✓    Paul McCartney’s song  “Yesterday” and “Let It Be” both came in dreams

    ✓    Mary Shelley’s nightmare birthed Frankenstein

And, if you ever read any biographies of Albert Einstein you know he relied on falling asleep with ball bearings in hand to find solutions heretofore unknown.

Shakespeare said, “Sleep per chance to dream.” And yes, a common suggestion to resolve challenges or hurts produced the wisdom, “Sleep on it.”

How much you sleep and how you sleep matters in more ways than you can imagine. Your mental well being, your intelligence, your mood and all your relationships reflect what happens when your head hits the pillow each night.

Ah, and the impact of sleep, or the lack of it, carries far beyond those obvious realms.

Statistics of car crashes, of sports injuries (in professional as well as average person events), of memory loss as well as failure to create new memories (like forgetting where you parked your car at the shopping center), or learning new information - all correlate precisely with sleep.

And if that isn’t getting to you, realize that poor sleep leads to an ever growing overweight and obese population.

Lack of sufficient quality sleep costs billions, that is billions with a “b,” of lost revenue most notably in the United States followed by Japan, Germany, the UK, and Canada.

If you ever need surgery make sure your surgeon got more than 6 hours sleep before cutting you. Medical mistakes account for the third leading cause of death.

You want to know that sleeping pills not only fail to remedy the situation as they interfere with healthy brainwave activity but actually increase the incidence of death as people use them for longer periods of time.

So, what did Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher have in common?

Watch the video to find out - and a whole lot more eye-opening information.

Hmm. Do I mean eye-closing?

​Every moment you delay makes taking action less likely. this is your life. Choose to ​live it!