You Can't Make Up For Lost Sleep

For those who have ministered among students, and even ministered overlong weekly schedules, this research calls us to honour sabbath in the daily as well as the weekly routine. "Chronic partial sleep loss of even two to three hours per night was found to have detrimental effects on the body, leading to impairments in cognitive performance, as well as cardiovascular, immune and endocrine functions. Sleep-restricted people also reported not feeling sleepy even though their performance on tasks declined."
It's that latter that is concerning: those who have charge of organisations that could affect the welfare of many or even the country definitely should not be working under sleep deprivation conditions. Yet the machismo of our working culture seems to encourage it to happen... Even worse, it infects some church leadership circles.
ScienceDaily: Chronically Sleep Deprived? You Can't Make Up For Lost Sleep