What Keeps You Awake At Night?

POINT TO PONDER

"A well-spent day brings happy sleep."

                       

                            - Leonardo DaVinci 
 

STORY LINE by Anand Shah

In last few years, I have encountered some work situations where people have asked questions to others, “what keeps you awake at night?” That question has always puzzled me as I get very good sleep at nights (except at times when I have eaten exotic foods and experienced the subsequent turmoil). Initially, I felt guilty wondering if I was doing something wrong by not keeping up with the Jones or whatever in our highly competitive world.

Then I realized that I had to be honest and confess the reasons to why I am sleeping well at night; even if it means risking my job.

 

Here are the few reasons I get a good sleep a night:

 

1. Knowing that I have a lot of problems at work and when I wake up in the morning I have something challenging projects to look forward to.
2. Knowing that my employer sees value in my work and I have been invited to the meetings that deals with creating higher value for the customers, investors and employees.
3. Knowing that my badge was still with me when I left the previous night.
4. Knowing that I am working with a great team of passionate, focused people who believe that “the real measure of their performance is by their customers in value chain.”
5. Knowing that our team is a functional family where teams interests come before the individual interests.
6. Knowing that the people I work with never rest on their laurels. They are on the never ending journey of being the best and then better than the best.
7. Knowing I have a wonderful loving and caring family that I look forward to once work is over.
8. Knowing that the world is so big with an abundance of opportunities and there is always room somewhere in this world for my talents. 
9. Knowing that my life has been fulfilling with the people I met, the places I visited, experiences I had and contributions I made. 

 

REFLECTION

What gives you good sleep at night?

Comments

[Cool]

Chammomile Tea.

[LCP]

Doing good for oneself & for others is good enough reason for me

[JK]

Knowing that I will have a nice glass of wine at the end of the day and forget about all "problems" at work.

[Leonardo]

"A well-spent day brings happy sleep." Leonardo had it right.

[Don]

This reflection. Put things in perspective in OBT way.

[California Guy]

When my children are ready to tackle life's challenges, with or without me.

[Raman]

Good Boss.

[MQ&R]

Knowing that we have consistently delivered high value to our company.

[Not quite so sleepless in AZ]

I think the priorities listed above are slightly of.
Your badge? I mean really!
And why would you lose your job - if you sleep well?
Perhaps it just means that you have a clear conscience, your loved ones are healthy and safe, you have given 125% to each thing you did today, and have the confidence that you can deal with the rest tomorrow. And of course that glass of wine :)

my 3 reasons for sleeplessness have been- Sons out late( when they were at home: now I hope they know to make the right decisions); sick parent/friend; being overwhelmed and not quite sure of how to deal with the issue of the day/week/month.

[Zhicong]

Doing certain amount of sports like tennis or table tennis makes me sleep well. But I am still awake now at 2 o'clock today due to sports too, waiting for the final result of voting for 2020 Olympics Games city :) Hope Tokyo can win.

[Mark Dennen]

What keeps me awake at night? Worry, which to me, translates into a "Bad Movie Night", the kind where you keep replaying the same event over and over in your head an endless amount of times and there is no ending. These are usually worries which, in the morning, seemed insignificant, but at 2:00AM, they seem to occupy your full attention and cannot be compartmentalized or dismissed. So how does one stop such a thing? Well, you can get up and read for a while which I have found to be helpful as it provides intermission to the "Bad Movie" and once you start reading about other issues in the world, your problems pale in perspective and sleep comes soon. The other choice, when I was working, was 5 mg. of Ambien to "kill it". Some might view this as a weakness, but if I had to get up and catch an early morning flight, I needed the sleep and I never suffered from any drag. I used this solution approximately once/month. I learned from my plane travel you don't need much (so I cut them in half) and if you hold that very bitter tasting pill under your tongue (like a heart attack pill), the effect is amazingly accelerated and within a few minutes you are out until your alarm rings.