I started to write this last night but really I should have been relaxing, or launching into my epic 10-hour night’s sleep. If I had done either of those things I would be more productive today. Shoot. That means I have to take a nap this afternoon, and preferably a nap lasting 60 to 90 minutes, which a researcher at the University of California, Riverside, found is the ideal time needed to improve results on a memory test. I am very susceptible to such warnings, and judging by the popularity of Sunday’s New York Times story, “Relax! You’ll Be More Productive,” so are a lot of other ... Read More