How do sleep and sales relate?

You’ll have to listen to this exciting Sales Evangelist Podcast episode to find out. Host Donald Kelly delves into the crucial topic of sleep and its impact on sales performance with guest expert Tanessa Shears. 

Tanessa, a specialist in wearable tech and health hacks, discusses how improving sleep quality can lead to increased energy, clarity, and better problem-solving skills, making it a foundational element for a successful sales career.

Tune in now to gain access to Tanessa's wealth of knowledge and uncover actionable strategies to optimize your sleep quality, enhance your energy levels, and revolutionize your sales performance.

Impact of Sleep on Sales Professionals

• Tanessa highlights the common tendency among sales professionals to neglect quality sleep to pursue productivity and achieve sales targets. 
• The "hustle and grind" culture often leads to sacrificing sleep and neglecting personal health while striving for professional success. 
• She emphasizes the detrimental effects of insufficient sleep, including brain fog, stress, and compromised cognitive function, that can significantly hinder sales professionals' performance.

Addressing Sleep Challenges in Sales

• Tanessa shares her experiences working with entrepreneurs, a group often caught up in the fast-paced business world, where neglecting sleep and health has become normative. 
• She emphasizes the need to recognize the actual sleep time versus the time spent in bed, the importance of consistent sleep schedules, and the significant impact of sleep quality on overall performance.

Practical Tips for Improving Sleep

• Highlighting the significance of sleep duration and consistency, Tanessa provides actionable ways to improve sleep quality. 
• She advises sales professionals to allocate enough time for sleep, maintain consistent sleep schedules, and focus on the quality of sleep, particularly emphasizing the benefits of deep and REM sleep. 
• In addition, she emphasizes the need for a wind-down time before sleep, minimizing external input, and avoiding screen time to enhance sleep quality.

Understanding Sleep Quality and Resilience

• Tanessa unravels the connection between sleep quality and resilience, shedding light on how sleep impacts the ability to handle stress, cognitive function, emotional stability, and energy levels. 
• She emphasizes the crucial role of deep and REM sleep in enhancing problem-solving abilities, memory retention, and emotional stability, all of which are essential for sales professionals.

Behavioral Changes for Enhanced Sleep

• Tanessa presents practical changes individuals can make to enhance their sleep quality, such as minimizing screen time before bed, fostering a wind-down routine, and prioritizing activities that facilitate relaxation and unwinding. 
• She also discusses the impact of reading before bed, offering insights into the types of reading that can either hinder or enhance sleep quality.

Balancing Sleep Practices

• Discussing the balance between embracing leisurely sleep-ins and maintaining consistent sleep schedules, Tanessa addresses the importance of managing sleep debt and maintaining a balanced approach to sleep practice. 
• She offers guidance on allowing a degree of flexibility while also ensuring that oversleeping does not compensate for insufficient sleep during the week.

Benefits of Enhanced Sleep for Sales Professionals

• Tanessa elaborates on the benefits of improved sleep for sales professionals, including increased energy, enhanced problem-solving skills, improved memory retention, and the ability to build strong rapport with clients. 
• She stresses the importance of showing up with energy and clarity to attract and retain clients.

Resource for Further Learning

• Tanessa provides a free downloadable resource, the "12 Ways to Biohack Your Energy" playbook, which offers actionable hacks to boost energy levels and create productive mornings. 
• The playbook, containing practical tips and insights, aims to empower individuals to apply simple yet powerful strategies to enhance their energy and overall performance.

Tanessa Shears shares invaluable insights about sleep's crucial role in our productivity, resilience, and overall well-being as sales professionals. From uncovering the hidden truths about our actual sleep hours to delving into the impact of social jet lag, Tanessa's expertise sheds a powerful light on the often overlooked aspects of our sleep habits.

Don't miss out on this opportunity to gain invaluable techniques to optimize your sleep and become a high-energy, top-performing sales leader. Listen to the full episode now and take the first step towards unlocking your true potential.

"It's not only just the time that you're spending sleeping, but how you're cueing your brain during the day and during the night to have a really good sleep." - Tanessa Shears.

Resources

Becoming Limitless Podcast

Tanessa Shears on Instagram

Sleep Biohacking Toolkit 

Becoming Limitless Course  

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