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Make Sleep Your Superpower: A Guide to Greater Health, Happiness & Productivity is available in paperback or a Kindle version). About the book:

Sleep is the most underrated activity that affects physical well-being, energy level, mood, memory and thinking skills. Good sleep puts you in charge of your emotions, your actions and reactions, your productivity, your entire day.

Improving your sleep will make you better at everything you do, whether you’re a college student, an entrepreneur, an athlete, an artist, a parent, a teacher, a 9–5 worker or a 5–9 workaholic, a Millennial or a Boomer.

Better sleep can be your superpower.

The book explains the importance of sleep and how it works, reveals little-known but important facts about sleep, and dispels unhelpful myths and misconceptions. It then provides 20 specific science-backed sleep tactics and explains how each person can draw from them to develop and measure their own strategy for better sleep.

A paperback version will be published later this year.

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Praise for Make Sleep Your Superpower

“An Owner’s Manual for great sleep. I recommend to anyone looking for an edge.”

—Scott Mayer, editor of In Fitness And In Health on Substack and Medium

“As a sleep enthusiast—and a longtime fan of Robert Roy Britt's writing—I couldn’t be more pleased that this book exists. When it comes to writing that clearly applies science to our everyday lives, Britt is among the greats. The way he writes about sleep here is so thoughtful, interesting, actionable, and potentially life-changing. Read it, study it, and share it with the ‘I’ll sleep when I'm dead’ people in your life.”

—Amy Shearn, award-winning author of Unseen City and other novels

“A wonderful mix of fascinating science and practical tips, Britt’s Make Sleep Your Superpower will keep you engaged and learning from cover to cover. You’ll leave with a stark awareness of why sleep is so crucial to every aspect of life (and your health) as well as the motivation, and tools, to get started on identifying and quashing your personal sleep kryptonite.”

—Jeanna Bryner, managing editor at Scientific American 

“Make Sleep Your Superpower should be on your list of most important books to read. It will open your eyes to the life-altering power of closing them. You'll be stunned at what you'll learn, but more important, at how easy it is to change habits that will lead to a healthier, happier life. What's more, it's exquisitely written, funny, and brainy, but in a way that will make you feel smarter. Do not wait to read this book.”

—Fritz Nelson, vice president of content operations for Oracle Corporation

“A rich and lucid treatment of sleep, a surprisingly unexplored subject, considering its relevance to billions. Robert Roy Britt, a gifted translator of vast, complex subjects, easily conveys the fascinating intricacies of this topic, providing scientific depth, righting misconceptions, and, like Hypnos himself, surely leading many readers to the bliss of a good night’s rest.”

—Kitta MacPherson, award-winning science journalist and former science editor at The Star-Ledger

“Sleep is arguably the most important health behavior, due to its primal responsibility in regulating physiological repair and recuperation processes. In this fascinating read, Rob Britt taps into contemporary empirical research to explore the value of sleep and how it can help people unlock a healthier lifestyle.”

—Dane McCarrick, PhD, a researcher in the Laboratory for Stress & Health Research at the University of Leeds in England, a graduate member of the British Psychological Society, and a fellow at the Higher Education Academy

“We spend a third of our adult lives trying to sleep. Many of us are doing it badly. There’s a better way—and Rob Britt has found it. He’s taken the best that science has to offer us and laid out a reasonable, thoughtful and refreshing path toward a good night’s sleep that will make us healthier, happier and more productive. Read Rob’s book. Learn how you can make sleep a superpower. And always remember: Better nights equal better days.”

—Jeff Nesbit, author of This Is the Way the World Ends and Poison Tea

“Part how-to, part myth-busting, and thoroughly eye-opening with healthy doses of neuroscience and clinical data, this book succeeds in establishing proper sleep as fundamental as exercise and nutrition to human health and productivity. In our overstimulated world of lights and noise and digital distractions, our primal need for sleep is under assault—with deadly consequences in terms of sickness, accidents, and poor decision-making tied to a chronic lack of sleep. Britt's brilliance here is detailing how better sleep not only is within your reach but a core inner strength for you to master.”

—Christopher Wanjek, author of Food at Work: Workplace Solutions for Malnutrition, Obesity and Chronic Diseases (ILO, United Nations)

“I would not have thought I would use words like ‘thought provoking’ and ‘stimulating’ to describe a book on sleep! Rob Britt's depth of research and ease of explanation was fascinating.”

—Stan Bassett, executive at several tech start-ups

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