10 great people who slept little

Gaius Julius Caesar (100-44 BCE)

Roman politician and general Gaius Julius Caesar founded the great Roman Empire, and forever changed the culture of the future of Europe. He won the Civil War and became the absolute ruler "of the Roman world."

To achieve all this, according to the memoirs of contemporaries, Caesar slept about 3 hours a day. However, he did not make himself privileges - during the military campaigns of Julius Caesar slept with his soldiers on the ground in the open.

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519 years)

May list creative secrets of Leonardo da Vinci should complement another point. Ingenious artist and inventor slept for 15-20 minutes a day every four hours (about 2:00). The remaining 22 hours Leonardo worked.

Today, this sleep system is called "multiphase dream." It is believed that such a regime can increase wakefulness time to 20-22 hours a day. In this pattern a lot of followers, but the second da Vinci among them, apparently not.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790 years)

Benjamin Franklin - known politician, diplomat and scholar. His signature is on the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Treaty of Versailles in 1783, and is decorated with a portrait of a hundred dollar bill.

According to him, the good should not be much. A dream - surely good. Besides, Franklin He adheres to a strict daily schedule in which the dream was given to not more than 4 hours.

Napoleon Bonaparte I (1769-1821 years)

Many have heard this aphorism Bonaparte: "Napoleon slept four hours old - five soldiers - six women - seven men - eight, and nine patients with sleep only." Indeed, Napoleon usually went to bed around midnight, slept until 2 am. Then got up, I worked and closer to 5 am again went for a couple of hours. As a result, he slept for about 4 hours a day.

Thus historians have noted that a great general because of the constant stress often suffered from insomnia. It is a catastrophic lack of sleep, some explain the strategic failures of Napoleon at Waterloo.

It is significant that, once in reference to the island of Saint Helena, Napoleon of the lark turned into an owl - a lot of sleep and wake up late.

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826 years)

Thomas Jefferson slept only 2 hours a day. In this case, from his correspondence, we can conclude that there is no regime does not adhere to the policy. He always went to bed at different times (most of all - late), be sure to read before going to bed and waking up already with the first rays of the sun.

Thomas Edison (1847-1931 years)

The world-famous inventor who invented the phonograph, incandescent lamps and worship the word "hello", claimed that slept 5 hours per day. Like many geniuses, he believed sleep a waste of time and a sign of laziness. Therefore, dormice and couch potatoes Edison openly despised.

Maybe it pushed it to the bulbs invention. In the old days, when the candles were used, people slept 10 hours, and with the advent of incandescent Thomas Edison sleep rate was reduced to 7 hours a day. Funny also that the scientist in the lab was a small sofa, and evil tongues say that Edison occasionally allowed himself a little nap during the day.

Nikola Tesla (1856-1943 years)

Another brilliant scientist, famous physicist and inventor who made a significant contribution to the study of AC, slept only 2-3 hours a day.

According to his contemporaries, he was able to work all night long, even if very tired. "I'm absolutely exhausted, but I can not stop working. My experiments so important, so beautiful, so amazing that I can hardly tear myself away from them to eat. And when trying to sleep, you keep thinking about them. I believe that I will continue until I drop dead "- said Tesla. However, after such a long grueling days, he is put to sleep to recuperate.

Winston Churchill (1874-1965 years)

One of the greatest Britons in history (according to the British themselves), Winston Churchill held next daily routine: Went to bed at 3 am and woke up at 8 am. Thus, he slept five hours a day.

However, a wise politician never neglected the opportunity to take a nap for an hour after lunch. "You should sleep in between lunch and dinner, and no half measures, never! Take off your clothes and get into bed. This is what I always do. Do not think that you will perform less work because sleep during the day. This silly opinions of people who have no imagination. On the contrary, you will be able to do more, because you get two days in one - well, at least half. "

Salvador Dali (1904-1989 years)

It is not known how many hours of sleep assigned the Spanish painter Salvador Dali. But there is evidence that he, as well as Leonardo da Vinci, practiced "ragged" dream.

To do this, I set the bed Dali metal tray and into the hands took a spoonful. As soon as he entered a deep phase of sleep, the spoon fell - the noise woke the artist. According to him, an intermediate state between sleeping and waking gave him new ideas.

Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013 years)

"The Iron Lady" has been one of our list - 10 most successful Lark. Therefore, you know that it was a real workaholic - slept 4-5 hours a day, and sometimes only a half or two. Thatcher herself told the dream: "I never slept more than four or five hours. Anyway, my life - it's my job. Some people work to live. I live to work. I often sleep only half an hour, preferring to sacrifice sleep time to have a decent haircut. "