Sleep Well, Lead Well: With AEI Model of Supreme Leadership (Volume 1) Review

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Sleep Well, Lead Well: With AEI Model of Supreme Leadership (Volume 1) ReviewIn this book Dr. Patel gives us the vital message of the essential importance of our obtaining sufficient sleep. He points out how prevalent lack of sleep is in corporate America, the USA and the world as a whole. We are informed of the potential dire consequences of sleep deprivation, including fatal traffic and other accidents, greatly impaired decision-making abilities, and diminished emotional and informational intelligence.
Our brain requires between seven and eight hours of quality sleep every night, varying from person to person. According to the author, REM sleep, especially, is important for optimal creativity. REM = Rapid Eye Movement, and REM sleep is the sleep during which we dream. However, I can't find any mention at all of the importance of deeper sleep than REM sleep, in fact, the author seems to equate REM sleep with deep sleep.
We are provided with (to me) new information about the effects of sleep deprivation on the prefrontal cortex, which according to Dr. Patel is the part of the brain governing executive function. The prefrontal cortex of a sleep-deprived person functions like one that is damaged, i.e. activity in this part of the brain is significantly reduced. In general, sleep loss results in memory impairment, reduced vigilance, slower responses, diminished problem-solving abilities and communication skills. etc etc.
Information is also given about the "amygdala", which is a primitive reptilian structure in the brain. Fright activates our amygdala, while our prefrontal cortex generally calms it down when we do not need to act on our fears. However, in the case of sleep deprivation the amygdala goes into overactive mode, thus releasing a large amount of adrenaline, which "sets (us) in fight-or-flight mode, as opposed to collaborate-and-create mode". An overactive amygdala amplifies negative emotions, and when this is found in a business leader, these negative emotions can quickly spread across the organization. Well-rested leaders with a well-regulated amygdala and a hyper-vigilant executive centre will "recruit neurons with positive emotions".
We learn the importance of getting rid of, instead of accumulating, "sleep debt" and the extreme value of napping, after 2 p.m. and not for longer than 20 minutes. Dr. Patel gives us the recipe for a PREM (Patel's Relaxed Eye Muscles) nap, which he claims is particularly effective (and I'm not doubting him). This recipe is: 1) read a couple of lines from the Bible or other religious book (in order to produce positive dreams) and set the alarm on your Smartphone for 15 mins. 2) Take 5-10 slow, deep breaths. 3) Carry out progressive muscle relaxation, beginning with the muscles of your eyeballs. (Since Dr. Patel often refers to "Smartphones", I would have liked him also to refer to protective devices by which to protect one's brain against the extremely harmful electromagnetic radiation emitted by mobile phones, the smarter the phone, the more dangerous the radiation - especially as he in particular is so focused on the importance of the brain).
He rightly stresses the importance of exercise for a good night's sleep, and the value of a spiritual outlook on life. I thoroughly agree with him.
I appreciate Dr. Patel's basic message, in fact basis philosophy of life, and it is absolutely correct, of course, that we should all strive to obtain optimal sleep when at all possible. And we are also given detailed, useful information about how to cope during periods when we are unable to obtain this, for example, in the case of a corporate leader travelling abroad, having to prepare for and participate in business meetings, conferences and the like.
I don't concur, however, in his recommendation to take an occasional, mild, non-addictive sleeping pill, or rather I've never heard of any sleeping pill, which necessarily is manufactured by the, in my view malevolent, pharmaceutical industry, that is non-addictive in the long run. The object of the pharmaceutical industry is to make money, and the more people they can get addicted to their harmful pills, the better (in their view). Rather take Melatonin, which is reputedly especially beneficial to take when travelling in order to prevent jet lag. Dr. Patel does not mention this specific use of Melatonin.
But my main objection to the book is that I found it to be absolutely chaotic in its structure and organization, and absolute lack of editing. We are told of the importance of excellence, but as regards these latter matters, this book can in no way be regarded as excellent.
The headings do not always correlate with the material below them, there are numerous repetitions, abbreviations are generally not defined or explained, and so on and so on.
The author talks a lot about emotional intelligence. and eventually we are given a definition of this on page 29, but I found this to be inadequate, since the term is defined as having to do with the "workforce", whereas emotional intelligence has no inherent connection with the work force. Not until page 109 are we given a hint of what this form of intelligence actually has to do with - "self-awareness, self-management, etc etc".
Informational intelligence is also discussed before any kind of definition appears. I found it eventually to be "the ability to retain, process, store, apply and communicate" relevant information "in an easy-to-understand format".
There is a whole chapter on something called the "AEImax model of consistent excellence ---". But I never found out what "AEI" stands for, no definition being provided that I could find, which made the whole chapter difficult to understand and digest. The "E" perhaps stands for "emotional", and the "I" perhaps for "informational" or "intelligence", one of the two, but I don't know what the "A" could represent.
Unfortunately, the long sections in "boxes" are somewhat hard to digest due to their content of large amounts of compressed information.
In general, I found the author's shorthand style of writing (with frequent omission of both definite and indefinite articles, and occasional insertion of such articles when it would be idiomatically correct to omit them) slightly distracting.
I'm sorry to be so critical of the overall presentation of this book, since Dr. Patel's kind and loving nature, spirituality and idealistic goals shine through it. There is no doubt that his message is invaluable, in fact could be life-saving, and we all need to be reminded of it. Apart from his advice as regards ensuring we obtain adequate sleep, the book includes important and unique instructions regarding the optimization of leadership qualities and performance.
In short, the book, though it contains important information, requires a complete revision and reorganization in order to ensure that the material be presented in the most orderly and readable manner. I would also recommend that an index be included in the book. If revised satisfactorily, I feel it will be an excellent aid to both corporate executives and the general public. Readers of the present unrevised edition will still be able to acquire valuable information from it, it will just be more difficult to understand and digest the information.
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