Could a Power Nap Save the Free World?

During the Kennedy administration, the world almost came to the brink of disaster.  The Cuban missile crisis has the potential to escalate into a fully nuclear World War III.  Many years after the fact it was learned that President Kennedy was suffering from many physical ailments and was essentially pepped up a number of different medications and pain killers.

The job of the president is not an easy job and it is full of stress I'm sure.  I have no doubt that many presidents goes through several sleepless nights every month possibly every week.  Back during the Cuban missile crisis, Kennedy was under huge amount of stress, he was medicated, and he was probably suffering from lack of sleep if not sleep deprivation.

Now President Bush has many failings, but he always publicly states that he works on going to bed early.  This is probably a good thing from the perspective that is least in the morning he is as clearheaded as he going to be.

However, it is also very important for people that work extremely full days and many hours to reset their minds and clear their thoughts and give their bodies a complete break from the stresses of the day.  In many cultures the concept of a siesta has been widely accepted in part to relieve people from the stresses of the heat of the day.

A Power Nap is not a siesta.  It is a short and concentrated body and mind resting where your brain and body can fully relax and recharge so that you can be prepared to make clear decisions and work efficiently, optimally and productively for the rest of the day and well into the evening if required.

Sleepless nights will not make for good decisions.  But taking a power nap in a regular and scheduled manner, can help your body be prepared to act when action is called for in help your mind think when thinking is called for.  All Presidents wair power ties these days, as a symbol as well as a style.  It might be much more effective if they began to engage in the process of using power naps to focus their attention and their energies in a way that enables them to channel the powers of their office and possibly save the free world.