Sleep Expert Pat Byrne on Sleep Science & Leveraging Technology

Pat Byrne (0:00)

The brain, as you know, is like our CPU. It controls everything we do.

Sleep is an important brain function. It's not just something we do, it's an important brain function. The analogy that I use is kind of like, when you go to sleep, your car goes into the garage, all these mechanics come out, they clean it up, they gas it up, they change the oil, they get it ready, and when you wake up, you're good to go for the day. When you're not getting enough sleep, your car's coming out of the garage with a half a tank of gas, and you end up crashing. Thank you.

Michael Gervais (0:38)

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