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The following Mark's Daily Apple article was written by Mark Sisson and is narrated by Brock Armstrong.

Why these 10 famous thinkers naped.

A few months ago, I did a podcast that included how, why, and when to flop down for a spell.

That wasn't a random throwaway podcast either.

It was the first salvo in a new war.

I'm on a mission to legitimize the nap and to destigmatize the siesta for the

average working human. And it's not a selfish thing because I can already pretty much take a nap

whenever I want. I'm concerned about you. In a chronically sleep-deprived population, such as ours, a 45-minute foray

into the land of dreams, can rejuvenate the mind, make up for a sleep debt, and make us

healthier and happier. Yet, those who nap, or simply want to to nap often feel guilty about it, even when they

have an hour or two to despair and are falling asleep at their desks. Perhaps it'll make you feel

better to know that some of the world's greatest thinkers consider naps to be an integral part of their day and their success.

Let's look at a few of them. Tend to be exact. Salvedore Dally. Dally didn't nap to recover lost sleep

or fight physical fatigue. He napped for insight and to stimulate his creativity. His naps were

briefer than brief, millisecond long glimpses of dream space from which he'd emerge with new

ideas, visions, and solutions. Daly describes his method in the book 50 Secrets of Magic Craftsmanship. To ensure his nap didn't extend

into true slumber, Dally would sit upright in a chair, preferably of Spanish style, head tilted back,

and resting in a, quote, supineness of complete relaxation, end quote.

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