Workplace Wellbeing: Yawning at the dawn of a working day 

A disrupted night's sleep can make it difficult to get through your to-do list the next day. From power napping to power foods, experts share their advice on how to keep your focus and be productive 

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It's morning and you’re tired. You may have been kept awake by a hungry baby, a sick child or thoughts that made it impossible to nod off. Whatever the cause, the end result is the same: you’re facing into a day of work feeling exhausted.

This is far from ideal, according to Wladislaw Rivkin, an associate professor of organisational psychology at Trinity College Dublin. His 2021 study shows that sleep is vital for us to perform well at work.