Oh the secrets of success in the workplace… are there any? Well, maybe, just maybe. Following last week’s miserable attempt to secure a decent pay rise, I have been inundated with top tips on how to get ahead.
Naturally, most of them can’t be published in a family magazine like this one but over at the Bed Slat Company, at least they have come up with something clean.
You see, they have just quizzed 5,438 working professionals to reveal whether sleeping positions can influence one’s success and earnings. Teaming up with celebrity psychic and body language expert Inbaal Honigman, they’ve also uncovered the secrets of the nation’s most-loved sleep positions.
Way out in first place is the “fetal position”, with a significant 29% of respondents choosing to curl up in a ball with their knees tucked towards their chest. Next up is “pillow hugger”, preferred by 24%, and rounding out the top five are “the freefall”, “the thinker” and “the soldier” positions with 14%, 13% and 10% respectively choosing these as their go-to sleep styles.
But, dear Foxy fans, I hear you ask, which position is likely to make you more successful?
Well, according to the survey, a whopping 29% of the UK’s highest earners are freefall sleepers, lying stomach-down with arms up by their heads. The soldier position takes second place, with 23% of those with bulging pay packets opting for the straight-back, arms-at-your-sides position – often regarded as one of the healthiest for your spine.
Interestingly, the fetal position also makes the top three, favoured by 21% of successful professionals, followed by the pillow hugger (13%); the thinker (9%); the starfish (2%), the stargazer (2%) and the log (1%).
Inbaal Honigman reckons: “Britain’s most common sleep positions are both quite protective – the introverted fetal position, where people curl up to shield themselves, and the cuddly pillow hugger position where sleepers wrap themselves around their pillow (or partner) for comfort and security.
“However, when we look at the sleep habits of high earners, there’s a stark contrast. The two most common sleep positions here are far more exposed and unprotected – the freefall position, with limbs sprawled, tummy down and the back fully exposed; and the soldier position, lying flat with arms straight by the sides and tummy up.
“This tells us that high earners are natural risk-takers, they leap first and ask questions later, while the majority of the population tends to be more cautious. The top earners, quite simply, are made up of more fearless individuals.”
So, there you have it. As for me, I’m going back to bed as there is no time like the present to put this theory to the test. After all, what could possibly be better than boosting your chances of a pay rise by simply being asleep?
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