We all recognise the value of a good night’s sleep and how awful we can feel when we don’t get one. At any given time reduced sleep affects your attention, decision making, and overall efficiency. It can also influence your mood; increasing the chance that you will be the office grump. The longer you go devoid of sleep the greater the risk that it is going to threaten your wellbeing. I have had problems sleeping for as long as I can recall. In actual fact, my mother recently commented that it had been hopeless getting me to sleep even as a young boy. Here are some tips that I’ve applied during my own life to make sure that insomnia doesn’t steer me directly in to a rut.