Here's the relaxation hack that taught 96% of US military pilots how to fall asleep within 2 minutes — even after drinking coffee

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• During WWII, the US military quickly realized that if fighter pilots didn't get sleep, their poor decisions had dire consequences.
• The military brought in naval ensign Bud Winter to develop and test a scientifically designed method of "teaching" sleep.
• After just six weeks of practice at turning their brains off using this five-step method, 96% of pilots could fall asleep within 120 seconds.
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For most of us, getting enough sleep isn't a life-or-death kind of thing. Sure, we might make poor decisions, but our being sleepy at the marketing meeting tomorrow is not going to get someone killed. 

During WWII, though, the US military quickly got hip to the fact that if fighter pilots didn't get sleep, their poor decisions had dire consequences. Their mishaps included errors that resulted in their being shot down — or shooting down guys on their own side.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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