Sleep Month

Women can lead the way to creating a culture -- not just in the business world, but in all aspects of our lives -- that is less toxic, less sleep-deprived, and less likely to burn out the best and the brightest among us.

Throughout the Sleep Challenge 2010, I've faced numerous challenges in meeting my sleep goal. But this week has presented me with perhaps the toughest obstacle of all: the travel week from hell.

Tony Schwartz is a business performance guru who has spent his life coaching people how to perform at their best. And, in his new book, he puts getting enough sleep at the apex of the things we can do to achieve peak performance.

As Sunday's Golden Globes party wore on, people kept asking how much longer I planned to stay, and whether I was going to be able to get my 8 hours of sleep. I felt like I was a kid on a school night -- with dozens of elegantly dressed baby sitters.

After finally reaching my goal of getting eight hours of sleep a night, I was surprised to discover that the exercise-sleep connection is a two-way street: getting enough sleep also helps you exercise better. READ MORE Sleep Challenge 2010: I Fall Off the Wagon (with a Push from Zorba the Greek) WATCH: Arianna and Cindi Leive Explain Sleep Challenge 2010 to Joy Behar HuffPost Turns Over the Top of Every Section to All the Ways We Can Help in Haiti Tucker Carlson Launches "The Right's Answer to HuffPost" - Why I Wish Him Nothing But the Best WATCH: Arianna Talks Geithner and Midterm Elections with Dylan Ratigan WATCH: Arianna on How Pat Robertson Gives Religion a Bad Name

Here is my existential question for you, dear readers: Would you cut short a fun night to avoid paying the groggy-headed price the next day, or do you embrace the moment knowing that perfection isn't always worth it?