Despite those harmful effects, many continue to get much less sleep than they need, wrote Bradberry. “A recent survey of Inc 500 CEOs found that half of them are sleeping less than six hours a night. And the problem doesn't stop at the top. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a third of US workers get less than six hours of sleep each night, and sleep deprivation costs US businesses more than $63b annually in lost productivity.”