A new study reaffirms that this sleeping position is the overall best

A new study reaffirms that this sleeping position is the overall bestA new study reaffirms that this sleeping position is the overall bestWe recently learned that if you have been sleeping on your side or stomach, you could be putting your health at more risk then if you slept on your back.And now, according to new data, it seems that if you dont sleep on your back you could also be hurting your career.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreAccording toa survey of 1,021 people from The Sleep Judge, 32% of people who sleep on their backs every night reported feeling content and 16% of them reported feeling motivated when they woke up. Though out of the stomach sleepers36% felt content, only 13% felt motivated.Plus 64% of back sleepers said they had quality sleep while that number was only 57% for stomach sleepers. And for fetal position sleepers, only 7% said they were motivated the nex t day. Check out the chart below for more stats on moods after sleeping positions.As for how many people jump right out of bed and start thinking about work immediately, its actually almost the same amount of people whether you slept well or slept poorly (27% versus 26%.) However, for those who did report sleeping poorly 31% of them think about sleep when they wake up. For those who slept well16% think about food (because breakfast is the best)9% think about family first6% think about their pets or their romantic relationship (that says a lot about our society)3% think about coffee (which seems quite small as coffee is my main motivation for getting out of bed)3% think about the bathroom (never underestimate the power of bodily function)2% think about money (not too many Gordon Gekkos anymore)And a lucky 10% think about absolutely nothingInterestingly, the generation that thinks about work the most are Millennials at 30% (they thought about the bathroom the least at 2%.) They were f ollowed by richtung X at 27% and Baby Boomers at 19%. Men think about work first more than women at 31% versus 23%.You might also enjoyNew neuroscience reveals 4 rituals that will make you happyStrangers know your social class in the first seven words you say, study finds10 lessons from Benjamin Franklins daily schedule that will double your productivityThe worst mistakes you can make in an interview, according to 12 CEOs10 habits of mentally strong people