What killed Ranjan Das and Lessons for Corporate India
Many of us heard about the sad demise of Ranjan Das from Bandra, Mumbai. He
was very active in sports, was a fitness freak and a marathon runner. It was
common to see him run on Bandra's Carter Road . Just after Diwali, on 21st
Oct, he returned home from his gym after a workout, collapse! d with a
massive heart attack and died.
It was certainly a wake-up call for corporate India . However, it was even
more disastrous for runners amongst us. Since Ranjan was an avid marathoner (
in Feb 09, he ran Chennai Marathon at the same time some of us were running
Pondicherry Marathon 180 km away ), the question came as to why an
exceptionally active, athletic person succumb to heart attack at 42 years of
age.
Was it the stress?
While Ranjan had mentioned that he faced a lot of stress,
that is a common element in most of our lives. We used to think that by being
fit, one can conquer the bad effects of stress.
The Real Reason
However, everyone missed out a small line in the reports
that Ranjan used to make do with 4-5 hours of sleep. This is an earlier
interview of Ranjan on NDTV in the program 'Boss' Day Out':
Except for stress control, Ranjan Das did everything
right: eating proper food, exercising ( marathoning!), maintaining proper
weight. But he missed getting proper and adequate sleep, minimum 7
hours.
Unfortunately, Ranjan Das is not alone when it comes to missing sleep. Many
of us are doing exactly the same, perhaps out of ignorance.
Please forward this mail/article to as many of your
colleagues/friends as possible, especially those who might be short-changing
their sleep.
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