Colloquially referred to as the "efficient sleeper gene" or "super-sleeper gene", a quick search of these terms, or DEC2, reveals some lucky people among us get

Colloquially referred to as the "efficient sleeper gene" or "super-sleeper gene", a quick search of these terms, or DEC2, reveals some lucky people among us get by - indeed thrive - on 4 or 5 hours of sleep per day. Famous examples include Kobe Bryant and Donald Trump (please suspend irrational partisanship for just one minute - ducks). I'm not big into basketball but I was thoroughly inspired by Kobe legends (linked below). Favorite among them, John Celestand jealously pleased he might finally beat Kobe to training one day after Kobe's wrist was broken, only to find Kobe still there first, and training just as hard as usual, only with his off-hand. https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/2dzolu/compilation_of_kobe_bryant_stories/ https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/2dzolu/compilation_of_... http://www.viralhoops.com/kobe-bryant-motivational-stories/ http://www.viralhoops.com/kobe-bryant-motivational-stories/.