Danielle Steel: ‘I do not comb my hair for weeks.’ Photograph: Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images

The secret behind Danielle Steel's success

Danielle Steel, the 71-year-old famous romance novelist is extremely productive with her hard-working attitude that her work area takes after her very own heap books. Having published 179 books at a rate of up to seven every year, according to a reference in a recent profile by Glamour magazine, is the result of her 20-to-22-hour workdays-also the 24-hour session. This provoked an overflowing of awestruck esteem on the web.
Steel does not understand this modern-day mentality of work-life balance. “She considers a restful night is when she gets four hours of rest” marveled Business Insider. And that is the answer to why Danielle Steel is more successful than the rest of us.

“I start the book and don’t leave my desk until the very first draft is finished.” Her routine is she goes from bed, to work area, to shower, to bed, rejecting every call except from her nine children. Suppers are brought to her desk, she types until her fingers swell and her nails often bleed. “I do not comb my hair for weeks” she added.

According to the National Sleep Foundation, at the age of 71, Steel is ought to rest for seven to eight hours consistently while for those aged 18 to 65 is seven to nine. However, the news site Quartz looks at Steel as a motivation, that we would be able to see quick results if only we followed her “extremely liberating” example of industrious sleeplessness.

Marryanne Taylor from the Sleep Works says that while you could work that long, particularly as an erratic, the impact on productivity would make it scarcely beneficial. Furthermore, Katie Fischer, a rest expert thinks that the possibility of someone could continue that habit of work, write and use their brain in full capacity is unbelievably amazing. However, it is possible that Steel is exaggerating her schedule and the sleeplessness has become somewhat of a status symbol. 

Yet, it is possible that Steel could be a “short sleeper”, someone who was born with a mutation in the gene. People with the mutation wake up after a short rest without caution and feeling completely alert without the need for caffeine or naps-however it is incredibly uncommon, says Dr. Sophie Bostock from Sleepio. “To recommend that 22-hour days is pretty irresponsible regardless of whether Steel happens to be among that minority” Bostock adds.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/books/shortcuts/2019/may/13/danielle-steel-works-22-hour-days-is-it-possible