EP012: Am I lazy? No, my sleep phase is just delayed—with Jonaed Iqbal

HolyradStudio.JonaedIqbal.headshots5_2.jpg — Jonaed Iqbal

with Dr. Yishan Xu

TODAY’S GUEST

Jonaed is the founder of NoDegree.com. The website is home to an innovative local job search platform, which aims to connect people with suitable career paths, even without formal degrees.

Education is often costly and not easy to access for some people — especially young men and women. However, the absence of a degree doesn't mean a lack of talent or skills. In fact, there are many passionate, qualified, and hard-working people around us. They're all searching for the perfect opportunities, often bouncing from closed door to closed door. Through NoDegree.com, Jonaed wants to reach out to those people, and he has designed the platform to help them access new possibilities.

Based in the New York City area, Jonaed has an extensive professional background across various industries. He has served as an actuary at MetLife and worked as a financial analyst and consultant for New York City public schools. Believing in the potential of his idea, he decided to launch NoDegree.com and pursue speaking engagements on a full-time basis. He now focuses on running NoDegree.com. The site serves job seekers and employers in the New York City area at the moment, but Jonaed plans on expanding it in the future.

Jonaed is a friendly and open-minded person, dedicated to his family and friends. People around him describe him as a kind, supporting, caring person, whose mission is to help others. Whether it's about assisting them with their job search, tutoring them, or inspiring them with his unflinching talks — anything goes! He's an avid networker, always looking to create meaningful connections with others - professionally and personally.

WHAT WILL WE LEARN

I yawn a lot all the time, I am tired all the time no matter how much I sleep.

Jonaed explored his symptoms on his own, recorded his snoring events, and searched online.
After trying CPAP, he felt a big improvement of his sleep quality, which also boosted his academic performance.
“When you don’t get enough sleep, that is the biggest thing in your mind. When you get enough sleep, everything else falls into place.“

Others commented: ”You are lazy, I can get up early to do work, why can’t you?”

Jonaed is also diagnosed with Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder (DSPD).
There are genetic components of DSPD.
Look out for the loop of self-fulfilling prophecy.

How come you have so much energy?

Jonaed: “Because I work with my own body.“
Everyone’s body is different, you cannot just copy others’ sleep schedule and hope to copy their success.

Burnout can happen to anyone. It is not about the hours you put in, it is really about what you do within the hours you put in.

Work on your productivity, instead of depriving your sleep

RESOURCES

https://www.NoDegree.com/media

That is a link to all of the articles Jonaed has been featured in and some podcasts I have been on.

https://www.linkedin.com/jonaed/

Jonaed’s LinkedIn profile is a good way to see the people I am connected with and the sort of content I create.

He is also launching a podcast (it will be launched by the episode is released) called the NoDegree Podcast where he will interview those without college degrees or in industries that don’t require degrees and educate listeners on how to break into different fields and learn about what the job entails.