With the H-1B filings and tax seasons in full force, April can be a month filled with stress and lack of sleep.

However, the best way to manage these stressors is to get sufficient sleep.  “Most people treat sleep as a luxury, but it is definitely a necessity,” says James B. Maas, Ph.D., an internationally recognized authority on sleep and performance who served as Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow, Professor and past Chairman of Psychology at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y.