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Sleeping At Work And Nap Rooms Go Hand-In-Hand: Arianna Huffington

Why sleeping on the job isn't such a bad thing.
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Sleeping on the job still gets frowned upon but ask Arianna Huffington and it's empathy not outrage sleep-deprived workers need most.

That, and maybe a nap room.

"Walking around looking drained and exhausted is what should be looked down on," says Huffington in the video above.

The founder and CEO of Thrive Global is no closet fan of nap rooms, having installed two of them for employees during her time as Editor In Chief of the Huffington Post.

And while the move was met with skepticism at first, Huffington says the rooms' popularity tell a entirely different story. For more on why she continues to champion nap rooms, listen to her message in the video above.

"2 Minutes To Transform" is your guide to small but meaningful changes for a better you. Experts share their tips to transform your life at home, in the office or while you're on the go -- all in under two minutes.

Arianna Huffington is the former Editor In Chief of The Huffington Post, a website she co-founded in 2005.

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A worker takes a nap while laying on a pile of steel wires at a stockyard run by the Shanghai Yirong Trading Co. Ltd in Shanghai, China, on Friday, April 10, 2009. China, the world's biggest iron ore buyer, boosted imports to a record in March for a second straight month, as smaller steelmakers turned to cheaper overseas suppliers. (Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images News)
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An Indian driver sleeps on a stack of watermelons at a wholesale market truck-stop in Chennai on April 18, 2012. The German automaker Daimler inaugurated its new factory, opening a new front against its Asian rivals, ever more threatening to world leadership. With 1,400 employees and to double "in the coming years", the factory will begin production in the third quarter with an initial capacity of 36,000 vehicles per year. (MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP/Getty Images)
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An Indian woman passenger travels on a train with her son sleeping in a makeshift hammock inside a ladies compartment in Hyderabad on March 8, 2012, International Women's Day. International Women's Day (IWD), originally called International Working Women's Day is a global day annually on March 8, celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. (NOAH SEELAM/AFP/Getty Images)
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Students have a nap after lunch at a classroom at Zhuanqiao village primary school on May 15, 2012 in Zhuzhou, China. Students have had a nap after lunch since May 1, as the weather gets warmer and warmer. But because most students live far away from the school and the school doesn't have any dormitories, they have to sleep on their desks or chairs. (ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)
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An ''ojeck'' or popularly known as motorcycle taxi driver takes a nap under the trees in Jakarta, 03 October 2006. The Indonesian government is to earmark 13 trillion rupiah (1.4 billion USD) for the development of biofuels in the 2007 budget, a report said 26 September. Amid soaring global oil costs, Indonesia has been trying to boost its energy security by turning its attention to rapidly expanding production of biofuels. (JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
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A worker sleeps in a sugarcane field near the Kruger National Park on July 8, 2013 in Komatiepoort, South Africa. South Africa is the world's tenth largest producer of sugarcane with growers annually producing an average of 19.9 million tons of sugarcane per year. The participation of black farmers working on sugarcane production is constantly increasing through the development and empowerment of previously disadvantaged people within their communities. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
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Man sleeping in the Atacama Desert in Chile. (John B. Carnett/Bonnier Corporation/Getty Images)
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A New Yorker braves the scorching sun for a nap on the empty Sheep Meadow of Central Park 18 July 2006 as a heat wave hits the city for a second straight day, with indexes of more than 100 degrees. Much of the United States is sweating through a national heat wave, with many cities opening special "cooling centers" as temperatures soared into triple digits. For New Yorkers, the Big Apple was more like the Baked Apple and power demand surged as residents cradled their air conditioners. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
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Indian Kashmiri Muslim boatmen snooze as they wait for passengers on Dal-lake in Srinagar, 02 March 2007. Despite the ongoing insurgency in the restive Himalayan state of Jammu and Kashmir, tourists are still drawn there by the fresh air and beautiful mountain scenery. (IRSHAD KHAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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VARANASI, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA - Man sleeping on his boat at the Ganges riverbancks, December 12, 2013. (Raquel Maria Carbonell Pagola/LightRocket/Getty Images)
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A man sleeps with his Boxer dog on the second day of Crufts dog show at the National Exhibition Centre on March 6, 2015 in Birmingham, England. First held in 1891, Crufts is said to be the largest show of its kind in the world, the annual four-day event, features thousands of dogs, with competitors travelling from countries across the globe to take part and vie for the coveted title of 'Best in Show'. (Carl Court/Getty Images)
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A poultry trader sleeps in a hammock over ducks at her stall in a market in the suburbs of Hanoi on April 20, 2010. Health and agricultural experts and officials from nearly 80 countries and territories are gathering in Hanoi for the 3-day " International Ministerial Conference on Animal and Pandemic Influenza" from April 19-21. (HOANG DINH NAM/AFP/Getty Images)
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Nap Time in Central Park. (Getty Images)
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A worker takes a nap during lunchtime on the soon-to-be completed Three Gorges Dam project in Yichang 17 May 2006. The Three Gorges Dam, which will reach completion 20 May, is China's Great Wall across the Yangtze river -- a project entailing both material benefit and immense national pride, with its 2,309 meters of solid concrete, incorporating millions of man hours and billions of dollars, and giving physical form to the airy visions of generations of politicians. (GOH CHAI HIN/AFP/Getty Images)
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A businessman sleeps in the sunshine in a park in central London on September 4, 2013. The UK Met Office forecast temperatures across London and the south east reaching between 28 and 30 degrees centigrade as the late summer fine weather is set to continue. (JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images)
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Siesta, Gadome, Republic of Benin [UNVERIFIED CONTENT] A young lady sleeps in shade out of the afternoon sun. She works in a roadside bar next to the mechanics workshop. She has kicked off her flip flops and finds a bench to rest on. The evening rush will soon start. Gadome is on the main road inland in Benin, north west of Cotonou.
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A Bangladeshi rickshaw puller sleeps on his rickshaw under the shade of a tree in Dhaka on May 6, 2010. Bangladeshi rickshaw pullers are mainly from rural areas, who have migrated to the city to escape poverty and malnutrition. (MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP/Getty Images)

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