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13 Life Lessons Learned From Mad Men’s Don Draper

Don Draper is a freaking badass - a man among men, never short of a smart quip or a crippling matriarchal complex. With the seventh and final season of Mad Men in full and retrotastic swing, it's high time we all took a few leaves out of the leather bound, well-dressed, scotch swilling notebook of Don Draper.

13) Napping on the job is a way to solve all of life’s problems

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Struggling to think of that one great pitch? Nap time.

Divorce proceedings getting messy? Nap time.

Where Sherlock has his Mind Palace, you have a Nap Zone – a place where all of life’s annoying problems are replaced by glorious, couch-aided slumber. Woe-betide anyone who disturbs you, you’re in the middle of a traumatic flashback dream thing, and you need it to finish so you can justify being a philandering bastard for the rest of the day.

That, and you’re trying to deal with a killer hangover.