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In the interests of science and this article I searched high and low for answers to this question. Is it actually good for you to get up early? Is it worth it even? Success leaves clues as they say.
Some of the worlds most successful and notorious business people summon early everyday. The likes of Richard Branson, Tim Cook, Bob Iger, Helena Morrisey to name a few. Although some of the names listed may not be easily recognized at first glance, they all hold high-stress CEO roles in various large companies.
So, how early is early? Well, from what forbes claims with many of these people, the 'wake-up' times ranged from as early as 4:30am. Most of these people would do fairly normal human activities at these times, such as exercising, and reading the morning news papers. Others would start work as soon as they woke up.
As most of us reading this are balking at the thought of summoning at such ungodly hours, there is another side to this argument.
To look at some simple math here; if we assume that most (some) people wake up at roughly 7:00am on work days. If we decide to become proper early risers, and set the dreaded alarm at 5:30am, this gives us an extra 90 minutes per day (again, assuming that we don't adjust our night time schedule too much). If we do this for our work week from Monday to Friday, this gives us an extra 450 minutes per week. If we also assume that we work approximately forty 48 weeks in the year, that now gives us a grand total of 21,600 minutes extra per year. Put another way, it gives us an extra 360 hours per year, or...wait for it...15 extra days per year.
Impressive huh? Or, scary perhaps. That depends how you look at it.
While sleeping, and rest are vitally important (see prior article on rest here), it is also something to consider that an extra 15 days per year can be gained from getting up early.
Perhaps a slight readjustment of your daily schedule is in order?
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