>>The message is clear: Starting early is the way to get ahead; lateness is ugly as sin. This message is the key. But its not what is literally understood here

>>The message is clear: Starting early is the way to get ahead; lateness is ugly as sin. This message is the key. But its not what is literally understood here. Being the first is the key. By first I mean, being first to finish your course work as a student, being first in finishing most of the tickets at work, being first in taking initiatives in work and life, being first in taking up more responsibilities etc. When people talk of being first, its not just time. Also productivity is the key here. I've been both a night owl and early riser based on how the situation would demand. As a student I was mostly a night owl. College has its day schedule charted out. I would study late into the night, and go to college in the day. Most night owl's I knew during college, we were down with all our course work in 1/4th the term and would spend most of the time in mock exams, practice and revision. At work and in my own start up I've tried various schedule with a ridiculous amount of productivity. And never felt discriminated in either. Don't worry about being discriminated, if you are productive you will be getting astronomical miles ahead of everybody else. And people around you will notice this.