someone needs more sleep:-). The question you are asking is how do you get more done, how do you be more productive? Take care of the usual suspects -- diet, e

someone needs more sleep:-). The question you are asking is how do you get more done, how do you be more productive? Take care of the usual suspects -- diet, exercise, sleep. Everyone needs different hours of sleep, so don't use that as a metric. The hours you are awake, make sure you are highly focused. The other things that helps me is eating a light dinner (sometimes mostly soup) taken 3-5 hours before I hit the bed. In addition, here are some excellent articles that should get you started. 1. Be an early riser: Steve Pavlina -- http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/05/how-to-become-an-early-riser/ http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/05/how-to-become-an-ea... 2. Take care of your health (diet & exercise), here's Gerry Weinberg's* notes on health: -- http://www.developerdotstar.com/printable/mag/articles/weinberg_healthybody.html http://www.developerdotstar.com/printable/mag/articles/weinb... 3. The Programmers’ Stone talks about meditation, diet and sleep -- http://the-programmers-stone.com/about/what-to-do-per-individual/ http://the-programmers-stone.com/about/what-to-do-per-indivi... * -- as a side note I highly recommend Gerry's book on technical leadership & secrets of consulting good luck!